The Battalion
STATE & LOCAL 3
Wednesday, November 22,1989
Police Beat
The following incidents were
reported to the University Police
Department between Nov. 9 and
Friday.
SEXUAL ASSAULT:
• A student in Wells Hall was
sexually assaulted by another stu
dent. The woman did not File
charges, but did want the matter
handled through Student Affairs.
PLACES WEAPONS PRO
HIBITED, RECKLESS CON
DUCT AND CRIMINAL MIS
CHIEF:
• A student reported that
while his car was parked on Dis
posal Plant Road, three cars
drove past his car and one of the
cars shot the driver’s side of the
door with what appeared to be a
.38 caliber bullet. Neither he nor
his passenger were injured.
College Station police said they
received reports of shots Fired
near Treehouse Apartments and
Anderson Lane ten minutes after
the incident on campus.
POSSESSION OF STOLEN
PROPERTY:
• Officer’s recovered several
stolen items from a room in
Moore Hall. The two students re
siding in the room said the items
were remnants from a scavenger
hunt. Charges are pending notifi
cation of owners.
BURGLARY OF A MOTOR
VEHICLE:
• Car burglers were caught red-
handed when officers responded
to a report of possible burglaries
in progress in Parking Area 40.
Six vehicles were identified as be
ing broken into, and some prop
erty was recovered. There was
also evidence found which linked
these two suspects to previous
burglaries in various campus
parking lots.
• TAMU parking hang-tag’s
were stolen from a cars in Park
ing Area 66 and 48.
• A stereo system and radar
detector were stolen from a car in
Parking Area 40.
• Cash was stolen from a car
ashtray in Parking Area 61.
• Tools were stolen from a car
in Parking Area 56.
• T-tops were stolen from a
car in Parking Area 56.
• A padlock was forcibly re
moved from the Warrior Build
ers office trailer.
MISDEMEANOR THEFT:
• A United States flag was stolen
from the flagpole on the Aca
demic Mall. The flag is owned by
UPD, but maintained by the
Corps of Cadets.
• An automatic door opener
was stolen from the McKenzie
Terminal construction site.
• A Wall Street Journal paper
rack from Ireland Street was sto
len.
• A wallet was stolen from a
room in the Peterson Building.
• Three bicycle’s were stolen
from various locations around
campus.
TERRORISTIC THREAT:
• Officers responded to the
Blocker Building after a bomb
threat against that building was
received by College Station Police
Department, and information re
layed to the University Police De
partment. A search of the build
ing didn’t reveal any suspicious
articles or persons.
BURGLARY OF A BUILD
ING:
• A pH meter from the Chem
istry Building was stolen. A wit
ness identified the suspect and
the meter was returned.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF:
• The anti-apartheid shanty
was demolished.
• Four hubcaps were stolen
from a student’s car in Area 61,
and a tire was punctured as well.
• A rear window was broken
on a car parked in Area 62.
• T-tops were shattered on a
car in Parking Area 40.
• A car hit another car with
the door of the vehicle while on
Ireland Street.
• Dumpsters in Parking Area
30 and Area 2 were engulfed in
raging flames. Authorities said
the fires were set within ten min
utes of each other.
• That same day, two trash-
cans on the first floor of Mclnnis
Hall were set on fire.
ARSON:
• The burning continues, a
sofa and trashcan were set on fire
in Lounge A-3.
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ING CRIME. Call 845-8900.
Student hostages help police team
By Julie Myers
Of The Battalion Staff
Several Texas A&M drama stu
dents will be able to hone their act
ing abilities while helping the Col
lege Station hostage negotiation
team prepare for real-life situations.
Students in role playing positions
will play hostages and hostage tak
ers, Sgt. and Team Commander
Larry Johnson said.
In a smaller city like College Sta
tion, most hostage situations involve
domestic violence. Consequently,
students will focus on playing hus
bands and wives.
Johnson said the basic hostage
scenario usually involves an argu
ment, unemployment, depression,
psychosis or drug use — emotions
that can be hard to realistically du
plicate.
“Suprisingly, role-players fall into
the action without too much difficul
ty,” Johnson said. “In most cases,
they can relate (the situation) to
some incident in their lives. It be
comes pretty realistic.”
Johnson said role-playing a hos
tage situation before a crisis occurs
gives S.W.A.T. and hostage negotia
tion teams insight into the emotional
interplay between hostages, their
captors and law enforcement.
For this reason he said more de
partments are finding hostage nego
tiation teams helpful as opposed to
using force.
“It’s not a traditional police re-
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I hose departments
who have used it (role-
playing) before would not
do without it.”
— Sgt. Larry Johnson,
College Station PD
sponse in that we are not necessarily
trying to respond as quickly as possi
ble,” he said.
“Those departments who have
used it (role-playing) before would
not do without it.”
Role-playing brings CSPD closer
to its goal of ending crisis situations
peacefully. Unlike most crisis situa
tions, Johnson said hostage negotiat
ing is one of the few times a police
officer can talk as a person and not
just a cop.
Role-playing is one part of the on
going, once a month training for the
five member team, which is the only
one of its kind between Dallas and
Houston. Most recently, they have
negotiated the release of a female
hostage during the Southwest Sav
ings bank robbery last year.
Senate defeats workers’ comp
Members return amended Hobby bill to House
AUSTIN (AP) — House leaders voiced disappoint
ment Tuesday after a rebellious Senate defeated major
aspects of a business-backed workers’ compensation
plan, but an optimistic Gov. Bill Clements said some re
bels may only be posturing.
House Speaker Gib Lewis, whose more conservative
chamber now goes to work on the proposal, said defeat
of the plan written by Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby was a major
setback.
“I would say we probably are back to square one,”
said Lewis, D-Fort Worth, as lawmakers continue to try
to break an impasse that has lasted since January.
Clements, who has called the Legislature into special
session twice seeking workers’ comp reform, said he
thinks lawmakers will get the job done this time. Some
Democratic senators, he suggested, were posturing po
litically in the knowledge that the final bill could be sub
stantially different.
“I think that they probably wanted to make a record
at that particular stage of the process,” the Republican
governor said. “There’s certain of those senators who
want to manifest their independence at this stage.”
“But you know, this is just the first chapter in a long
book,” Clements said. “By the time we get to the end of
the story, I think everything will be all right. I’m still op
timistic about it.”
But Sen. Carl Parker, who led the drive to amend
Hobby’s bill, said the slim majorities on major amend
ments for his side will hold.
In comments before the Senate adjourned, Parker,
D-Port Arthur, said he knows of no one who intends to
change his vote.
“If there are I’d like to know who, because it means
that I’d be most disappointed in some of my colleagues
who have given me their word,” Parker said.
The workers’ cpippensation system has been under
fire for more than a year. Business says it is too expen
sive, white labor si^s benefits are too small.
Voting 22-9 Wednesday, the Senate sent the House
an amended Hobby bill that wound up being close to
the proposal preferred by organized labor and trial law
yers. The Senate also approved, on voice vote, a bill that
would allow large companies to self-insure, but a pro
posal to make compensation coverage mandatory
failed.
Sen. Teel Bivins, R-Amarillo, who voted against the
reform plan, said, “It’s my strong feeling that our body
has returned to business as usual.”
Under the bill, maximum weekly benefits would be
increased from $238 to $416, an injured worker could
“T
I his is just the first chapter in a long
book. By the time we get to the end of the
story, I think everything will be all right.
I’m still optimistic about it
— Bill Clements
appeal a disputed comp claim to a jury trial and perma
nent injury benefits would be calculated on how that in
jury impaired the employee’s ability to work.
Hobby had proposed raising the maximum weekly
benefits from $238 to $416, but opponents said the fac
tors used to calculate the benefits would have lowered
benefits for low-paid employees.
Hobby also proposed restricting jury trials and a set
schedule for calculating permanent injuries. These
changes by Hobby were sought business groups, which
claim high benefit awards and court settlements are be
hind rising insurance premiums.
Lewis said the House likely would amend the Senate-
passed bill, adding that he hopes some senators would
moderate their views.
Walk or run
in annual
Turkey Trot
A&M’s 20th annual Thanks
giving Day Turkey Trot will be
gin at 8 a.m. Thursday in front of
G. Rollie White Coliseum.
The trot is a 3.1 mile run/jog-
/walk (depending on the individ
ual participant’s condition) held
rain or shine and open to anyone
interested in participating.
The annual event is a non
competitive activity designed to
promote individual Fitness, says
coordinator Dr. Jack Chevrette of
the University’s Department of
Health and Physical Education.
Students, faculty, staff and
members of the Bryan-College
Station community, as well as
their Thanksgiving guests and
any visitors to the area, are in
vited and encouraged to join in
the fun by participating in the
trot, Chevrette says.
There is no advanced registra
tion, no fee and each runner/jog-
ger/walker will receive a certifi
cate of participation.
The trot begins at 8 a.m. from
the front of G. Rollie White Col
iseum on the campus and ends at
the same location after circling
the university golf course.
For more information, contact
Chevrette at 845-7249.
Allergy
David R. Weldon, M.D.
Audiology
Richard L. Riess, Ph.D.
Cardiology
J. James Rohack, M.D.
Dermatology
David D. Barton, M.D.
Family Medicine
Anne Barnes, M.D.
Art Caylor, M.D.
William R. Kiser, M.D.
Walter/. Linder, M.D.
Richard A. Smith, M.D.
Kathy A. Sdenstra, M.D.
Robert Wiprud, M.D.
General Surgery
Frank R. Arko, M.D.
Dirk L. Boysen, M.D.
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Salty Scaggs, M.S., R.D., L.D.
Internal Medicine
Valerie Chatham, M.D.
Alton Graham, M.D.
David Hackethom, M.D.
Michael R. Schlabach, M.D.
Obstetrics/Gynecology
James R. Meyer, M.D.
William L. Rayburn, M.D.
Charles W. Sanders, M.D.
Sally Miller, R.N.C.
Occupational Medicine
Walter/. Linder, M.D.
Ophthalmology
Charles W. Akins, M.D.
Otolaryngology
Michael/. Miller, M.D.
Pediatrics
Dayne M. Foster, M.D.
Mark Sicilio, M.D.
Dan Ransom, M.D.
Psychology
Jack L. Bodden, Ph.D.
Patricia E. Tolciu, Psy.D.
Radiology
Luis Canales, M.D.
Speech Pathology
Anne Lueck, Ph.D., C.C.C.-S.L.P.
Susan Scott, M.Ed., C.C.C.-S.L.P.
Urology
Michael R. Hermans, M.D.
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