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
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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.
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UO Repertoire Singers and Campus Band, Beall
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