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High School Police Plans Termed Same As Before

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22
Month
August
Year
1968
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AniArborTpolice Chifef Wal'ter E. Krasny told the Ann Arbor Board of Education last night policing of Ann Arbor High School during the day and during sports events in the evening "will be the same as last year." Krasny said a plain clothes pólice officer will be on duty during the day at the school and pólice patrol cars will be in the vicinity during traffic problem hours at noon and whenj school Iets out in the afternoon.. "Our biggest problem is to find an officer who is qualified -the man for the .job. This person has to work in two fields and must know the juvenile code and the criminal code," he said. "We have problems we didn't have two years ago. There is a difference between questioning a suspect and a witness and we don't want to fumble the ball." Krasny said "we have made preliminary arrangements in regards to athletic events and these arrangements do not dif-j fer in any way from those ofj [the past four or five years." As for the pólice officer on !duty during school hours, "we are redefining the position." In the past they have served as police-counselors b u t f r o m "now on they will be pólice officers only," he said. He said officers selected for the position must have ence as well as a good education. Trustee Ted Heusel said "I can see real problems in students running to the human relations director and hiding behind his skirts. This has happened in the city. Where does your job end and that of the human relations department start?" he asked. "We have a function to perform. If there is a violation of the law we are going to make an arrest. If we don't we are) Igoing to be in trouble," Krasnyj said. "The problem is how are we going to handle a grievance," he added. Supt. W. Scott Westerman said "if a pólice officer isl i n v o 1 v e d in discriminatory] behavior then the school human relation's director would be involved. But we have to idenlify a real act of discrimination as opposed to aa imagined one." "The malfunction of a pólice' officer is strictly my responsibility. I don't think anyone should expect Dr. Westerman to send an officer home," Krasny said. "We are going to have an adjustment period both ways," he said.