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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1997)
10 Miii ch 27, 1 W7 Warm Springs, Oregon Spilyay Tymoo On Patrol by Don Courtney In Itriff': A lolal i'l k'ii i!1 .in.-siii- calls wcie handled inir tli:' past weeks as ollieetsi iiiiiiniii' load asi oiinsclors. One pai'tiw'iilai call lesiilteil in one attest as one pai I v as ;dlet'ing elnlil abuse ami neglei t I lie pai t ai "tested wasalso found mi pi srssion ul ili lijjs in whieli aiiaii.'nii'i iii is now pending. On a eall nl tuiicun icgarding a tow truck on the n iseivalion, offic ers round that it'-, opeialor was at tempting o repossess a vehicle with out going iliMi;'li 1 1 it- pioper proce durcs. Tin; opei was eseoileil oil the reset vation. Ten local wan ants were cleared by arrest while juveniles still cause parents I'nncci n. Runaways, juvenile in possession ol intoxicants, juvenile beyond parental culml, and the overall level of violence Conn til Mi'mbe i;vis its with Police; Vice-C'haii person ol the Warm Springs Tii!nl Council, Irene Wells spent part of the afternoon recently visiting w ith sevei al members of the police department to get a better understanding of what is or isn't hap pening with regards to sen ices being provided for the membership of the tribes. Wells was quite taken back when she was shown a copy of the 1997 Police Depaitiuciit Hudgel proposal who said that she bad never saw the document. Usually in Council, they are dealing vviih total numbers of a specific area oi depai (mental budgets. The document which is about two Certain risk What Risk Factor are identified with juvenile wiine.' A iclatively small number ol juveniles commit crime. Furtheunore. of those juve niles who do commit crimes, the majority of them will only commit one or two ol lenses. For these indi viduals, the experience of the juve nile justice system-being attested by a law enforcement oflicer. facing their parents, having to spend a night in juvenile hall, inteiactiug with a probation officer or a judge, is enough to keep them ft om offending again. Nevertheless, a small number of individuals who are chronic recidi vists arc responsible for a large pro portion of juvenile crime. Much re ""V, "V, Jayien Suppah, ln?t. and Ashley Davis, right, were presented bikes by Prevention Officer Karla Tias after completing th'-ir I irnbusters entries. Bikes awarded to local Firebusters i. 'M . ! il .n'Mippah , U i -c a iv the two I nc I d a i.tli lor I hi! uuis 1997. : 'i -uim ihat teaches c mM Vi oi k sheets a i - ,al the students I Vnciurv ami and A-i.l IV: lu. . U I Mil I . this war' FlK'I'U-k'l - l .1 Noun? po 1 !e I' w Clc' I'.l! ( I W irn thcS-'Hi dent v c or i!'.n All Si-e ' k- ! I v., , s, i ,c i. i i! ihc stu- t 'a..i!iK I VZ 1 . ,a,vwis. ri ad m their inches thick, gives a complete run down of the police department ser vices including specific statistical data, goals, objectives, and justifica tions. In other areas of concern was the recent learning that the police de pai t meni took quite a hit in the over time line item which was reported to be at about $22,000 for the entire department. What this means is that come mid year if not sooner, the department will have completely ex pended the overtime line item. Several years of explanation and statistical ilala apparently went un heeded as department personnel now try and deal with what has normally been in the red for the last five years. An example, the patrol division overtime line item on average was about 32.000 - 35,000 a year. This was to cover cases that went beyond the normal lour of duty, court lime, and other officer down time. 1 rom a business stand point, the department analysis on this issue would show that every year has proven to be even more challenging in meeting the needs of the commu nity. Several years ago, an analysis was done to show the Tribal Council the expenditure breakdown of overtime which for the most part, due to the number of cases being presented to the Tribal Prosecutor. This overtime issue was presented to show the need for more personnel to handle de mand. Trade-off of overtime dollars lor additional personnel. Not that police personnel like working over time all hours of the day, but that the demand is there to have to be in place for the protection of life and property in order to get the job done. With the system already over loaded, officers usually spend on average in a case of having to appear in court two times before disposition. Based on the annual average cases presented, the cost to the tribes was running about $40,000 a year just in overtime costs for the officers to appear in court. Add to this figure about thirteen annual events that take place where police services arc required and the overtime cost is through the roof. Pi-ume-sha Treaty Days alone usually costs the department and tribes about $6,000 a year in added overtime costs due to the demand for police services. Other smaller powwows and holidays run on average about $2,000 to 3,000 dollars per cvent.or holiday coverage. In the last two years along with the major flood and the Simnasho fire, Police demand for services again factors can search has shown that mese juve niles commit their first offense at an early age (usually age 1 1), and even at this early age, these juveniles dis play a variety of serious problems indicative of an "at-risk" juvenile: Failure in school. This factor manifests itself at an early age. Fail ure at school includes poor academic performance, poor attendance, or more likely, expulsion or dropping out of school. This is an important factor for predicting future criminal behavior. Leaving school early re duces the chances that juveniles will develop the "social" skills that are gained in school, such as learning to meet deadlines, following directions, J - .Vs. T, lid worksheets were put in a drawing and one winner was drawn from each school. Jaylcn Suppah won for the Simnasho School and Ashley Davis won for the Warm Springs school. There are many schools that participate in this program. liach school that has a better then y return on inc worksnccis goes into an even bigger drawing for $500 dollars for their school. The Simnasho School turned in all their worksheets so thev will have a ii 1 it I : if was in the red. I low w ill this impact the depart ment? The investigative division which spent $ 17.000 in overtime last year is already seeing a lower case closure rale due to the overtime lim its placed on the department. No dollars were appropriated for over time in this year's budget. Statistical data in this area showed thai several year ago, the division was averaging about a 30 closure rate. Year ending 19, the division closure rate was al about 75. The division several years ago was also staffed with six investiga tors. This broke down to two BIA 638 contract investigators and four tribal investigators. Somewhere along the way, the division lost a position in process which put a heavier burden on those handling cases. Citizens and community members must now be aware and understand that their case might take longer to solve because of the overtime con straints placed on the department. An example of an investigators day might be this: A report for follow-up is received by the division. Three people arc interviewed throughout the day which on average might lake about 1.5 hours per in terview. 'Ilic investigator then at some point in lime has to type up what is call an interview report. This task might lake about an hour per inter view report. There is your eight hour day. One other example as to this im pact can be related to the recent arrest and conviction of the two adults who are currently serving a year in jail for their acts. If the same rules or limi tation on overtime now in effect were in place then, consider the following: This incident started as a drinking episode which led to a car being broken into, a drive-by shooting in cident, and a search for a party. Later, a chase by police results in one sus pect firing shots at the pursuing of ficer, and a car chase. Further follow up leads to a second pursuit of over 50 miles, and a foot chase. Had the off duty officers, assist ing police agencies, supervisor's, and investigator not responded on the night in question at 9:00 pin, there would have been no evidence to se cure, no capture of the suspects, no interview, no follow-up to the alibi's presented, and no confession. These two individuals who took responsi bility for their acts would still be jeopardizing our community- , . rf Vice-Chairperson Wells recom mended that more individual tribal members need to voice their con cerns to the Council and administra attribute to and being able to deal constructively with their peers. Family problems. This factor includes a history of criminal activ ity in the family. It also includes juveniles who have been subject to sexual or physical abuse, neglect abuse, neglect or abandonment. It is also manifested by a lack of parental control over the child. Substance abuse. This risk fac tor includes not just arrests for drug or alcohol possession or sale, but also the effect of substance abuse on juvenile behavior. For example, us ing alcohol or drugs lowers aperson's inhibitions, making it easier to en gage in criminal activity. Also, drug chance at the $500dollarprizc. Karla Tias, Fire Prevention Officer for the Warm Springs Fire and Safety de partment would like to thank the following: Kah-Nee-Ta Resort, for being an active participant and spon sor for the Fire Busters program and also for donating a bike each year. Thank you also this year to the Res cue and Search Volunteer Program Association who donated the other bike to ihe Simnasho School. 'i if H - J jr. tion. Issues like these if more people knew about them arc critical in na ture when it comes to Public Safety having the overall responsibility to protect our lives and property. Fire & Safety is also in the same boat as overtime issues cause more concern as this year unfolds. Dog Program set: With the police department hav ing the lead responsibility in han dling dog complaints, consider the following headlines: Dogs chasing cattle in the Simnasho area, inflicted wounds on several head. On County line, a dog chewed the nose off of a cow which created a serious injury. This injury caused the cow to go down and die. Dog owner while trying to treat his own dog who had been mauled and injured by a pack of dogs was in turn attacked and bitten severely by his dog. The dog owner was trans ported to Mountain View Hospital for emergency treatment. Several residents of the Simnasho area have reported a pack of dogs coming into their yards, acting very aggressive and chas ing after them (residents). Jogger out doing her workout was chased by two vicious dogs for a distance of roughly two miles up above the Fish Hatchery road. These arc just some of the inci dents involving reports of dog prob lems here on the Warm Springs Reservation. The above given ex amples are from some of the com plaints made over the last three years. These are just a few of the incidents involving dogs which were acting in a predatory manner in regards to both people and livestock. There are a good many more such incidents which have been reported. For a number of years now, there has not been a program done to take care of these types of problems. Dogs have been allowed to run at large, chase livestock, people, small chil dren, other domestic pets, and in general create havoc for our residents. This problem has developed fears in some of our residents, with good reason. It is a very scary experience to have a growling, snapping dog come after oneself. Especially when the dog is an unknown animal, you have no idea of where it came from or if it is possibly sick. And then to have this strange ferocious dog start biting at you, this is very un-ncrving to say the least. This has taken place not only here in Warm springs, but also in the Simnasho area, Seekseequa, crime abuse can lead to a variety of prop erty offenses to pay for drug habits. Pattern behavior and "conduct" problems. Pattern behavior include chronic stealing or running away. Juveniles with "conduct" problems can be character-ized as those indi viduals who have not outgrown ag gressiveness by early adolescence. Gang membership and gun pos session. Gang membership and gang related crime is primarily a juvenile problem. Gang membership, espe cially at an early age is strongly asso ciated with future criminal activity. Juvenile gun possession is a factor that "magnifies" juvenile crime by making offenses more likely to re sult in injury and death. Kalamas begin Warm Springs residents will be seeing a new food service owned and operated by Tommy and Jeanine Kalama of Warm Springs. Tom and Jan's Food Service plan to set up in Warm Springs as many week-days as possible. "We offer popcorn, snow cones, . Pepsi products, pink lemonade, regular lemonade, fried bread and Indian Tacos," says Tommy. On weekend Powwows we will add dill pickles on a stick, Steamin-Demon hot dogs, gum, candy bars, sour worms and lolly-pops. "Our workplace is a 31 foot trailer," says Tommy. "It's where the Spilyay cats. Our growing daily customers have stated that we have the best tasting popcorn they have ever eaten. We enjoy traveling the northwest powwows and setting up and meeting new faces," says Tom. "Sometimes we get back from an event early Monday morning, and just rest and set up the next day." Besides setting up in the commu nity, the trailer will be set up at Kah-Nec-Ta Resort, and local County fairs. "Wc also plan to set up at the Warm Springs Forest Products area during their lunch break," says Tom. "My wife Jeanine is the president of Tom and Jan's Food Service," says Tom. "Besides helping here, I still run KaIamaConstruction"saysTom. "I'm certified to do house inspec tions. I've worked for local realty companies for the buying and selling of homes. This year I'm getting li censed by the state of Oregon so that I can be insured and bonded. We would like to thank all our regular Sidwaller Flats, County line, ami other ureas, Our years of letting these issues withdogs go unaddressed have started to catch up with us. Captain Sloney Miller has been working on this issue in conjunction with the Tribal Sanitarian Officer, Nancy Collins, and the Fire & Safety Chief, Daniel Martinez.. Part of this project has been planning for the institution of a full animal Control Program to include Animal Control Ol ficer(s). While ibis is an undertak ing of some what large magnitude, it is something that is very seriously needed. While there are several por tions of (his program that w ill lake some time to put together, there are other aspects which are going into place this spring. One of the first items to be addressed is to identify dog owners, license dogs, and do required vaccinations. On April 5, 1997, there will be a 1 I A i i i ' ' . n, V .? J.' '"' 1 Warm Springs Elementary students took their turns at the Potato Walk during the Health Fair March 5. April 1997 Computer Center Classes Description of lntr-1 st level of subject. Topic Times Date Cost Intro to Computers ...8:30-12 Mar 31, Apr 2, 7, 9 $75 This is where you start computer training Interm Windows 1-4:30 Mar SiApr 2,7, 9 $75 Intro Microsoft 8:30-12 Apr 1, 3, 8, 10; $75 Acess this is the database for Microsoft Intro to DOS 1-4:30 Intro to Windows 8:30-12 Required class before Microsoft Interm WP 5.1 1-4:30 Intro to Microsoft . .8:30-12 .1-4:30 .1-4:30 WORD Intro to WP 6.0 . Introduction to .. Microsoft Excel Intro to Lotus 8:30-12 Intro WP 5.1 1-4:30 Yes, WordPerfect 5.1 and 6.0 are still available because a lot of machines in the organization still have these programs and a lot of employees still need this training. Remember to call at least 2 days attend otherwise you will be charged. Call 553-1428 and get your name on the waiting list. Tom and Jan's "" '"'""71 ' ' " 1 -. . i J f . t ' I Mac. .. ' , ' ' . f S , " I I- f If. 411 j 1 i kl VC- .1 I 11 i 1 9 t Tom and Jeanine Kalama have begun Tom and Jan's Food Service. customers fordoing business with some delicious tasting popcorn and us. Wc inite even one to stop by other treats we have," concludes Tom and Jan's Food Sen ice an J try Tommy clinic held at the Fire & Safety de-'. pariment in Warm Springs, thisclinic will be for the purpose of giving rabies shots und providing dog owners with tags for their dogs. The clinic will start at 2:00 pm in the afternoon and run through until 6:00 pm. There will be a fee of $5.00 for the shot und $5.00 for the license, ' a total of $10.00 per dog. This first clinic will be followed by a second clinic which will be held on April 12, 1997. The times will be the same as will be the fees. On the date of May 1, 1997 there w ill be an operation started to round up any and all unlicensed, stray dogs. These dogs which arc captured will be taken to a prearranged area to be dealt with, This operation will be continued as long as necessary to make an effort to deal with the over . population of dogs wc have here on the Reservation. c j - ft'" subject, Interm-second level of Apr 1, 3, 8, 10. .$75 Aprq4, 16,21,23 $75 classes Apr 14, 16,21,23 .$75 April 15, 17, 22, 24 $75' April 15, 17, 22, 24 $75 Apr 28, 30 May 5, 7 $75 Apr 29, May 1, 6, 8 $75 Apr 29, May 1, 6, 8 $75 before class it you are unaoie to Food Senice ioH .