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Call 346-3235 for information. FIND THINGS IN ODE CLASSIFIEDS (ROOMMATES, TICKETS, STUFF YOU LOST, BICYCLES, CARS, JOBS, ON-CAMPUS OPPORTUNITIES) DPS continued from page 1 new Jeeps as well, and some cars will be equipped with defibrillating paddles for first aid. Fitzpatrick said DPS will also re place the yellow lights on its patrol vans. Yellow lights can only be used by hazardous waste cleanup cars. According to Kim Maynard, who left the department almost two months ago, DPS employees had to sign a waiver saying they wouldn’t use the lights, even though they were installed on the cars. “They’re not illegal to have; it’s illegal to use them,” Maynard said. He said he believes the department installed the lights under the as sumption that officers could be come commissioned officers and gain the right to use them. Fitzpatrick said officers never had to sign an agreement not to use the lights, but he said the depart ment will promote between five and 10 officers to “special security officers” by Jan. 1, 2001, at the lat est. The new designation, which will come with extra training, will give officers probable cause arrest authority and the ability to stop and frisk people. “We are moving in that direction very swiftly,” Fitzpatrick said. “With those powers, you are in essence police officers.” The change is part of Fitz patrick’s philosophy: To make DPS as professional and police-like as current Oregon law allows. “When you have a problem, you don’t call a security officer, you call a police officer,” he said. But Maynard said he never thought of himself or the depart ment as police officers. Instead, he believed DPS should be a security force to help students stay out of trouble before the police get in volved. “They’re all just gung-ho on the commissioned police officer thing,” Maynard said of DPS man agement. “And it’s really ridicu lous because the people that have the talent to be cops are going to be cops. So what we’re going to get are the ‘wannabes’ — the people that don’t quite make it up to that level.” Although they are far from reaching the point of being police officers, Fitzpatrick said he would like to see his officers carry guns as part of becoming a more profes sional, better-trained and better DPS veteran employees who have left since summer: David Niles, bicycle coordinator — summer Terry Gaeta, officer — summer Kim Maynard, officer—about a month ago Dotti Clegg, officer—about a month ago Pauline Conaway, dispatch — about three weeks ago equipped force. "It’s not a threat with proper training,” he said. “If you’re going to have cops, they should have guns.” But Maynard said this change in philosophy could be a reason why so many DPS employees have left and been replaced by younger offi cers. He added that bike training and defensive tactics training made it more difficult for older of ficers to perform at the higher lev el. Fitzpatrick agreed that as changes happen, some of the veter an officers may not be comfortable with the increased training and de mand involved. “It’s not as easy an assignment as people think,” he said. To an extent, the department is still struggling. Along with the res ignations and reassignments, DPS Lt. Marte Martinez is on personal leave for undisclosed reasons. She was put on administrative leave by Fitzpatrick, is now using saved va cation time to stay off the job and has hired a lawyer. Fitzpatrick, Martinez and her lawyer all said they would not comment on the reasons for the leave. “We’re struggling with staffing but we’re adequate,” Fitzpatrick said. “I think we have a positive future. This department was strug gling before I got here.” Internally, the department still plans on implementing a new “21 Standards of Conduct” policy by Nov. 1. The standards, which have a number of subpoints, detail con duct issues from drug and alcohol policy to readiness for overtime. The draft policy also has a disci pline clause that includes termina tion, but Fitzpatrick said that the officers’ contract with the Oregon Public Employees Union will al ways overrule a decision made Big Box continued from page 1 As the ASUO emerges from a successful voter registration drive — one in which it registered more students than any other member school of the United States Stu dent Association — it moves into the second phase of its campaign: Voter education. Part of the effort to educate vot ers is Ballot Measure Awareness Day, which runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in the EMU Amphithe ater. The day includes a ballot meas ure fair, with booths set up for rep resentatives of various committees to distribute literature about the measures. “It’ll be a really great opportuni ty to come out and receive further information from actual represen tatives of committees,” ASUO in tern Megan Hughes said, who helped organize the event. Tanner said the fair is not meant to be a debate or a forum for op posing sides to air out their opin ions. Rather, it is a time for inter ested students and community members to pick up more informa tion about some of the 26 ballot measures contained in this year’s two-volume voter’s pamphlet. “There are a lot of ballot meas ures that affect students, and they should definitely know what’s on them,” said Nikaline Kate silometes, another ASUO intern who helped with the fair’s organi zation. Tanner said the ASUO’s educa tional efforts have focused on sev en ballot measures that specifical ly impact higher education — measures 7, 8, 9, 88, 91, 93 and 98. Voter education will continue Friday, as the ASUO hosts another fair, this time for candidates. This event is set to take place from noon to 4 p.m. in the amphithe ater. While some candidates will be at the fair, ASUO State Affairs Coordinator Melissa Unger said many of the people present will be candidate representatives for both the local and national elections.
