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ALL DAY TUESDAY with student ID PIZZA § 2673 Willamette • 484-0996 “this location only” Make a difference. Recycle this paper! Bookstore Continued from Page 1 located on the third floor. These are the monolithic devices that sound when books containing metallic shavings are not demag netized at the cash register. Williams said the store has re sisted installing the devices on the other two floors because of the heavy foot traffic in the ar eas. In addition to alarms, the store has plainclothes security officers patrolling the aisles, watching for anything out of the ordinary. Pefia said there are many signs that someone could be consider ing stealing. “If someone is going to shoplift, they rarely look at the price tags,” she said. At times, there are up to four individuals patrolling the floors of the store. The last device instituted by the security staff is video sur veillance. Hidden in a room the size of a large closet, a wall of video monitors canvasses the store for potential theft. With a large mcuse-like device, a secu rity officer can place any one of the screens on a larger monitor to observe activity within the store. The system is quite pow erful, Williams said, where a zoom of a camera onto a box of crackers on a store shelf can re veal the ingredients clearly visi ble. The store has 18 cameras that observe and tape more than 80 percent of the premises. And with the recent purchase of 17 more, camera coverage will be complete and overlapping every where. The second part of the store’s policy of apprehension, proving intent, is the reason officers do not apprehend suspected shoplifters in the store. Williams said that they “want to give everyone the benefit of the doubt,” by waiting until they walk out the door. When a person is caught with merchandise, the repercussions can be severe — and expensive. For an item of value under $50, the store prosecutes under the Shoplifting II statute that carries a maximum fine of $500 dollars but usually results in a fine of about $350, Williams said. If a person is caught stealing items valued at more than $50, the fine is usually $765. Because the bookstore is inde pendent of the University, it does not use the Office of Public Safe ty directly, but instead, the ar Nick Medley/Emerald The Electronic Alarm System, located on the third floor, sounds when books containing metallic shavings are not demagnetized at the cash register. rests are handled by the Eugene Police Department’s Fraud Divi sion. The bookstore also uses its right to file civil suits against per petrators. Pena said the law al lows the bookstore a minimum of $100 plus the value of the mer chandise. For some students, the idea that stealing a candy bar would likely result in more than $500 in fines and fees is unjust for the crime of shoplifting. Williams read from a comment card that stated a friend of the writer was fined excessively, despite the fact that he or she was a frequent shopper at the bookstore for three years. Williams said he can sympa thize with such cases, but he notes that when people are steal ing from the bookstore, they are stealing from students by forcing a price hike. “These are everyday people that make a bad judgment, so we will try to make it as civil as pos sible,” he said. “But it will not be pleasant.” UCACTIi ITALIAN SODA *1.00 Italian Soda Special Only At Dump's la Cream Cart ► EMU ► Across from Fir Room Atrium Cafe ► Wriamette Hall AAA Hearth Cafe ► Lawrence Hall specials good junel-12 Car Frjo Special Only At The Daily Grind Knght Library > Lower Level *1.50 CAFE FRIO *2.00 12 oi.»reg. 2.00 16 oz. * reg. 2.50 ©rtgOttWj®meralS> P.O. 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