Miami Hurricane, October 1, 2009

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October 1 - October 3, 2009 THE MIAMI HURRICANE NEWS 1
The Miami Vol. 87, Issue 11 | Oct. 1 - Oct. 4, 2009 HURRICANE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929
Remember last year’s slaying of the Univer-sity
of Miami’s beloved campus crocodile?
A police camera mounted on the
Flipse Building captured the license plate
number of the getaway car, which eventu-ally
led to an arrest.
Earlier this semester, another police camera near
the Ring Theater spotted two men trying to hotwire
a motorcycle.
Though the suspects got away, their pictures
were quickly sent to officers around campus. This
helped clear a student who police had stopped at
gunpoint because he was wearing clothing similar
to the suspects.
The University of Miami Police Department is
currently monitoring more than 200 closed-circuit
cameras across campus. The cameras have helped
solve 14 crimes in the past six months, said Chief of
Police David Rivero.
“It’s amazing how many cases they help us
with,” Rivero said.
With only 25 officers to patrol the 230-acre cam-pus,
the cameras serve as a “force multiplier.” They
enable officers to patrol two or more areas at one
time.
Rivero explained how an officer can sit in the
Mahoney-Pearson parking lot patrolling the region
while simultaneously monitoring the parking lot
outside Mark Light Field on his or her laptop where
the feed from the camera streams on a server.
Junior India Stanton was surprised to find that
UM has so many cameras on campus.
BY STEPHANIE GENUARDI | STAFF NEWS WRITER
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Somebody’s
watching
you
SEE CAMERAS, PAGE 4
Over 200 cameras monitor campus
TELL ME WHO’S WATCHING: From this single touch-screen monitor in his office, Chief of Police David Rivero can access all the cameras on campus.
BRITTNEY BOMNIN // Photo Editor