The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 24, 1980, Page Page 3, Image 4

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USC police Sergeant A.M. Shearin reads a parking ticket. Shearin frequently mans the desk for the organizationally troubled police department. (Photo by Barry Newman) 4Y tn U5L,p( some di By Mark Platte New* Editor During the past year, the USC police have faced constant personnel and morale problems, and the difficulties may not subside until the department is organized in a completely different manner, some Campus Police officers say. The department was criticized by a special committee made up of students and administrators this summer for solving a News Analysis low percentage of campus crimes. The 49-page report onmA nffinorc fr?r V? UV4AAV VA*AVV? U AVA being overweight and unresponsive. Campus Police disagree with most of the report's findings and some officers said they felt the report could cause friction between students and police officers. GEORGE KEY, head of USC Public Safety and Security,said, "If the police are going to be judged by the number of arrests they make, then they will be more inclined to slap it to anybody." Key will retire at 1 _t At WW ^ ? ine enu 01 uie year, tie nas denied any correlation between the report and his retirement. Campus Police officers said students are fortunate that Columbia City Police V v / tOK&j t-pancates ,|J / du-yjou. cane^l ( *<3S? , ,, V 8o^ p" JVes/v Iviifi'iJu/ce^ Benefit 0b fb&'yiL Pnb. f ? 9 ~ ~ / 272! ?5<w?)CD p* 71' 1k*te pKooez^s " p^L/r:ettc -- alliance - wiS 'C* A ^ - KCM rtuCl&t/l. ^ i'^tuge.' / > jisp Dlice ne< i 4-S (O 4*5. LOOULiOli don't have jurisdiction over the campus, because more arrests would be made for less serious offenses, such as public drunkenness and fighting. Columbia Police said they think Campus Police are too lenient on students. They agree they would handle students with more auUiority. A COMMITTEE headed by President James Holderman is studying the organization of the force. USC Police Chief Marvin Harrelson, criminal justice Dean William J. Mathias and Lieutenant Carl Stokes of the State Law Enforcement Division are on the committee, which met: only once. Some USC policemen see the committee as another unnecessary step in reorganizing the system. "One (Mathias) is ail book knowledge and no practical experience, one (Stokes) is the fair-haired boy of Holderman's and then there's a chief who's running scared," said a close associate of the campus police. "I've offered a lot of suggestions to the chief, but he's set in his ways. He doesn't want anything to change," one policeman said. The department received a major blow when an important decision by the chief % Wn, ^ c'g^se* \f*i y &fiU$ I . , ! ^ /' '* A.eKA t&A 2pm >u'AP3iij, Sept. Z8 ^ . / r^iv ^Wi /' /,, A i mmlmi i^>: * ftSB 2d chan Icut Ullit was overturned early this year. Kirk Evans, considered by fellow workers to be an able police officer, was fired after failing to respond to the Oct. 7 shootings at nn?Ao A**.? * L^avco t?csi. rtiicr me incident, he panicked. He was immediately released, and he couldn't get another job because of a poor reference from the chief. EVANS APPEALED the case to the S.C. Department of Human fairs and won his case on the stipulation that he say nothing about the incident. The bad references were eliminated, and Evans was hired by the Charlotte Police Department. Tha GAMECOCK Is the stutlant newspaper of the University of South Carolina and Is published thraa timas a weak on Mondays. Wadnasdays snd Fridays during the faN and spring semesters and onca weekly on Wadnasdays during both summar sasslons with tha exception of university holidays and exemlnation parioda. Opinions expressed In tha GAMECOCK are thosa of the editors and not thosa of the University of South Carolina. The University of South CaroHna Is an equal opportunity institution. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of the GAMECOCK. The Student Media 0*'icu is the parent organization of the GAMECOCK. Change of address forms, subscription requests and other correspondece should be sent to the GAMECOCK. Box 85131. RusseU House. University of South Carolina., Columbia, S.C. 29208. Subscription rates are $6.50 per semester and $2 for the summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia. SC. nc USEI ON ( IS HI THE COMPLE' LIFE. HUMES. NUMBERS. SI STUFF. DEPfl ORQflNIZflTI SCHEDULES, cnonoiTiEC IJIVV\VI^I I k ?! ITS ALL HERI iBwrany I VELLOUI > I PUCES ' ^ day The USC police continue to do their jobs, wondering when and how the department's internal problems can be resolved. According to one officer, the decision to change rests with the people who need to leave. M VlllvnHVl 1 Gj 1/' I? -IS Inv offc For th B | F; ss 1 20% s | Mori.- Sat. L9a.m.- 6p.m. HiHUHIIIIIHHHHIHftfltWIIHHIISHIll "HOST ? BOOK tfMPUS" ERE! rr CiflBDE TO MMPUt ADDRESSES. PHONE rCJDENTS, FACULTY. RTMENTS. CAMPOS ONS. DORMS, SPORTS ACADEMIC CALENDAR. FRATERNITIES. . . E. WHEN YOU I IT MOW. . . FIND IT HER SGA allocates funds The senate Finance Committee met Wednesday to continue allocating funds to student organizations. According to Dorothy Stefan, the committee's chairperson, all organizations are facing budget cuts this year. At the Wednesday meeting, *he committee allocated $4,800 to the Waterski Club, *1,961 to the Flying Club, $320 to fVin Tinor Dnm ni A >n fhn Ar^., n<v?? n ~.I ?<v,r r> ? vitv a 15^1 JLIUl ii, IV HIC L/WI dliu y&iO IU OcttUIUd. The Indian Students Association received $2,089 and the senate Finance Committee received $4,920. AFRO received $8,319, $2,300 less than it originally requested. I T7* in\i 1? vm a I iL/iivi>i ii(A. i nn MONEY Urgently needed people with Mononucleosis to aid in Medical j Research. 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