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University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 27, 1991
Expense of police gear adds up
By Melissa Rodgers Kansan staff writer
When KU police officers go on patrol, they may not be wearing the latest in high fashion. But they are wearing equipment and clothes totaling £3,500.
It costs about $50,000 to train, pay the first year's salary and equip each officer, said James Denney. KU police director.
Last year, KU police's budget was $2.1 million. The department has 36 officers.
KU police Lieutenant John Mullens said all officers received 400 hours of training their first year and earned a salary of about $27,000.
Some of the more expensive accessories worn by KU police officers are two-way radios, bullet-proof vests and guns.
The cost of being a police officer
Last spring, KU police switched from a Smith and Wesson revolver to the Austrian-made Glock pistol. The Glock is a 9mm semi-automatic pistol.
Mullens said that he had been with KU police since 1971 and that during that time a KU police officer had never fired at a person.
However, KU police officers occasionally have had to draw their guns, he said. About a year ago, police officers had to draw their guns on a group of armed people at the Jayhawker Towers, Mullens said.
KU police officers wear their bullet proof vests most of the time they are on duty, he
Being an officer can be expensive. Below is a list of some required materials and their costs.
■ Radio & Charger-$1,250 ■ Baton-$13
■ Handcuffs-$35 ■ Badge-$35
■ Handcuff case-$15 ■ Body armor-$308
■ Duty belt-$31 ■ Tousers-$66
■ Flashlight-$40 ■ Long sleeve shirt-$24
■ Whistle & chain-$7 ■ Short sleeve shirt-$25
■ Holster-$63 ■ Shoes-$60
■ Mase/case-$16 ■ Boots-$110
■ Traffic vest-$12 ■ Equipment bag-$18
Mullens said he could not remember a police officer having ever been fired at, although sometimes things were thrown at them in crowds.
Source: University Police Department said
Most of the gear carried by the officers, such as handcuffs, mace and an extra magazine for their gun, is attached to their belts.
KU police officer Burdel Welsh said that he put on 21 pounds when he strapped on his belt in the morning.
Melissa Unterberg / KANSAN
Skinnier officers have a more difficult time wearing the belt with all its attachments because there is less room around their waists for equipment, Mullens said.
Dennay said the office police used most was a pen, used for writing tickets and reports. For example, nine forms must be filled out for a driving under the influence arrest.
The thoroughness of a report may determine the outcome of a case or may be a deciding factor in a conviction, he said.
The Associated Press
VATICAN CITY—With some reluctance, the Vatican has made a concession to the phone-fettered, fax happy 1998. Now there's a telephone number in the dingers do the walking all the way to St. Peter's.
The program, nicknamed "Dial-a-Pope," permits calls around the world to dial a 900 number, or similar special-cost line, and hears a message from John Paul II's recent speeches or sermons.
The Vatican receives at least 50 percent of the charge for each call to the service, officially called "Christian Messaging From the Vatican," organizers say.
Promoters say the service could help build a fund-raising network, and bring the pope's message home — literally — to the 875 million Roman Catholics worldwide.
"We have invented the world's first electronic collection plate," boasts Michael Fahringer of the London-based Global Telecom Ltd., which runs the service.
The Rev. Arturo Martin, a top Vatican fundraiser, said the Holy See endorsed the service because of popular demand from the phoning faithful.
In addition, it wanted to curb a rash of unauthorized dial-a-pop lines, some featuring PIPE technology.
"At least we know what it (the new service) is saying," he said.
The papal messages,which change each day.
can be received worldwide, in English, Spanish, French and Italian. Fahringer said the pontifit was available *at any time of day or night*, in the comfort and privacy of your own home.*
Fahringer sees great potential in the service. He said that if only one-tenth of 1 percent of U.S. Catholics called each month, the service would yield over 55,000 calls. A similar percentage of the world's Catholics would produce over 875,000 calls.
The service has been "very big" in Europe and South Africa, Fahringer said.
In the United States, where the service began several weeks ago, the Southeast and Puerto Rico have been the most receptive areas, he added. "It is one of the best calls, but it varies in other parts of the world."
that a nuncmaster metreme virtually "That's how I learned nothing so far," said Martin a Spanish Jesuit working to reduce the Holy See's $90-million deficit. "SoFar, it'a failure."
Martin said the church had received about $5,000 from the service — "not even enough to cover the cost of the records" of papal speeches.
In the United States, callser reach the service by dialing 900-230-POPE or 900-568-7733.
The Spanish-language service is 900-230-
PAPA@900-568-7799.
For the international service, callers dial the international access code, then 611-411-610 for Italian, 611-411-611 for English, 611-411-612 for Spanish or 611-411-613 for French.
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