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University Daily Kansan, December 12, 1984
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Don't be easy prey police say
By JOHN REIMRINGER Staff Reporter
KU students in a hurry to finish their exams and go home for the holidays may unwittingly make the Christmas season merrier for criminals, local law enforcement officials said recently.
Through the years, students living in residence halls have been particularly vulnerable to theft while the halls are opening or closing, said Sgt. Mary Ann Robison of the KU Police Department.
"It's a real difficult time for people to know whether someone's moving out or somebody's moving out for them." Robison said.
their rooms or cars unlocked while they are moving out, she said. Students also should avoid loading cars until they are ready to leave.
STUDENTS SHOULD not leave
Much of the theft that has occurred in the past has been from cars that were loaded and then left overnight, Robison said.
"We've even had people put their stereos in cars overnight," she said.
Students who have to load their cars the night before they leave should put as much as possible in their trunks, Robison said.
WHILE BICYCLE theft and vanalism are more likely to occur over spring break than Christmas, students inside while they are gone, she said.
However, mopeds can't be stored indoors because they are a fire hazard.
Residence halls, scholarship halls and Greek houses are fairly secure once closed for break. Robison said.
While students living on campus are more vulnerable to theft while moving in or out, the opposite is the case for off-campus students.
"When students leave town we have experienced in the past an increase in the number of burglaries reported as the students come back after the holidays," said Dan Avery, crime prevention officer for the Lawrence Police Department. "Because there are fewer people around, the chances of burglaries are increased."
Avery and Robinson offer some suggestions to make apartments or houses safer from break-ins:
- Timers on inside lights should be set to the hours that students are normally home and awake, Avery said. Photocells on outside lights will turn those lights on at dusk and off at dawn.
- Putting a timer on a radio is another way to make a house or apartment seem inhabited.
- Mail and newspaper subscriptions should be stopped. Students go out of town for a month might find it easier to cancel their subscriptions and resubserve when they return. Another alternative is to have a friend who is staying in town pick up mail and papers every day.
- Double cylinder deadbolts, which require a key to open from either the inside or the outside, should be used on doors with windows. A single cylinder deadbolt is adequate for solid doors.
- *Valuables should be put in a closet. If thieves break in and don't immediately see anything, they may not spend time looking, especially if objects such as plants are used to fill any bare spots created by removing valuables.
- Students could take valables home with them, leave them with a friend or rent a secure storage area.
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