Police statistics indicate fences decreasing crime
Asher Fogle
Issue date: 2/22/07 Section: News
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During the 2005-2006 academic year, 17 thefts occurred in the two lots, and 18 burglaries have been reported since August 2006.
TCU Police will install several cameras during Spring Break to monitor the license plates of cars entering parking lots around the coliseum and football stadium, which will assist in apprehending suspects, Ham said.
Mikey Bernick, a junior accounting and finance major, lives in Tomlinson Hall in Worth Hills.
Although he believes burglaries have decreased because of the fences, he said he wishes residents had access through the gate at the Berry Street entrance.
"It's just annoying when you are trying to get home," said Bernick, the president of Kappa Sigma. "I like the fence idea, but the gate I don't agree with."
Chari Perkins, the head resident assistant of Wiggins Hall, said that TCU Police informed her on several occasions last year when residents' vehicles were burglarized.
She said she does not know of any Wiggins Hall residents who have been burglarized this year.
"I feel that crime has definitely gone down," said Perkins, a senior marketing major. "Driving around is a change to get used to, but to me it isn't a big deal."
In addition to other security measures, fences have been installed around several new parking lots, such as the one on Sandage Avenue.
Ham said the university is trying to make all parking lots "very difficult for the bad guys to get in there and do something they shouldn't."
"When you work for a police department for a university, you're constantly fighting that battle between access for the students and security for the students," Ham said. "You want the students to have easy access, but you don't want the bad guys to. So you've got to have that fine balance."
TCU Police will install several cameras during Spring Break to monitor the license plates of cars entering parking lots around the coliseum and football stadium, which will assist in apprehending suspects, Ham said.
Mikey Bernick, a junior accounting and finance major, lives in Tomlinson Hall in Worth Hills.
Although he believes burglaries have decreased because of the fences, he said he wishes residents had access through the gate at the Berry Street entrance.
"It's just annoying when you are trying to get home," said Bernick, the president of Kappa Sigma. "I like the fence idea, but the gate I don't agree with."
Chari Perkins, the head resident assistant of Wiggins Hall, said that TCU Police informed her on several occasions last year when residents' vehicles were burglarized.
She said she does not know of any Wiggins Hall residents who have been burglarized this year.
"I feel that crime has definitely gone down," said Perkins, a senior marketing major. "Driving around is a change to get used to, but to me it isn't a big deal."
In addition to other security measures, fences have been installed around several new parking lots, such as the one on Sandage Avenue.
Ham said the university is trying to make all parking lots "very difficult for the bad guys to get in there and do something they shouldn't."
"When you work for a police department for a university, you're constantly fighting that battle between access for the students and security for the students," Ham said. "You want the students to have easy access, but you don't want the bad guys to. So you've got to have that fine balance."
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