Johnson should know that they have put responsibility on students that it is our fault for not snitching, implied in stop the violence's last statements to media. If I had a crystal ball or ESP, I would love to snitch. Problem is I don't know anything, like so many others! That parking area is not two blocks from campus as Joel Anderson mentioned, it's directly across the street. It is covered in street people as are many locations on and near campus, it is secluded, and dangerous. Until on campus parking can keep up with student population, expect this to continue.

I am a Trojan, I bleed crimson. I am outraged. Patricia was abducted walking from some of the only free parking near the primary area of campus. What we have are full lots, paid parking, and semi legal off campus parking, all of which start with a long walk down a sometimes dark path Due to recent construction some very serious parking issues have developed. Unfortunately, it coincides with a surge of campus crime. As students we need to demand answers to some very critical questions. 1) Where was campus security that day and many other days when crimes are committed on or near campus? How many parking tickets did they write that day? 2) Speaking of parking, I see a fortune in new construction but no new parking? Compared to three years ago, how many spots do we have today? If you take away all construction on DSC, Welcome Center, new dorms, university plaza lot construction, all the retail spaces, and all the police spaces, how many do we have left? Is it proportional to student population growth? 3) Why do we have to pay for "safe" parking in an unmanned dark cramped garage? As a nontraditional student, my budget is counted in gas tanks. A month in the garage with my schedule is more than a gas tank, anybody else have kids to feed? 4). It has been reported to me that the wait time has been more than 20 mins on a voice reply to an emergency phone, what measures can we take to improve in this area? Areas near university ave have no phones. Can we do better? 5) What can we do to limit the non student traffic flow? With the understanding many students ride the bus, couldn't we reach an agreement with the city to designate that stop for UALR students? What about more patrol at the gates during school hours?Many times students are harassed, sometimes robbed, and now abducted. Every year tuition goes up. I am content with a small amount of inflation if the safety was a strong as the new construction. I could safely enjoy a truly excel