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(08/25/10 8:44pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus have been discovered in Monroe County by the Monroe County Health Department.Despite the Indiana State Department of Health’s findings, there have been no human cases of West Nile virus reported in Monroe County, Penny Caudill, an administrator at the Monroe County Health Department said.“We have a program where someone goes out periodically to take mosquito samples,” said Caudill. Although an emphasis on sample collection is placed during the summer months, it is an ongoing, yearlong process. The cases have, however, spread beyond Monroe County.“Most of the cases have been found in the central and eastern counties of the state,” said Simeon Baker, an environmental health specialist for the Monroe County Health Department. The mosquitoes generally occupy water-filled areas.Mosquitoes carrying the virus will breed in clogged roof gutters, ditches and untended swimming pools, Caudill said. West Nile virus is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes that have bitten an infected bird. A person who is bitten by a mosquito carrying the virus might show symptoms within a period of a few days to two weeks. “It depends whether most people will recover,” Caudill said. Most people who become infected with the virus will have very mild symptoms, if any at all. According to a press release issued by the Monroe County Health Department, few individuals will contract a more severe form of the disease, including encephalitis and meningitis. Although there are no specific treatments or vaccines for West Nile virus, people who develop high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, muscle weakness, nausea, sore joints or confusion should see a doctor. Serious cases might require intensive support therapy and good nursing care.
(04/29/10 1:48am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>After obtaining a search warrant, Bloomington Police Department arrested five IU students on preliminary charges of maintaining a common nuisance and for possessing about 25 hits of LSD and two pounds of marijuana.Officers also seized $9,540 in cash at the location.BPD Lt. David Drake said officers received complaints about drug activity. Police did not engage in any controlled drug buys with the subjects but initiated surveillance, enabling them to obtain a search warrant. The arrests were made Monday evening at a residence located at 133 N. Overhill Dr.According to the report by Detective Brandon Lapossa, the three residents, Neema Jafari, Mitchell Kotlarski and Shadi Khoury, were arrested on preliminary charges of maintaining a common nuisance. Additionally, Jafari was charged with possession of marijuana, Kotlarski was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance and Khoury was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deal. Robert Courtney, a Butler University student and Shaina Ohm and Lena Popovic, both IU students, were present upon police arrival and are facing preliminary charges of visiting a common nuisance.
(04/27/10 2:42am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Native Film Series, which took place Sunday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, highlighted incidents occurring in Native American boarding schools from the late 1800s to the 1960s.“We showed a series of films and had a guest speaker, director Randy Vasquez,” said Rebecca Riall, co-organizer of the event. Vasquez’s upcoming movie, “Something’s Moving,” illustrates the boarding school controversy and will be released sometime next year.“The film talks about why these boarding schools are now just coming to light ... and what it means for the Indian population as a whole,” Riall said. A question-and-answer session following the film addressed how Native Americans’ cultural identity stood intact despite pressures to assimilate. “I think Indian people knew about this for a long time ... but people didn’t really talk about what was going on in these boarding schools,” Riall said. Boarding schools were used by the government to Christianize Native Americans, said Del Criscenzo, a co-organizer of the event and a member of the American Indian Student Association and the Native American Community Center of Bloomington. “They would not have contact with their parents, forbidden to speak their language, to practice their cultural and spiritual beliefs,” Criscenzo said. “They were taught to speak English, their hair was cut and they were given European style clothing to wear.”But experiences in contemporary boarding schools are different from those of decades ago.Sophomore John Savariar attended the Indiana Academy for Science Mathematics and Humanities in Muncie for the last two years of his high school career. “It was one of those high schools for the gifted and talented,” Savariar said. About 150 juniors and 150 seniors were admitted to the school, but only 110 students made it through graduation. “The tradeoff is between the better education that you receive versus the standard high school experiences,” Savariar said. He explained his mother pushed him to go and take advantage of the progressive educational opportunities. “Girls were on floors two and three and boys were on one and four,” Savariar said. “It was very much a community atmosphere.” He believes his pre-college boarding school experiences both helped and hurt him before he came to IU.“I was so used to the boarding school environment, it was somewhat awkward to transition into main-stream experiences and large place like Indiana University,” Savariar said.
(04/27/10 2:40am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>On Saturday morning, Bloomington Police were dispatched to the 500 block of South Lincoln Street in response to a female complainant who informed police that her ex-boyfriend had attempted to forcibly remove her from the residence and four days previously had thrown her pet Chihuahua at her head.According to the report, the female complainant alleged that her ex-boyfriend entered the unlocked apartment and ran into a bedroom where she and a male were located. She told police that her ex-boyfriend allegedly punched the male in the mouth, resulting in a chipped tooth and a bloody lip.The ex-boyfriend attempted to carry the female complainant outside the residence until roommates interfered. The subject left before police arrived. Upon their arrival, she informed BPD of an incident that occurred between her and the subject four days prior.According to the report, the subject had visited her apartment on Morton Street and an altercation ensued. Following, the complainant told police he slapped her across the face and picked up her three pound Chihuahua and threw it at her. According to her claims, the dog made contact with her head before landing against a wall and falling to the floor. The subject then repeatedly “took his cell-phone and hit her on the head with it about 30 times.”BPD is currently unable to locate the subject.
(04/26/10 1:19am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Keeping similar numbers as previous Little 500 weekends, Indiana State Excise Police issued 158 summonses in Bloomington this weekend. The IU Police Department issued 42 citations for public intoxication and 14 for illegal possession/consumption from Thursday to Sunday. “We had an average Little Five week,” IUPD Lt. Craig Munroe said. Last year, excise police issued 157 tickets to 125 people, and IUPD issued 117 tickets for 69 people. This weekend, excise officers worked jointly with IUPD, the Bloomington Police Department, the Monroe County Sherriff’s Department and Indiana State Police.“We were fairly busy,” Munroe said. “No major events happened. ... It’s one of the best we’ve had.”Excise police issued 94 citations of illegal possession/ consumption/ transportation of alcohol. Seventeen citations were issued to those of legal drinking age who “furnished alcohol to a minor,” according to a press release. Excise only issued three citations for public intoxication this weekend.About 30 excise officers were present in Bloomington over the weekend.“This weekend’s rain and intermittent thunderstorms did not deter our officers from enforcing Indiana law,” ISEP Officer Travis Thickstun said in the release. “Excise police conducted numerous inspections of alcoholic beverage establishments and patrolled on and near the Indiana University campus in our effort to reduce underage access to and use of alcoholic beverages.”The department’s headquarters are located in Indianapolis, but they have regional offices throughout the state. The southernmost district offices in Seymour, Vincennes and Indianapolis, tended to the Little 500 festivities at IU. The three remaining districts assisted Purdue University for its Grand Prix.
(04/22/10 1:56am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Bloomington Police Department recently obtained video surveillance from an Indianapolis liquor store security camera depicting several black males using a credit card stolen from a Bloomington resident during an armed robbery earlier this month.The alleged armed robbery occurred April 3 at Bloomington’s Colonial Crest Apartments. The residents said three to four males entered their apartment and stole cash and an XBOX console, among other items. One “carried a sawed-off shotgun,” according to the report.The men were approximately 20 years of age and drove a gold Ford Taurus with missing hubcaps.“One of the victim’s credit cards had been stolen and used several times in the Indianapolis area,” the report said.The footage was from a liquor store on East 38th Street in Indianapolis.Because there are multiple individuals in the surveillance photo, BPD Lt. David Drake said officers are unsure which one handed the credit card to the cashier.Officer Robert Shrake is in charge of the investigation. Anyone with information regarding the suspects’ identity is asked to call BPD at (812) 339-4477.
(04/20/10 2:06am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>At 10:15 p.m. Saturday, part-time IU Police Department officer and senior Kyle Moulden was already at the station on 17th Street writing up his first police report of his night shift, which began shortly after 9 p.m.The offense: a subject exposed his genitals and urinated on the side of Foster Quad Gresham. Moulden, who is the live-in IUPD officer at Foster, cited him for underage consumption of an alcoholic beverage but cut him some slack on the preliminary charges of public intoxication and nudity.“Although he smelled very strongly of alcohol and was under 21, he was cooperative and honest,” Moulden said. There is no science to writing the actual report, Moulden explained. He typed a brief summary of events in chronological order and handed it to the shift supervisor who corrected it for errors and missing information.Make sure to include that a sober driver picked him up after he was let go, said one of the two shift supervisors that was on duty at the station.The additional sentence was necessary to protect the department from liability issues. After making revisions, Moulden checked a box on the screen that would electronically send the report to the prosecutor’s office. A copy of all IUPD arrests also goes to the Dean of Students and Vice Provost for Student Affairs office.By 10:45 p.m., he was back on patrol at Foster. After checking in with the resident assistants at the front desk, he completed a quick walk around the quad before meeting part-time IUPD officer and senior Ryan Skaggs at the circle drive. Skaggs is the live-in for McNutt Quad.Moulden and Skaggs are two of 17 part-time IUPD officers who patrol the grounds of the residence halls they live in.“There are 10 part-time officers on foot patrol tonight and three on bicycles, one in each residential neighborhood,” Moulden said.Together, they make their way to McNutt. The night is unusually quiet for a Saturday, but the chilly weather may be partially to blame. Except for several individuals who entered vehicles at the McNutt circle, the only people outside are a handful of smokers gathered at the south breezeway.“We aren’t the smoking police,” Moulden said. Although they can choose to stop them if need be, they do not worry about petty offenses.Here, they were joined with the part-time officer responsible for patrolling Briscoe Quad. He is accompanied by an IUPD cadet who will shadow him for the evening and experience firsthand his future responsibilities as a part-time IUPD officer. Although the officers are assigned to patrol one residence hall, the three officers frequently walk around the entire northwest neighborhood, emphasizing their allocated residence hall.After they joked around for a few minutes, Moulden and Skaggs departed again. This time, they walked back towards Foster and glanced at the small cemetery located on Fee Lane. Moulden explained that intoxicated individuals occasionally spend time in the area.At 12:30 a.m. a white Hyundai rolled through the stop sign across the street at Fee Lane and 13th Street. The driver and its passengers continued to Foster and stopped to enter Gresham Food Court. Moulden and Skaggs approached the driver to determine if she was intoxicated. No breathalyzer was administered, and the officers had no reason to believe she had been drinking.After the passengers of the Hyundai retreated into the food court, five clearly intoxicated males followed not far behind them.“Even though they are clearly intoxicated, they are not causing a problem,” Moulden said. “We are not out here arresting every drunk person we see.”While returning to McNutt, an RA texted Skaggs, informing him that someone might be smoking marijuana in the courtyard. Once at the courtyard, Skaggs and Moulden walked at two opposite angles and met where two males were sitting at an outside table. The smell was unable to be located.It is now 1:25 a.m. and Moulden and Skaggs see another male urinating on a wall, this time on the side of McNutt. They interview him and discover he is completely sober. They let him go and the male returns to his room. “I’ve been doing this for two years,” Moulden said. “It’s been a great experience, and I will definitely miss working around here and the people I work with.”
(04/20/10 12:54am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Supporters concerned about Monroe County Public Schools’ lack of funding gathered at City Hall on April 10 after a letter to the editor in the Herald-Times and a 1,500-member Facebook group sparked interest.“We are trying to stimulate the community to understand, as rapidly as possible, what is happening right now, which is major cuts this year and next year,” said Greg Chaffin, a Bloomington High School North counselor.There’s currently a $5.8-to-6.2-million cut in Monroe County for education this year, he said.“It looks like we are in for at least two more years of severe cuts,” said Duane Busick, a videographer who co-created the Facebook group and helped organize the rally.Chaffin said 125 out of 770 Monroe County Community School Corporation teachers may not have jobs next year. The shortened funding has resulted in overcrowded classrooms, the elimination of elementary and middle school librarians and the loss of the outdoor education program at Bradford Woods, he said.Today, Indiana public schools rely only on state tax, which includes sales tax, income tax and gambling tax. Previously, local property tax was also part of the funding.State Rep. Jeff Espich, R-82, said property tax is “unfair.”“Only two-thirds of people pay it because one-third are renters,” he said.Several months ago, Chaffin wrote a letter to Herald-Times’ to express his concern for the lack of funding. He showed the letter to Busick, who suggested they create a Facebook page, “Support Public Education in Monroe County,” about the issues regarding the lack of appropriate funding for public education.“The response I got on the page was pretty much overwhelming,” Busick said, adding that it had 1,500 members within one week.A committee was then developed to plan a rally for the county’s schools. The gathering of more than 800 people included speakers Mayor Mark Kruzan and State Rep. Matt Pierce, 61-D.“We tried to incorporate as many aspects of the school community as we could,” Busick said, adding that he wanted people to “be involved in the communication that leads to some well-thought-out decisions with what should happen to the school corporation.”Espich admitted that, as with families, the government needs to cut its spending during recessions.In 2008, the state government revised its budget, which, among many measures, included a one-cent sales tax increase.Chaffin said there’s less money available by funding things through sales tax during economic downturns because people don’t spend as much as they did before.Espich said this may be true but public schools weren’t funded solely through property tax before 2008. Eighty-six percent of operating money, including teachers’ salaries, came from state taxes. The rest came from local property tax.“I don’t like education being hurt,” Espich said, “but I also don’t like that 15 percent of Hoosiers are out of a job.”
(04/16/10 2:59am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>As the 60th annual Little 500 approaches, the IU Police Department will be in full force. Officers stress that although they will prioritize law enforcement of criminal activity, they will not be more lenient in making arrests.“It is a universal effort put forth by the school and the police departments,” IUPD Lt. Craig Munroe said.IUPD’s 44 full-time officers, along with about 35 part-time and auxiliary officers, will be on patrol during the events throughout the week. The department has restricted officers’ days requested off.“We are not going to be any more lenient,” Associate Dean of Students Carol McCord said. “We are not going to be harsher, we are going to follow the law and University policy.” She said when the weather is pleasant, there are more students outside being more “public about their behavior.”“We only have so many officers and we will all be working,” Munroe said. “We’ve done this for years; we have to be out there.” Munroe has been with IUPD for about 30 years and has experienced numerous Little 500 events as an IUPD officer. He said he believes that in recent years, students and spectators have been more appropriately behaved than decades ago.“I was here during the ‘Breaking Away’ movie; crowds really peaked when that came out,” Munroe said. “I think things are pretty well maintained right now ... I definitely don’t think it’s getting any worse at all.”Associate Vice President for Assurance and Public Safety Mark Bruhn said IU and the IU Student Foundation are jointly assuring that there will be an ample amount of officers and ushers to accommodate the large crowd at Bill Armstrong Stadium.He insisted that even though sufficient authorities will be in place, it is not his intention to interfere with the spirit of the race or the engagement of students with their teams.McCord said the goal is for students to enjoy themselves, but safety is priority. “The Dean of Students office and all of the deans will be around all weekend, we will be working during the race and participating in the fun,” McCord said.McCord urges event attendees to be neighbors to one another and enjoy “good-natured competition.” “We remind people to have a good time but not to have fun at the expense of someone else,” McCord said.Munroe suggested keeping a low profile and not going too crazy.“If you go out, go out with some good friends, don’t get into binge drinking and don’t drink so much that you bring attention to yourself,” Munroe said.
(04/12/10 11:27pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Officers arrived in the 1000 block of North Monroe Street at about 9:15 p.m. Sunday to find a vehicle sticking out of the south side of a residence.Police said the driver, Enrique Gonzalez, had no driver’s license and reportedly failed the driving test 12 times.The house sustained $25,000 worth of damage, including some to its foundation, officers said.Gonzalez, 43, was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. There were expired license plates on his 1991 Honda Civic, and he had no auto insurance.According to Officer Benjamin Burns’ report, Gonzalez was traveling northbound on Monroe Street when he lost control of the vehicle. He ran over a stop sign, then crashed into the house.Residents Ashley Waggoner and Stephen Denton told police they were sitting inside when they heard a loud crash and felt the house shake. After the incident, they said they saw Gonzalez “crawling across the console to get out of the passenger side.”Officers found an empty Budweiser can on the floor of the vehicle.After failing a field sobriety test, Gonzalez was taken to BPD where his blood-alcohol content was recorded at 0.15.
(04/09/10 3:08am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>In January, the Indiana Daily Student interviewed IU Police Department cadets Brad Begeske and Amanda Stahl about their experiences in the cadet program and their career aspirations upon graduation from IU. In four weeks, the two cadets and 35 others will enter the IU Police Academy, the only one of its kind in the country, and will become fully sworn officers, working part-time for IUPD in the fall.“I think I still want to go federal one day,” Stahl said. “I see myself on the East Coast getting into the federal system.” Begeske said he sees himself working in either local or federal law enforcement, but returning back home near Chicago.Stahl and Begeske run sprints and participate in circuit training at 7 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays with IUPD Sgt. David Rhodes.“I’ve been taking a workout class to prepare me,” Stahl said.The academy begins May 10 and will last until Aug. 14. Begeske’s and Stahl’s current duties as cadets include patrolling academic buildings and providing security for athletic events. Their entrance into the academy is just weeks away and Begeske and Stahl have begun opportunity walk-alongs with part-time IUPD officers who patrol the residence halls.“We give them the opportunity to shadow the officers the last eight weeks because that will be one of their primary functions next year — working at the residence halls,” IUPD Lt. Greg Butler said. The cadets are asked to work 12 to 20 hours a week in three- to four-hour shifts. Begeske and Stahl both also take 17 credit hours.“I’m still patrolling the business school Saturday night and on Friday I’m doing dispatch,” Begeske said. “We had to work the mini-marathon the other day.” Starting May 10, their weekdays will begin at 6 a.m. with a physical fitness routine.“We do something different every morning,” Butler said.Three days a week, the cadets will start with exercises and follow up with a run of no less than two miles. Tuesday will include various aerobic exercises and Thursday, swimming will be their morning exercise regimen. The cadets are given a short break and classes begin at 8 a.m.Their classes throughout the summer will include criminal law and specialty skills, including traffic law, hazardous materials and crash investigations. While at the academy, the cadets must demonstrate complete discipline. “We treat them as adults,” Butler said. “If they walk in one minute late, that’s their first chance, if it happens again they are probably done.” Provided they graduate from the academy in the fall, Begeske, Stahl and the other cadets will have full arrest authority. Although they are not guaranteed a permanent job at IUPD after graduation, they will have a leg up in the law enforcement hiring process.“They normally will go to other departments and will get hired pretty quickly,” Butler said. “It saves them time and money if they have someone who is certified and they are coming out of here with a college degree.”
(04/08/10 4:11am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Indiana Congressman Baron Hill, D-9th, spoke at a small fundraiser at FARMbloomington on Wednesday to demonstrate his support for IU College Democrats.Kelly Smith, the organization’s president, said they’re responsible for getting Democrats in office and informing people about issues on the democratic platform.“Our biggest goal is educating people about what’s going on government-wise,” Smith said, explaining that the health care bill was an important part of their agenda. “It was a big deal for us.”The fundraiser had been in the works for a month and was aimed solely at benefiting the student organization.“With the money we make off this, we will be holding events, whether that is to hold debates with the Republicans or information sessions,” Smith said.Hill was eager to come, she said. He and the organization have benefited from each other.After Smith introduced him, Hill spoke to the audience, mainly comprised of the IU organization. Hill assured attendees that he believes the Democratic Party will remain victorious in the upcoming elections.“While the pundits are writing everybody off in Washington, D.C.,” Hill said. “I think the message the College Democrats have here in Indiana is a whole different story and we can do what we did in 2008 in 2010.”Hill will remain in Indiana until Monday and will be giving similar speeches throughout the 9th District.
(04/08/10 2:36am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Jeffery Abel was arrested and preliminarily charged with a Class B felony count of aggravated battery Wednesday after repeatedly stabbing a 24-year-old male Tuesday evening in the 2400 block of South Winslow Court.The victim told police he and Abel have had an ongoing conflict over a woman.According to the BPD report, the victim, Christopher Harrison, “was stabbed at least four times: in the left shoulder-blade, left side abdomen, left arm and left hand.”Officers said Harrison suffered internal bleeding and a punctured lung.By the time officers arrived at the scene, Abel had fled.Detective Richard Crussen interviewed Abel on Wednesday afternoon. Abel claimed to have been in a fight with Harrison but denied stabbing him.
(04/06/10 1:06am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Thirty-year-old Cody J. Gillespie-Lynch was arrested after WFHB’s Paul Sturbaum heard a window break when he was in the radio station early Sunday morning.According to a Bloomington Police Department report, after hearing the glass break, Sturbaum “went outside to see a guy walking away, rubbing his arm.”When officers found Gillespie-Lynch near the B-Line Trail, they noticed he had lacerations on his arm. Visibly drunk, he was arrested and is facing preliminary charges of public intoxication and criminal mischief.Gillespie-Lynch told officers “he was walking around buildings tapping windows with his elbow — not trying to break them.”
(04/06/10 1:05am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Residents of Colonial Crest Apartments reported to the Bloomington Police Department that four unknown black males forced entry into their apartment and robbed them with a sawed-off shotgun.According to the BPD report, the incident occurred at 10 p.m. Saturday. A 19-year-old male told officers that he was in his apartment with two other residents when they heard a knock on the door.When they opened the door to see who was there, the suspects forced their way inside, the report said. One was carrying a sawed-off shotgun.One of the residents claimed the suspects stole “a cell phone, XBOX and $125,” the report stated.Another roommate claimed to have $200 to $300 of his cash stolen as well.“Police are investigating the incident as possibly being drug related,” BPD’s Lt. David Drake said.
(04/05/10 12:23am)
Fatal vision goggles can help demonstrate visual impairment to students\nwithout them actually being inebriated during IU Police Department\nalcohol programs.
(04/02/10 2:36am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Midwestern law enforcement agencies utilize Bloomington’s multi-million dollar, state-of-the art police training facility to train in SWAT and non-tactical operations.“We get people from all over the Midwest region,” said Sgt. Scott Oldham of BPD, and he included police departments from Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky as some that have used the facility.The Plainfield Police Department, located on the west side of Indianapolis, is one of the many agencies using the Bloomington facility. “We are always looking for good training outside our agency,” said Capt. Carrie Weber, a 10-year veteran of the department. “There is not a lot of organized SWAT training throughout the state, and Bloomington is the closest SWAT school around.”The facility is located on the south side of Bloomington and was first employed in 2008. “The range is completely rifle capable,” said Sgt. Mick Williams of BPD. “Filters recycle the air in the range every 90 seconds so you can shoot standard ammunition without any health hazards.” Williams coordinates all of the training at the facility and regulates the general training for the department. The rifle range includes computerized moving targets, as well as a garage door, which allows SWAT teams to bring vehicles inside the shooting area for life-like tactical situations. The fire tower is a supplement to the location. “The fire tower’s primary use is for the fire department, but it is a great use for us,” Oldham said. Inside the tower’s flame-resistant interior, departments can insert fog machines or set furnishings aflame to make the controlled environment seem as real as possible. Before the current facility’s existence, BPD would go to Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department to complete firearms training. Although it gave a certain amount of training prior to 2008, it did not instruct law-enforcement agencies to the extent it does now.“Now, if an organization wants to come in and train with us, we can do just about anything down at the training center,” Williams said. Classes are generally held two to three weeks out of any given month, he said. “SWAT is one part we do run, but we teach a variety of classes,” Williams said. Other classes include Field Training Office certification and Crisis Intervention Team training.Last year, BPD hosted The Department of Homeland Security for a planning class, as well as the Indiana chapter of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.“About 75 agencies have come in and trained at our training facility. ... We have lot of repeats, a strong indication that we give strong, quality training,” Williams said.
(03/31/10 4:12am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Verbal judo, crime prevention through environmental design and self-defense tactics will be the topics of discussion at Thursday’s on-campus crime seminar.“We teach individuals how to look for cues that other people are demonstrating that may indicate hostility or anger which may turn into a negative situation,” IU Police Department Interim Chief Jerry Minger said.IU Human Resources Organizational Development approached IUPD and asked them to implement the program.These cues may include alternating voice tones, talking speed or change of mannerisms.The first two segments of the program will teach how to avoid physical altercations.“These are things people can do every day ... however some people are more attuned to certain gestures than others,” Minger said. Verbal judo involves the tactical use of words in a confrontational situation.Sgt. Leslie Slone will lead the second of the three segments during Thursday’s presentation.“She is well versed in CPTED,” Minger said. CPTED stands for crime prevention through environmental design.“It is nothing more than making sure your environment is conducive for certain behavior to occur,” Minger said. Placing barriers, such as a desk or chair can have a negative effect on the person who with you are having a dispute.Sgt. Dave Rhodes will teach the final portion of the discussion. His lecture will discuss physical defense tactics as a last resort approach to a verbal argument.Rhodes is a defense tactics trainer at IUPD and has been involved in martial arts for 40 years. He teaches Japanese Jujitsu at the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation and owns Ryukyu Kyusho, a martial arts studio on Walnut Street. “I am going to be showing escape and evade techniques,” Rhodes said. Although he is teaching physical defense tactics, Rhodes stresses that, if possible, it is wise to talk out of any hostile situation.Rhodes has previously given presentations to sororities, women’s dormitories and office workers.“This is not targeted to any specific person,” Minger said. “Everyone can benefit from this.”
(03/31/10 1:02am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Quiet Nights program, which will call for increased patrolling of high-density student areas in Bloomington, has been initiated until the conclusion of Little 500 on April 22.Starting last Thursday, the program is designed to decrease noise complaints as students begin to prepare for Little 500 festivities.“Quiet Nights will be aimed any place where a large number of students live in close proximity to individuals who aren’t students,” said Lt. David B. Drake of Bloomington Police Department.According to the press release issued by Capt. Joe Qualters of BPD, noise ordinance enforcement is in place year-round. However, there is a greater emphasis upon students’ return to campus after spring break until the completion of the Little 500 races.According to the release by Capt. Qualters, “The program was developed as a result of noise complaints in core neighborhoods near the IU campus that have high student populations.”The program began in 2001 for the purpose of reinforcing Bloomington’s noise ordinance. Additional personnel will be assigned to enforce the initiative so officers will not be distracted from their day-to-day responsibilities.According to the Web site for the city of Bloomington, noise is defined as sound that “prevents, disrupts, injures or endangers the health, safety, welfare, prosperity, comfort or repose of reasonable persons of ordinarySensitivities.”
(03/30/10 1:18am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Bloomington Police Department officers responded to a call at 3224 S. Walnut Springs Dr. on Saturday evening in response to a woman with fractured ribs and a deflated lung.The woman, 40, initially told officers she was in a vehicle accident, which she claimed caused her injuries. After being transported to Bloomington Hospital, officers learned the woman was not involved in an accident but rather in a domestic dispute with her boyfriend.According to the BPD report, Albert Baker, 49, repeatedly told the woman to leave their residence. The woman told police that Baker pushed her to the floor and kicked her as she tried to get up.Officers obtained a search warrant when they learned there were weapons in the residence.“In domestic violence cases when there are weapons in the residence, we need to get those out,” said BPD’s Sgt. Jeff Canada.Officers discovered two loaded handguns, a .38-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver and a .40-caliber Taurus. Officers also found .22-caliber rounds and shotgun slugs.According to the report, the incident began at a storage facility in Oolitic, Ind., about 20 miles south of Bloomington, where Baker “pointed a pistol at the woman and threatened to kill her if she slept with another man.”Once back at their Bloomington residence, Baker and his girlfriend continued arguing. He threw a set of keys at her and demanded that she leave. He then used physical force on his girlfriend, causing bodily harm, the report said.Baker is facing preliminary charges of aggravated battery, a Class B felony; criminal confinement, a Class C felony; and possession of a firearm by a previous violent felon, a Class D felony.Although they initially could not find Baker, BPD arrested him Sunday.