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PAGE 10, WEDNESDAY, ApRIL 19, 1978, WHITBY FREE PRESS A uon-planned act AUl-ae groups are respnsble for,vandls asci Most vandalism that ne- cura today is a non-planried, àpur-of-the-moment act, and la doue by ail age groupa, Jon Jenkina, Chef of the Dur- ham Regional Police said at a recent meeting of the Whitby Chamber of Com- merce. Approxrimately 10 per cent of ail persons responsible for vandalism are apprehended, said Chief Jenkipa, and of those arrested, only about one tdard are juveniles. "Vandalism today, is one of the, major concerns of most people in our. munici- palities,"l said Chef Jenkins. "Most municipalities 1are concerned with the great increased 1cost of, repairs., especlally in the area of our recreation facilities., "0Over the next 12 moniths the boardof education lalone effeet bas budgeted for approxi- mately.$100,000 in repaira to, their properties, due to break and enters, property damage and vandalisa, but. vandalism does flot end, there. It affects every citizen of t"i region. We suffer Its effects through. increased taxes ýandacts of vandalismn on our own property."y Chief Jenkins said most hotels servicing conventions require a bond te, be posted to cover the cost for damnage, and many students flot ac- companied by a parent while staying iresort areas must post, property damage money in a dvance. The' chief reported, that police records indicate, there were 335 reported act,î of vand alism in Whitby in 1977, with. an extimated, cost, of $25,000. This.was a decrease increase Monday April 24t'h,, 1alon gwith:, I from- 354 reportd in 1976. Schools were the victims of 79 occurences totailing !M 2(» damage mos;t1y involving broken windows, he said. Sixty-four. occurrences were reported at residences, with an estimateddamage of $2,800. Most common occur- rences were broken win- dows,, eggs thrown on the exteriors of homes, and a total of $14100 worth of dam- age done to interiors through break and'enters. Stores and shops, reported 65. occurrences -ini 1977, ,withý an, estmniated damage of $1,900, said Chief -Jenkins. These involved damnage to windows, broken liglits and a considerable amount of marking on walls, lie said. Damage to motor vehicles' amounted to, 125 occurrences at a cost of $6,000,, said Chef effective 1978 *Johnny Wright * Bobbv. Wricaht PLUS *The Tennessee Mountain Boys Jenkins. Mucli of the dam- age involved broken, wind- shields, scratched paint slashed tires and damage to convertable roofs. <Damage to park and public buildings amounted to $1,o00, and there was $1,500 damage at. construction sites, said Chief, Jenkins. This was the mnost common type. 0f van- dalism, he said. Damage tg town proper-, ties ai»ounted to $1,000, in- volving new pavement tomn up, ire hydrants damnaged ansd street markers torm Off -posts, he- said. Chef Jenkins told ý the Cliamber inembers that over the past eîght to 10 years, crime in niost municipalities lias increased at 'a far greater rate than the popula- tion. Half this increase could be atributed 'to better record keeping by police forces, and also people were reporting- many occurrences to the police that had, neyer been reported before,- he said. Chief Jenkins attributed the more reporting of crime as being a resuit of insurance claun requirements. Chef, Jenkins, suggested four, steps which citizens should take to alleviate the vandalism problem; (1) rapid and uniform repoting of vandalism, (2) immeidate repair of darnage, (3), public awareness of the problemn and the need for co-operation wîth the police, and (4) development of programns sucli as, TOPS (Teens on Patrol).ý Kathleen Chung,, co-ordin- ator of The Oshawa-Whithy Social Plannip~g Council's vandalism study, said that Teens' on Patrol was a succ- essful program- in Rochester N.Y. -wlere, young people work witli theý police to stop crime and develop a -more positive relationship withthe police. 1Mrs. Cliung told the Cham- be rmembers that vandalism is a' symptpn of something wrong in our society, which stresses materialism and the good life, and is goal-orient- REASONABLE PRICES ed. 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