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Show W: 5igh both mJSint 5rightn S!ffi&'ec.itr,,g,lt The boys and girls swim home stflte "ties, week Bengal teams caP: PROGRESS EDITION: week's brouht Neighbors section is devoted to a community gress report involving the South Valley. See Sports COOKIE TIME : throughout the area will , begin their annual cookie sale tomorrow (Friday), trying to earn points toward camp and mis pro- prizes. See Community Calendar Single Copy 25c i' ) Vnlnmr " Mini n- - I Thursday, February ' I WEST JORDAN. A momentary lapse in "good Judgement" on the part of a police training officer and a veteran policeman's decision to forego wearing of a bullet proof safety vest combined in a quirk of fate that took the life of public safety officer Tom Rees earlier this week. Five West Jordan public safety officers were on duty in the station's squad room, 7839 So. 2700 West, early Sunday morning participating in V:; V ' "X V ' TlX ) I Vr. n .l f.. l. K ' j '' Jk ' - A'. , : ' y r - Jj 0 , A 1 , ' . f' I Preview To March Madness FROM THE HIP ..." An oirborns Ray Park of Bingham (20) casts off after colliding with Alto's Chrlcker Halliey (40) during Monday's opening round of the Region Two tournament. Park finished with 23 points, leading the Miners to an 81-4- 0 blowout. School Personnel Board Approves Staffing SANDY. Jordan School District respectively. In addition, Allan Nelson was mane some administrative changes at both a school and district level given a lateral transfer from his prenieht the schnni hnmvt an. sent job as media director to direcluesaay . "f tor of community-adul- t education proving a series of recommenda and foundation, This position tions offered by the district staff. became available due to the retire. .i r Wjfk h i ment of LaMar Swenson at the end 41 4a l.i billing -uuii i.w uiv puaiiiuu ui aaaisiam of this year. superintendent of the the West Area, Lateral transfers were also apit became necessary to appoint two proved for three elementary prindirectors. Fred Worlton, currently cipals, Keith Wilson moving from the principal at Alta high, and Dr. Brookwood to Lone Peak elemenGene Ball, a program evaluation tary, Brent Palmer from Midvale to Specialist. Were nampri area Hi roc. Brookwood and Dale Ahlberg from tors for. the West and South Areas Continued on page 5 C ' Midvale Planners Will Meet located in a C-- 2 zone. " In addition, the commission' will hold two public hearings, one on some proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance regarding permitted and conditional uses in commercial and industrial zones and the other on a proposal to rezone properyard at 6919 So. 185 West. ty located at 7200 So. 700 West from The meeting will be held in the city 1 to RM-3Approval of both items hall council chambers beginning at 7 could follow. p.m. . The commission will also discuss Midvalley Glass is making the re- parking, standard amendments to quest on the South State store, the zoning ordinances, its own role in located in a,C-- 2 zone. The contracapproval of preliminary site plans tors storage yard proposal is by F.C. for permitted uses and the city's Stangle Construction and would also capital improvement program. MIDVALE. Tonight's (Thursday) meeting of the Midvale Planning Commission will be highlighted by approval of preliminary plans for a new glass store at 7802 So. State St. and reconsideration of conditions for a contractors equipment storage , WEST JORDAN. The notion that firefighters primarily play checkers all day waiting for an alarm to go off and that police officers merely stand around when they happen on a blaze is simply not true, especially in West ; Jordan. , West Jordan is one of 250 cities nationwide to promote the concept Of cross traintng-.thei- r fire police and "'""" personnel. ,4 ,. ', In 1981 by vote of the then city council in an effort to consolidate manpower and save some moeny, a public safety director named Kal Farr was hired to consolidate the then separate police and fire departments. Although unpopular initially with law enforcement personnel and politically controversial, the public safety concept is now and working very well within West Jordan City. West Jordan currently has 46 law enforcement officers in its public safety department. Ten are primarily firefighters and 36 have a police speciality. All but three officers have been cross trained to handle police, fire and medical emergencies. After academy graduation officers spend at least one year becoming experienced in their police speciality or series. After that they are placed on a rotaiton basis in which they will undergo an intensive two month training program in fire fighting or police work. According to Farr "Of course it takes years of experience to become a pro, but the basic two month training gives the officers a solid background and enables them to function in a variety of emergency situations. Supervisors such as sergeants and corporals are subject to job rotation on a four-yea- r basis. Patrolmen rotate every year for a period on different assignments and then return to their speciality. Officers are particularly watched for job burnout and a decline in productivity as clues to when rotation . 4 what West Jordan Public Safety director Kal Fair termed, "regular weekly ongoing training that we provide our officers." The shift sergeant in charge of the training was demonstrating various arrest control techniques using officer Rees as the police officer and himself as the antagonist in a role-In order to demonstrate a certain technique, the training officer grabbed officer Rees' firearm, pulling it quickly toward his own chest. His playing situation designed to show how easily a suspect can take control of an officer's gun. Three other officers looked on as the was being carried out. finger was inadvertently on the trigger guard. The impact of bumping the gun against his own chest forced the firearm to discharge, sending a bullet directly into officer Rees' chest. Emergency medical personnel were on the scene within seconds of the incident, but according to Chief Farr, the wound was such that the officer's life could not have been saved. Officer Rees was to LDS hospital where he died later Sunday morning. Subsequent investigation by West role-playi- West Jordan One Of Two Utah Cities Using Unique Public Safety Approach : by Connie S. Burrup . Green Sneer Staff Writer - A Green Sheet Publication ' Of Fate Claims West Quirk Jordan Police Officer's Life by Connie S. Burrup Green Sheet Staff Writer " 27, 1986 two-mon- th should be exercised. Police specialities include: traffic, corps, physical fitness, arrest control techniques and firearms. Eight of the 46 public safety officers currently serve in an investigative capacity. In the early i900's police and fire consolidation was practiced in Europe. The French government's traditional integration and centralization of services is most probably the model from which combined fire and police departments were first organized in the Canadian province of Quebec. One of the first cities in the United States to consolidate services was Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan in 1911. This city along with many others, has been totally integrated for so many years that the concept of a separate police and fire department is foreign to them. Currently in Utah, Orem City has the only other Public Safety Depart ment besides West Jordan. According to Chief Farr, several other cities such as West Valley and Park city are investigating the concept. Public safety has many degrees of consolidation and must be adapted to ach city's unique problems. Some of the listed advantages of a Public Safety Department are: A faster response time: A. public safety officer on the street can generally be to a fire or a medical scene faster than a unit responding from the station. In a study done between January through September of 1984 it was found that of the 160 fire calls in West Jordan, the officer on the street arrived an average cf two minutes sooner than the engine from the station 55 of the time. Of the 550 medical calls for the game time , - period the public safety officer arrived at the scene first 71 of the , time. Employee expertise: When an ' employee is "willing to cross-trai- n . heshe becomes a more valuable : employee to the city. Cross training Cuts down on employee job burnout, eliminating or cutting down on job turnover. Additioal manpower: With additional police units trained and equip f g Officer Rees was also known as an Officer Rees was also known as "an especially careful" policeman , - i who normally wears a bulletproof vest while on duty,. "It was really weird that Tom didn't wear it Sunday," stated Chief Farr. "It would have saved his life." Another ironic twist to the incident is that Rees, a veteran of the West Jordan department, had recently gone to work for another state law enforcement agency. After only six months with the state he had just recently returned to work for West Jordan six weeks ago. Rees spent four years as an investigator and had recently gained considerable attention for uncovering an extensive "chop shop" operation involving 18 wheelers during the six-ye- past year. Rees is the father of two children and three stepchildren from his recent second marriage. Funeral services complete with a police honor guard and motorcade have been planned for Wednesday. Farr expressed concern over the other officers involved in the accident. He stated that nationwide statistics point out that many times officers involved in shootings leave the field of law enforcement. "We hope these officers decide not to leave," he said. "We've got counselors and psychologists doing what they can to work these men through this," he added. Woman Arrested On Drug Charges MIDVALE. Police officers here, called upon to assist a protective services worker in determining the of a ended up arresting the child's mother on drug charges Friday. The officers responded to a residence in the southeast part of town at the request of the South Valley branch of Social Services. After obtaining permission from the mother to enter the home, the police observed 22 marijuana plants growing in two seperate planters located under a window in the front bedroom. The suspect was placed under arrest on possession and cultivation of a controlled substance. The plants were confiscated as evidence. well-bein- g Ronn Cowley Chamber officers are already arranging for speakers at the monthly meeting and plan to put out a newsletter. "There's a lot of enthusiasm out there," concluded Cowley, "and we hope to tap it." Police To Enforce No Parking Near Bingham SOUTH JORDAN. Residents along 10400 South have requested that police officers issue citations to vehicles parked along the block in front of the school. There are No Parking signs posted and sufficient parking in the back parking lot at the school, a police spokesman said. The department plans to issue the citations. In other police news in South Jordan, juveniles removed bowling balls from the back of a truck at role-playin- should not have taken place with loaded weapons, but the officers were all on duty and the specific demonstration was impromtu. proof vest while on duty. n f asked. The extent of the policeman who normally wore a bullet- ped .to assist the responding fire units there is a larger fire fighting force during the fire and especially during those crucial first few minutes of a fire. Cost savings: There is additional manpower at no increased cost to the city. According to Farr, the onnly disadvantages to the concept are the t prevailing-sentimenthat officers cannot do more than one job. If that belief can be eliminated you can have an excellent well-rudepartment. Problems with employee morale or attitude and lack of political support as well as poor management are the main problems that can thwart the success of the program. There are still some problems to be worked out, but for the most part, West Jordan's Public Safety Department is one for the State of Utah to be proud of. 1 County Attorney's office have uncovered nothing wrong procedurally on the part of the department or the officers involved. "It was a momentary "human error" stated Farr. "How do you discipline that?" he especially careful Ronn Cowley To Head Midvale Chamber MIDVALE. An election officers in the recently reactivated Chamber of Commerce in Midvale were held Friday, according to new president Ronn Cowley, of Old Town Originals. Assisting Cowly will be vice president Galen Nate of the Rodeway Inn and secretary-treasure- r Don Frame of Utah Power and Light. The same three men will be joined by John Keysor of Junction Lanes and Del Ballard of Goff Mortuary on the chambers board of directors. Normally the immediately past president would hold down the fifth and final spot on the board. But since there was no immediate past president, the chamber voted to appoint Ballard to fill it until there is one. Cowley said that the chamber currently consists of 21 members, but is organizing a membership drive he hopes will boost the number to 100 by October of this year. "We know that seems like lofty goal," reported Cowley. "But with the hundreds of business found in this city, we feel we can achieve it." Cowley said the chamber's major emphasis will be in redevelopment and promoting new business. The group also plans to get involved in the city's annual Harvest Days celebration and work with the Beautification Committee to "help spruce up the city, esthetically and image wise." Meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:45 a.m. at The Great Gatsby restaurant. Jordan officials and the Salt Lake 10400 So. 2700 them A into West and were rolling the street at cars. Murray woman was arrested for DUI after failing a field sobriety test at 10400 So. 1700 West. A Riverton man was booked into the County Jail after a DUI y arrest by an officer on his way home from his shift. Five windows were broken in a burglary near 10900 So. 1700 West. 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