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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, January 20.1999
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THE PRINCETON REVIEW
By Katie Burford Kansan staff writer
Campus police to purchase laptops
The KU Public Safety Office received a $22,000 grant during winter break to purchase four laptop computers for its squad cars.
The new technology, which will allow officers to complete report forms electronically, was the first step in a five-year plan to create a paperless records system, said Lt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office.
The grant — Community Oriented Policing Services Making Officer Redeployment Effective, or COPS MORE — was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice COPS office.
Sgt. Troy Mailen said, "The purpose is to improve officer performance by keeping them out on the streets longer and not busy writing reports."
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The estimated cost of the computers was expected to be $30,000. The department will make up the amount not covered by the grant with funds from its own budget, said Chris J. Keary, assistant director of the public safety office.
Keary said the public safety office was shopping for "rugged" laptops, designed to withstand the harsh conditions of field use. He was not sure what vendor the department would use to purchase the computers.
The department envisions a computer system that will be mounted in the squad car but will have a detachable, back-lit keyboard.
Upon implementation, officers
will fill out reports on the computer, save them to a disk and give a copy of the disk to their supervisor, who will approve it and print a hard copy.
In the beginning, a hard copy of the report will have to be hand-entered by records personnel. However, the information eventually will be downloaded directly from the computers to the database.
Vowing not to be bitten by bugs such as Y2K, department planners will choose their equipment carefully.
"We have to be sure the technology we get now is appropriate for later," said Keary, who is responsible for the police division's budget.
Mailen said the new computers, which will be installed into four new squad cars, should be ready for use by June.
He said the new squad cars would be purchased from the public safety
The KU Public Safety Office received a $22,000 grant to
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■ Officers hope to have the computer installed by June.
The laptops will be used to eliminate paper handling and give officers more time on the streets.
office budget, not from the grant.
The Lawrence Police Department also was considering the feasibility of laptop computers in the field, said Lawrence Police Sgt. George Wheeler.
A year ago, the Lawrence department purchased two heavy-duty laptop computers with magnesium cases for use in a pilot program. Wheeler said there were no immediate plans to purchase additional computers.
Burglary investigation uncovers fake IDs
Forgery supplies also confiscated from fraternity
By T.J. Johnson Kansan staff writer
Lawrence police found more than they had expected when they investigated a break-in at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house, 1537 Tennessee St.
While looking through the house,
The police were called to the fraternity Jan. 15 when fraternity members noticed that the back door to their house had been pried open and that some items, including TVs and electronic equipment, were missing.
He said that the fraternity member who reportedly was involved in
"This was not a house activity," Hartman said. "It appears to be confined to a few people."
a police officer noticed several Kansas driver's licenses that appeared to be false and equipment apparently used to make false IDs. Laminating supplies, computer equipment, glossy computer paper and Polaroid photographs were found in one room of the fraternity.
Craig Hartman, president of the KU chapter of Alpha Tau Omega, said that he only had become aware of the situation that day and that the fraternity had been in contact with and was cooperating with the University of Kansas, Lawrence police and the national headquarters of Alpha Tau Omega.
making the fake IDs was no longer a part of the fraternity and that the leadership board of the house had been unaware of the situation.
Lawrence police have interviewed several people from the fraternity, but there have been no arrests in the case. It is a misdemeanor to possess a fake ID in Kansas, but it is a felony to make or sell fake IDs.
The IDs that were confiscated from the house did not have the hologram that is present on official Kansas driver's licenses, and the last two digits in the date of birth listing appeared to be blurred, said Lawrence Police Sgt. George Wheeler.
He said he would characterize the IDs as medium-grade fake IDs that would pass under normal circumstances.
Source: Lawrence Police Department
Kyle Ramsey/KANSAN
Police interviews with members of the fraternity continue. It is not yet known what, if any, consequences members involved could face.
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