The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, October 2, 19913
Campus and City Reports
Campus
Tuesday, Oct. 1
Police responded to a prank call to
the 911 emergency number at 12:21
a.m. Tuesday.
Orange Central 911 told police an
unknown caller said there was going to
be a homicide and hung up, according
to police reports. Police went to
Morrison Residence Hall, where the
call was made, and spoke to one of the
residents.
The resident told officers the call was
made by Tyrone Goins of Chapel Hill as
a prank, police reports stated. Goins
was asked to leave the area.
Monday, Sept. 30
Police were called to Student Psy
chological Services at 5:22 p.m. to as
sist in committing a student to the SPS
South Wing.
. A mountain bike was stolen from a
rack at Cobb Residence Hall.
The bike was not locked to the rack,
but the frame was locked to the front
wheel, police reports stated.
A calculator was stolen from a
desk drawer in a Bolin Creek Center
office. The calculator, valued at $20,
was taken from the drawer sometime
between Sept. 27 and Sept. 30.
Sunday, Sept. 29
A man was arrested for resisting,
delaying and obstructing a public offi
cer. David Bryan Todd, 20, of
Wilmington, was arrested at 2:50 p.m.,
according to police reports. Police were
called to 302 Mason Farm Road to
investigate reports of a suspicious per
son. The investigation was delayed when
Todd refused to identify himself and
then provided officers with false infor
mation, the report stated. Todd was
arrested and released on $500 secured
bond.
A bicycle was reported damaged
at Cobb Residence Hall.
A student reported that the rear tire of
her bike was punctured with a sharp
instrument. Damage was estimated at
$30.
A police officer reported that he
found a window broken at Hanes Art
Center.
The officer said he discovered the
window facing Evergreen House had
been broken by unknown suspects. The
outer pane was broken with an unknown
object, but the inner pane was intact,
according to police reports.
Saturday, Sept. 28
An unknown person entered an
unlocked car parked in the Hinton James
lot and removed several items.
A student reported that someone re
moved the windshield wiper control
arm from the car's steering column. An
Amoco gas credit card also was taken.
Damage was estimated at $350.
A student reported an unknown
person broke into a car in the parking
lot at Hinton James Residence Hall.
The student said he left his car in the
lot overnight and returned to find that a
stereo that did not work, a Panasonic
AMFM walkman and a backpack were
taken. Damage was estimated at $305.
. A man was arrested for speeding
and driving with a revoked license.
' Jeffrey Kent Kobs, 32, of Chapel Hill
was pulled over for driving 40 mph in a
25 mph zone. Officers discovered Kobs'
license had been revoked. He was ar
rested and released on $300 bond.
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By Jennifer Brett
Staff Writer
A proposal to separate the police and
Are divisions of Chapel Hill's public
safety department won preliminary ap
proval from the town council Tuesday
night.
Town Manager Cal Horton com
mended the changes proposed by mem
bers of the town's task force, created to
study the division of the departments.
"The report suggests that the town
would be wise to consider modifying its
present public safety system either par
tially or completely as quickly as pos
sible," Horton said. "Separating the
departments would mean more officers
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training class Monday afternoon in the Bowman Gray Pool. The
Student Patrol provides
serves as 'eyes and ears'
By Jennifer Mueller
Staff Writer
If you spot the UNC Student Patrol
late at night, you better be doing some
thing legal.
The UNC Student Patrol is a 4-year-old
program that offers a few select
students the chance to contribute to the
safety of the University and to gain real
life police experience.
At least two of the 12 students who
comprise the student patrol are out each
night, serving as the eyes and ears of the
University police.
Patrol member Locke Cerriker said
student patrollers usually walk in pairs
on campus from 8 p.m. to midnight.
Each person wears a student patrol hat
and shirt and carries a flashlight and
radio.
"We're pretty easily identified," he
said. "We watch for suspicious things,
which we then call into the campus
police. They generally take it from
there."
But assistant student supervisorSteve
Kilmon said: "In most cases, you have
to deal with it initially on your own. It
generally takes about four to five min
pre-approves fire, police split
specializing in both the fire department
and in law enforcement."
The council will consider the pro
posal for final approval in January. If
approved, the new system would go
into effect in July.
Under the existing system, 53 of the
town's 118 public safety officers spe
cialize in either law enforcement or fire
fighting, while the remaining 65 are
trained in both areas and alternate be
tween the two departments.
Horton outlined two plans for revis
ing the present system.
One plan called for a partially modi
fied public safety system that would
decrease the number of dually assigned
public safety officers and increase the
utes for an officer to get there.
Maj. Robert Porreca, University po
lice support services commander, said
some of the incidents that members of
the student patrol have observed in
cluded trespassers on the Craige park
ing deck when it was under construc
tion, vehicle accidents, abandoned fur
niture and stolen parking cones.
Student patrol members also con
duct security checks of all campus resi
dence halls, Porreca said. They check
doors, windows, lights and shrubbery
and submit a written report on their
findings to the housing department and
University police.
'This is very helpful because we now
have a documentation of the condition
of the dorms for the past three years," he
said. "The housing department has been
quick to fix anything reported in the
past."
The student patrol, which was initi
ated by a Student Congress member's
suggestion, is funded with grants from
the departments of University Housing,
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A second plan would eliminate all
dually assigned positions and add six
positions to the fire-fighting staff.
Horton said salaries for the new po
sitions would cost the town about
$180,000, but the division would de
crease the annual budget for worker's
compensation, liability insurance, am
munition and uniforms by $22,450. The
total additional cost to the town would
range from $ 1 35,000-$ 149,000, he said.
Pat Crotts, town personnel director
and chairwoman of the task force, said
members of the task force concluded
separation was needed to combat lack
of teamwork and specialization.
"It's getting harder to manage the
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versity police, Porreca said.
"(These departments) are the primary
recipients of our activities," he said. "It
would cost a fortune to pay officers to
cover the ground that the students do."
Kilmon said the starting wage is $4.50
an hour with the possibility of araise for
good performance after one semester.
It may sound tempting, but UNC
student patrol is not for everybody,
Porreca said.
"We screen people pretty well," he
said. "We look for people who are ma
ture; people who are earnest and forth
right and will do an honest evening's
shift.
After the selection process, student
patrol "rookies" are required to attend
an eight-hour training program and
spend eight hours on the field with an
experienced patroj member.
Kilmon, a senior criminal justice
major, said he has learned a lot about
police procedure and field activity.
'There's a lot more going on out
there than people seem to realize," he
said. "I definitely know that now."
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system as it is structured now," Crotts
said. "It's getting harder for the differ
ent departments to share the work force.
Service levels are not where they could
be."
Separation would allow each depart
ment to operate more effectively and
would improve staff morale, she said.
Chapel Hill Police Chief ArnoldGold
said a recent increase in crime and de
mands for service warranted a need to
get more officers on regular beats.
"We need to get away from a total
cops-in-cars concept," Gold said. "We
want to put officers out on the streets in
specific communities on a regular basis
and familiarize them with the people in
those communities."
BP station opposed
Timberlyne residents say gas station
not 'compatible' with neighborhood
By Maile Carpenter
Staff Writer
Timberlyne area residents speaking
at a Chapel Hill Town Council public
hearing Monday overwhelmingly op
posed building a BP Oil Service station
near their homes.
The residents protested the granting
of a special-use permit for the 24-hour
gas station, which would be located at
the corner of Kingston Drive and Weaver
Dairy Road by Timberlyne Shopping
Center. The station also would include
a car wash and a convenience store.
The council probably will take ac
tion on the matter at its Oct. 14 meeting.
Timberlyne Neighborhood Associa
tion President Charles Zimmerli said
there is "overwhelming disapproval of
the project" in his neighborhood and
noted a community poll that revealed
85 percent disapproval of the service
station.
Children who live in the Timberlyne
area lined the back of the council cham
ber waving anti-BP signs at the begin
ning of the meeting.
Zimmerli expressed concern for a
decline in community safety due to in
creased traffic and said the BP station
would not help the local economy be
cause the owner lives out of state.
'This particular project will divert
revenue from the community and exist
ing businesses," he said.
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borhoods townelections forum will take
place Thursday night, and Alliance of
ficials are encouraging students to at
tend. Two panels, one for the three may
oral candidates and the other for the 12
council candidates, will ask questions.
In addition, members of the audience
will be able to submit questions at the
forum, which will take place at 7:30
p.m. in the town hall council chambers.
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Chapel Hill Fire Chief Dan Jones
said that the separation would mean a
change in schedule for many people but
that employees would be able to main
tain their secondary jobs.
"Traditionally, because the hours are
so strange many firefighters hold part
time jobs, and that won't change as a
result of the division," Jones said. "I
believe we will attract more quality,
highly skilled people as a result of a
separate department."
Chapel Hill Mayor Jonathan Howes
said the change was necessary. "Our
system of public safety has been an
excellent one, one that has worked well
in the past, but there is now an obvious
need for something new."
Howes, Zimmerlisaid the station's pres
ence would not enhance the value of
surrounding properties.
'The BP 24-hour gas stationconve
nience storecar wash is not compatible
with the characterof our neighborhood,"
Zimmerli wrote.
Timberlyne Shopping Center owner
Jim Baker addressed Zimmerli's con
cerns later in the meeting, stating that he
"is sensitive to community needs" and
had contracted BP to build the station
because it is a"premier operation and is
environmentally sound."
Residents also complained about the
sale of alcohol at the service station.
Following a request for reduced hours
of legal alcohol sale at the station, the
permit applicants announced that sale
hours would be prohibited from 1 1 p.m.
to 6 a.m.
Council member Joe Herzenberg later
added that alcohol cannot legally be
sold in North Carolina between 2-6 a.m.
Council member Roosevelt
Wilkerson expressed concern for safety
problems that the new service station
could bring into Timberlyne.
"I am not convinced by the applicant
that this will be a safe environment for.
our community," he said.
Council Member Nancy Preston said
she agrees with residents "that it's a bad
entrance into the neighborhood."
Preston also said she is"concemed about
traffic within the shopping center it
self." forum Thursday
A 1 1 iance President Estel le Mabry said
that students should attend the debate
because of the impact council decisions
have on the University community.
The forum will be cablecast on Caro
lina Cable Channel 13.
The Alliance was formed about 10
years ago and comprises residents of
neighborhoods within the Chapel Hill
planning jurisdiction.
Alliance members will meet in sev
eral weeks to endorse candidates.
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