Campus crimes should be reported in timely manner

Although campus safety is a highly valued attribute at UK, a new standard for informing the residents and students of criminal activity should be set. Each week the Kernel provides its readers with a brief crime log of the UK Police reports, but these logs fail to inform residents and students in a timely manner of crimes.

Occasionally, a crime will warrant a safety advisory e-mail and bulletin, released in a relatively short amount of time, from the UK Police. But who can judge what crimes should receive more immediate attention?

Yes, some of the crime log postings are not worth flooding the inboxes of UK students. Marijuana possession and alcohol intoxication arrests become jokes within groups of close friends — circled crime logs are posted on the refrigerator door like a kindergartener’s A+ test. Regardless, if this university is determined to stay at the top of campus safety, students need to be given more accessible information with more urgency.

If relaying campus crime reports became a higher priority, UK students would gain access to the information they deserve about their community.

Kassandra Curry

journalism sophomore