thursdayjanuary 19, 1978
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daily nebraskan
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ore campus crimes reported
By Amy Lenzen
Despite a national trend of decreasing crime on eolleg
campuses, UNL Campus Police investigated about 15
percent more crimes in 1977 than in 1976, according to
Sgt. Joe Wehner of the UNL Crime Prevention Bureau,
No homocides or rapes were reported in 1976 or
1977. Wehner said. Armed robbery reports decreased
from one to zero and six vehicles were stolen in 1977,
compared with nine in 1976. But reported burglaries
increased from 36 to 65 and larcenies rose from 530
to 645 " .
However, Wehner said crime actually may not have
increased. '
"We really don't know whether crime increased or
people just reported it more often," he said. "But in the
past four years, there has been this increase in reportea
crime."
There also have been more arrests. In 1977 180 adults
were arrested, compared to 157 in 1976. Charges against
juveniles rose from 33 in 1976 to 58 in 1977.
Most arrests were not students, Wehner said.
"Sixty percent of all people we arrested were in no
way connected with the campus," he said.
Wehner said the campus relaxed atmosphere attracts
non-campus people.
Students were arrested more often than non-campus
people for disturbing the peace, minor in possession of
alcohol and drug possession. Non-students were arrested
for larceny, burglary and stolen vehicle charges.
The most commonly stolen articles from dorm rooms
and offices are billfolds, pocket calculators and textbooks.
"Many students don't realize that if he steals enough
textbooks, the thief can make quite a lot of money re
selling them," Wehner said.
Most thefts occur when students are returning from or
leaving for vacations, according to Wehner. At those times,
there is much confusion and a thief can easily go unob
served, he said. , .
Most larcenies now are occurring in the academic
buildings, Wehner said. This is a change from 1976 when
most occurred in dorms.
The crime rate on East Campus is lower than on City
Campus, Wehner said. Fewer non-campus people frequent
East Campus, he said. -
In an effort to reduce theft in academic buildings and
during the moving-out period, Wehner said, police will
distribute informative publications later this semester.
Wehner said locked offices and dorm rooms are the
most effective crime deterrents. He also recommended
that students engrave their student identification numbers
on belongings.
"And we ask that they report crime more," he said.
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