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NEWS BRIEFS Eugene police buckle down for safety-belt campaign University students who opt to not wear seat belts may find it harder to get away with it this week. Because of a two-week safety-belt blitz by the Eugene Police Traffic En forcement Unit called the 3-Elags Cam paign, more seat-belt violators can ex pect to get nailed with fines. The safety-belt blitz began May 24 and will conclude June 6. Eugene Police Department Sgt. Derel Schulz, supervisor of the traffic-enforce ment unit, said officers will pay more attention to seat-belt enforcement dur ing the campaign. More violations tend to occur in Oregon because the state has a pri mary safety-belt law, meaning an offi cer can pull someone over just for not wearing a seat belt, Schulz said. Many other states have secondary safety-belt laws, he said. Those laws don't allow officers to pull a vehicle over for a seat-belt violation. A citation can only be issued when another offense has been committed. Prior to the campaign, Schulz said EPD officers conducted a poll of 100 ve hicles to calculate the rate of safety-belt use. The next step in the campaign is to alert the media of the increased en forcement and work to raise awareness. The Oregon Department of Trans portation also runs television and radio advertisements on a statewide level, Schulz said. "Our goal is to raise driver awareness and make sure the public understands the importance and safety of a seat belt" Schulz said. He said EPD received a grant to fund officer overtime hours to in crease enforcement. The 3-Flags Campaign is a traffic enforcement program involving hundreds of law-enforcement agen cies in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, according to the ODOT Web site. The program, which is more than 10 years old, works to reduce motor vehi cle-related deaths and injuries by in creasing awareness of safety-belt use and laws. The ODOT site states the program has expanded from enforcement along Interstate 5 and Highway 97 to a statewide campaign. Safety-belt usage increased from 76 percent to 88 percent in the program's first year and is reported to be higher than 90 percent today, according to the Web site. — Lisa Catto EPD chief Robert Lehner hosts open forum today University students and Universi ty-area businesses have an opportu nity to chat with Eugene Police De partment Chief Robert Lehner between 7 and 8:30 a.m. today at Espresso Roma, which is located at UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Stretch Your Summer Check out the September Experience Program September 7-17, 2004 • Short on group requirements? • Looking for a unique way to wrap up your summer? • Want to get ahead in your course of study? • Excited to get back in the swing of classes? • Does $500 for 4 credits sound like a deal to you? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you need to find out more about the September Experience Program. 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Visit our Summer Session web site, <http://uosummer.uoregon.edu/SepExp.html>; call us, 346-3475, or send us email, <septexp@darkwing.uoregon.edu.> Your place for [ N E WSreader classifieds ARCHIVFS nd more www.dailyemerald.com 825 E. 13th Ave. EPD Spokeswoman Pam Olshans ki said anyone can drop in and ex press concerns or ask questions of Lehner during the open forum. Lehner has visited numerous areas in Eugene since February, but this is his first forum in the University area, Olshanski said. — Lisa Catto EPD complaints forum open to students tonight Students concerned about the process of filing complaints with the Eugene Police Department will have an opportunity to voice their opinions. The Eugene Police Commission, the Eugene Human Rights Commis sion and the ASUO are sponsoring a public complaint forum at 6 p.m. tonight in the EMU Fishbowl. Eugene Police Commission Coor dinator Jeannine Parisi said the com mission is beginning a review of EPD policies and procedures for handling and investigating complaints. She said the commission wants to hear the opinions of University stu dents and get their ideas and sugges tions for improving the process. Also, the commission wants to hear stu dents' experiences with filing com plaints with EPD. A recent audit of EPD's internal af fairs files prompted the idea to hold a forum, Parisi said. The auditor, Howell Lankford of Arbitration Services, Inc., suggested in his summary letter that EPD review their standards and procedures for re viewing complaints. "This year's (internal affairs) cases do not demonstrate that the internal affairs process got everything it need ed from EPD in 2003," Lankford said in the letter. For more information, call the City of Eugene at 682-5852, or the ASUO at 346-0624. — Lisa Catto CORRECTION In "New reports show promising economic growth" (May 28), the Emerald misattributed statements by Paul Shea, an economics graduate teaching fellow. Economics Associate Professor Tim Duy was cited as the source in * the article, but it was Shea who was quoted. The Emerald regrets the error. WATCH DPS did not update the media log after 3:51 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25. Crime Watch is from May 24 to May 25 at 3:51 p.m. Theft and recoveries The Department of Public Safety re ceived two reports of a bike impound from Lawrence Hall, one report of bike theft from the EMU, two found property reports and one report of lar ceny from the Music Building. Disorderly conduct DPS received one report of disorderly conduct two reports of suspicious con dition and two reports of vandalism: one from East 13th Avenue and one from Hamilton Complex. Alcohol and drugs No reported incidents. Miscellaneous DPS received three tow requests: one from the large Prince Lucien Campbell Hall parking lot one from the Emerald Street parking lot and one from the Hayward Field north parking lot. CAMPUS BUZZ Semiannual 20% SALE Thursday - Sunday 20% OFF ■ general books ■ UO sportswear ■ gifts ■ art supplies ■ school/office supplies " computer & photo accessories June 3-6 Some exclusions do apply. Sale at main store only. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON BOOKSTORE Wednesday UO Libraries Book Sale, Browsing Room, Knight Library, 10a.m.-7 p.m. Center for the Study of Women in Society Celebra tion, Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall, 4-6 p.m. Dance Quarterly, Dougherty Dance Theater, Ger linger Annex, 7 p.m. UO Repertoire Singers and Campus Band, Beall Concert Hall, 8 p.m. emu Craft Center 346-4361 http://craftcenter.uoregon.edu
