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Feature k night in the life of a public safety officer 4 The Clackamas Print Wednesday. May 22.1996 will swiftly respond. “We can also call out for medical, “said Steigleder. In addition to the radio he ficer Tom Steigleder stops in front of the Community Center to pick also has a cellular phone. After me up. I’ll ride along with him the Public Safety Office closes for during his shift to see how a Pub the evening, dispatcher Amy lic Safety Officer performs the du Cornett is on duty at the Help ties that will ensure safety on cam Center to transfer calls directly pus after hours. to him. To demonstrate how it Before we start out, he ex works, he has the dispatcher call plains how to use the radio in case him on the phone. The call from of an emergency. “I don’t antici the Help Center comes through pate a problem, but you never to let him know his cellular know, and it’s best to be prepared. phone is working properly. Af Press the button on the mike and ter the dispatcher leaves, any calls say “code zero.” That means ‘of made on campus will go directly ficer down to his phone. needs If anyone on and We like to walk help.’” There campus needs people out to their help at night or are a variety of codes that at any time, cars. It’s part of are called out they should our job. Anybody over the radio. dial 6650 at Photo by Chad Patteson and everybody can Steigleder any campus Public Safety Officer Tom Steigleder cruises around the campus making it a safe place. call us at any time phone and get shows me a help immedi He checks on people’s cars, makes card of what a warning. Moments later C-Com several cars and the speed shows the various ately. There is sure the buildings are locked and calls in a code 4, which is a spot up at the back of the radar gun in -Tom Steigleder codes are and Public Safety Officer also someone responds quickly to any distur- check to see how he is doing. If bright red numbers. Most are what they ------------------------------ 9 9 available at all barice,” said Steigleder. they get no response a squad car obeying the traffic and speed rules times to walk a mean. ■ 9:24 p.m. A male student will be sent to the campus to check this evening. All Public Safety Officers are student or faculty to their car in driving a truck runs a stop sign. on him to see if he is okay. Public Safety is also respon also commissioned as Clackamas the dark. “We like to walk people Steigleder turns on the flashing 9:36 p.m. The cadet on duty sible for the campus at the Har County Deputy Sheriffs and have out to their cars. It’s part of our lights and goes in pursuit, stop calls in to say there has been a mony Center and the campus at the power and authority to make job. Anybody and everybody can ping him near the Safety Office. heated argument between a boy Wilsonville. Cadets are also used arrests. Most have gone through call us at any time.” He calls in to C-Com. and runs a friend and girlfriend as they leave there to make sure everything the Reserve Academy with 320 In addition to the officer in check on both the plates of the class. We check the parking lot stays peaceful. hours of law enforcement training. the roving patrol car, there is also truck and the driver to see if there where they were last seen to see 10:00 p.m. After a rela Steigleder explains there are a cadet on foot with a two-way is anything outstanding on his if there is still a problem, but they tively peaceful evening we head four channels for the multi-band radio. Ron Ailoth is on duty this driving record and it comes back have already left. back to the Help Center where we radio called C-Com., or Clacka evening and conducts himself in clean. As a routine precaution he 9:48 p.m. Steigleder sets up meet the cadet and walk Amy mas County Communications the same professional manner as also gives his location. a speed trap where we can see Cornett out to her car. Network. An outside agency will a Public Safety Officer. “He’s After 10:00 p.m. most of the For running a stop sign the three stop signs at once and also monitor his calls and keep kind of my eyes and ears when fine is $165, plus $90 for not hav breaks out the radar gun. The students are gone and the only track of him during his shift. If at I’m not there. He’s usually the ing his vehicle registered and an radar gun is calibrated to the same sounds you hear are sounds of the any time he needs help he can call one who walks people to their other $165 for not having insur speed of a vibrating tuning fork, night and frogs serenading each on the radio and request outside cars at night and makes sure ance. Because he has a clean the same instrument used to tune other. back-up and an available officer people get off campus safely .” record, Steigleder lets him go with musical instruments. He checks Paul Ulmen Staff Writer 9:10 p.m. Public Safety Of Why Did He Do It? O' | ’’hree reasons mainly: first, they have night X and weekend classes so I can get my degree while working full time. Plus, there’s a low ratio of students to teachers so you get good instruction, and lastly, I like the atmosphere here. That’s why I transferred to Marylhurst.” — Dana Torrey Social Sciences There are many reasons to transfer to Marylhurst. Calif or a free transfer credit evaluation, today. Marylhurst College 503-699-6268 Just 20 minutes south of downtown Portland. Twister’ sweeps in profits Brian Ray Staff Writer The first of the summer’s blockbusters has arrived. “Twister” is an exciting, effects- filled spectacle with no more thematic depth than abso lutely necessary. The film is the cel luloid equivalent of a roller coaster ride. Scientist Bill Harding (played by Bill Paxton, of “Apollo 13”) and his soon-to-be ex- wife Jo (played by Helen Hunt of “Mad About You”) find themselves on the verge of a break through. They de velop a device that can monitor tornado activity, nicknamed Dor othy. It’s purpose is to give ad vance warning of potential tor nados, so that towns can be evacuated sooner. Along with a rag-tag bunch of storm chasers and Bill’s dimwit psychologist fiance' (played ineptly by Jami Gertz of “The Lost Boys”), the pair find themselves chasing the biggest tornado to hit the Mid west in over thirty years. Hot on their heels are a rival group of storm chasers led by Cary Elwes (“Robin Hood: Men in Tights”), who have copied off Bill and Jo’s Dorothy design and intend to beat them to the punch. Along the way, it becomes not only a race against nature, but a neck-in-neck race with each other. Meanwhile, with each ensuing encounter Bill and Jo become closer to each other, rekindling their relationship. Despite the amazing visual effects (courtesy of Industrial Light & Magic), “Twister” has a few flaws. The screenplay, by “Ju rassic Park creator Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Mar tin, seems to be half-developed in plot. There isn’t much to the film except for its visual impact. The acting, with the exception of Paxton and Hunt, is pretty pa thetic. All of these things are ir relevant as the film is not intended to be a deep thinking study of storm chasers. It is a giant thrill machine. On that level, it succeeds in ev ery way. It has apparently worked, because “Twister” has raked in over $96 million dollars in one and a half weeks. It’s opening weekend “Twister” made almost $41 million, making it the largest non-holiday opening in history. It was also the fourth larg est opening ever behind the last two Batman movies and “Juras sic Park.” Pretty impressive for this early in the Summer movie season. Directed by Jan De Bont, the talented filmaker behind 1994’s blockbuster “Speed”, “Twister” is an enjoyable, exciting spectacle from beginning to end. If you’re looking for “Jurassic Park”-size thrills, “Twister” definitely deliv ers. If you’re looking for depth, you will be disappointed. Grade:FX A+, Movie B+
