Party’s over for EPD’s focused weekend
patrols
■ Budget constraints forced
the elimination of regular
campus party patrol teams
By Rebecca Newell
Oregon Daily Emerald
With the first weekend after win
ter break looming, revelers may be
celebrating more than just being
back among friends.
The three-year-old Eugene Police
Department party patrol will be
eliminating their weekend focused
patrol team because of budget con
cerns. Instead, patrol shifts will be
restructured to use more officers
during busier shifts to offset the ab
sence of the focus patrol.
The program is not being cut,
said Becky Hanson, EPD patrol cap
tain, though overtime officers will
no longer be used. However, in case
of specific events, such as athletic
events or homecoming, a focused
patrol team will still be used.
The program, created to respond
to numerous parties on Friday and
Saturday nights, met with dissen
sion from students. And a dispute
regarding the particulars of re
sponse fines and the definition of
an out-of-control function saw a
heated debate in front of the Eugene
City Council.
“I thought the program was
faulty because of the motivation be
hind it,” ASUO community out
reach director Christa Shively said.
“Just because they’re not able to
fund a special program doesn’t
mean they won’t crack down when
they go to a party.”
Shively said though there may
not be constant patrolling on streets
in West Eugene, there will still be
calls on parties. She has been work
ing with the police on student-re
lated issues for more than a year, in
cluding the ASUO’s own draft of
the proposed city ordinance which
set the police response fee.
“The police and City Council felt
the party patrol kept the peace in
Eugene,” Shively said. “But they
will find another way to do that in
the absence of the party patrol. I
don’t think this is the end of the sto
ry.”
Without the focused patrol con
centrating solely on University par
ties, the effects from the new pro
gram BUSTED [Beginning Under
age Success Through Educational
Diversion] has yet to be. deter
mined. BUSTED is a 10-hour
course offered to University stu
dents as an option for those cited
for permitting consumption of alco
hol by minors or being a minor in
possession.
“The program is one we believe
makes a difference,” said Miki
Mace, administrator of the Univer
sity substance abuse prevention
program. Whether or not the party
patrol has effected the numbers en
rolled in the program, BUSTED has
been successful, she said.
“When we get students for the
BUSTED program, we don’t know
if that’s a direct result of the party
patrol,” Mace said. “If our numbers
drop dramatically, we’ll know they
had an impact.”
In lieu of a weekend team of offi
cers dedicated exclusively to the
party patrol, Hanson said that par
ty complaint calls will be priori
tized with other calls. The response
time will be dictated depending on
the size and noise level of the par
ty
Emerald
The party patrol, shown here in October 2000, will continue to canvass campus on
weekends when special events are occurring.
“We’re stepping back and allow
ing people to manage their parties
responsibly,” Hanson said.
Students will provide the answer
to the question of whether the dis
bandment of the weekend focused
party patrol will result in more par
ties and drinking, Mace said.“I
think students are pretty much go
ing to do what they’re going to do,”
she said, “whether there is some
one to catch them or not.”
16 states see tobacco settlement payment amounts reduced
■ Reduced market share for
cigarette makers participating
in the settlement caused a
loss of $200 million nationally
By Timothy D. May
The Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The most
recent payments to 16 of the 46
states that settled lawsuits with the
tobacco industry were cut by a total
of almost $200 million.
Officials in some of the states say
(i We are dealing with
such enormous figures
here that what appears to
be a fairly small shift ends
up being a relatively big
adjustment
Sue Ellen Wooldridge
National Association
of Attorneys General
they already are planning measures
to obtain the money, which was set
aside in escrow.
The payments were cut because
those states and five American terri
tories failed to pass a law, required
by the settlement, that is designed
to protect the tobacco companies
from losing too much market share
to other manufacturers.
The industry feared that the non
participating manufacturers might
gain an advantage because they
would not be restricted by the set
tlement’s ban on billboard advertis
ing and other marketing tactics,
such as cartoon images like Joe
Camel.
In all, the tobacco industry with
held $197 million from last month’s
biannual payment. California’s De
cember payment was $44 million
less than it expected. Pennsylva
nia’s was $19 million lower.
Delaware took a hit of $900,000.
“We are dealing with such enor
mous figures here that what appears
to be a fairly small shift ends up be
ing a relatively big adjustment,”
said lawyer Sue Ellen Wooldridge,
who represents the National Asso
ciation of Attorneys General. The
group is working with states to get
the money back.
Previous settlement payments
from the tobacco industry to the
states — expected to total about
$206 billion during the next 25
years — have been lower than pro
jected because of declines in the
volume of cigarettes shipped, slow
er sales and inflation.
Payment amounts are deter
mined by an independent auditor,
not by the industry, said Tom Ryan,
a spokesman for Philip Morris
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termines how much, if any, market
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separate deals with the tobacco in
dustry for a combined $40 billion
and are unaffected by the so-called
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