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Charles Village implements multi-layer security plans
Issue date: 11/20/08
Despite the fact that Hopkins is ranked number one in security by Reader's Digest, a number of undergraduates have complained to the University's security department and to the Residential Advisory Board that they feel unsafe.
In response, the Baltimore City Police Department, Charles Village Benefits District and the Hopkins administration are currently working together to increase security measures around the greater Homewood area.
They are applying a more thorough multi-layer security approach in protecting the people of Charles Village.
The Charles Village Community Benefits District is also currently spending around one-third of its $650,000 budget for the 2008 to 2009 fiscal year on security, an increase of two percent from the 2007 to 2008 fiscal year.
The Charles Village Benefits District receives its income from the Homestead Tax applied on residents of Charles Village.
A Hopkins student who lives a block down 33rd from Subway in a rowhouse described one instance when he was a victim of crime in Charles Village.
One morning, he woke up early to go to lab and when he went downstairs to make his coffee, he noticed that the second floor room door and the dining room window were open.
"They really need to do something about the security here. I went about my usual morning routine and when I went to get my bike to ride to work, I noticed it was gone. Eventually my housemates and I checked around the house and found that a lot of our stuff was stolen," sophomore Shane Steinert-Threlkeld said.
In the past week, the surrounding neighborhoods of Hopkins have witnessed a wave of criminal activity. Five robberies involving a total of six victims took place throughout the vicinity of 30th to 33rd Streets, North Charles Street and St. Paul.
Three of the victims were Hopkins undergraduates and a Hopkins employee. All of the crimes either took place early in the morning between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. or early in the evening just after 7 p.m.
In response, the Baltimore City Police Department, Charles Village Benefits District and the Hopkins administration are currently working together to increase security measures around the greater Homewood area.
They are applying a more thorough multi-layer security approach in protecting the people of Charles Village.
The Charles Village Community Benefits District is also currently spending around one-third of its $650,000 budget for the 2008 to 2009 fiscal year on security, an increase of two percent from the 2007 to 2008 fiscal year.
The Charles Village Benefits District receives its income from the Homestead Tax applied on residents of Charles Village.
A Hopkins student who lives a block down 33rd from Subway in a rowhouse described one instance when he was a victim of crime in Charles Village.
One morning, he woke up early to go to lab and when he went downstairs to make his coffee, he noticed that the second floor room door and the dining room window were open.
"They really need to do something about the security here. I went about my usual morning routine and when I went to get my bike to ride to work, I noticed it was gone. Eventually my housemates and I checked around the house and found that a lot of our stuff was stolen," sophomore Shane Steinert-Threlkeld said.
In the past week, the surrounding neighborhoods of Hopkins have witnessed a wave of criminal activity. Five robberies involving a total of six victims took place throughout the vicinity of 30th to 33rd Streets, North Charles Street and St. Paul.
Three of the victims were Hopkins undergraduates and a Hopkins employee. All of the crimes either took place early in the morning between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. or early in the evening just after 7 p.m.
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Exile
posted 11/24/08 @ 10:11 AM EST
This is possible the whiniest article I have read in a long time. Are there any statistics to match up to the whining to corroborate increases in crime? Or is this just people who never realized that one has to deadbolt their doors and lock their windows when one lives in a city. (Continued…)
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