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Police say laptop computer thefts account for 20 percent of all thefts at Duke University.

The Herald-Sun of Durham reported more than 60 have been stolen this year. Duke University police Chief John Dailey says people often leave then unattended in places like libraries, where it’s inconvenient to pack up the laptop when leaving for a few minutes to choose a book.

Police have been conducting campaigns to remind students, faculty and staff to never let their laptops out of their sight. In addition, the school has now begun encrypting Duke-owned laptops, making the information on the computers unusable by an unauthorized person.