page eight/the Journal/february 15, 1972
analysis
Campus
look at the
security:
Law, the
an
Man
inside
journal
interview
by j. Charles autrey
Notice to all thieves, vandals and other assorted do-badders frequenting
the LNCC campus: If you are caught committing some despiciable act,
providing it is not a capital crime you will not be shot. However, if you
do not want to be blackjacked or maced, you had better give up — the
UNCC Security Guard has you dead to rights.
In an interview, campus security Director Jerry Hudson brought several
interesting facts to light concerning the personnel, weaponry, and
philosophy of the Security Department.
Surprising as it may seem, most of the UNCC Security Guards are
students themselves: some in the law enforcement curriculum, others in
police-related baccalaureate programs. One particularly industrious officer
already has a Bachelor's degree in Business and is now working on another
degree in Engineering. Most have had some previous civil or military police
experience, and all had to take a Civil Service Exam to get the job.
When asked what qualities he thought a good officer should have,
Hudson said that he should have above-average intelligence, he should be
able to explain his actions to the person being acted upon. Hudson doesn't
want any hard-liners in his octet of enforcers. "On matters of race, sex,
and dope, I don't want someone who's a dyed-in-the-wool Puritan... I want
someone who can cope with a situation in a rational framework."
Students may be relieved to find out that Big Brotherism is not alive
and living at UMCC. The Security Force uses computer readouts such as
dorm rosters and parking sticker lists, but that's about the limit of
electronic intelligence - gathering employed by the department. The CIA
may have a thick dossier on Ben Chavis, but UNCC security does not.
The "men on the beat" who patrol in regular shifts around the clock
(with extra men during the hours of darkness directly before and after
closes) have encountered some pretty interesting and sometimes criminal
things on the rounds.
For example, within the last month, officers have confronted and
apprehended people (not students) in the act of robbing campus vending
machines, stealing tape players from cars, and burglarizing a nearby gas
station. UNCC Security Guards assisted in the capture of an escapee from
Jackson Training School, who was conveniently situated on the Highway
49 median strip next to the Lhiversity. All of these arrests were made
without the use of weapons.
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In fact, to the knowledge of Mr. Hudson, there has never been a
weapon used or even drawn during the performance of duty in the history
of the department.
If this is so," one might ask, "why do the patrolmen persist in
carrying such potentially dangerous weapons as blackjacks, mace and pistols
when there seems to be so little need for them?" Hudson firmly believes
that having a small arsenal at his fingertipis is an essential part of any
policeman's image and contributes greatly to his authority and effectiveness
whether he ever has to use it or not.
He said that he would not expect one of his men to go out under
pre^rious circumstances and encounter a "suspicious individual" without
having some way of reacting to any dangerous situation that might arise
from the encounter. He is quick to point out the fact that 200 policemen
were murdered last year (aside from those killed in the line of duty).
Hudson's philosophy concerning the use of firearms is quite stringent
and well-defined.
"The only time an officer is authorized to shoot is when a capital
offense has been or is about to be committed in his presence... Even a
stolen automobile is not grounds for shooting... to protect your own life,
or the life of another, or when a capital offense is known to have been
committed... these are the only times an officer should even approach a
suspect with a firearm, ftherwise, the weapon is there to react as opposed
to acting."
However, Hudson was quick to point out some of the dangers and
problems involved in the Security Guards carrying firearms on campus (an
act, which requires special dispensation from the Chancellor as it is illegal
otherwise). "I'm ashamed to point out that there has been no formal
firearms training course here so far... As soon as I can get $1(X) for
ammunition, we are going to have marksmanship training, not in order to
achieve more efficiency, but to insure that the officer does not become a
hazard to the community because he's carrying six pieces of steel..."
To be sure, some of the officers have had prior experience with
handguns and all have fired a few experimental rounds, primarily to make
sure the bullet comes out the right end. But all of this is part of the
harried patrolman's duty.
Aside from the glamorous jobs of making the rouixls and giving each
student his fair share of parking tickets, what else does the Department of
Security do to earn its keep? Their other roles, it seems, are quite
diversified.
For example, the Security Department averages the starting of 10 cars a
day during cold periods. Hudson himself usually opens about one car a
week with the keys locked inside. They are also called upon to let
students and faculty members in the buildings at odd hours for strange
and nefarious purposes.
The department also operates a successful lost-and-found for valuables.
At the moment, a valuable coat, a bicycle, and several sets of keys remain
unclaimed at the office.
When asked precisely what the function of the Department is, Hudson
replied that the department is there to insure that the university operates
within a set of parameters defined as "normalcy." However, Hudson said
that "normalcy" was open to interpretation.
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-From the Newport News DAILY PRESS comes a suggestion for possible
curbs for the Army Corps of Engineers. Discussing The Corps' procedure
for removal of pesty beavers, the PRESS says that "Maybe like with the
beaver, when the engineers go off half-cocked on a project which is
environmentally more harmful than good, we'll just have to live-trap and
truck them over to where they're really needed. Congress could, of course,
learn how to do the trapping".
-The annual Christmas count of Wyoming eagles by the Audubon Society
showed a drop in numbers. Where 14 bald and 53 golden eagles were
found last year in the Emigrant Gap area, spotters found only eight bald
and nine golden eagles this year.
--New York State is cracking down on stores which have not taken high
phosphate detergents off their shelves. The state law, aimed af reducing the
phosphates in detergents in steps, allows no more than 8.7 percent by
weight of phosphates expressed as phosphorus. Some stores have already
been issued summonses and are liable to fines up to $2,500 for each
violation and an additional $5(X) for each day. The illegal detergents found
on the shelves included Spotless, 18 percent phosphorus; All, 12.9 percent;
Dash, 14 percent; Tide, 12.3 percent; and Oxydol, 11.7 percent.
-While development of Alaska's North Slope oil resources has been
consistently labeled crucial to America's energy needs, by both the U-^’
Government and the seven concerned oil companies, Japan expects to btiy
Alaska-produced oil. In a recent, little-noticed remark, Japanese Prim®
Minister Eisaku Sato said in response to a question about the North Slop*
that "We will, of course, be purchasing oil in the event that the pipelif**
are completely laid. But, at the moment, as I understand it, these piP®*
are in the process of being laid. The work is not complete."
-Outdoor work with the National Park Service and US. Forest Service j*
open to students this summer. Fifteen members of each volunteer Hifl^
School Wilderness Group will camp arxl hike for three weeks with adjm
supervisors while working on varied conservation projects. Grant-assist*d
positions as Park or Forest Assistants are available to college undergradua*®
and graduates and to a limited number of high school students. Write
Student Conservation Association, Olympic View Drive, Rt. 1, Box 573A
Vashon, Washington, 98070.
--The 12th Annual Washington Conference on Business-Governme”*
Relations, "Dialoj^e With The Environmental Protection Agency">
scheduled for April 3-4 in V\9shington, D.C., sponsored by the America®
University Center for the Study of Private Enterprise. I^r informatiP®'
contact Dr. Jimmy D. Johnson, Director, Center for the Study of Pri!^*'
Enterprise, The American University, Mass, and Neb. Aves.,
Washington, D.C., 20016.
-Powerful Oregori business and labor leaders have united to opl^
environmental legislation which is "harming the state's economy". ^
Western Environmental Trade Association, headed by Phil Bladine ®
McMinnville, publisher of several Oegon newspapers, will have a five-m®j
staff and an annual budget of over $75,000 to counter the "environrne® j
hysteria" which has delayed "hundreds of millions of dollars" of comm®/^
in the state. Several significant anti-pollution bills were passed by the
Oregon legislature.