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The Battalion
Wednesday, September 13,1989
UPD takes a bite out of crime
Prevention unit educates community about safety
By Pam Mooman
Of The Battalion Staff
There are three elements to a crime: desire,
ability and opportunity, a University Police De
partment officer said.
“It’s we, as citizens, who provide the opportu
nity for a crime,” said Lieutenant Bert Kretzsch-
mar, head of the University Police Department’s
Crime Prevention Unit.
The University Police are fighting student and
faculty carelessness that could lead to crime, and
the Crime Prevention Unit is at the core of the
UPD’s education program.
“It’s a service organization,” Kretzschmar said.
“We’re dedicated to educaton.”
The Crime Prevention Unit was founded in
May of 1989 to make A&M faculty, students and
guests aware of precautions they can take to
avoid being victims of crime.
“What we’re trying to do through this is raise
the level of awareness,” Kretzschmar said. “Per
sonal safety and property protection are the two
biggest areas that people want to know more
about.”
Bob Wiatt, director of Security and University
Police, said that often people are careless, mak
ing themselves easy targets for criminals.
“Property crimes primarily occur because of
the carelessness of the victims,” Wiatt said.
“Locks were made by the dear Lord for the pur
pose of locking. It’s those basic things we’re try
ing to hammer through. Carelessness will make
them the victim of property crime.”
Wiatt said that students will fail to lock their
bikes or cars and leave their backpacks, books
and purses unattended and then expect them to
be there when they return.
“The type we have are opportunistic thieves,”
Wiatt said. These kinds of criminals do not plan
the crime, but when they find an unattended
backpack, they take advantage of the situation,
Wiatt said.
Wiatt also stressed the danger for women in
being out alone after dark in poorly lighted
areas. But a companion does not always provide
safety.
Wiatt, founder of the Date Rape Crisis Center,
said that 75 percent of date rape cases go unre
ported.
“Those are probably underreported for a vari
ety of reasons,” Wiatt said. “In the past year, we
only had three sexual assualt reports on campus.
All were date rape scenarios.”
Wiatt said there is not an umbrella over the
We are trying to educate (the
students) that the A&M campus is
no different than the neighborhood
they grew up in. They’re becoming
aware that this isn’t ‘Alice in
Wonderland’ entirely.”
— Bob Wiatt
A&M campus, making it safer than the “real
world.”
“We are trying to educate (the students) that
the A&M campus is no different than the neigh
borhood they grew up in,” Wiatt said. “They’re
becoming aware that this isn’t ‘Alice in Wonder
land’ entirely.”
However, an encouraging drop occurred in to
tal criminal offenses reported between Septem
ber 1988-August 1989 from the year before,
Wiatt said. The number of reported offenses de
ceased from 1688 to 1668.
Kretzschmar and Officer Betty LeMay, who is
also involved with the Crime Prevention Unit,
take their message to the students, faculty and
community through speeches, lectures, lun
cheons, presentations and films.
“We’re expanding rather quickly,” Kretzsch
mar said. “We get calls every day from professors
who want to know how to make their offices
safer. We’re getting more and more people out
of town who are affiliated with A&M calling us.”
The Crime Prevention Unit is involved in seve
ral safety programs on the A&M campus and in
the community, Kretzschmar said.
Kretzschmar and LeMay were involved in the
National Night Out in married student housing
this summer.
“Nobody knows each other,” Kretzschmar
said. “They knew they were their neighbors, but
they hadn’t met them in a year or year-and-a-
half.”
The unit also conducts Aggie Watch, a neigh
borhood watch program for the residence halls.
The unit oversees another program called Op
eration Identification, Kretzschmar said.
“Every residence hall director will be given an
engraver,” he said. Residents in the halls can use
the engraver to mark their belongings.
Kretzschmar has also started a phone service
called Crime Line. The number for Crime Line is
845-6500. Students can call this number and
hear a prerecorded message that gives them the
latest information about crimes committed on
the A&M campus.
“They can listen to a prerecorded message of
what’s going on in the police community,”
Kretzschmar said. “I’m trying to use it for crime
prevention.”
Locking cars and offices and making sure
backpacks and purses are not left unattended are
simple acts that are effective protection against
crime, Kretzschmar said.
“We’re trying to reduce the opportunity for a
crime to be committed,” he said. “A lot of it is ba
sic, common sense. There are criminals that no
matter how secure it is, they’re going to steal it.”
However, Kretzschmar said that in general, a
criminal will be discouraged if he has to take time
to pry open a lock.
But if you become a victim of crime, you
should take action.
“Report it,” Wiatt said. “Report it to the law
enforcement agency that has jurisdiction where
the crime occurred. Try to give an idea of what
you lost. It helps us establish a pattern of criminal
activity.”
Southwestern Bell
recruiters give tips
on how to interview
By Andrea Warrenburg
Of The Battalion Staff
“How to Sell Yourself in the
Job Marketplace” was the topic of
a presentation given Tuesday by
recruiting representatives from
the Southwestern Bell Corpora
tion.
Sponsored by the Texas A&M
Cooperative Education Office,
Southwestern Bell representa
tives from the corporate office in
St. Louis, Mo., gave students
helpful tips on resume writing,
interviewing and things to do to
help start a career while still in
school.
“Students can never be as re
fined as they would like to be in
this process,” Walter Odom, assis
tant director of cooperative edu
cation, said. “You can never have
enough information.”
Becky Lampkin of Bell’s col
lege relations department said
the resume is the first step in the
process and sometimes the only
chance people get to “sell” them
selves.
“We process 10,000 to 15,000
resumes every year, so you must
do something to stand out be
cause there is so much competi
tion,” Lampkin said.
Being neat and creating a dif
ferent way to present your re
sume help gain attention, she
said. Also, resumes should not be
more than one page and should
include grade point ratio, perm a .
nent and school addresses and
phone numbers, career objec-
fives, willingness or unwillingness
to relocate, extracurricular activ-
ities and a cover letter.
“Extracurricular activities art
probably the primary thing com.
E anies are looking at now,"
ampkin said.
When the resume phase is sue.
cessful, the interview phase is
next.
Christie Gillison, corporate re.
cruiting manager for Bell said,
“Think about the interview as a
fun, positive experience so you
can relax and be yourself.”
Gillison said appearances and
eye contact are important but so
is practice. An interviewee should
do their homework about the
company, make a list of possible
questions to practice with and in
the actual interview, not assume
the interviewer knows what they
are talking about.
While still in school the rep
resentatives suggested using the
placement office, co-op and in
ternship opportunities and infor
mational meetings and career
fairs to help gain an edge.
“And don’t get discouraged;
set realistic goals and you’ll gei
the job you want,” Lampkin said,
The co-op office videotaped
the presentation for future refer
ence. The tape will be on resene
in the LRD on the sixth floor of
the library.
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