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Show THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1999 VAROUIUDIDAVISI CLIPPER TODAY A7 Mayor recounts growth from the Sheriff: Deputies of community council BY TOM BUSSELBERC Clipper Today News Editor themselves. The problem To solve comFARMINGTON problems, they must be bromunity ken down to a community level, says Layton Mayor Jerry Stevenson. He was among speakers to the Davis County Community of Promise Summit last week. Unless a neighborhood makes up its mind to rid itself of a problem, it wont happen, Stevenson said, noting throwing money at a problem, alone, wont solve solved itself! it. He said the LCAC is like a virus the way it has taken hold. It happens at the neighborhood level and thats the very best money spent in my 13 12 years associated with the city! He enumerated how the group has trained youth court members, with 4,000 hours of community service expended by that group over the past year. That (volunteerism) would make a difference in any city, people solving their own problems, it's been amazing. He cited the success generated by the grass-rooLayton Community Action Council. While the group asked the city council for $1,500 to help in startup, they paid that back at and have never been back least not for more money. By involving individual schools, neighborhood groups, much can be accomplished, Stevenson continued. He recounted the case of a Layton neighborhood that was turned around after representatives approached the city council seeking help to eradicate The group is also involved with neighborhood watch, mobile watch patrol, and mentoring where volunteers assist children with reading and other subjects for at least an hour a week. Weve taken a bite of an elephant. Layton City has won big time, and were still winning;' Stevenson empha- crime, drugs, etc. ty! ts The neighbors took the problem, linked up with the LCAC, and never came back; with the police department, community development department, and residents getting involved to change the area for the better, the mayor explained. They (LCAC) are a catalyst, a synergy for safe neighborhoods, Stevenson said. They showed that neighborhood how to take care of sized. Its individuals and people performing service, he continued, recalling the words of Leo Tolstoy; The soul meaning of life is to serve humaniThese people (LCAC) came to me. If you can get the pattern, those (community) agencies can be coordinated, good can result, he said, urging those attending to seek for similar efforts in their communities. However, while youth have been the focus of efforts, thus far, Stevenson added that we need to look at the other spectrum, (of residents). But solutions start with families, etc Layton City Council renews contract al graffiti-remov- LAYTON If it aint broke, why fix it? That was the philosophy behind the Layton City Councils quick action, recently, approving renewal of contract. That a graffiti-removaction will start a second year of the contract with the Second District, al State Juvenile Court Youth in that program remove graffiti from around the city as part of for crimes committed. their pay-oLayton was the first Davis County community to try the program last yeagj after it had been successfully tried in some Weber County cities. ff Mayor Jerry Stevenson noted that. in addition to graffiti removal, youth in the program regularly patrol and clean up debris from around the fences around the landfill. He noted success of the community garden on the site of the bum plant, a project maintained by youth in the corrections program. Work in the garden is used as a reward for doing good work along the freeway and elsewhere, the mayor said, adding that the youth appear to enjoy their efforts in the garden, where produce is donated to food pantries and shelters. contract is for The year-lon- g $6,500. This month FARMINGTON we will cover the PatrolParamedic Division of the Davis County Sheriffs Office. As the most visible members of the team, these deputies are assigned to providing paramedic and law enforcement services to the citizens of Davis County. In addition, this division is also responsible for county school crossing guards, the Citizens Academy, Forest Service Patrol and Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) and we have and will cover these duties in other articles. Each deputy with the sheriffs office is certified as a paramedic as well as a peace officer. The sheriff's office began providing this dual service to the citizens of Davis County in 1977 As your sheriff, I find that having dual certification has many benefits for the county and its residents. These benefits include an excellent and cost effective means of providing emergency medical service. This results in many thousands of dollars saved by allowing the deputies to be productive even when no medical emergencies are in progress. Instead of waiting for a have dual duties county that have a emergency high are response need constantly changing. The fact that our deputies are already mobile allows us to with those adjust changes with minimum disruption in service. This flexibility also allows us to adjust the number of deputies needed at any time of day. DeputyParamedics I I We can schedule to 1,514 responded our deputies so that medical emergency BUD E. COX the most complete calls. Davis County Sheriff While this may coverage is provided seem like a large numduring the busiest times of the day such as morning and ber on its own, it is but a small percentage of the overall emergency evening drive times. In addition, calls. In addition to medical emershould a large-scal- e emergency incigencies, the deputies responded to dent occur, the sheriff's office 4,205 additional police incidents, already has a large number of wrote 2,189 traffic citations and deputies out and available for made 1,084 arrests including 101 response. This greatly increases the effecalcohol related incidents (DUI). All in the effort of making Davis County tiveness of emergency services and reduces additional problems associa safer place to five and work. Another benefit of the Davis ated by longer response times. Another program that has County DeputyParamedic Program evolved through the years is the is its versatility. The areas of the medical call the Davis sheriffs County are deputies patrolling the county, investigating crimes, enforcing traffic laws and every other task performed by a law enforcement officer For example, between Jan. 1 and June 30, 1999, the Davis County Sheriff's Paramedic Tactical Response Umt (PTRU). This is a group of SWAT trained paramedics who provide medical support to other law enforcement agencies throughout the state. These highly-traine- d deputyparamedics are routinely requested to assist in v iolent, emergency' situations. A few examples of PTRU responses are the recent shootings at the Triad Center and the Church of Latter Day Saints Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City. In addition, we also responded and assisted in the search for the killers of a Cortez. Colo, police officer in southern Utah. When all the public safety benefits are considered, the use of the deputies as paramedics is the best possible choice for Dav is County. 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