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ROGUE NEWS
Ki i.. Kehr. 4. V.r.i
SOC Student Explains Offer
To Serve As Narcotics Agent
Siskiyou
Southern Oregon College
ovember 19, 1971
The following interview
concerns a SOC student who
was asked to serve as a nar
cotics agent.
The student who was ap
proached has .chosen to re
main anonymous. He feels
that if his name and sources
of information were released
it would be a social and ec
onomic disadvantage. He
told this interviewer: "I
hove a lot of friends in the
valley and I would like to
seek employment here after
graduation. It's mainly for
these two reasons I chose
to withold this information."
INTERVIEW:
Q: Were you approached to
do undercover work on cam
pus drug traffic?
A: STUDENT: Yes, I was
approached by a person seek
ing what he called '"friendly
help." He inferred that with
his experience and my back
ground we could do a lot in
the area of curbing drug traf
fic. Q: Was this person a stu
dent? A: STUDENT: He was a
student and a member of a
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police force in the county.
His first approach was sub
tle, he explained that he had
a problem and I could hel p
him out. He wanted me to
keep him posted on people
buying and selling drugs in
the area. He felt that be
cause of my life-style, it
would be much easier for me
to get this type of informa
tion. He found himself very
out of place with his short
hair and "straight" appear
ance. The approach used
wasn't as obvious as I'm
making it sound. Every
thing was much more subtle
but there was no doubt a
bout what he was implying.
Q: Did you cooperate?
A: STUDENT: "NO WAY"!
Q: Did you know the campus
wos being used for recruiting
informers?
A: STUDENT: I had heard
a few rumors but before this
happened I thought they were
j ust gossip. I don't think
this person was working dir
ectly for the police force be
cause he indicated that the
information I would give him
would be of a personal nature.
Q: Even if it were for his
own personal information,
wouldn'r he be able to use
i - '
it in his profession.
A: STUDENT: That's true.
Q: Whot do you know about
the existence of a student
dr ug list?
A: STUDENT: There have
been rumors of what you
might call "known drugus
ers." I feel the only way
he could have gotten my
name is through such a
file. I think if there is
such a list it's probably a
j oint venture between city,
county and campus authori
ties. Q: How would you suspect
they would acquire names
for such a list?
A: STUDENT: I'm sure
there are many instances in
which people have cooper
ated. It seems there are
people who ore more than
willing to be "MOD SQUAD
ERS" ond rat on their friends
Q: How do you feel about
this type of detection?
A: STUDENT: I seriously
question acquiring informa
tion in this manner. Using
one person against another
this way is appalling. It
shows me a real decline in
human trust. It's the "Big
Brother" approach and it's
sickening.
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