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THE BATTALION
Late one night, Emily Conner, a sophomore jour
nalism major, and a f riend were returning home from
a get together. They were seated in their car waiting
at a red light in Waco. When the light turned green,
the car directly across from them pulled into the mid
dle of the intersection to block traffic. A large man.
armed with a gun. approached the cars behind him in
a robbery attempt. In a split second. Conner and her
friend were forced to make a decision.
“We went in reverse down the road and called
911,” Conner said.
Amidst the warm greetings of "howdy” and the
welcoming smiles of the surrounding community,
most people think "it won’t happen to me." Statistics
show, however, that 1 in 4 people will be in a situa
tion where they are the victim of a crime.
“It changed my perspective on feeling safe.”
Conner said.
Indeed, for most students, it is not until after
they are directly involved with crime that they
become aware of the evil that lurks in the world.
Although ranked as the safest college campus in
the nation by the FBI. the A&M campus is not
exempt from crime. Lt. Bert Kret/schmar of the
University Police Department said crime occurs on
campus everyday.
"It is still open and anyone can walk onto cam
pus,” Kretzschmar said. "A&M is a city in itself, so
things do happen. The most prevalent crime is
theft. Misdemeanor stats from September 20(H) to
August 2()()1 report that the value of the properly
that was lost was $549.(MX); that includes A&M
and personal property.”
Kretzschmar explained that the majority of
thefts fall into the category “crimes of opportunity."
Examples of these crimes occur when people leave
their car door unlocked or a backpack unattended,
allowing the thief easy access. By the time every
thing in a backpaek is totaled, including books, cal
culators, wallets, cell phones, palm pilots and
checkbooks, it is estimated a backpack can be
worth more than $1.()()(). Kretzschmar recalled a
case where someone’s backpack was stolen that
contained two years of research.
Ty Keeling, a junior agricultural development
major, had more than his backpack stolen. His
truck was stolen from a student resident lot his
freshman year. He parked it on a Sunday about two
weeks into school and went back early Thursday of
that same week to discover it was not there.
“I rode around with the cop for two to three
hours and he kept telling me I had misplaced it,”
Keeling said.
When the truck was never discovered Keeling
filed a police report. On his way home during
Christmas break, nearly three months later.
Keeling received a phone call from the police
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