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Wednesday,Nov.7,2012
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Criminal Justice takes aim
“I’m able to take tactical
experience that I’ve learned,
and bring if to our real world
and help civilians,” said Dave
Beaty, an instructor for Threat
Dynamics. “We do empower
people in our own way. What
we do here isn’t just how to
shoot, it’s how to carry your
self in the real world.”
Instructors highlighted things
such as how to hold a gun, and
what kind of stance to take.
At Threat Dynamics, par
ticipants engage suspects in
a safe environment without
the dangers of live ammuni
tion.
In one training scenario, Juan
Moralez had the opportunity to
experience potentially dangerous
shooting situations.
“Get down on the ground!”
said Moralez as the simulat
ed assailant drew his gun.
“Drop your weapon!”
Assailants on the screen
can either obey the com
mands given by a student or
defy them. It’s up to the student
to make the split second decision
to shoot or not.
“You don’t know if they have
a weapon,” said Moralez, “you
don’t know if they’re going to
Felicia Skriver
News Editor
The use of deadly force
is something that should
not be taken lightly. Proper
training is necessary to
ensure a safe and reasonable out
come when engaging—a - poten-
tially unstable shooter.
Josh DeTar, a certified pis
tol instructor at Threat Dynamics
helps train students how use
deadly force in a safe and rea
sonable manner. Students get the
chance to participate in mock sit
uations with the help of DeTar’s
instruction.
“Move together, communicate
together, and work together,” he
said. “After each scenario ends,
we will go over what we saw,
and what we did.”
Students from the college’s
criminal justice department
visited the company based in
Tualatin last week to experience
law enforcement shooting simu
lations. The company offers cut
ting-edge threat response tech
nology that previously was only
offered to law enforcement and
military.
try and hurt you. You have to use
your judgment.”
Students were able to get their
hands on real guns with CO2 as
the ammunition. The targets were
projected on the giant screen that
simulates wind direction and
speed along with the accuracy of
each student’s shooting.
After students had a chance to
target practice and get a feel for
their weapons, the instructors at
Threat Dynamics explained
some of the possible sce
narios.
“You’re two officers
doing a routine traffic stop for
expired tags,” said DeTar. “Based
on what you see, you're going to
respond to that event.”
The program allows one to
interact with the villains on the
screen. Students were able to
make shooters stand ' down by
yelling commands. The overall
goal of the program is to make
the student capable of making
quick judgments.
Ida Flippo, criminal justice
instructor, utilizes the training
to help expose students to situa
tions that may prepare them for a
future career as law enforcement
officers.
“Right now in that class we
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Campus Jeep-jacked
Joshua Dillen
C o^ditor-in-C hîef
Grand
theft
auto
Has
become the newest concern
at the college as the it reels
from last month’s termination
of Kurt Nelson as Campus
Safety Director.
Is Campus Safety in chaos?
Have crooks noticed a flaw
and taken advantage? It’s not
often that an official police
vehicle is stolen from Barlow.
The patrol car’s keys were
stolen the night of Sun. Oct.
28 from Barlow along with
tools and engine analyzers.
The vehicle was recovered
by Marion County Sherriff’s
Department near Mt Angel.
The other stolen items are still
missing. Oregon City Police
and MSSO are still investigating
the case. Interim director of the
department and Dean of Campus
Services, Bob Cochran is relieved
the patrol Jeep was recovered the
next day after being stolen.
“We’re fortunate to get it
back,” he said.
Criminal Justice Instructor Ida
Flippo expressed her concerns
about Nelson’s absence from
Campus Safety.
“I think it’s a loss. He
is a great guy and he
was professionalizing
our [Campus Safety]
department,” said
Flippo. “We are
just going to take
a step backward in
my opinion.”
Flippo worked with
Nelson in the criminal jus
tice department previous to
his employment as Director of
Campus Safety.
are talking about making that
life and death decision, and how
it can just happen in a split sec
ond,” said Flippo, “and then how
the officer is judged after that,
especially by the media and the
public.”
According to Flippo, it was
good exposure to the stu
dents who want to become
police officers in the
future. After target prac
tice, the students were
led in to a big hexagon
with interactive screens on
every side. This exercise was
designed to encourage team work
and to watch out on all sides.
Students donned interactive belts
that shocked them if they were
shot by the simulated assailants.
According to those who were
“hit,” the shock was mild and did
not really hurt.
“I think that this was a good
educational exercise,” said
Flippo. “It was fun.”
Threat Dynamics offers simu
lation packages for as low as
$35 and private lessons
for around $65.
Sam Willits, Emmilie Boley,
Mary Cotton, and Justin
Harmon shoot at targets.
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Felicia Skriver
News Editor
The floodgates o f
registration are about
to open for students
attending
Clackam as.
Tomorrow the schedule
o f classes will be posted
on myClackamas w eb
site, and by next week
students will be able to
sign up for classes.
Priority registration
begins at 8 a.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 13. Students who
have. 80 credits or more
have priority and can
begin
p re-reg isterin g
then. The rest o f return
ing students have the
opportunity to register
with priority depend
ing on completed cred
its until open re g istra r
tion begins the following
Friday.
Priority Registration
gives students with the
most completed credits a
chance to enroll in class
es before new students.
This helps to ensure that
students closer to gradu
ating can enroll in the
classes they need.