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 It * >[-> n« imm.tte i ,ik es .1 turn hlc dou n the I Ml steps, t 1 ytHi ve f.illen, ,itul ini s .ill t pet up' As res rntly ■*' • s' ye.its .igt>, you miglii h.ive Uvn up ihe pti is erhi.il 1 tei k , having 1 u ' i|uk k u.o it . .ill ft i! help In I 'h Iiossever, uhii op 1 it ms t 11.11 igsd I tut s tin- \t .11 when tin t kin t t'! I'uhlk S.iiei \ in s|.ills,i ills' first emetps lts y It i ephones on s .uiipus you kiioyy, those Int It isim s 1 h.H say, "l\ >1 If I I'l S|| HI | I ON "01 I'l 11 IO I At h ] It. 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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." 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