A holiday with no breaks
by Richard Sakshaug / news editor
So far, the increased efforts of the Harrisonburg police have
been effective in deterring break-ins at off-campus student housing,
according to Sgt. Ken Lanoue. No breaking and entering incidents
were reported over Thanksgiving Break, but there was one incident
of larceny, Lanoue said.
This number continues the decline in break-in and larceny numbers
during holiday seasons when students go home for breaks. In 1999,
70 student-reported cases of larceny and breaking and entering were
filed during the holiday season, and the number dropped to 11 in
2000, as reported in the Nov. 19 issue of The Breeze.
"It's a significant improvement," Lanoue said. "A
lot of it is a cooperation between the apartment managers and the
police department." He also attributes it to students making
sure doors are locked and other checks to make their apartments
less soft targets.
Also, Lanoue said the police have made it clear that plainclothes
officers in unmarked cars were patrolling the apartment complexes.
These police efforts will continue during Winter Break.
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