<p>The van wasn?t rocking and the windows weren?t steamed, but its location in an empty corner of the parking lot and a haphazardly positioned blue sheet in a large side window alerted UCPD Officer Dan Jermansen that there might be some people inside the van who, as he called it, ?needed some privacy.? <br/>Officer Tom Krueger quickly stopped the patrol car that had been cruising through Parking Lot 11, and both he and Jermansen jumped out, flashlights shining into the van. Jermansen?s suspicions were right. <br/>Jermansen, who has been the lead officer for the residence halls for the past three and a half years, said it is not uncommon to find students making out, having sex, or simply talking in parked cars as an escape from their roommates in the residence halls. <br/>Krueger said officers must check on these students as a safety measure to make sure no one is being raped or that no other criminal activity is happening. <br/>Further down in Parking Lot 11, the officers spotted another car with students inside. This time some of the windows were steamed up and someone could be seen inside through a side window. <br/>Driving by slowly and looking inside, Krueger discovered that it was just a girl checking her split ends. <br/>This sweep through Parking Lot 11 was one of the stops on Jermansen and Krueger?s patrol Friday night. Over a two-hour span, the officers made rounds through apartments surrounding campus, provided backup for an officer who pulled over a car with white instead of red taillights on Sunset Boulevard and arrested an intoxicated man refusing to leave the UCLA Medical Center. <br/>The officers were able to control most of the night?s situations by talking with the suspects, but the intoxicated man was handcuffed. No weapons were used. <br/>University police officers have been under much scrutiny regarding their weapon use after Officer Terrence Duren used a Taser on Mostafa Tabatabainejad multiple times in Powell Library on Nov. 14 after Tabatabainejad failed to produce his BruinCard during a late-night security check and then did not leave as asked. <br/>?We?re usually not that cool, but now we?re popular,? Krueger, who has been with UCPD for three and a half years, said regarding the increased attention after the Taser incident. <br/>He said there has been backlash from students since the incident ? mainly students on campus and in the surrounding area. He said a student was walking in the middle of the street and when Krueger asked him to move, the student responded, ?Why? You going to Tase me?? <br/>Krueger and Jermansen said they just ?absorb? comments like these and go on with their patrols. <br/>?You have freedom of speech. You can say anything you want to a police officer,? Krueger said. <br/>Jermansen, who has been with UCPD for six and a half years following four and a half years with the Los Angeles Police Department, said the backlash from students has not changed the way he does his job. He said the Taser is a ?good deterrent option.? <br/>?It?s the best tool on our belt,? he said. ?The Taser gets compliance.? <br/>But on this night, compliance came easily for the officers. <br/>A group of girls dressed in party attire who had been walking down Landfair Avenue were stopped and questioned after the officers suspected some might have been carrying alcohol in red plastic cups. The girls said they did not have any alcohol, and after Krueger advised the girls to be careful and tell their friends the same, the officers drove on. <br/>Typically, high-profile arrests are not a major part of the officers? jobs as they patrol the campus. <br/>Jermansen said he mostly deals with thefts as a result of people not locking up their property. Coincidentally, a call about a Lexus stolen in front of the Geffen Playhouse on Le Conte Avenue came in over the radio as the officers were patrolling. <br/>Jermansen said UCPD has always been a very proud department and the controversy surrounding the Taser incident has unfairly damaged the department?s image. <br/>?Our reputation has definitely been hurt, and we think unfairly. Our badge has been hurt for no reason,? he said.</p><br><br><a href='; target='_blank'>;