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TCU Police actions well received

Last week there were seven break-ins in the Ranch Management parking lot.
Seven.

A common trend among them all: Broken windows and damaged or removed compact disc players resulting in a plague of uncertainty across campus about weather it is really safe to park a car on campus.

Monday brought an ounce of reassurance.

A man was arrested Monday morning while in the process of breaking into a vehicle in the lot, said J.C. Williams, assistant chief of TCU Police. The arrest came after police observed the break-in on the security cameras monitoring the lot.

Break-ins have haunted the campus over the semester. During the past three weeks, there have been a total of 22 vehicle burglaries around campus, according to TCU Police records.

TCU police should be commended for arresting the burglary suspect and possibly preventing any future burglaries from occurring.

But this is just the first step. What the police did Monday needs to happen again.

Too often TCU Police have been criticized for doing only one thing right: Giving parking tickets. With Monday’s arrest people on campus should appreciate all the hard work done by the parking patrol.

Students, faculty, staff and visitors who park on campus day after day trust that their vehicles will be safe. With this recent arrest, they can definitely feel a little safer.

Maybe the arrest was luck. Or maybe it was just someone being at the right place at the right time. Whatever the cause, police should strive to repeat what happened.

Instead of relishing the victory, TCU police officers need to see this as just another day’s work. There will always be problems, but success shows the system works.

Now we just need to try to improve our average. Seven in unacceptable.

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