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2 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 UNC police gets award for big drop in larceny BY BROOK R. CORWIN UNIVERSITY EDITOR A successful project to reduce on campus larcenies by nearly a third has earned the UNC Department of Public Safety an international award for community policing. The International Association of Chiefs of Police has selected DPS as the 2003 winner of the Community Policing Award for agencies serving between 20,000 and 50,000 people. Next month, DPS Director Derek Poarch will travel to Philadelphia to attend the IACP annual conference and accept the award, which is sponsored by ITT Industries Night Vision. A total of 117 agencies from around the world applied for the awards, with five agencies honored in different divisions broken down by population size. “These awards are very coveted awards,” said Gary Kempker, chairman of the IACP community policing committee. “Only the best Town blocks Weaver Dairy expansion BY JENNY HUANG ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR After years of intense debate and political rallying, officials and residents won a significant victo ry Tuesday when the N.C. Department of Transportation backed down from its proposal to widen Weaver Dairy Road to four lanes. Instead, state transportation officials agreed on a final street design that would allow the 2.5- mile road to go from four lanes CLARIFICATION An article on page 3 about the Youth Democracy Summit should have said the event consisted of workshops in which participants also could register to vote. To report corrections, contact Managing Editor Daniel Thigpen at dthigpen@email.unc.edu. 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DPS ended up surpassing that goal, decreasing the number of larcenies by 29 percent. The agency was able to accom plish this goal, Poarch said, by increasing the visibility of officers in areas such as gyms and libraries, where a majority of the thefts occur. “Larcenies are the most prevalent crime on campus,” Poarch said. “We took as a project for the entire patrol division to reduce that number.” DPS was runner-up for the same award in 2002. Each year, the department’s entry provides an overview of its work over several years with a focus on one project. Poarch said his department was recognized for a continued effort to target specific safety issues in the community and then devise strate gies to tackle them, the larceny program being one example. with a median to three lanes with a continuous turn lane. The existing Weaver Dairy width shifts from five lanes to two lanes to three lanes and back to five. Chapel Hill Town Council members say the new design is a huge win for local residents. “This is a reflection of the power of citizens to organize, even in the face of significant obstacles,” coun cil member Mark Kleinschmidt said. Members of the local Citizens Action for Responsible Roads gathered more than 500 signa tures last fall in support of the town’s three-lane proposal. Kleinschmidt said the new design also reflects a victory for state planning officials. “I’m really pleased that the DOT is helping us design a plan for Weaver Dairy that’s really in T-SHIRTS News “One of the measures our officers are graded on is problem-solving,” Poarch said. “Everything from identifying street lights that are out to making sure windows and build ings are secure... officers have to be proactive in solving problems.” Many of the solutions to those problems come through partnering with other UNC departments to educate the community about safe ty issues, Poarch said. Part of the DPS larceny reduction project involved teaming with the Department of Housing and Residential Education and the Residence Hall Association to reduce “tailgating” in residence halls when students hold the door for people following them. Such efforts, Kempker said, con stitute the definition of the IACP award. “(DPS) put to work the basic principles that are involved in community policing.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. accord with our community,” he said. “This shows that even though they’re a state agency, they’ll lis ten.” State DOT planners originally proposed to widen Weaver Dairy to four lanes as a way to preempt increased traffic projected for the next few years. After months of contentious debate between town officials and local residents, the council approved a three-lane design for Weaver Dairy in September 2002. The potential road expansion was a key campaign issue during the 2000 municipal elections. Although state transportation officials initially rejected the coun cil’s proposal, town officials and residents persisted with planning meetings and petitions. Mayor Kevin Foy formed a spe cial council committee for the pur pose of researching, planning and discussing the road expansion with DOT officials. festive family Pun! /twite Your Parents to Parity CHeefcencl October 3-5,2003 • UWC football vs. m/A • Tar Heel Totw • 88Q & All tfre Finn's • Prisbees on the Quad • Spectrum of Music Concert • Seminars for Parents • “Cool Your Heels" for Siblings • Women s Field Hocfcey vs. Duke • Clef Hangers & Coreleis • Company Carolina • UWC Slxw/ Cfx>ir • Alien’s Soccer vs. Maryland • Prizes 8r Prizes • Photo Contest • And Cots More COeai Stuff!! For more information about Family Weekend call 919-962-8304 or email us at parents@unc.edu Visit our website http://parents.unc.edu Online registration information is now available! Call 919-962-2296 or 1-800-722-4335 for football tickets Urge your parents to make accommodations now! Come pick up a copy of the Family Weekend brochure at the Parents Office in Nash Hall, the Student Union, or the Campus Y! Also, check the online version of the brochure on our website! Familty Weekend is sponsored by The Carolina Parents Office, Division of Student Affairs The Carolina Parents Council and many more organizations and departments across the campus!! I jf 1 J Hwy HL DTH/GABITRAPENBERG Seniors Paul Cox (left), 21, and Shruti Chudasama, 21, dance at Local 506’s Early ’9os Dance on Friday night. DJ One Duran played dance hits from the early 1990s to a packed house all night. The club, located at 506 W. Franklin St., will be hosting its weekly Microphone Mondays event tonight with a SIOO cash prize awarded to the hip-hop winner. The final approved road changes call for a four-lane design from Airport Road to Kingston Drive and three lanes from Kingston to Erwin Road. The three-lane stretch will contain two lanes going in both directions and a continuous turn lane east to Erwin. Sidewalks and wide outer-trav el lanes also are included in the new road proposal. The Town Council will consider the new design Sept. 22. Council members say they plan to discuss a few points of the new design but hope to take action as soon as possible. “We want to get this approved as fast as we can, so we can keep it high on the (DOT’s) priority list,” council member Dorothy Verkerk said. “I’d just like to get this done with and celebrate.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. GRUNGE LIVES Violence kills 1 U.S. soldier, injures 3 others THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FALLUJAH, Iraq lnsurgents killed one U.S. soldier and wound ed three others Sunday outside the troubled city of Fallujah, a day after angry protesters fired weapons and called for violence against the U.S. occupation to protest one of the most serious friendly fire incidents of the Iraq war. Residents buried eight police men Saturday who were killed when U.S. forces apparently mis took them for guerrilla fighters. The U.S. administrator for Iraq commented publicly on the inci dent Sunday for the first time, call ing it regrettable and suggesting dljp SaiUj (Bar Uppl victims’ families might be com pensated. “The very regrettable incident in Fallujah is still under investiga tion by our military. We have expressed regrets for it publicly,” L. Paul Bremer said at a news con ference with visiting Secretary of State Colin Powell. “When we have reached conclu sions about how the incident came about, we’ll take appropriate steps. In the past we have paid families ... where we felt it was appropriate, but this incident is still under investigation.” Powell arrived in Baghdad on Sunday for his first visit since the U.S.-led ouster of Saddam Hussein. He said he was encouraged by progress toward self-rule. He stood fast against growing international pressure to turn responsibility for running the country back to Iraqis quickly. “The worst thing that could happen is for us to push this process too quickly before the capacity for governance is there and the basis for legitimacy is there and see it fail,” Powell said. Earlier on Sunday, Powell met with Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq’s new foreign minister, and said the security situation remained chal lenging, with a “major new threat” coming from “terrorists who are trying to infiltrate into the country' for the purpose of disrupting this whole process.” The death of the U.S. soldier outside Fallujah brought to 155 the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1. During the heavy fighting before that date, 138 soldiers died. The military provided few details, but Massoud Ibrahim, a soft drinks vendor who saw the attack, said rocket-propelled grenades were fired at a U.S. truck and armored vehicle. Insurgents also fired a rocket propelled grenade at a helicopter that arrived after the attack but missed, he said. The helicopter was unable to land. An armored vehicle was seen being towed away. Fallujah, 30 miles west of Baghdad, has again become an especially dangerous place for the occupying forces after the friend ly fire incident near the Jordanian Hospital, just west of the city. Before Bremer issued his state ment, the U.S. military had apol ogized, but many in Fallujah rejected the overture and vowed to continue fighting U.S. forces. The city center was quiet Sunday. Shops were open despite a one-day strike that shut govern ment offices in protest of the friendly fire killings early Friday, and people went about their daily business. Relations between people in Fallujah and U.S. forces have been tense since shortly after the city was captured in April. U.S. troops came under almost daily attacks for two months after soldiers opened fire in late April on crowds of protesters in the city, killing 18 and injuring 78. The U.S. forces said they were fired at first. Friday’s killings were certain to inflame the smoldering hatred of the U.S. occupation elsewhere as well.
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