While it may be outside of my job responsibilities to say this, I hope that
everyone on campus is now aware that locked doors ARE NOT SUFFICIENT to
protect your valuables from theft.  Over Spring Break around $400 worth of
technology was stolen from a locked room in Fletcher (this door was very
much off-master, but they apparently broke through the lock easily).

I don't think there's been a week this year in which I did not hear about
thieves making off with hundreds or thousands of dollars in equipment,
typically laptops, projectors, TV's, and VCR's.  I'd guess the University
has lost at least $30,000 worth of equipment since the summer.  Clearly,
there is ring of thieves operating on this campus who are quite familiar
with where the equipment is located and the best times to go take it.  These
criminals have keys to many doors and crowbars or other tools as needed to
break into anything obvious.  They are willing to risk going to jail to
steal a VCR when you can buy one for less than $50 at Walmart; they seem to
be confident they can get away with just about anything.

If you have valuable equipment, it should be hidden AND locked inside a
cabinet, drawer, or closet.  Take every precaution and report anything
suspicious immediately.  As many of us have learned the hard way, there are
no funds to replace the equipment is flowing from our campus in a steady
stream.  Don't be the next victim.

  --Rodger

Rodger Ling
Director, Technology Support Services
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
(423) 755-4000 (voice)
(423) 785-2208 (FAX)
http://www.utc.edu/helpdesk
http://www.stationr.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: UTC Staff E-Mail List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> Dr. Deborah A. McAllister
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:28 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] Missing Echo Equipment
>
>
> Also among the missing this weekend (sometime Fri. evening through Tues.
> morning): 19-inch TV/VCR combination from my locked office. The thief
> climbed over an 8-ft. long K'nex rollercoaster to get to the TV and then
> over it again to get out. My power strip/surge protector is also missing,
> but the thief was kind enough to re-plug my microwave oven into the power
> cord from the wall.
>
> -------------
> Dr. Deborah A. McAllister, Ed.D., UC Foundation Associate Professor
> The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
> College of Education and Applied Professional Studies
> Teacher Preparation Academy, Dept. 4154
> 310C Hunter Hall, 615 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37403
>
> Phone: (423) 755-5376 - FAX: (423) 755-5380 - Home: (423) 842-1607
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, CommDept wrote:
>
> > Colleagues,
> >
> > We learned today that the digital cameras and related equipment
> > belonging to the University Echo were taken over the weekend from the
> > Echo office in the University Center. The loss of the cameras is a
> > huge hit for the young people who produce the weekly newspaper.
> >
> > My understanding is that once again, the person or persons who took
> > the cameras were able to enter the UTC rooms from which the equipment
> > was taken through locked doors.
> >
> > If you have any information about the missing cameras, software, and
> > related equipment, please contact someone at the Echo or give the
> > folks at the Campus Police office a call.
> >
> > -k
> > --
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