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By Danny PowaH
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Midnight. The beginning of the
police shift known commonly as
"graveyard," a time when officers
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personal fatigue.
Officer Betty Bouknight was
patrolling the north side of the
campus in Car 7. It is a fairly
small, compact area; but it contains
most of the campus
buildings, which makes it tedious
to check.
That night there were only three
officers working: Bouknight on the
north side in Car 7, Sgt. E.V.
Rylant on the south side in Car 8
and Sgt. David Bowen at the desk
in the station. Two of the officers,
West and Roundtree, were on
official vacation. Officer Bill Allen
was off, even though he had
volunteered to work, and Lt.
Wagner had decided to take a few
days off. Over half the shift force
was out.
"There is a need for more cars,
definitely," Bouknight said. The
size of the campus is too big,
especially since it is located in the
heart of a major city to have such a
small police force.
"I think the Chief (Marvin
Harrelson) is a good man, but he
can only do so much with the
money he's got," she said. There
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said a letter written to the
Gamecock by Wm. Michael Ross
on July 2 was right in the problems
it brought to light.
After checking the Maintenence
Department beyond the railroad
tracks, discovering several unlit
lights over doorways, Car 7 headed
for the Business Administration
Building to begin a ritual walking
routine to check doors.
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THE FIRST THING discovered
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chairs sitting by a doorway, simple
picking for a would-be burglar.
Two doors of the large building
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someone left through them.
Walking across College Street, a
back door to the USC Educational
Foundation was found unlocked.
Office supplies were plentiful in
the room beyond the open door?
another possible larceny.
USC's Operation Scooterville, a
project for hearing-impaired
children at 819 Barnwell St., was
found to have a side door unlocked.
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a copy machine, a television,
numerous items of furniture, plus
many other things ; all ready to be
carted off and either kept or sold.
4'And people wonder why they
get ripped off," Bouknight said.
When checking the Humanities
Classroom building, the four
Pickens Street side doors were
found to be unlocked. A further
check found the three doors on the
other side also open.
THE OTHER BUILDINGS in the
general area found with open doors
included a Dorn East side door and
the front and back doors of
Kirkland. It was now about 3:30
a.m.
Moving to the Horseshoe area,
the Inct hit* huilHintf cfrnnninff to
check, a door was found open at
DeSaussure. Bouknight gave a
"oh,-not-another-one" look, when a
thump was heard upstairs.
Giving a "what's that" look,
Bouknight quietly radioed to the
department to see if anyone was
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she began to go up the stairs ; the
only time the silence was broken
was when the desk sergeant blared
out that he did not know if anyone
was there. The element of surprise
essential to any police officer was
then destroyed. Nothing was
discovered in DeSaussure and all
the doors were found secure on the
inside.
ON THE RETURN visit to
DeSaussure to check out the back
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clad woman peered out at them
from a doorway.
"I heard someone out here," she
said as Bouknight talked with her.
The woman had a legitimate right
for being in the building but the
campus police were unaware of it.
After leaving DeSaussure.
Bouknight went to check the
Osborne Administration Building.
Just as she was saying that if any
building on campus would be
secure, it would be the Osborne
Building, the side door was found
unlocked. Bouknight sighed as she
secured the door. It was 4:20.
When checking out the south side
of the Horseshoe, the doors of
Currell College were found to be
unlocked; it was now 4:50.
Fifteen minutes later, a
university vehicle was found
parked in the front of the Federal
Building at Sumter and College
with the windows down and doors
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After a few more general cruises
around campus, Car 7 returned to
the station. It was 8:00, time for the
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