LETTER: Rude, incompetent handling of auto accident by campos not appreciated

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I was recently involved in an automobile accident on campus, and I was very disappointed by the way the Rice Campus Police handled the incident.

The officers investigating the incident never asked me for a statement. To my knowledge, they did not ask the other driver involved for a statement.

The officers at the scene of the accident called for a wrecker from Metro Auto Storage. When my father talked with the Rice Campus Police in the days following the accident, the police denied ever calling a wrecker. My father called Metro, who confirmed that it was the Rice Campus Police who had called for them.

My father also asked the Rice Campus Police for a copy of the police report.

He was treated rudely by the representative on the phone and was denied a copy of the report.

I called at a later date to ask the police to send a copy of the report to him. The person I talked to repeatedly said that he did not know what the proper procedure was and therefore was unable to release the report.

It seems that I made a mistake in trusting the Rice Campus Police. This incident has taken up a lot of my time and has been a disruption to my studies. Dealing with the Rice Campus Police has only added to the inconvenience. I expected better of Rice.

Name withheld by request

This item appeared in the Opinion section of the October 13, 1995 issue.

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