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SpilyayTymoo Warm Springs, Oregon May 29, 1992 PACK 3 ., ' f r J f ' " r ' Ci . (V i?-fir-A.?. ! . rl h i r 1 I V I VL I I I 1 ti- i i i f Students at Madras High School signed up for a variety of classes from paraiailing to bowhunting during the Healthy Option for Teens (HOT) sponsored program. Students also participated in seminars focusing on career planning, relationships and teen problems. The all-day program was held May 13 at MHS. Students urged to get ready for work We will start all students that qualify to work under the Student Trainee Program to begin work June 22, 192. Students must submit their grade reports to the Education Ser vices Program (Higher Education) office as soon as they receive them in order to qualify to work. The students must have complete 12 credit hours with a 2.00 gpa or better to be eligible to work. For more information, call 553-3311. Poster winners announced The winners of the Jefferson County Council on Child Abuse Prevention 1992 poster contest are as follows. The theme of this year's competition was "I Am Special...." Kindergarten 1st Tim Kirsch 2nd Kenny Hodges 3rd Brandi Pickett First Grade 1st Scth Klann 2nd Shannon Rac Wilson 3rd Monica O'Mcara Second Grade 1st Camillc Clements 2nd Miguel Estrada 3rd Candice Hudson Third Grade 1st CaSandra Fruios 2nd Shamona Charley 3rd Krysia Rhoan Fourth Grade 1st Mandy Goodwin 2nd Bcnita Mcrrificld 3rd Kira Langnesc Those winning first through third places received colored markers. AH other participants received pencils. Outage protector developed The slightest power blink caused by windstorms or lightning can cause irrigation pumps to trip otf and stay off. For farmers, that usually requires an extra trip to the field to manually restart their pumps. "Nature caused power blinks are unavoidable," said Pacific Power Madras district manager Bob McConncII. "We can't stop them from happening, but now we can help our irrigation customers keep their pumps on through momentary interruptions of electrical service." Pacific Power has developed a new electronic devise UPStart! Momentary Outage Protector that will keep irrigation pumps on through the momentary power blinks that have aggravated irrigators for years. UPStart! was developed in re sponse to its irrigation customers' call for help. Members of Pacific's Walla Walla customer advisory committee, many of them irrigators, had become increasingly frustrated with momentary outages and they let the company know. Before developing its own prod uct. Pacific experimented with a va riety of restart equipment to learn more about desired features and re liability. By early 1991, a protypc was developed and ready for tcsung. In a trial of the product last year, 27 irrigators tested 48 UPStart! de vices between March and September. Each irrigator kept a performance log to record if and when the pumps tripped off. In every case of mo mentary interruption less than one second the pumps were restarted by the device. Irrigators gave the units a unanimous thumbs up. "We have developed and arc selling the UPStart! device as a ser vice for our irrigation customers," said McConncII. "It's proven, easy to install product and I hope that all of our irrigation customers in central Oregon will give us a call to ask about it." Old days Agent Smith 't Utter of January I, 1332, describes the legal system on thi Reservation in which tht 'Council' hut responsible for dispensing justice. Warm Springs January 1 2 John Smith VS Indian Agent Warm Springs Agency Or Sir I haw the honor to report the following arrests mad by tht VS Indian Police at this Agency, and tht disposition modi of tht cases, during tht 4' or I SSI. Dec 5 LapolfU was arrested for stealing Kassahs wife, and was confined in Irons. Dec 6 ht was brought before the Council, as was also the woman. Ht plead guilty A was fined 2 horses, and upon promising good behawr for the future was released. The woman was released without fine, upon promising to go back to her husband. Dec 10 Kassahs w(fe was arrested and again brought before the council, charged with not keeping her promise, to go back to her husband. After being reprimanded, she again promised to Hit with her husband, and was then allowed to depart. These cases were the only arrests made during the quarter. More would probably have been made only that the greater part of the Indians, and a portion of the police were absent from the Reservation, hunting game. The police reported no crimes committed by those under their charge, while absent, which is a cause for thankfulness, especially as no complaints were made by white settlers, against the Indians. The Indians remaining at home were equally well behaved. Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt C. H. Walker Chief of Police Examined and respectfully forwarded with the remark that the Police are more and more becoming a power for good are more respected than formuly, and the position is more coveted than formerly. fch t Si 'lib VS m!t in, pent WSPD relates statistics, activities, offers advice to community members April Statistics: With no end in site, reported inci dents continue to keep Public Safety busy with community concerns as statistics continue to show an in crease. There were a total of 409 reported incidents and 98 traffic violations detected for the month. Of this total, approximately 72 reports involved our youth either being victims or committing offenses themselves. There were 22 child neglect and abuse cases investigated, 20 runaway reports taken, 13 reported incidents of Juvenile being intoxicated, 8 re ports of failing to send children to school, 7 reports of minors (age 16 20) being intoxicated, and 2 curfew violation reports that led to 7 juveniles being referred to the juvenile coordinator's office. Other statistics showed 17 cases of assault & battery, 15 cases of drug activity, 5 breaking & enteringcases, 14 DUII's, 9 trucks cited for being over weight at the scales, 13 motor vehicle crashes with two being al cohol related, 17 theft cases, 9 ma licious mischief (vandalism) cases investigated, 2 rape cases, and 5 sexual abuse cases. Of the alcohol related crashes, both incidents involved Indian per sons locally of which one hada blood alcohol content of .25. Three so briety checkpoints were conducted last month that resulted in 3 people being arrested. Overall, the average blood alcohol content in those that submitted to the intoxilyzer blew a .17. Mini Law Enforcement Confer ence: Members of the Madras High School NASU group (Native Ameri can Student Union) were treated to an array of information passed on to them by members of the Warm Springs Police Department which was the site on May 8, for the Mini Law Enforcement Conference. Topics of discussion included qualifications, education, overall fit ness, general equipment used in the field, tour of the department, stress factors, support staff, community concerns, safety issues, and a sce nario. Students were given a brief talk on the general equipment used in the performance of a police officers du ties which might include the gun belt, holster, cuffs, spare ammo, flashlight, mace, spotlight, various cameras, rubber gloves, fingerprint kits, spotting scope, VCR camera, various law book materials, special ized weapons & ammunition, report forms, riot gear, rubber gloves, air way mouth pieces, blood kits, rape kits, aid kits, clean-up kits, various drug kits, scales, evidence packages & forms, etc. Qualifications, successful perfor mance, and the first year as an officer should include but is not limited to the following: High school education or equivalent, successful passing of a physical examination per the Oregon Police Academy requirements (vi sion, hearing, overall physical fit ness), must have a valid Oregon drivers license, no felony convic tions, no misdemeanor convictions within 1 year prior to being hired, a pre-employment drug test, the for mal oral interview, a written exami nation, previous employment & ref erence checks, a criminal background check, etc. Once you are hired, you are as signed a senior officer for approxi mately 1-3 months, given a tour & orientation of the branch, explana tion of the Tribal, branch, & division goals & mission statements, learn the radio codes & use, study & learn the tribal codes, learn geographical information of the Reservation in cluding housing areas, numbers, and streets, specialized training in the areas of public relations, officer survival, use of force, domestic vio lence, vehicle stops, firearms & qualifications, vehicle use & appli cable laws, juvenile law, probation ary period, report writing, probably cause, search & seizure laws, policy & procedures, arrest procedures, handcuffing, escort holds, defensive tactics, the computer, basic investi gations, traffic accidents, CPR & first aid, crime prevention, court room preparation & testifying, and physi cal fitness. The rookie has to attend and graduate from the Oregon Police Academy learning all the above and more with emphasis on the state laws within an eight week period. He or she has to successfully get passed the probationary period with a perfor manceappraisal. And once back from the Academy a lot of the state laws are forgotten and concentration is given on the Warm Springs Tribal Code and it's application. Finally during the first year the trainee and hisher training officer has to com plete a field training manual and become a certified officer which in essence is then your license to prac tice. Following the presentation and discussion, the students were given a tour of the department followed by a high risk traffic stop warrant service scenario with emphasis on officer safety. Special thanks to those officers who donated their time off to make this mini-conference a success. Member cited for Hunting Vio lations: A Tribal member on April 24, 1992 was found, stopped, and cited for shooting a rifle from a vehicle and for the violation of shooting hours. Sgt. Holliday while patrolling the wooded areas during the early night time hours came across a set of tail lights that led to the hearing of a f;unshot from the vehicle that was oaded with wood. On further in vestigation, the vehicle was stopped and Holliday spoke with two occu pants who admitted that a shot was fired from the vehicle, that he was shooting at a bobcat with the use of a flashlight No other violations found, Holliday cited the member and took into custody evidence connected with this case awaiting court appearance. According to Holliday, the did Tribal Member appeared in courtwho plead guilty to the charges closing another case for the Fish & Game division. Holliday appreciated the Tribal Members honesty in this in vestigation and admitting their wrongdoing. Public Safety and National Fit ness Day: Seven members of the Public Safety Branch participated in the National Fitness Day poker fun run walk that took place during the lunch hour on the 1 3th of May at the Com munity Center. From the Branch, Sarah Thompson finished with three of a kind-Ace High, Captain Courtney three of a kind-Jack high, Annie Hausinger with a pair of three's, In vestigator Kirk with a pair of queens, Officer Hintsala a pair of two's, Of ficer Miller finished with a single ace, and Truancy Officer Calica had no luck collecting a hand. In any event, each participant received a ribbon for the walkrun. Vandal Apprehended: On Tuesday the 19th, a juvenile was taken into custody after police received a call from a concerned citi zen who reported that someone was vandalizing the old vacated day care trailer by painting on it. Officers converged in the area where a juvenile was found still holding a can of paint. Because of the age of the juvenile, custody was re manded to the mother. Damage to the building is pending the Utilities Departments estimate. Basketball Challenge: Members of the Police Depart ment Irst the challenge basketball game to the Fire & Safety Depart ment last month at the Warm Springs Elementary School by a final score of 65 to 69. An official contract was drawn and signed before tip-off be tween the divisions to eliminate any question on who was to furnish who a fireman's pizza. First quarter action saw the Police down 22 to 9 as Fire & Safety dazzled the crowd with their globe trotter type moves. As the half ended, shock and disbelief were all over the police as they were down 46 to 18. Second half action saw the police fast breaking to make a run that ended short of Fire & Safety's score of 69. Scoring for Red Heat II was Anson Bcgay with 19 points, Dixon Polk, Nona Yazzie, and Romaine Miller, Sr. with 8 points each, Whittcnburge and Soliz scored 5 apiece, Courtney and Trimbleat4 points, and"Bubba ' with 2 points. For Team-Firebuster's, it was Don Bagley finishing with 25 points, Bobby Sjolund at 17 points, Willie Bagley 14 points, John Rictz 6 points, and Jerry Huff at 4 points. According the contract, Redheat II has 30 days for payment to be made with soft drinks included. From the Captain's desk: Looking over the past months sta tistics on property that was stolen that amounted to approximately 7200 dollars, one area that really sticks out is the lack of any identifying marks on the items stolen. More specifi cally, no serial numbers, no drivers license of social security numbers were recorded anywhere on the items which if recovered or found, will make it difficult to tell if the item was even stolcnor notify the proper owner of it's recovery. Here's what you might consider 1. ) Do an overall inventory of all your large and small appliances, equipment, etc., nothing for each item serial numbers, color of the item, size if applicable, or any unique identifying marks. 2. ) Photograph small or unique items you can't mark. 3. ) You might want to have some one video tape your house, apart ment, or property. 4. ) Check with your insurance company verifying coverage if ap plicable. 5. ) Consider storing the itemized inventories in your safety deposit box or some other safe place in the event of loss. 6. ) Lastly, update this informa tion on a periodic basis. Changing topics, a reminder to the community that the speed limit within a residential area is 25 mph. This past weekend, I saw a car speed through our neighborhood that I esti mated at about 50-55 mph; I looked at my wife and told her that they (the vehicle) were going to get in an acci dent. A short time later, the vehicle did crash and the driver was arrested for DUII. With this in mind, officers will be continuing to crack cown on drunk drivers as well as the speed limits in the community with em phasis on the new Early Childhood Center area. Please be careful, drive defensively, and report crime. "DARE" Student Graduation: Sgt. Holliday reports that the fifth grade students at the Warm Springs Elementary School are set to gradu ate on June 4, 1992 as the first class to graduate from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. Students were again tested on their knowledge of what was learned over past course materials presented and with time being short, more assign ments will need to be completed be fore graduation day. COP Sanders is very proud of the students and Sgt. Holliday on their accomplishments with the 92' "DARE" program. It is with this type of prevention and related activities into the future that will enable our community toward being the Healthiest Indian Community by the year 2,000. J"1 jr v y, ' V: Dixon Polk-January Mary Calica-December r7"-"' - f ' I ( 1 1 u fm. ' I ) 0' " - i 'v.. A: ( j i Mr f. Larry Holliday-February Jerry Huff-April Don Courtney-March Each month.Warm Springs Police Department personnel select from among their own those co-workers which bestexemphfyexcettentservice and dedication to work and the community. Captain Courtney has been the only employee to be selected Employee of the Month during each of the past three years.