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On Site Security Pool • Hot Tub • Tennis Court • Basketball • On Shuttle Bus Rt. • Laundry Facilities • Club House 600 University Oaks C.S. 696-3391 or 693-3789 Page 4/The Battalion/Wednesday, June] Wednes Police forces combat auto theft in B-CS arec Cor owners encouroged to do their pot KINKO'S PROFESSOR PUBLISHING SAVES MY STUDENTS TIME AND MONEY Let Kinko's help organize and distribute your supplementary class materials this term. kinko's Great copies: Great people. 201 College Main 846-8721 SCHULMAN THEATRES 2.50 ADMISSION 1. Any Show Before 3 PM 2. Tuesday - All Seats 3. Mon-Wed - Local Students With Current ID’s 4. Thur - KORA “Over 30 Nite” ‘DENOTES DOLBY STEREO PLAZA 3 226 Southwest Pkwy 693-2457 'RAISING ARIZONA pg-13 'ERNEST GOES TO CAMP pg IM "LETHAL WEAPON r MANOR EAST 3 Manor East Mall ‘THEURfCOCr *KAf 60k r 823-8300 ARISTOCATS o SCHULMAN 6 2002 E. 29th CREEPSH0W II r 775-2463 THE ALLNIGHTER pg is mm $ DOLLAR DAYS $ This Week’s Features Are: PROJECT Xpq mm P0UCE ACADEMY IV pg m £2 MANNEQUIN pg fflrOSIERSrc mM MM. By Rachel Cowan Reporter John got of class early that day and decided to hurry home, but he stopped short when he saw his sports car. The pavement glittered with bro ken glass and a brick lay in the driv er’s seat — his brand-new stereo was gone. Although John is a fictitous char acter, his story is representative of many victims of auto burglary, one of the most common crimes in the Bryan-College Station area. Three different situations in the area make cars vulnerable to theft. A&M has numerous parking lots, College Station has several apart ment complexes — inhabited mainly by college students — and Bryan is a vulnerable family community. The A&M campus has over 85 parking lots with thousands of unat tended vehicles, says Bob Wiatt, di rector of University traffic and secu rity. “They’re like sitting ducks,” Wiatt says. “We have officers patrolling the parking lots, but they can’t be ev erywhere at once.” Most of the burglaries occur dur ing the day — mainly in lots farther from the main campus. The burglars often break into un locked cars, but if they want some thing out of a locked car they usually break a window with a brick, Wiatt says. i “Stereos and radar detectors are the hottest items on the market,” Wiatt says. “Siphoning gas is another thing. We’ve caught people doing this who are surprised to find out that it carries the same punishment as burglary. Siphoning gas is break ing and entering.” Stealing parts and accessories from a car is another problem. Wheels and hubcaps are the most common parts taken, Wiatt says. From September 1986 to Feb ruary 1987, 52 auto thefts were re ported, and 49 people reported that parts and accessories were stolen from their cars. This was a 13 percent drop from the same period last year, hut Wiatt wants to see even lower figures. “Fifty-two is higher than it ought to be,” he says. University Police officers patrol parking lots to curb auto burglaries, but Wiatt says the most effective pre ventive measure has been stakeouts. Six people were arrested during a 24-hour stakeout on Feb. 13 and 14, he says. “On the thirteenth, five men were caught breaking into a car,” Wiatt says. “The next day, officers caught a man opening unlocked cars. He had gotten into three cars before he was arrested.” Most of the people caught in auto burglary cases are first-time offend ers, Wiatt says. 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Despite these successful stakeouts, Wiatt stresses measures people can take to lessen their chances of being burglarized. He advises people to put valuable items like radar detectors, purses and shopping bags in the trunk or hide them under a coat. “These thieves are opportunistic,” Wiatt says. “If they see something valuable, they can get it whether or not the car is locked.” Another protective measure is to install an auto burglar alarm. Uni versity Police Detective Will Scott says. The alarm is expensive, hut if a car has expensive stereo equipment, Scott says, it’s worth it. “More burglaries would be deterred if people would lock their cars. In about 30 to 40 percent of the cases, burglars en tered unlocked cars. ” — Officer Tony Taylor of the Bryan Police 1NGI ind Ma; eled a n tack Tu the Los 113 vict tics in i Cham pi Los . NBA-be regular 12 of 1 looking night at The first tin four-ga Westen the ball If an item is stolen, it may be re turned to the owner if the police have the item’s serial number, he says. The police regularly check pawn shops for stolen items by comparing serial numbers from stolen goods with serial numbers on similar items in pawn shops. State law requires pawn shop own ers to keep a list of serial numbers of items for sale. State law enforcement officials use two computer systems, the Texas Crime Information Center and the National Crime Information Center, to locate stolen property. When someone reports an auto burglary to the police and gives them the serial number, the police put the information in the computer system. If a police officer anywhere in the country asks about that item, the computer tells where and when it was stolen, Scott says. Wiatt says, “People can defend themselves against auto burglary. If people have an expensive piece of equipment, they should care enough about it to record the serial number or engrave their driver’s license number on the item. We can’t return stolen property if people can’t iden tify it with more than just the brand name. “A&M students think they live in a fantasy land where they don’t have to lock doors or he careful. Students have got to learn that this is the real world — there are people here who will rip off anything they can.” The College Station Police De partment deals with a completely different situation, according to Lt. Irvin Todd of the College Station Police Department. , ■ P S larger area. 1 he city has mam ment complexes and shoppitj ters with thousands of unaiit cars. The number of auto bur| the city is corresponding!' Between January and Man ^ burglaries were reported in(i F 111 , 1 ^, _ Station. This figure is dovi 147 during the same time Iasi" Todd says sports cars arekt ized more than other cars,sine usually have better stereos Burglars generally force": tops and vent windows, Todil To break into locked cars,tb put a blanket over the wind fore smashing akeiiij he says, while the moreexpec burglars use slim jims -il made for unlockingcardoon “I’m surprised morepeopk hear it when burglars are sin windows, since it’s pretty Todd says. *T guess people; busy studying or have theiri or I Vs on too loud.” The Bryan Police Dept faces a different dilemma ones that confront University! lege Station police. Instead of numerous ai complexes to patrol, the partment has large resident^ with more families and fewercH students. “Auto burglary in Bryan:I high,” officer Tony Taylorf Bryan police says. “Thereatt^ four or five burglaries report! ery day and we have 200or3 ll | per month.” All parts of Bryan are vubl to auto burglary, Taylor says Sometimes a wave of ba:;: Hoods a certain area for a wa eventually all areas are hit,hts| Burglaries often happen people are shopping in a r; store, paying for gas or pick:/ children at a day-care center,II says. In these situations, many;! don’t lock their cars becae! won’t l>e gone long. Pickup trucks are come:, gets, he says. The slidingwinij hack of the cab and thewint on the sides make themeasyio into. “T he most effective way: vent auto burglary is to noil anything inside worth sits Taylor says. “Sometimes, I'dlx ing through a neighborta: would see unlocked cars nil windows down. They would have purses and stereo qi inside." Another effective way to auto burglary, he says, is neighborhood watch progrcl which people regularly wac| anything suspicious happen::! their neighborhoods. “We catch a lot of burglats! handed when people see theisj neighbor’s car and call the pot Taylor says. “All it takes is toW eye out for anything thatOT look right.” I CHIC/ Seventh ii a shot at I in major- cycle twic Idng. ^ Insteac along will son hit game ant dav to lea 2 victory I “Some' dugout," die cycle n v mind Bird.” P Dawso with two Houston lifted ant bleacher' seventh I fourth in Oak Forest Apts SPECIAL! December Ending Leases on 2 bdrm 1 bath apts $285. 00 * 850 sq. ft. * Laundry facility (.250 washer/.250 dryers) micro & c. fan for additional cost 15 minutes from campus Oak Forest Apts. 2809 Westridge Bryan • 775-3406 IF YOU REALLY WANT TO RELAX THIS SUMMER THEN LEASE YOUR APARTMENT NOW WITH US! CanvjMfini. Comfortable. 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