10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016 Shooting: Brief, deadly confrontation Camp: Escamilla’s career has coincided ZLWKDSHULRGRIJUHDW FKDQJHLQKLV¿HOG Continued from Page 1A In the interview, Davidson VDLG QHLWKHU RI¿FHU VDZ )HU- ry’s gun since he never took his KDQGVRXWRIKLVSRFNHW'DYLG- son was not sure the Taser would work since Ferry was wearing a thick coat, but when KH IHOO WR WKH JURXQG WKH RI¿- cers thought he was subdued. Davidson heard the bang DQG WULHG WR \HOO ³*XQ´ +H VDZ *RRGGLQJ KXQFK GRZQ start to walk backward and IDOO GRZQ +H WULHG WR NHHS WDONLQJ WR *RRGGLQJ EXW KH ZDVQRWJHWWLQJDQ\UHVSRQVH At the end of the body cam- era video, an acquaintance of )HUU\'DQLHO*LQWKHULVKHDUG saying to Davidson, “Don’t NLOOKLP8QFOH3KLO´*LQWKHU was never charged with any crime. Davidson said he remem- EHUV*LQWKHUFDPHDQGSXWKLV hands on his shoulders after the incident and said it wasn’t his fault. Davidson rhetor- ically asked, “Why is just carrying a gun worth killing VRPHRQH RYHU"´ *LQWKHU VDLG he did not know. The investigation con- cluded that Davidson was OHJDOO\ DQG PRUDOO\ MXVWL¿HG in shooting and killing Ferry in the incident outside the Pig ’N Pancake on Broadway )HE $Q DXWRSV\ FRQGXFWHG E\ Oregon State Medical Exam- Continued from Page 1A Jason Goodding Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Flowers and gifts honored Sgt. Jason Goodding outside the Pig ‘N Pancake in Seaside. content of 0.11 and LQHU .DUHQ *XQVRQ an active ingredient GHWHUPLQHG *RRG- in marijuana. ding’s injuries were *RRGGLQJ ZDV immediate and WUDQVSRUWHGWR3URY- fatal. idence Seaside 'DYLGVRQ ¿UHG +RVSLWDO ZKHUH KH several rounds from ZDV SURQRXQFHG KLVVHUYLFHZHDSRQ dead. according to the In any case investigation, strik- involving the use ing Ferry in the Phillip Max of deadly force, hand, arm and but- Ferry regional law tocks. The shots WKDW VWUXFN )HUU\ DSSHDUHG enforcement must collaborate in an investigation. Oregon less serious at the scene. Ferry was transferred State Police, the lead agency, by ambulance to Columbia had investigators attend the 0HPRULDO +RVSLWDO ZKHUH DXWRSVLHV DQG UHYLHZ DQG emergency doctors worked gather evidence. )HUU\KDGDQH[WHQVLYH on him for about half an hour EHIRUHSURQRXQFLQJKLPGHDG criminal history that included )HUU\¶V WR[LFRORJ\ UHSRUW 17 felony and 21 misde- revealed a high level of meth- meanor convictions since DPSKHWDPLQHDEORRGDOFRKRO 1983. He had been in and out RIWKH&ODWVRS&RXQW\-DLO times. Almost every law enforce- PHQW DJHQF\ LQ &ODWVRS County had dealt with Ferry DWVRPHSRLQW&ODWVRS&RXQW\ Sheriff Tom Bergin said even he wrestled with Ferry, and said Ferry should have been LQSULVRQ As a felon, Ferry was not DOORZHGWRSRVVHVVD¿UHDUP Jamie Lee Jones, 44, a for- mer Nevada resident who was living in Seaside, was indicted in March on federal charges in connection with the gun used LQ*RRGGLQJ¶VGHDWK$XWKRUL- WLHVDOOHJHWKDWDSLVWROWLHGWR Jones was used by Ferry. *RRGGLQJ LV VXUYLYHG E\ his wife, Amy, and two daugh- ters. A memorial in the fallen RI¿FHU¶VKRQRUDWWKH6HDVLGH Civic and Convention Center LQ )HEUXDU\ GUHZ SROLFH DQG ¿UH¿JKWHUV IURP DFURVV WKH nation. Fishing:&DOLIRUQLDLVKHOSLQJIXQGQHZWHFKQRORJ\ Continued from Page 1A of “Col. Bogey’s March” from the movie “The Bridge on the River Kwai” started emanat- ing from biologist Bill New- FRPE¶V ODSWRS LQVLGH WKH 6LOL- qua. The tune was the signal to bring the two vessels even and tighten the net around their young catch, which instinc- WLYHO\VZDPRXWWKHRSHQHQG RI WKH QHW DQG SDVW D SKDODQ[ of antennas, which count the VDOPRQ LPSODQWHG ZLWK JUDLQ sized Passive Integrated Tran- VSRQGHUWDJVWKDWWUDQVIHUWKHLU travel history into one of New- FRPE¶VFRPSXWHUV “Five for 23,” Newcomb FDOOHG RXW WR -HII 6FURXS WKH RSHUDWRURIWKH6LOLTXDQRWLQJ ¿YH WDJJHG VDOPRQ FRXQWHG GXULQJWKHSDVVDQGIRUWKH day. Never catching anything, WKH FUHZV DQG WKHLU RSHQ HQGHG SDLUWUDZOLQJ RSHUDWLRQ are tasked with analyzing the survival and migration char- DFWHULVWLFV RI VHYHUDO VSHFLHV of endangered salmon and steelhead traveling through RUWUDQVSRUWHGDURXQGWKHIHG- eral hydroelectric system on their way out to sea. Their research goes into a biologi- FDO RSLQLRQ HYHU\ IRXU \HDUV by NOAA, which advises the 86$UP\&RUSVRI(QJLQHHUV and Bonneville Power Admin- istration about how to make the hydroelectric system more ¿VKIULHQGO\ Catching a fraction ³)LVK VWDUW LQ$SULO « EXW ZH UHDOO\ SLFN XS LQ 0D\´ VDLG ¿VKHULHV ELRORJLVW 0DW- thew Morris with Ocean Asso- ciates Inc., a federal contractor SURYLGLQJUHVHDUFKHUVDQGERDW crews for NOAA. With seasonal crews IRU WKH VSULQJ DQG VXPPHU including students in Clat- VRS &RPPXQLW\ &ROOHJH¶V PDULWLPH SURJUDP UHVHDUFK- HUVFDQVSHQGPRUHWKDQ KRXUV D \HDU WUDZOLQJ RQ XS to two 12-hour shifts a day. 7KH PDMRU VDOPRQ VSHFLHV counted are coho, Chinook and sockeye, along with steelhead and cutthroat trout. $ VSHFLDO IRFXV LV RQ VWHHO- head and yearling Chinook. Researchers record their counts onboard and email the information to NOAA’s RI¿FHV ZKHUH UHSRUWV DUH FRPSLOHGLQWKHRIIVHDVRQ 0RUULV HVWLPDWHG WKH SDLU WUDZO SURMHFW FRXQWV EHWZHHQ DQG¿VKD\HDU Of those, he said, about 2 to SHUFHQWDUHVDOPRQGHWHFWHG at Bonneville Dam, the last hydroelectric hurdle for salmon going downriver. ³7KDW¶V RQO\ SHUFHQW roughly, of our total detection, DUH ¿VK SUHYLRXVO\ GHWHFWHG at Bonneville,” he said. “It’s WKRVH¿VKZH¶UHDEOHWRGHWHU- mine survival estimates with. Photos by Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian The Siliqua and Quinnat, two research vessels, use a use a net to push juvenile salmon through a matrix of antennas as Paul Bentley, an ecologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, looks on. More photos at DailyAstorian.com During his senior year at CSF, Escamilla took a vacation in Maui, and met his future wife — a nursing student from Portland. The two courted through the U.S. mail, and after gradu- ation, Escamilla moved to Oregon to be with his bride. In 1982, he started working for Clark County’s juvenile justice system. “I worked my way from D GHWHQWLRQ RI¿FHU WR SUR- bation counselor to man- agement level,” Escamilla VDLG ,Q KH ZDV SUR- moted to Juvenile Court administrator. An evolving approach Escamilla’s career has FRLQFLGHG ZLWK D SHULRG RI JUHDW FKDQJH LQ KLV ¿HOG In the early years, he said, detention workers usu- DOO\ GLGQ¶W KDYH VSHFLDO- ized training or skills. Kids in “the system” were WUHDWHGZLWKDRQHVL]H¿WV DOO DSSURDFK WKDW XVXDOO\ HPSKDVL]HG SXQLVKPHQW rather than rehabilitation. ³, WKLQN SHRSOH DUH JHW- ting smarter with crime,” (VFDPLOODVDLG+HLVSURXG that during the last 20 years, Clark County has embraced D SURJUHVVLYH SKLORVRSK\ called “restorative justice.” “In a restorative DSSURDFK \RX ZDQW WR hold youth accountable in a meaningful way, make amends, and build skills,” Escamilla said. “We do want to acknowledge the victim and the commu- nity — we want to make VXUH WKH \RXQJ SHRSOH KDYH DQ RSSRUWXQLW\ WR redeem themselves to the community.” 3HRSOH LQ ODZ HQIRUFH- ment and social services now have a better under- standing of how mental ill- QHVVSRYHUW\DGGLFWLRQDQG WUDXPD DIIHFW \RXQJ SHR- SOH DQG WKH\ DUH XVLQJ D growing body of research to guide their decisions, Esca- milla said. Today, young offenders are more likely to receive individualized treatment for issues, such as WUXDQF\ RU GLI¿FXOW\ GHDO- ing with anger. The goal is WR HTXLS RIIHQGHUV WR ¿QG HPSOR\PHQW DQG VWDELOLW\ after release. “We know so much more about adolescent brain GHYHORSPHQW QRZ´ (VFD- milla said. Escamilla in the spotlight The Siliqua and Quinnat, two NOAA vessels, use a net to push juvenile salmon through a matrix of antennas in order to help track numbers, migration patterns, and survival rates of the salmon. $QG WKH RWKHU SHUFHQW we’re able to do analyses of WUDQVSRUWDWLRQ YHUVXV LQULYHU WUDQVSRUWDWLRQDQGWKHQRWKHU timing analyses.” The survival estimates RYHUWKHSDVW\HDUVSRLQWWR salmon’s struggles in drought \HDUV ZLWK WKH KDUG- est on salmon migration since D SUHYLRXV GURXJKW LQ /RZHU ÀRZV DOVR OHDG WR D slower, more constricted chan- nel in which researchers tend to detect higher number of salmon and steelhead. ¿VKWDJVZHUHEURXJKWLQWRWKH Columbia River Basin,” said Ledgerwood, who lives near Brownsmead and still volun- teers with NOAA. Fisheries managers started WUDQVSRUWLQJ ¿VK DURXQG GDPV in the late 1970s to increase their survival, he said, but QRERG\ NQHZ ZKDW KDSSHQHG DIWHU WKH\ ZHUH GXPSHG IURP barges below the Bonneville Dam. %HIRUH WKH SDLUWUDZO SURM- HFW V\VWHP VWDUWHG LQ Ledgerwood said researchers ZRXOG XVH SXUVH VHLQH QHWV D more unwieldy and time-con- Tracking transit Ecologist Paul Bentley is suming method to count young WKH ORQH 12$$ HPSOR\HH salmon. “With the trawl, and from the Point Adams by not catching anything and 5HVHDUFK)DFLOLW\RQWKHSURM- letting them go through the ect, working closely with the V\VWHP \RX ¿VK FRQWLQXDOO\´ researchers and boat crews of he said. Ocean Associates. ³7KH ELRORJLFDO RSLQLRQ LV $PRUHÀH[LEOHPRGHO a legal document that is writ- Bentley estimated the ten to kind of manage the FUHZV DQG HTXLSPHQW LQ WKH hydrosystem,” Bentley said. 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He said a new biolog- ect in 2013 following Dick LFDORSLQLRQLQZLOOKHOS Ledgerwood, who retired last GHFLGH ZKHWKHU WKH SURMHFW LV $XJXVW DQG LV ODUJHO\ UHVSRQ- VWLOO QHHGHG WR KHOS PDQDJHUV VLEOH IRU GHYHORSLQJ WKH SDLU increase the survival rates of WUDZOSURMHFWV\VWHP salmon. ³$QHYDOXDWLRQRI¿VKWUDQV- But the researchers are SRUWDWLRQ ² WKDW¶V UHDOO\ ZK\ GHYHORSLQJ DQG WHVWLQJ ÀH[L- ble antenna arrays that could eliminate the net, cut costs DQG H[SDQG WKH QXPEHU DQG VSHFLHVRI¿VKFRXQWHGRQWKH Lower Columbia. 7KH ÀH[LEOH VWUDQGV RI DQWHQQDHQFDVHGLQSODVWLFWXE- ing, which Bentley equated to D³SLOHRIVSDJKHWWL´DUHWRZHG by boat, but do not require a QHWWRFRXQW¿VK7KHWHFKQRO- ogy was introduced in 2011 as a stationary array installed on DSLOHGLNHQHDUWKHFRQÀXHQFH of the Driscoll Slough with the Columbia River. “Another advantage of this V\VWHPLVLW¶VQRWFRQVWUDLQHG E\VSHFLHV´%HQWOH\VDLGDGG- LQJWKHDUUD\SLFNVXSMXYHQLOH VDOPRQ VWXUJHRQ SLNH PLQ- QRZVDQGSRVVLEO\ODPSUH\² DQ\¿VKWDJJHGDQGVZLPPLQJ by an array. “Within the Columbia, I think almost every tributary FRXOGXVHWKHÀH[LEOHV\VWHP´ he said. Morris said the state of Cal- LIRUQLDLVKHOSLQJIXQGWKHQHZ WHFKQRORJ\ KRSLQJ WR EHWWHU track salmonids in the Sacra- mento River delta. Even Ledgerwood is intrigued by the evolution of KLVWUDZOSURMHFWWRWKHQHZHU ÀH[LEOH DQWHQQD V\VWHP WKDW FDQ H[SDQG ¿VKPRQLWRULQJ ³*LYH WKHP ¿YH \HDUV DQG , bet they’ll be doing it.” Escamilla has been involved in a variety of UHVSHFWHG LQLWLDWLYHV DQG has been active in indus- WU\ JURXSV DQG FRPPXQLW\ outreach efforts, but he has occasionally received criti- cism for his work, too. According to the Van- FRXYHU &ROXPELDQ VWDI¿QJ shortages in the juvenile detention facility in 2014 led his administration to VSHQG KHDYLO\ RQ RYHUWLPH SD\ ,Q VSULQJ WKH county’s Juvenile Deten- WLRQ 2I¿FHUV¶ *XLOG FULWL- cized Escamilla for not hir- ing fast enough, and gave him and his management colleagues a vote of no FRQ¿GHQFH (VFDPLOOD VDLG WKH VKRUWDJHV ZHUH WHPSR- rary, and occurred as the UHVXOW RI D ³SHUIHFW VWRUP´ RI HPSOR\HH OHDYH SROLF\ changes and a scarcity of TXDOL¿HGDSSOLFDQWV In 2016, Escamilla ZDV RQH RI VHYHUDO SHRSOH named in a lawsuit from D IRUPHU HPSOR\HH ZKR alleged that she was the vic- tim of gender discrimina- tion and retaliation tactics. The county settled the suit out of court. Escamilla said DOOWKHSDUWLHVVLJQHGDJUHH- PHQWV WKDW SURKLELW WKHP from discussing the suit or settlement. A passion for juvenile justice 7KRVH XSVHWV GRQ¶W characterize his time in Clark County, Escamilla said, adding that he still IHHOV D ORW RI SDVVLRQ IRU his work. “I feel really good about my 33 years in the juvenile court. But there was still some kind of fire in the belly. There were still things I wanted to do, RXWVLGH RI WKDW FRXUW SUR- cess,” Escamilla said. Even though the Youth &DPS LVQ¶W RIILFLDOO\ D ³UHVWRUDWLYH MXVWLFH´ SUR- gram, he felt that it was a SODFHZKHUHVWDIIDUHGRLQJ WKHULJKWWKLQJVWRKHOSUHV- LGHQWV )RU H[DPSOH KH VDLG WKH FDPS¶V 'HSDUW- ment of Natural Resources firefighting and forestry WUDLQLQJ SURJUDP JLYHV SDUWLFLSDQWV UHDO VNLOOV and a chance to meaning- fully contribute to society. After careful consid- eration, Escamilla felt D VHQVH RI ³WRWDO SHDFH´ about coming to Naselle. “I really wanted to be energized, and that’s where I’m at now,” he said. Escamilla, who has two adult children, is staying LQ WHPSRUDU\ KRXVLQJ EXW KHDQGKLVZLIHDUHKRSLQJ WREX\SURSHUW\LQ,OZDFR Escamilla said he “learned a ton” during his first week, while learning KRZ WKH RSHUDWLRQ works. Escamilla’s first SULRULW\ ZLOO EH JHWWLQJ WR know the staff, residents and community. Then he ZDQWV WR HYDOXDWH RSHUD- tions, to make sure things are running efficiently. Plans for the camp ,Q WKH SDVW EXG- get-woes have led legisla- tors and Social and Health Services officials to seri- ously consider closing. Escamilla said DSHS offi- FLDOVWROGKLPWKHFDPSLV VWD\LQJ RSHQ IRU WKH IRUH- seeable future. “I’ve asked that ques- tion,” Escamilla said. “The answer I’m getting is, ‘Right now, there’s no discussion to close this FDPSXV¶ 7KDW¶V LPSRUW- DQW WR PH´ +H SRLQWHG out that years ago, Naselle