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Cameras installed at stadium to prevent crimes, provide evidence
UAPD
Jack Willems
Issue date: 10/19/07 Section: News
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Reynolds Razorback Stadium is a big place, but now campus police and the UA administration should be able to see what is happening all across the stadium at all times, said a spokesman for the UA Police Department.
The university installed cameras in the stadium last August to prevent unauthorized entry into the structure, said Lt. Gary Crain, UAPD public information officer. The cameras will be on 24 hours a day, seven days a week to prevent break-ins, Crain said.
During the first Razorback home game, three-fourths of the cameras were in operation but all were up and running after that game, he said. The cameras could be used to help law enforcement in other ways, though, Crain said.
If someone in the stands is acting unruly and needs to be removed, a fan or an usher can tell an officer on hand, Crain said. However, it takes testimony to bring charges of public intoxication and other potential crimes, and the video can provide that, Crain said.
While the cameras can provide corroborating evidence on public intoxication charges, the cameras have not led to any arrests thus far, he said. No increase in arrests on public intoxication or other common crimes at home games have occurred since the cameras have been installed, Crain said.
At the Auburn game, 11 people were arrested on charges of public intoxication, police authorities said. This is roughly the same amount as the number of people arrested for public intoxication at the first home game against Troy, Crain said. The number of arrests is average for an attendance that size considering it was a late game, he said.
"This game was packed too," Crain said, noting that more than 72,000 people attended the Auburn game.
In addition to the 11 arrests made for public intoxication, there were also five arrests of minors in possession of alcohol and one arrest for driving while intoxicated, police authorities said. Of the arrests of minors in possession of alcohol, one of them was a student, authorities said. The person arrested for driving while intoxicated was a student, but that arrest occurred at 4 a.m. that Saturday before the game, authorities said.
Of the 11 arrests made for public intoxication, two of them were students, authorities said. Most of the arrests made on campus the day of the game were of people with no connection to the university.
The UAPD arrested eight people last year for liquor law violations, but 439 people were referred to the university judicial system, according to the report. In 2005, 245 people were referred to the judicial system while 163 people were referred in 2004, according to the report. The amount of liquor law violations referred to the judicial system has increased by more than 500 percent since 2002, according to the report.
Last year, the number of arrests for public intoxication lowered slightly to 119 from 122 in 2005, according to the 2006 Cleary Report. In 2004, there were 79 arrests for public intoxication, while there were 39 arrests in 2003, according to the report.
The university installed cameras in the stadium last August to prevent unauthorized entry into the structure, said Lt. Gary Crain, UAPD public information officer. The cameras will be on 24 hours a day, seven days a week to prevent break-ins, Crain said.
During the first Razorback home game, three-fourths of the cameras were in operation but all were up and running after that game, he said. The cameras could be used to help law enforcement in other ways, though, Crain said.
If someone in the stands is acting unruly and needs to be removed, a fan or an usher can tell an officer on hand, Crain said. However, it takes testimony to bring charges of public intoxication and other potential crimes, and the video can provide that, Crain said.
While the cameras can provide corroborating evidence on public intoxication charges, the cameras have not led to any arrests thus far, he said. No increase in arrests on public intoxication or other common crimes at home games have occurred since the cameras have been installed, Crain said.
At the Auburn game, 11 people were arrested on charges of public intoxication, police authorities said. This is roughly the same amount as the number of people arrested for public intoxication at the first home game against Troy, Crain said. The number of arrests is average for an attendance that size considering it was a late game, he said.
"This game was packed too," Crain said, noting that more than 72,000 people attended the Auburn game.
In addition to the 11 arrests made for public intoxication, there were also five arrests of minors in possession of alcohol and one arrest for driving while intoxicated, police authorities said. Of the arrests of minors in possession of alcohol, one of them was a student, authorities said. The person arrested for driving while intoxicated was a student, but that arrest occurred at 4 a.m. that Saturday before the game, authorities said.
Of the 11 arrests made for public intoxication, two of them were students, authorities said. Most of the arrests made on campus the day of the game were of people with no connection to the university.
The UAPD arrested eight people last year for liquor law violations, but 439 people were referred to the university judicial system, according to the report. In 2005, 245 people were referred to the judicial system while 163 people were referred in 2004, according to the report. The amount of liquor law violations referred to the judicial system has increased by more than 500 percent since 2002, according to the report.
Last year, the number of arrests for public intoxication lowered slightly to 119 from 122 in 2005, according to the 2006 Cleary Report. In 2004, there were 79 arrests for public intoxication, while there were 39 arrests in 2003, according to the report.
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