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6 Monday, April 10, 2000 CONSULTANTS From Page 3 Foundation name to discourage theft. ■ Cover up valuables in cars. ■ Alert neighbors of problems. The recommendations were few because, as Englebardt said, “this place is like a fortress.” Though the Wesley Foundation was well-kept, Clark and Englebardt said they often encountered serious safety hazards on surveys such as poor light ing, heavy growth, hiding places, unkempt facades and failure to change locks. Clark said the lack of lighting around a property posed the most frequent problem. “Particularly in Chapel Hill, a lot of people like it dark," he said. “It makes vour neighborhood look quaint But the more lights the better, because it expos es people walking around the house.” Clark pointed out that many people left their doors and windows unlocked. He said houses of worship were most prone to this problem because groups meeting at the church lost track of who was the last one to leave and lock up. The age of a lock can determine its strength, Clark said. “On a lot of the old homes, the win dow locks are not good because the wood has gotten old and it doesn’t take much to separate,” he said. Clark said he tried to offer low-cost solutions to safety hazards. Some help ful tips were engraving a driver’s license number on valuables and breaking off broomsticks to place in the track of a sliding glass door. Both Clark and Englebardt said they wished more people would take advan tage of their free services. Clark said most people discovered the crime prevention services through word of mouth or after they had been victimized. The Carrboro Police Department also offers free safety surveys for local residents and businesses, though its crime prevention officer, Paul Atherton, only performs two or three surveys every few months. Atherton also serves as the department’s school resource offi cer, providing educational programs and support in Carrboro schools. 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Donaldson said an enormous amount POLICING From Page 3 in the complex. “They’re here for many reasons,” she said. “You never know what can hap pen.” Cody Hamilton, assistant property manager of The Village Apartments, located on Smith Level Road in Carrboro, said his complex also employed an off-duty officer. “We’ve had a courtesy officer from the Carrboro Police Department on and off for years,” Hamilton said. “It helps us out tremendously, because if there’s a problem after office hours, residents can call her.” Hamilton said the officer patrolled the property, made sure the exterior lights were working, the general walk ways were clear and took care of noise issues. “She just helps us maintain the prop erty the way we want it,” Hamilton said. Even though the responsibilities expected of a courtesy officer were less than those performed by the police, Atack said the security job added stress. “When you go home, you don’t feel like you’re home, you feei like you’re at work, and I didn’t really enjoy that,” he said. Though courtesy policing is not a function of Chapel Hill police, Jarvies said the department had the right to keep a tight rein on an officer’s second job. “We do have a policy on officers’ off duty work, restricting what they can do,” Jarvies said. “They cannot take police action unless it’s an emergency. For nonemer gency situations, they are instructed to call 911.” From Page Three of money for state health programs came from tobacco litigation. Donaldson said S4O million of the Senate’s budget came from tobacco money and the Senate expected an aver- age of SIOO million a year. So while the state’s public poli cy is to discourage smoking, Florida stands to profit sig nificantly if tobac co firms stay in business, Donaldson said. But Fletcher “My state is stripping the profit of the tobacco industry in the United States. ” Fletcher Baldwin University of Florida law Professor Baldwin, a University of Florida law professor, said the litigation in Florida was destroying tobacco companies. “My state is stripping the profit of the “If there was a sexual assault, for example, we would not expect them to just call 911," Jarvies said. “Then we would expect them to take police action.” Carrboro police Capt. John Butler said members of his force were restrict ed in their off-duty abilities as well. “If they see a policy violation, all they can do is report it to the owner,” Butler said. “When they’re working as a courtesy officer, they can’t identify themselves as a police officer. They can carry their weapon and carry their badge, but they can’t say ‘l’m a police officer with such and-such department.’” Jarvies said courtesy policing was just another example of the community’s demand for off-duty officers. ' “We get requests from retail estab lishments, such as department stores and movie theaters,” Jarvies said. “There is an extremely high demand for off-duty officers for security jobs.” Jarvies said the department set restrictions as to where a police officer could work during his or her free time. “We do not allow them to work in a bar or any establishment where alcohol is served,” Jarvies said. “They cannot work as a bouncer or as a private inves tigator.” He said at least 30 of the 107 officers employed by the Chapel Hill Police Department had second jobs. No matter what the officer’s second job is, however, police duty always comes first, Jarvies said. “If there is any indication at all that the off-duty work is infringing on their regular work duty, the department holds the right to cancel the off-duty work.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. tobacco industry in the United States," he said. But Donaldson said Florida did not want tobacco companies to go bankrupt. “Florida won’t do anything to hurt the companies as long as they pay into the (tobacco fund),” he said. Florida officials claim they are using the money from the lawsuits to fund smoking related health care costs, but some analysts say Florida is less concerned with health reforms than making money from the lawsuits. Baldwin said UF’s law school had Dilbert© REfAEIABER THE \ J YOU WILL. l > BUT YOU TIfAE YOU WENT f PLANTING FALSE j I BELIEVE SKYDIVING? J frNEfAORIES IN | wORK . 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