NOVEMBER 24, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7
FIX: ‘It’s completely non-
sensical ... dangerous’
(Coutiuued from Page A1)
“I am a Democratic fe-
male senator from Corvallis,
the Republican is from Keizer
with a conservative talk show
and we're co-sponsoring a bill
about teen sex,” said Gelser.
Prior to the changes to poli-
cy guidelines issued in October,
Salem-Keizer School District
teachers and staff were required
to report incidences of suspect-
ed neglect or any type of abuse
to the Department of Human
Services (DHS). However, the
new guidelines expand report-
ing to most sex-related issues.
New instances that would re-
quire reporting include: a stu-
dent inquiring about birth con-
trol options after admitting to
sex with a partner; reports of a
pregnancy; a student confi ding
in a teacher after being kicked
out of his home for divulging
a sexually active, same-sex rela-
tionship.
Gelser said she became
aware of the issue after reports
of the change started appearing
in the media and she began get-
ting requests for comment.
“I talked to the school dis-
trict, the district attorney, DHS
and then I started hearing from
every organization that rep-
resents mandatory reporters,
which is pretty much every or-
ganization,” Gelser said.
While the guidelines are
only in place for SKSD as
of now, if they are allowed to
stand, it could end up setting
precedent every mandatory
reporter in the state including:
physicians, clergy members,
counselors, pharmacists, fi re-
fi ghters, and any compensated
coach to name a few.
“If a 16-year-old gets the
pill, a pharmacist is supposed
to call the police as she walks
away. A 16-year-old goes to the
doctor because he thinks he has
a STD, they treat him and call
the child abuse hotline,” Gelser
said. “It's completely nonsensi-
cal. It's also dangerous. I would
rather clarify the law and make
it perfectly clear than risk over-
whelming the abuse hotline
with unnecessary calls and put
kids at risk who are being sexu-
ally abused.”
The clarifi cation she and
Post are sponsoring would ex-
clude consensual sexual activity
among teenager from manda-
tory reporting if the only rea-
son for lack of consent is age
and “the circumstances are not
otherwise offensive.”
“If you are a middle school
teacher with a pregnant
11-year-old that is still going
to require a call to the hotline.
Even if she was with another
11-year-old, there are probably
concerns about supervision and
vulnerability,” Gelser said.
Post is hoping it won't even
come to needing a legislative
fi x. He is waiting for reviews
to come back from the Legis-
lative Counsel and the Oregon
Department of Justice that will
determine whether the SKSD
misinterpreted Oregon's abuse
laws with its new interpreta-
tions.
Gelser said she hasn't heard
from any colleagues that plan
to oppose the proposed fi x, but
in the meantime she said SKSD
isn't complying with requests to
defer action on the new guide-
lines until the judicial reviews
or legislative fi x is in place.
“They are clearly not willing
to delay and that is really unfor-
tunate that our kids are going
to be terrifi ed and somebody is
going to get pregnant and that
can't be undone,” Gelser said.
police scauuer
Keizer mau cuffed after burglary,
rummagiug through ueighbor’s car
A Keizer man was arrested
after he was spotted inside an-
other man’s car about 7 a.m.
on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
The incident began in the
1200 block of Horizon Ridge
Court Northeast when the
vehicle owner spotted another
person inside his car. The sus-
pect was last seen leaving the
area on foot.
Several Keizer offi cers re-
sponded to the area in marked
and unmarked vehicles in an
attempt to locate and detain
the
suspect.
Sgt. Robert
Trump locat-
ed the suspect
on Meadow-
ridge Drive
Northeast at
Meadowwood
J. Slasou
Street North-
east and kept
an eye on him until a marked
unit, operated by Offi cer Dan
Carroll, was able to arrive in
the area.
Carroll made contact with
the suspect and immediately
detained him in a pair of hand-
cuffs. Carroll then discovered
the man had a hatchet in the
front waistband of his pants, it
was removed without incident.
The suspect was identi-
fi ed as Joshua Fletcher Slason,
of 1088 Meadowridge Street
N.E. Offi cers suspect it was at
least the third vehicle Slason
entered around that time. A
remote garage door opener for
a home in the 6600 block of
Brook Hollow Court North-
east was found inside the
vehicle on Horizon Ridge
Court. Police suspect Slason
used the remote he found in
a car parked in the driveway
to enter the garage and then
another vehicle from which a
purse was stolen.
Slason was taken to Marion
County Correctional Facility
where he was charged with
unlawful possession of meth-
amphetamine, criminal mis-
chief, burglary, unlawful entry
into a motor vehicle and theft.
All of the vehicles Slason
is suspected of entering were
unlocked at the time accord-
ing to police.
Deputy Police Chief Jeff
Kuhns reminded residents
who park their vehicles in
their driveways to lock the
doors and remove garage door
remotes when possible.
SUNDAY, NOV. 12
• 11:30 a.m. - Accident,
hit-and-run and fail to per-
form duties of driver when
property is damaged on 5000
block Allendale Way NE.
• 5 p.m. - Theft of bicycle
on 5400 block McLeod Lane
NE.
MONDAY, NOV. 13
• 7 a.m. - Accident, hit-
and-run and fail to perform
duties of driver when prop-
erty is damaged on 700 block
Plymouth Drive NE.
• 8:16 a.m. - Arrest for
• 10 p.m. - Theft from ve-
hicle, unlawful entry vehicle
and intent to commit theft
on 1200 block McGee Court
NE.
bench warrant on 1300 block
Angie Way NE.
• 11 p.m. - Unlawful entry
vehicle and attempt crime on
1500 block Parkside Court
NE.
THURSDAY, NOV. 16
TUESDAY, NOV. 14
• 12:45 a.m. - DUII on
River Road N and Bever
Drive NE.
• 7:11 a.m. Traffi c accident
on 5100 block Nordic Court
N.
• 2:36 p.m. - Forgery on
5200 block Windsor Island
Road N.
• 10:07 p.m. - Physical ha-
rassment on 5300 block Riv-
er Road N.
• 7:01 a.m. - Arrest for bur-
glary, unlawful entry vehicle,
intent to commit theft, theft
from vehicle, unlawful pos-
session
methamphetamine,
criminal mischief and crime
damage on 1200 block Hori-
zon Ridge Court NE.
• 5 p.m. - Criminal trespass
on 4100 block Noon Ave NE.
• 8:01 p.m. - Traffi c acci-
dent on River Road N and
Fir Cone Lane NE.
• 9 p.m. - Criminal mis-
chief and vandalism on 1400
block Horizon Ridge Drive
NE.
FRIDAY, NOV. 17
• 7:22 p.m. - Arrest for
criminal trespass and warrant
on 5800 block Keizer Station
Blvd NE.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15
SATURDAY, NOV. 18
• 12:20 a.m. - Criminal
trespass on 5100 block Wit-
tenberg Lane NE.
• 4:41 a.m. - Arrest for
warrant on 1200 block Susan
Court NE.
• 1:45 p.m. - Shoplifting
on 6200 block Ulali Drive
NE.
• 7:37 p.m. - Accident, hit-
and-run and fail to perform
duties of driver when proper-
ty is damaged on 6500 block
14th Ave NE.
• 9:08 p.m. - Criminal tres-
pass on 300 block McNary
Estates Drive N.
• 9:21 p.m. - Arrest for
warrant on Lockhaven Drive
NE and 14th Ave NE.
SUNDAY, NOV. 19
• 8 a.m. - Telephone harass-
ment on 5200 block Spring
Leaf Court N.
• 4:15 p.m. - Traffi c ac-
cident with injury on 5800
block River Road N.
• 6 p.m. - Telephone harass-
ment on 100 block Church-
dale Ave N.
• 7:36 p.m. - Traffi c ac-
cident on 3800 block River
Road N.
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