Pubdate: Mon, 21 Apr 2003
Source: Daily Collegian (PA Edu)
Copyright: 2003 Collegian Inc.
Contact:  http://www.collegian.psu.edu/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/543
Author: Eric Killian

POLICE SHOULD FOCUS ON SERIOUS VIOLATIONS

Which two of the following do not belong: A rapist, a thief, a traffic 
violator, a marijuana smoker and a college student who has been drinking? 
Answer: the rapist and the thief. What do all the others have in common? 
The rest all are the focus of police. It seems with the recent rape in 
downtown State College and the increasing amount of thefts, police would 
have found the time to investigate further into these crimes. Numerous rape 
cases are reported each semester without further investigation, even with 
substantial leads.

Walking students are harassed via checkpoints on the corner of Bigler and 
Pollock. When will the police start serving their community and stop 
oppressing students? The fact of the matter is that the police must stop 
expending their services into areas of harassing college students for 
drinking, harmlessly smoking an occasional joint or violating feeble 
traffic laws whose "costs" are more than $100 in addition to the actual 
fine. Police must most importantly maintain a safe community for all and 
stop impeding on our freedom of privacy without probable cause.

Eric Killian, freshman-division of undergraduate studies
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