On policy changes: A note from the editorial staff of The Chanticleer and Brandon from 92J
Issue date: 3/30/06 Section: Opinion
Dear students of JSU,
We just wanted to drop you a note of explanation for the new information you will find in our crime docket this week.
A wonderful thing happened Monday afternoon. We found out that from now on we will have more information available for us to put in the crime docket thanks to an edict sent down by our administration.
From now on, we aren't able to talk directly to the police officers about crimes that happen on campus; we have to get our information from the crime log itself.
Which is fine with us, because that gives us tons of info about everyone involved in the incident. We can, if we want to, list the officers involved and can often give an almost exact address for the victims.
As a matter of fact, the only thing we don't like about this new policy is that we have to harass poor Al Harris at the JSU News Bureau every time we need to get a quote from an officer. Even if it's about something that the police want us to cover and want to talk to us about.
Poor Al will now be, unfortunately, inundated with questions he can't answer - such as, "Al, can you speculate on why we've had so many thefts on campus this semester?"
"Al, what is Jacksonville State's police department doing about the marijuana usage that seems to be running rampant across campus?"
"Al, what is the police department's stance on access cards instead of keys for the dorm rooms and various buildings around campus?"
"Al, what precautions are being taken for next week's Greek Week?"
"Al, what type of security will be on hand during graduation?"
By the way, students of JSU, Al's phone number over at the News Bureau is 782-5468. If you have any policy questions for the police department, you'll need that number so you can call him.
We also recommend you call him if you have any problems about the crime information we print. After all, we only give you what we get.
Al, we love you, we really do. We just think it's a little silly that someone who doesn't work in law enforcement is going to be answering all of our cop questions from now on.
And we really see this giving you more work than you have time to do.
Now, this school year only has two more weeks in it for us, but next year is wide open with 26 editions of the paper to go and lots of issues to discuss.
How will the reporters for The Abstract tell the incoming students that they can call UPD for an escort home if they don't hear about it from Michelle Paige?
How will we be able to tell you what to do to keep your belongings safe if we don't have UPD's list of do's and don'ts from the officers?
How can we tell you how to ride your bike safely if we don't have the experts that UPD provides us?
Once again Al, we love you, but you don't know everything and we think it's silly of the university to put you in this awkward position.
You have our sympathy…and we'll talk to you tomorrow.
We just wanted to drop you a note of explanation for the new information you will find in our crime docket this week.
A wonderful thing happened Monday afternoon. We found out that from now on we will have more information available for us to put in the crime docket thanks to an edict sent down by our administration.
From now on, we aren't able to talk directly to the police officers about crimes that happen on campus; we have to get our information from the crime log itself.
Which is fine with us, because that gives us tons of info about everyone involved in the incident. We can, if we want to, list the officers involved and can often give an almost exact address for the victims.
As a matter of fact, the only thing we don't like about this new policy is that we have to harass poor Al Harris at the JSU News Bureau every time we need to get a quote from an officer. Even if it's about something that the police want us to cover and want to talk to us about.
Poor Al will now be, unfortunately, inundated with questions he can't answer - such as, "Al, can you speculate on why we've had so many thefts on campus this semester?"
"Al, what is Jacksonville State's police department doing about the marijuana usage that seems to be running rampant across campus?"
"Al, what is the police department's stance on access cards instead of keys for the dorm rooms and various buildings around campus?"
"Al, what precautions are being taken for next week's Greek Week?"
"Al, what type of security will be on hand during graduation?"
By the way, students of JSU, Al's phone number over at the News Bureau is 782-5468. If you have any policy questions for the police department, you'll need that number so you can call him.
We also recommend you call him if you have any problems about the crime information we print. After all, we only give you what we get.
Al, we love you, we really do. We just think it's a little silly that someone who doesn't work in law enforcement is going to be answering all of our cop questions from now on.
And we really see this giving you more work than you have time to do.
Now, this school year only has two more weeks in it for us, but next year is wide open with 26 editions of the paper to go and lots of issues to discuss.
How will the reporters for The Abstract tell the incoming students that they can call UPD for an escort home if they don't hear about it from Michelle Paige?
How will we be able to tell you what to do to keep your belongings safe if we don't have UPD's list of do's and don'ts from the officers?
How can we tell you how to ride your bike safely if we don't have the experts that UPD provides us?
Once again Al, we love you, but you don't know everything and we think it's silly of the university to put you in this awkward position.
You have our sympathy…and we'll talk to you tomorrow.