Meeting Minutes 4/23/13

4:50PM-5:45PM

We reviewed what happened during the interview with the U.C. Staff:
-UC staff log incident of what was taken, once reported
-Take film section and bring it to the police
They take no further steps in the process, and never hear anything else about it ( if it is solved).

The cameras in place have coverage of 60%-80%.
-Mirror reflection creates terrible resolution.
--we decided to still look into it as a potential scare tactic.

They informed us that the cubbies used to have a door with a lock option  but the students did not use them. Also they used to be structured going the long way. There was half the amount of cubbies, and people had their stuff lined up on the ground. Also the light reflected badly off of the top of the cubbies.

-Worked w/ architect and other campuses to get the new set up. The camera’s have the best set up possible with the two cameras.

Only had 2-3 cases reported a year

Solutions we are choosing:

**Posters-> Report theft! Take things w/ you!

Roldie hall makes posters, may look to see about getting one made for our presentation. 11x17

Security starts w/ individual

Take valuables w/ you

*Advertising use of the locked lockers

-Bring your own lock; sell backpack locks in the school store.

Use of the mirrors as scare tactics

Also Advertising is going to be the biggest helpful piece to our solution.

Remaining Questions for Paper:- To be completed by Saturday, email to Amanda-She is putting together the powerpoint

6. Sara

7. Jack

8. Kaila

1. Amanda

Presentation things to work on:-Pieces to Kaila Friday/Saturday Morning- Include slides & Outline

11. Kaila

22.  Kaila

   3. Sara

44. Amanda

55. Jack

66.Jack

We have a meeting next week Tuesday at 3:30 with the University Police.

One specific question we have for them is about the numbers of reports to them.

Our next meeting is Tuesday next week same time.

Class Questions to Address

Did you talk to anyone about the logic behind the cubby idea?

-->  I added a question into the interview for UC staff to ask about this.

Cubbies with locks would be ideal.

--> I looked up potential pricing for this type of cubby and will bring to the next meeting.

What if you used your falcon card to open lockers?

-->  I looked up the pricing of a card reader and it would be way too expensive to install a system like that, so it's probably not a feasible solution for us at this point.

Meeting Minutes 4/9

We met today at 4:45 to start discussing what direction we want to go in for the solution to our problem.  We mentioned that we should all take a look at the questions our peers posed following our presentation and bring some take-aways from those to the next meeting.

Ideas for potential solutions:
-students can bring their own locks to put on cubbies with doors
-more security cameras
-mirrors strategically places to increase visibility of students between cubbies
-changing the orientation or location of the cubbies
-ID swiping for locker use
-security staff

We also discussed pros and cons of each of these options.  Some drawbacks included expense, possible technology glitches, limited space, and cooperation of Sodexo and UC staff and the University Police.

In order to get more insight to which of these options might be the best and most feasible we are going to work on getting interviews with the University Police and someone on the University Center staff.  We're also going to talk to more students who have been victims of theft from the cubby area and here more individual stories and how each case was handled.  Amanda is going to look into rough estimates of prices for things like another security camera or cubbies with doors.

Our next meeting will be next Tuesday, April 16 at 4:45 in the library.

Class Comments after Short Presentation

* Did you talk to anyone about the logic behind the cubby idea?
* Do you think the cubbies are too small?  Will you do locks on the cubbies? What are other schools doing?
* Are there issues with the UC design that won't allow certain avenues of security?
* How long does the campus save the security camera videos? Does campus security have an office in the UC so they can respond more quickly?
* Even if you had a police officer by the cubbies, how would they know if the person was taking their own things?
* The solutions you suggest involve students paying, do you think there would be anything that is free for students?
* Is there anyway we could just get free locker instead of having to pay for them? People are already having a problem finding a spot in the cubbies.
* Is there a budget for security on campus?
* I could put you in contact with a student who had her laptop stolen, Korean keyboard and all (Elliot Novak).  At my previous school, I was repeatedly told not to use the cafeteria cubbies by RA's and staff, our cafeterias were in the basement of each dorm, so dropping stuff off in our room was easy -- also, we could bring it in.
* Could there be an actual security person by the cubbies?
* Would it be cheaper to have a type of insurance for stolen items?  What about installing "dummy" cameras, to make people think they're being watched?  Where else on campus are there security issues? Your statistics seems skewed.
* Could there be an option of bringing your laptop into the commons with you? Can't you already do that?
* Could more cameras become costly?  Who will review them?  Could Sedexo at least change their policy with purses?
* Cubbies with locks would be ideal.
* Can lockers with locks be placed in the eating areas? Have criminals ever been caught? Fun video!
* Nick Anders, Cara Rubis, and Joan Mayen would be perfect people to talk to about your problem.
* What if you used your Falcon card to open lockers?  What is the reason behind the University Policy of leaving personal items in a cubby?
* How are the rules inflexible? What are the University Police policies for going after criminals?
* Get University Police onboard, they did nothing to help me!
* Can you think of a free solution for students?
* "It reflects poorly"...what is reflected poorly?