THE CADRE 
     
    
   
   
    
     VO|.4, No.l3,' 
     
    
   
   
    
     ionic? .1973. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Campus Police should include women 
     
    
   
   
    
     Why doesn‘t UPEI have 
     
    

    
     wbmen campus police? 
     
     This year campus police 
     
     have been approached by 
     
     females asking about wo- 
     
     men's roles on the campus 
     
     police force and were 
     
     literally laughed at. 
     
     Actually it isn't a funny 
     
     ‘ matter, other campuses 
     
     3across Canada including 
     
     the Maritimes have women 
     
     in this position. Dal. 
     
     for instance employs wo— 
     
     men if only a few, who 
     
     have the same powers as 
     
     the men. 
     
    

    
     This is not a matter 
     
     of women's liberation but 
     
     of equal rights on campus. 
     
     women are capable of fill- 
     
     ing this role in a compe- 
     
     tent and mature manner 
     
     which is more than you 
     
     can say fOr some male cam~ 
     
     pus police. ' 
     
    

    
     I had the chance to 
     
     speak with people on cam- 
     
     pus including campus pol" 
     
     ice membersA Security 
     
     director, fEU members and 
     
     our new Business Manager, 
     
     Mr. Place. Reactions 
     
     were varied but the over- 
     
     all views seened favour- 
     
     able. Some asked "Why" 
     
     well why not? Mr. McLeod 
     
     Director of Security 
     
     stated."Men are trained 
     
     but do not have some of 
     
     women's technique in the 
     
     field." » 
     
    

    
     g It could prove embarass~ 
     
     ing for a policeman and 
     
     for-that matter the girls 
     
     involved, if a disturbance 
     
     started in the ladies wash— 
     
     room and authority was need: 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ed. -People seem to think 
     
     in terms of men causing all 
     
    
   
   
    
     the hassles, but this is 
     
     not always the case. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. McLeod mentioned 
     
     that a lot of items are 
     
     lost or taken at dances, 
     
     particularly around crowded 
     
     areas of the womens wash— 
     
     rooms. Women campus police 
     
     can be an asset to have on 
     
     the force. 
     
    

    
     A comment made by one 
     
     member of our campus police 
     
     staff was that he could not 
     
     accept women as substitutes 
     
     for men but as addition to 
     
     the force he could accept 
     
     them. If six males are 
     
     working at a Pig'an'Whistle 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
              
     
    
   
   
    
     I 
     
     two more pair of female eyes 
     
     watching over certain areas 
     
     would be a great help. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Females have the capabil- 
     
     ity of checking I.D.'s coll- 
     
     ecting beer bottles and 
     
     standing authoritatively at 
     
     a door or window. Even 
     
     Security police in Canada 
     
     have hired women who work 
     
     on the same shift basis 
     
     as the men. 
     
    
   
   
    
     we realize it would 
     
     take some getting uses to, 
     
     but give us a chance. As 
     
     Mr. McLeod put it ” Student 
     
     Union should have a valuable 
     
     look at it and uniform.them.‘. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     — Kathy Roach