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DPS continued from page 1 ment vehicles can use red and blue lights. “They’re not illegal to have. It’s illegal to use them,’’ Maynard said. After being presented with a copy of the memo, obtained by the Emerald from another former DPS employee, Fitzpabick said he did not remember ever releasing it, and ( { They're not illegal to have. It's illegal to ues them. Kim Maynard Former DPS officer said it could have come from a lieu tenant acting out a verbal order. “I don’t remember seeing it,” he said. “I’m not saying I didn’t see this.” He added that he never put his ini tials on the memo to indicate that he read it before officers signed it. The memo has 13 signatures from DPS officers, each one veri fied by a management supervisor. Lt. Marte Martinez was the manag er for nine of the officers who signed the memo. Martinez is on personal leave, and DPS and Uni versity officials have declined to disclose the details regarding the issue. Voting continued from page 1 their ballots for Gore. Former presidential candidate Bill Bradley and Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury were two of the keynote speakers at the event, along with members of the ASUO Executive and the College Democ rats, the group that sponsored the event. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., was scheduled to appear with Bradley, but Wyden spent Friday in Wash ington, D.C., using a filibuster to de lay legislation that would repeal Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law. { C / want people to get in volved and educate themselves. Spend an evening not watching Scooby Doo, sit down with your voters ’ pamphlet and read it. Art Alexakis Everclear frontman “He’s a hell of a fighter and he picks awfully good rock bands,” Bradbury said of Wyden, who helped organize the event. But the scene was not the most welcoming place for supporters of Texas Gov. George W. Bush or back ers of Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. A few Nader supporters held up signs in support for their third party leader. Bradley discussed his reasons for endorsing Gore after dropping out of the presidential race. Bradbury promoted local Democratic candi dates, including Vicki Walker, the While no agency has cited DPS for installing the lights on its vehi cles, Fitzpatrick said the lights will be removed once replacements, probably in yellow and white col ors, are found. But DPS made the decision to in stall the blue lights before officers had been commissioned. Fitzpatrick said that when DPS bought the used cars from the state motor pool, they had been stripped of lights and other police equip ment. He said the decision to install the lights was part of an ongoing at tempt by DPS to commission be tween five and 10 officers to “spe cial security officer” positions. The new rank would give officers prob able cause arrest authority and the ability to frisk suspects — and to use blue police lights. “It was not a big issue. At the time it occurred it was a relatively minor issue,” Fitzpatrick said of the decision to install the lights. The commissioned status is an ongoing process, which Fitzpatrick said should be completed by Ian. 1. Special security officers are one part of an attempt by Fitzpatrick and the department to be a more professional force with increased policing privileges. As these changes are being made, a string of veteran DPS em ployees have left the department, accusing management of harass ment, abuse of power and discrimi current state representative for Dis trict 41. Along with supporting Gore’s po sitions on the environment, a woman’s right to choose an abor tion, affirmative action and hate crimes legislation, the speakers re minded students that they still need to cast ballots to effect any changes. “In your entire lives, your vote may never mean more than in Ore gon in the year 2000,” Bradley said. College students traditionally have the lowest voter turnout, and Oregon has become a battleground state that could fall to either Gore or Bush Nov. 7. ASUO State Affairs Coordinator Brian Tanner, who also spoke Fri day, said afterward he would have preferred the speeches focus more on voting and less on who to vote for, but said he was pleased with the overall turnout. “Nothing ever works out exactly like planned,” he said. After the band’s performance, Everclear frontman Art Alexakis took the microphone and gave his support for Gore, but also acknowl edged the Nader supporters in the group and encouraged them to con tinue “pissing in the face of adversi ty-” “I want people to get involved and educate themselves,” he said. “Spend an evening not watching Scooby Doo, sit down with your voters’ pamphlet and read it. ” Bradbury urged students to get out and vote one last time as the crowd pushed onto stage for auto graphs from the band. As crews took down the equip ment in the amphitheater, Alexakis and Bradbury cast their mail-in bal lots in “The World’s Biggest Ballot Box” outside the ASUO Executive office. Everclear and Bradbury took the tour to Oregon State University and Portland State University later in the day Friday. Calendar Monday, Oct. 30 Exhibition: Photography by Sharon Bice, sculpture by Kristi Malcolm, and painting by Matthew Farrell. Runs through Nov. 3,10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. LaVerne Krause Gallery, Lawrence Hall. Free. nation. Maynard was one of those officers, and said Fitzpatrick didn't cause problems such as the one with the car lights. Instead, Ke said Lts. Martinez and Joan Saylor abused their power and made management decisions without properly consulting the di rector. Fitzpatrick “is just out of the loop. He’s basically retired," May nard said. “He just let [the lieu tenants] run the show.” Despite saying he never saw the memo, Fitzpatrick insists he is still in charge at DPS. “I know what’s going on in this department,” he said. “I am not out of the loop.” Saylor said there is no age dis crimination in the office and would not comment on any DPS person nel issues. At least five DPS employees have left the department or been transferred to other jobs at the Uni versity since summer. Former dis patcher Pauline Conaway filed a lawsuit against DPS and the Uni versity, which was dismissed, but Conaway received a new Universi ty job and $15,000 in an out of court settlement. Weekend continued from page 1 minors to drink in their homes. Police shut down one large party on Hendricks Hill Drive, where 34 people received cita tions for either underage drink ing or allowing minors to drink in the house. Of those cited, 19 were University students. On Saturday, police responded to about 15 alcohol-related com plaints in the University area. The largest police action of the night was outside of the Univer sity area at a house on the 3800 block of Ferry Street, w'here more than 100 people were gathered. At that party, 41 minors were cit ed for drinking alcohol and the three people were cited for al lowing minors to drink. Six of the people cited were University students. 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