T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Monday
November 22, 2010
Volume 92, No.
50
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY TAYLOR CAMMACK
The Shorthorn staff
The UTA Police Department
is expanding its force and services to account for an...
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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Monday
November 22, 2010
Volume 92, No.
50
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY TAYLOR CAMMACK
The Shorthorn staff
The UTA Police Department
is expanding its force and services to account for an increase in
incident reports and to canvass
the new College Park District.
Assistant police chief Rick
Gomez outlined several expansions in police coverage, all of
which should be implemented by
next summer.
Gomez introduced
the proposal on Wednesday during the President’s Roundtable,
a meeting between campus administrators and student leaders.
The expansions include a
police substation in the College
Park District, hiring 15 additional public safety officers, adding
26 outdoor cameras and about
20 more emergency call boxes.
While three PSOs will soon be
hired, the other 12 officers will be
Police plan expansions
SAFETY
The campus will see 15 more
officers and a College Park
District police substation.
CRIME continues on page 8
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