IN TOUCH
with the Office of Public Safety
They
j Reporter
discovers that
there really is
someone .behind
“push to talk ”
W
Bl.lt should
jy< m ik i if:
You oh
[serve ,i strange
[vrson hanging around the
I sslinger Itx kcr room, or vou
witness ,i mum; 114; tn front of
Oregon 11.ill, or when leaving
I Vet ( unions, your slightly
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hlc dou n the I Ml steps, t 1
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pet up'
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you miglii h.ive Uvn up ihe
pti is erhi.il 1 tei k , having 1 u '
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Ittii female students it' know
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t .ill jiiJ Response: I \ peri
eneeJ Ol’S (Miner Oils Si jr
/«,iri>i/f/i resfwnds tpinkls h< jll
i jII />ii> eilii rpem ies.
ti .ii there .tie I i i tnerpen* \
phones in tin three women's
lnii.iT moms of Cirflinyti .m<J
I sslmiyi 11.ills
I veenty t.Hir hour Nitkimps
on i .itupus, like 1 ttwrence
II ill, .in- ,iU • l.iviii^l k i attons
ti t tin pi tones. A*i iirilmj; to
tin CMS st.itemcnt, "I his
hi ill. line is unkx kc.! .’-4 In mis
.mil f in- lev el of mm. t i i urns
within it retie* t ,i pmse s.itetv
11 in* ern t. 'i imi stlents "
Wlu n s lines ini' pushes the
button on ,in emetpen* \
phone, it .ii tn.ites ,m .il.irm
sien.il .ii CMS through .i Ml
.tiul ,i liplu .in .i si\uritv p.mel,
whieh tells the OPS Jisp.itch
ei (torn wiin h huikiinp the
i .ill u.is m,iile In si>me i .ises.
the Itpht u ill . 11 s. > jsunt imt
the ex.let phone the e.tiler
uses!
Aces 'tiling to e >tik er iMis
\
vx.irU m>uj;h. .1 !. scar veter
.111 .it CM'S, .1 .itsp.lK.luT also
answers tin . ill. Nixing. I his
is I'uNu Safety lx \ s H) !\.IVl
.in emergent s
It (hi If is ,t Vi s ,ll K s[X)[\v
Ik (hi- taller, the .!ispa*sJut
will (luti ask fu! (he sailer's
exact tnation ant) fur infer
Illation itsuif the vallei'
emergency
■\n V 1l*S . e: i t . . i'
r\ e: .1 il: in .. ie tii in an enter
gem 1 phone whether e: no!
(Ik- v.tili'i rcNjx .fuis Vtxiiis i\)
(he dispatcher Ss alls tough
1 xpiains that often this means
an oftu.er will go to tire box
onh to Jiv over that the s all
was made by a long sau e ske
iiaJJU.il jok ester
hut thes answer every call
I s is. ii.i 11y Iveause the worst
1 use scenario is tltat the callet
may leave passed out or is un
der threat by an attacker and
> .mm>t respond
l nfortunately, Svurlxtroueh
s."A laiyy (via enlace of
the time" the vails are fakes,
esjxa tally during day shifts
N urix iti Hjefi and a col
league, v nmmal Prevention
Offset Robert t iuse. would
;;ke t, j\’[ the mess.tee vtut
tl it ► e v ajis on the emer
s;eiK v phones are not at all
funnv "If sou punch (the call
button) as a ('tactical joke."
sues ( iuse. "Sv aware that sou
may Iv cutting off smuvne
'.veil a tea I cmergenc \
Phis is because vvith only i
vituple of exceptions, all of the
emergency (’hones are rix.ited
thnmelt a single line into the
C M’S iiffk e
( iuse and Sv utkirouph vie
x. rilxd an incident in which
an indiv ivii al who hud broken
his leg called in and, while
giving informal ion to the do
patcher, started to Lise con
* lousness, and then was cut
ott by a second call that turned
sHit to be a joke
If vs hi need another reason
not to tie up CM’S time with
take calls, consider the fact
that u i lit> si> is ,1 class CI mis
demeanor, and could mean a
$500 tine. A fake caller is also
violating; Student Conduct
(kxle 1, which can lead to a
prohational tile with the I Van
of Students.
OI'S officers are extremely
concerned about student site
t\, explained Ciuse and Si.it
Ixarough. and are more than
happs to res|x>nd to a caller
who feels he or she may he in
danger in any uay
"We would rather resjxind
to a situation that doesn't re
quire our assistance,' Scarbo
rough points out. "thar. not re
sjx >nd to one that dix-s."
C iuse siss students should
not hesitate to use an emer
gency phone even it they are
simply asked out ot their
dorm. ,it they want an escort
from one place to another
Many noimal daytime situa
turns Ixxome dangerous ones
at night, and (iuse says that
because ot that, the percent
age ot callers in real need ot
help rises sharply during
"gra\ ey aid" shifts
"We re not going to go ixit
there and judge people for
calling in a situation ixi the
emergency phones. Kit it lin
gers. >n puiu hed the button for
a joke, and the situation is
that the jx'tsm needs an atti
tude adjustment, we’ll lx- glad
to help them w ith that."
Sara/) Pag/rasom
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