Overgrown shrubbery, broken lights and vague presentation of emergency phones are among a list of campus safety concerns recently observed in four different surveys.

Clarence Johnson Jr., University Police Services officer and crime prevention specialist, conducted surveys on lighting, shrubbery, emergency phone visibility and dorm doors.

"I do surveys on my own for my own benefit and at the request of the crime prevention supervisor," he said.

Johnson, who presented his results to members of the Association of Residence Hall Students earlier this week, said all officers are on watch for safety hazards while on duty.

In one survey, Johnson described the condition of campus shrubbery around the dorms. One shrub in front of a door in Stephens Hall was so overgrown only one person could fit on the walkway, he said.

The shrubs were cut back in about a week, Johnson said.

"It was pleasing to see a quick response to that," he added.

Kim Shriver, a Pollock Halls area representative to ARHS, said she and another member accompanied two University officials during a separate survey. Howard Triebold, director of environmental health and safety, and J. Carroll Dean, manager of the energy conservation program, surveyed the same areas Johnson had cited.

In this survey, lighting, residence hall areas and parking lots were among the areas examined, Shriver said. She added she was unsure if any actions had been taken to solve the problems found.

Shriver also said Triebold had some letters expressing complaints of badly lit areas on campus. Triebold was not available for comment.

Johnson said he checked for broken or burnt-out lights in one of his surveys and found about 20 such lights across campus. He also mentioned areas which are very dark and need lighting installed, such as the north side of Tener Hall.

"For the most part, when the lights are out, they've run their course," he said.

Lighting surveys are done about once a month, he said, but those are complemented by University officers checking and reporting ones that are out.

"I was very impressed (with Johnson's report)," Shriver said. "I did not know it was being done."

Johnson also evaluated the emergency and courtesy phones in the dorm areas. He said the biggest problem was uniformity in identifying the phones.

In his survey report, Johnson said some of the emergency phones do not have blue lights above them or operational directions.

Dorm doors were another aspect checked by Johnson. Johnson, along with two others, pulled the doors of all women's and co-ed dorms between midnight and 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 4 to make sure they were locked. Of the 110 doors checked, the officers found only one open, he said.

Johnson recommended another survey be done after 4 a.m.

One suggestion Johnson made was to institute a "Blue Light Safety Program," which would be a slide-sound program describing safety programs. Through this, freshmen could learn about the emergency and courtesy phones, the card access system and the escort service.