The Michigan Daily, Thursday, September 10, 1987-Page 13
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By CATHY SHAP
When Director of Campus
ecurity Leo Heatley came to the
University in 1985 to assume his
position, he brought with him a
goal - to turn campus security
ir4o a police force. And if a state
bill allowing public colleges and
universities to establish their own
police forces passes the legislature,
Heatley may get his wish.
"The University of Michigan is
the-only Big Ten, four-year, public
.m_ titution without sworn police
officers," Heatley said. "We depend
on outsiders for authorized safety."
Heatley said a separate Univer-
sity police force would be more in
tune with the University. "Police
response would be much better if
officers were here everyday,
working with the students and
staff," he said. If deputized, security
officers would be sworn in,
authorized to carry a weapon, and'
able to make arrests.
CAMPUS Security has a bu-
d"6t of approximately 2.2 million
d tlars, 25 percent of which goes to
the Ann Arbor Police Department
for the use of seven patrol cars, 14
JO lt.Olj w
officers and two detectives. Heatley
said that Ann Arbor Police have
been responsive to the needs of the
campus to the best of their ability.
But he said, when security
officials get into a situation where
they need police support, it usually
takes some time before the police
arrive.
He also said the extra burden of
the campus population on the
police can affect the safety of
campus security officers who are
not authorized to carry weapons or
make formal arrests.
"(The police) try their best to
respond to us. They are extremely
busy," said a Campus Security
Officer who wished to remain
anonymous. "I have sometimes
wished, though, that I had instant
assistance, and it is that moment of
waiting that I'm concerned about."
He said'
HE ALSO said there have been
instances when security officers
have been threatened because alleged
criminal know security officers do
not carry a weapon.
. Although Heatley has wanted a
campus police force since he came
needs
here, the University has not attem-
pted to establish its own force.
To get one the University would
have had to go through the city
sheriff's department for author-
ization, and according to Heatley,
the University has historically
wished to remain out of local
politics.
But if Senate Bill 309 is passed
in the fall, it will empower the
University regents and other public
institution governing boards the
ability "to vest their public safety
officers with certain powers and
authority and to require those public
safety officers to meet certain
standards."
UNDER this bill a University
police force would also be free from
subordination to local law enforce-
ment agencies and would receive
state funding for necessary training
programs. Heatley said there would
be no necessity for an increase in
the budget in order to establish the
police force.
He said his ultimate goal is to
establish a force of 20 sworn polic
officers. There would still b ;
campus security officers withoL'
Iwn
arresting powers who woul
respond to the minor and les
dangerous calls.
According to Heatley, ther
would also remain a workir
relationship with the city polic
because the campus could neve
have the resources to operate con
pletely alone.
If the bill passes Heatley woul
like to see a police force trainir
program begun in the next year ar,
a half. But James Brinkerhoff, Vic,
President and Chief financi
officer, said that the regents haven'
even discussed the idea, so 1
doubts that, if the bill passe
anything would get started unt
three years from now.
ALTHOUGH there has bee
no organized opposition to the id
of a University police force, Mik
Phillips, chair of the Stude
Rights Committee, is against t]
idea. "Just because the idea wor
on other campuses, does not mea
it will work here," he said.
But Sherry Veramay, chair of t
Campus Safety Committee said sh
would like to see the committ
support the idea of a campus polic
police
force
"The campus is a completely
separate entity from the city and our
department is here as a service for
the students, faculty and citizens of
MSU," she said.
Smith also said that patrolling a
campus population is a unique
situation. "Some of these young
people haven't matured, and they
have an aversion to authority and
because of this our situation is
unique.
"It is a plus to have a police
force strictly for the campus, which
understands the needs and behavior
of the population," Smith said.
Heatley
... wants a campus police force
force. She said, however, "The
en sentiment towards the proposal is
ea varied because people might not be
ke totally informed about the issue."
nt Michigan State University has
[he had a separate police force since
ks 1947. If it were not for the
an department, the city police force
would have to be vastly expanded,
the and according to Beth Smith,
he director of the MSU Public
ee Relations Department, this would
ce be a tremendous burden.
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tie life of the average student, they
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ond when they asked readers their
opinions of the paper in the
fighbowl last winter.
, M OS T passersby said they
liked the paper. Some joked. "It's
almost like reading a real
newspaper," one student said.
One doctoral student, who was
also a University undergraduate,
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w than she had as an
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lbeen exposed to another college
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: But love for the Daily is not
Oniversal since it is run by
journalism newcomers who are apt
to make occasional mistakes. Some
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all the staffers "proto-journalists"
qr "pseudo-journalists."
BUT according to 1986 News
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'The Daily has successfully created and is currently
maintaining a separate culture that supports values
and a social system that.. .run counter to to those of
the community at large.'
- Fred Ferris, University alumnus
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"The sad truth is that people
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The Daily some readers. "It's too
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Physics Prof. Daniel Axelrod
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ALTHOUGH there are now
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Board and The Daily staff, any
dispute with the Board over editorial
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favoring the Daily.
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