However, to do so requires checking the weapon in and out of a unit that resembles a safety deposit box at the police station. On the inside of each box door is an I.D. of the student. Ken Cauble, UNL police chief, is the only officer who has access to both sets of keys for each lock. These procedures add to the security of the system, he said. We're concerned with people breaking into dorm rooms and taking the weapons.
Security is the main factor.
The police station has 54 lockers which house more than 80 firearms. They feel this is the safest place to keep their guns. With more students wishing to use the lockers, more units are to be ordered to fill the need. Beukelman, Sellmyer Receive NU System's Highest Honor David Beukelman, professor of special education and communication disorders at UNL and director of speech pathology at the UNMC Meyer Rehabilitation Institute, and David Sellmyer, professor of physics and astronomy at UNL, will receive this year's ORCA awards. The University of Nebraska Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity is the highest accolade the university bestows in recognition of a faculty member's scholarship, research and artistic achievements.