OCTOBER 30, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7
DRUGS: ‘...society must educate
our youth about the dangers...’
(Continued from pg. A1)
“If we want to reduce
crime, we need to reduce
the demand for illicit drugs,”
he added. “Enforcement and
incarceration alone will not
solve the problem. Continuing
drug court programs, expand-
ing treatment facilities and ed-
ucation by everyone in society
certainly seems like the logical
approach.”
Nelson and fellow task
force members took down a
number of drug organizations
over the years. Recently Nel-
son and Garrett Roelof from
the Salem Police Department
were honored for their work
in a number of arrests being
made in relation to the April
2012 death of Keizer’s Laurin
Putnam.
But Nelson found over the
years taking out an organiza-
tion was akin to simply taking
out the top part of a weed in
the yard: if you don’t get rid of
the roots, the weed will simply
grow back.
Applied to law enforce-
ment, Nelson believes the
answers lies in education and
treatment.
“We need to consider the
idea of expanding and making
available detoxifi cation and
treatment centers,” Nelson
said. “Most importantly soci-
ety must educate our youth
about the dangers of drug
abuse and closely guide them
down a clean and sober road-
way.”
Even with that, Nelson
knows treatment and detox
programs aren’t going to be
100 percent successful. For
example, Nelson talked with
Crist often following a July
2013 arrest. After the arrest,
Crist entered a detox cen-
ter and then transitioned to
a long-term rehab center and
called Nelson about once a
month.
“He showed interest when
he got out of the treatment
center about talking to kids
about the dangers of drug use,
particularly heroin, and the
devastation it hails on individ-
uals and families,” Nelson said.
Nelson felt confi dent Crist
had turned his life around
and considers the interactions
successful – a combination of
enforcement, education and
treatment.
“The
addicition
leads ordinary
good citizens
into a lifestyle
of crime to
support their
expensive
habit.”
— Det. Chris Nelson
“Brandon fought hard
against the dark and evil ad-
diction to heroin. He gave
himself a glimpse of freedom
and you could hear energy
and excitement in his voice
File
when he was drug-free. Un-
fortunately, he relapsed after
treatment and the addiction to
heroin ended his life,” Nelson
said of the addiction.
Despite that, Nelson feels
taking a few minutes after a
drug arrest to talk about re-
covery options is the right call.
“Every (interaction) with
someone suffering from ad-
diction can be a success,” he
said. “It’s an opportunity in
law enforcement to remind
individuals who are suffering
from addiction that there is
hope. Taking the time to edu-
cate and encourage treatment
options is time well-spent.”
Nelson noted the need for
drugs like heroin often leads
to a destructive cycle.
“Many of the suspects we
interact with in law enforce-
ment have a drug dependency,
which is a gateway to property
related-crimes, low-level drug
dealing and sex traffi cking,”
he said. “The addiction leads
ordinarily good citizens into
a lifestyle of crime to support
their expensive habit.”
The Keizer
Fire District
is looking
to replace
equipment,
including the
ambulance
shown on the
right.
VOTE,
continued from Page A1
Those services were cut
in 2009 after previous ballot
measures to bring in more
funding were denied by vot-
ers.
If the ballot measure pass-
es, reserves would be used to
get Saturday service started
next summer, with extended
weeknight and Sunday ser-
vice starting in the summer
of 2017. Student bus passes
would start next fall with the
start of the new school year.
Proponents have set up a
website at www.yesforcherri-
ots.com, while opponents
have established the www.
stopemployertax.com website.
In contrast to the hotly de-
bated payroll tax, the equip-
ment bond levy for the Keizer
Fire District has been fl ying
quietly under the radar. Ballot
Measure 24-389 would col-
lect $6.2 million over a 20-
year period, at a rate of about
14 cents per $1,000 of assessed
property value. That means a
$28 annual tab for a $200,000
home.
The equipment bond
would take the place of a mea-
sure being paid off in Febru-
ary to pay for the Keizer Fire
Station on Chemawa Road.
The bond would focus on
buying new equipment. Most
urgently, that would include
new ambulances, including
one purchased in 2008 that
fi re chief Jeff Cowan has ac-
knowledged as being a lemon.
Ballots have to be submit-
ted by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3.
In Keizer, drop off locations
are the box in the parking lot
at Keizer Civic Center (930
Chemawa Road NE) and U.S.
Bank, located at 5110 River
Road N.
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