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DPS Interim Director Tom Hicks (left), EPD campus liaison Sgt. Kris Martes and Assault
Prevention Shuttle PR Coordinator Sarah Wells discuss how their organizations and the
student body are closely related at a public safety forum on Thursday.
Public safety forum
addresses concerns
About ^00 students came
to the ASUO-held forum
to ask questions and voice
their concerns about safety
By Chad Kreiger
Freelance Reporter
The ASUO held a public safety
forum on Friday where nearly 200
students were able to voice their
concerns to about a dozen panelists
representing different community
and campus groups, including the
Department of Public Safety and
the West University Task Force.
ASUO Campus Outreach
Coordinator Shannon Tarvin said
all the issues raised at the meeting
would be recorded by the ASUO
and worked on for effective change.
"We're not going to forget about
this tomorrow," Tarvin said.
One student asked Richie
Weinman, a member of the West
Neighborhood Task Force, why
Eugene doesn't have a housing code,
noting that the city of Corvallis does.
Weinman said a housing code
would be expensive because of
enforcement costs and inspections.
He questioned where the funding for
a housing code would come from
and said "a lot of the problem is lack
of maintenance."
Weinman also expressed concern
about campus riots, calling them a
"really big deal for the city" and a
"stupid waste of resources at a time
when we are broke." He encouraged
students to walk away from any scene
that could potentially become a riot.
"Don't stand and watch it," he said.
DPS Interim Director Tom Hicks
addressed the concern that a lack of
communication exists between stu
dents and campus officers.
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have a process for the person to meet
with the officer one-on-one to work
out the disagreement," he said.
Several students were confused
about the appeals process for park
ing citations. Hicks said in order to
appeal a citation, a petition must be
filled out at the petitions office,
which is located at the DPS office. If
the problem is not resolved, the
appeals board can address the partic
ular officer's decision. After that,
there are no further appeals.
A large portion of the forum was
dedicated to sexual assault aware
ness. Eugene Police Department Sgt.
Kris Martes said the University is a
"target-rich environment" for sexual
assaults.
Hicks said about 75 percent of sex
ual assaults involve alcohol.
When students asked for legal
definitions of sexual assault, Sexual
Assault Prevention project coordi
nator Megan Thompson told audi
ence members not to worry about
legal definitions.
She said the authorities should
be notified immediately if a stu
dent believes he or she has been
sexually assaulted.
Hicks said efforts to decrease inci
dents of sexual assault include
increased visible patrol, more inter
action between officers and residen
tial hall complex directors, emer
gency phones and improved lighting
on campus.
University student Nathan
Kamesar felt the forum could have
been held in a better facility where
"more intimate questions" and
"more relations between campus
security and students" would be
encouraged.
oiidu rvreiger is a Treeiance reporter
for the Emerald.
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