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Eleanor Roy
Managing Editor
The overall number of on-
campus crimes has gone down since
2009, according to Stetson's newly
released 2012 Annual Security
Report. Every year, universities that
receive federal funding are required
to report the number of crimes
that occur on their campuses to the
government under the Clery Act.
Additionally, they must report any
emergency procedures and policies
that could affect students. Reported
crimes range from murders and manslaughters to liquor law violations.
While the number of overall
incidents declined, the number of
referrals for liquor law violations on
campus dropped significantly, from
136 referrals in 2009 to 108 referrals
in 2010 and 56 referrals last year,
according to the report.
"I think the [Public Safety]
officers have been very diligent in
their observations and such," Public
Safety Captain John Szaroleta said.
"But we have a very good working
relationship this year both through
the fraternities and also the residential life, and for that reason, I think,
and for the educational stuff, that
we're turning a corner."
The number of referrals for
illegal weapons possessions also
dropped over the past three years
from 11 in 2009 to eight in 2010.
None were written in 2011, according to the report.
The number of referrals written
for drug law violations has remained
relatively steady, increasing only
slightly from 56 to 57 between 2010
and 2011.
The 17-page security report
outlines general procedures for filing
a report about a crime at Stetson,
including those regarding sexual assaults. It also lists all 40 emergency
call box locations around campus.
While the report doesn't list the
number of registered sex offenders
in the DeLand area, it does provide
a website where anyone can obtain
information about the registered sex
offenders in a neighborhood. As of
Monday, there were 10 registered
sex offenders/predators who live
within a one mile radius of campus.
A copy of the report is available
on Public Safety's website.
Alcohol related EVACs
and incident numbers are
surprisingly low
Eleanor Roy
Managing Editor
Despite speculation, the number
of alcohol-related EVACs and incidents has been surprisingly low so
far this semester, according to Public
Safety Captain John Szaroleta.
Rumors about a spike in
alcohol-related student EVACs have
been circulating since the first few
days of FOCUS orientation, however, only two students have been
EVAC'd due to alcohol poisoning.
"That's way down this year," Szaroleta said.
While there have been some
alcohol confiscations, Szaroleta said
he believes the number of incidents
is relatively low compared to past
years, although he did not have the
numbers at the time of the interview
to confirm this.
"I'd like to think that has to do
with education," Szaroleta said, adding that Public Safety has worked
this year to establish a better relationship with Greek life and residen
tial life in an attempt to cut down the
amount of alcohol on campus.
"We do work a little bit closer
with the fraternities, Nate Burke and
such. We will go in and talk to the
fraternities any time they request our
presence as far as to talk, to clarify
the rules and regulations. And then
working through the office of community standards, and Ben Falter
and residential life," Szaroleta said.
He added that the number
of alcohol-related EVACs could
potentially rise as the semester goes
on because students tend to get more
stressed closer to finals, leading
some to binge drink.
"You never can tell. It's almost
like a cycle. I mean, if I try to prepare for what happened last year for
this year, you'd be surprised; you've
got a whole new bunch of students.
It might change," he said.
Szaroleta added that he thinks
the low numbers of incidents could
be a sign that we're "turning a corner" with risky behavior on campus.
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