1997_10 Insight October 1997

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California State University, FrttnoAW Oct. 2*. I**?
Campus
Iron Man
Physical education teacher
uses spare tifne for ItitfWon
corrtpetitions.
Surveillance system assists police with campus crime
I New cameras
installed on campus
have cost more than
$150,000.
by Victor L. Hernandez
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Beware car thieves, the "eyes
in the sky" are watching you
Thanks to a brand new, state-
of-the-art camera surveillance
system, the parking lots at California State University. Fresno,
just took a step toward greater
safety
Fresno State parking and
transportation administrator
Rick Finden said the new camera system has been in the works
for quite some time
"Many of thcparking lot* on
campus have been wired for i_
curity cameras for years," Fintlen
said 'itwa*ju«arriarterolimple
menting the right plan for installing and staffing a surveillance aaa>
tern."
The new camera system on cam-
put it about a week old, with 1 <.
cameras installed and more on the
way toon. The main campus Po
lice Department office will contain the system's brain center
With the new system, campus
police officers can watch patiently
on 10 screens for suspicious activities and crimes in progress /
So far. police have mostly ended
up seeing hapless student* racing
to make il to class on time, though
The monitor* are linked to a main
computer which controls the
movement of the cameras
Officers watch the cameras 24
hours a day, seven days a week
The officer* are able to move the
and room in and out with
the c lick of a mouse
So far. the high-tech camera *ur
veillance *y*tem ha* cost over
$150,000, paid tor by ihe (M I
Parking and Transportation fund
— meaning student parking tick
ets have helped fund the protect
Fresno State office
Zamora see the new surveillance
system as a key io helping curb
car theft and other crimes against
students on campus
"The cameras give us an extra
lump on crime* m aa
are able to room in on the subject
and get an accurate read on the
situation." Zamora said
Officer* (..in SJaSg ' I
closest unit to the area, and can
learn what direction the subject is
headed, vehicle description  iimc
elapsed and possibly th
identification
t>*er the past S years, * east at
theft ha* been on the rise at Fresno
Stale Now that the campus police
depart merit i* armed with the tat
est ttxhnology in camera surveil
lance, official* hope car thieves
and other criminal* will get the
message loud and clear
"The value we will get from
these cameras i* trememJou*.
Finden sand The cameras will act
a* a first responder to the 9 11 calls
campus police receive Meaning
we can check on the situation of a
call instantly rather than having
to wail for a unit to arrive to Bw
scene"
School official* are enthuiiaatic
about the system* potential, and
extra camera* have already been
installed in several computer lab*
tor campus police to monitor/
further installation may come
Students
trek to
Capitol
protest
by Victor L
Stiff Writer
SACRAMENTO — The average
Fresno State student probably ha* only a
t with .the civil right*
: I960* and the late Or
Martin Luther King. Jr
The typical student know* King wa* a
Baptist preacher who fought, not only for
black rights, but civil liberties for all
people
Bui it is "doubtful that all Fresno State
students know rhe impact of King* fa
mous "I Have a Dream" speech which
was a rallying cry for a massive assault
on racist practices Black* forced to sit in
the backs of city buses, Mack* made to
drink at separate water fountain*. Macks
dented the right to vote, and many more.
Reversing these evils wa* rhe goal of
the civil rights movement White* and
black* alike marched for racial justice hi
the 1954* and I960* Then, the movement seemed to steadily fade out and for
then
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from Fresno traveled to Sacramento to
lake part in the Rev Jesse Jackaon't "Save
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political change* centered on affirmative
action, the proposed elimination of bilm
gaal eoucauon m public schools and Bw
denial of social service* to illegal immi
grant*
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wilt be forever hapti/ed in what organir
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'Week Without Violence*
■ This year, 31 hate crimes
have been reported to
Fresno police.
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