Sgt. Agnew,
Here are some of my thoughts about things we need to work on. I realize some of the things I'm going to talk about I don't really have the answer or the idea how to correct them. I've racked my brain and this is how I feel. I believe Officer Albert and I work extremely hard in changing peoples perception on campus about UPD. This has taken awhile but I believe UPD's relationship with residents and staff is way better than it was before CP started. This isn't meant to give Officer Albert and I a pat on the back. We volunteered for CP and were put in place to change the perception of UPD.
I think all officers need to try to get to know residents/faculty on campus better. More importantly, let them get to know you as a person. Everyone has different …show more content…
Last year it was a major issue as people got robbed walking and looking at their cell phones. Albert and I parked a UTV on the main sidewalk awhile back, we noticed several people walking on the sidewalk towards us looking at their phones. We sat there for about 15 to 20 minutes, while we were sitting there three different people almost walked straight into the UTV and probably would have if Officer Albert and I didn't say anything. Our intention wasn't to get someone hurt, or really anything other than to park the UTV as the sidewalk is rather wide. But after watching the first person almost walk into the UTV we thought we would sit there a little longer. This was during broad day light and people were almost walking into a parked UTV, how bad is this at night? If we can become creative as a team in coming up with some kind of event that we can host or a group project to help people be more aware of their surroundings and not be so focused on our phones, I believe this would help prevent/deter crime more on
Here are some of my thoughts about things we need to work on. I realize some of the things I'm going to talk about I don't really have the answer or the idea how to correct them. I've racked my brain and this is how I feel. I believe Officer Albert and I work extremely hard in changing peoples perception on campus about UPD. This has taken awhile but I believe UPD's relationship with residents and staff is way better than it was before CP started. This isn't meant to give Officer Albert and I a pat on the back. We volunteered for CP and were put in place to change the perception of UPD.
I think all officers need to try to get to know residents/faculty on campus better. More importantly, let them get to know you as a person. Everyone has different …show more content…
Last year it was a major issue as people got robbed walking and looking at their cell phones. Albert and I parked a UTV on the main sidewalk awhile back, we noticed several people walking on the sidewalk towards us looking at their phones. We sat there for about 15 to 20 minutes, while we were sitting there three different people almost walked straight into the UTV and probably would have if Officer Albert and I didn't say anything. Our intention wasn't to get someone hurt, or really anything other than to park the UTV as the sidewalk is rather wide. But after watching the first person almost walk into the UTV we thought we would sit there a little longer. This was during broad day light and people were almost walking into a parked UTV, how bad is this at night? If we can become creative as a team in coming up with some kind of event that we can host or a group project to help people be more aware of their surroundings and not be so focused on our phones, I believe this would help prevent/deter crime more on