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Council invests in new hybrid vehicles for KPD
BY MATT RAWLINGS
positions — the school district would pay
Of the Keizertimes
$30,000 for each vehicle. However, Keizer
The Keizer City Council approved Chief of Police, John Teague, shared that
$20,000 to go towards a pair of 2022 Ford the department was interested is pur-
Intercepter hybrid police vehicles for the chasing in hybrid vehicles after seeing
Keizer Police Department at their meet- a presentation from Keizer resident Rich
ing on Monday, July 19.
Rodriguez on co2 emissions during the
The City of Keizer is under contract public comment portion of the meeting.
with the Salem-Keizer School District
Rodriguez shared with the council a
for a Safety and
PowerPoint
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that he cre-
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about
It is a good moment
a Youth Safety and
co2 emissions
in time to put $20,000
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cles in Keizer.
towards setting us
a contract provi-
“I solicited
sion
obligating
the
informa-
up for the future with
the Salem-Keizer
tion from the
hybrid vehicles,"
School
District
city, did the
to pay Keizer a
analysis and
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cost
determined
of $30,000 for a
that
police
— JOHN TEAGUE
properly up-fi t-
vehicles
are
Keizer Police Chief
ted
unmarked
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largest
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group
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used by the offi cer.
submits co2
The vehicles are to be purchased and into the city, and the city needs to be
up-fi tted by the KPD.
held responsible,” Rodriguez said.
Police staff had originally determined
Rodriguez also shared that the city's
that a pair of Black Dodge Durango co2 emissions have grown in each of the
vehicles would fi t the need of the two last two years and asked the council to
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defer the decision on new vehicles until
a proper analysis had been done on the
potential harm they would cause to the
local environment.
Teague, however, shared later on
the in the meeting that KPD would like
to purchase hybrid police cars for the
school offi cers.
“I am in favor in hybrid vehicles,”
Teague said. “It is a good opportunity
to put these vehicles to the test before
going full-steam and buying hybrid
vehicles from now on.”
Teague also said that the additional
cost would be $10,000 per vehicle and
proposed that the council provide
$20,000 for the two cars, on top of the
$60,000 given by the school district
— the two vehicles are expected to last
between eight and 10 years.
The proposed resolution was passed
unanimously.
“It is a good moment in time for us
to put $20,000 towards setting us up for
the future with hybrid vehicles,” Teague
said.
Schrader welcomes Indian Boarding School initiative
Congressman Kurt Schrader is wel-
coming the Federal Indian Boarding
School Initiative recently announced
by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb
Haaland. The comprehensive investi-
gation may include Chemawa Indian
School in Salem.
Native children were forcibly
removed from their families by the U.S.
government from the 1800s through
the late 20th century and required to
attend federal boarding schools. These
students faced abusive tactics intended
to strip them from their culture, and
some lost their lives, while others were
never reunited with their loved ones
and placed in foster care.
Secretary
Haaland’s
Initiative
directs the Department to launch an
investigation into its past oversight
of all participating boarding schools
including Chemawa Indian School,
which is the country’s oldest contin-
uously operated residential boarding
school for Native American students.
Investigators will be documenting
locations of known and possible stu-
dent burial sites located at or near
school facilities and record Tribal affi li-
ations and identities of children buried
at these locations. The Department
will be conducting consultations with
Tribal Nations, Alaska Native corpora-
tions and Native Hawaiian organiza-
tions during the process as well. The
fi ndings will be detailed in a report to
guide future site work.
“When speaking with members
of the Chemawa community, I heard
how the Federal Indian Boarding
School Initiative will help many Native
Americans begin to heal from gen-
erations of trauma, frustrations and
betrayal that came from this pain-
ful period in American history,” Rep.
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