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Show 1 ! -TV ' so'.-. A'-. ... '' ' v' "" v - V.V , i v '' .. .;:. "t -m. : 1 . ..,!!( . : ; .,: Cortventon Headquarters 1969 for the Utah Peace Officers was Moab. Shown is a scene from last weekend's competition shooting which took place at the new Moab range State's Peace Officers Convention For 1969 Held in Scenic Moab Setting The Utah Peace Officer Association's annual convention con-vention took place as scheduled sched-uled last week in Moab, the city's first time to host the . organziation during its 47 years. Keynote speaker for Friday's Fri-day's sessions was Governor Calvin Rampton who stated that he was pleased with the way the association of law-enforcers law-enforcers through the state is being upgraded. "No longer is a strong back and a six-shooter the qualifications required for cur peace officers," Rampton Ramp-ton said. "He must be a man of substantial ability to learn the new crime-fighting techniques." Rampton praised the efforts of Ralph Jones who is the head of the peace officer training program. pro-gram. The Governor also stressed stress-ed two areas of specifc importance. im-portance. The first dealt with unrest on college cam puses which has not, as yet, affected this state as it has others, Rampton said. Rampton did, however, emphasize that if college unrest un-rest should develop in this state, the "violators of the peace must realize they will face a counter reaction from our law enforcement agencies." The other topic stressed east of the city. The event is the Mens Slow Fire competition. The wives of the officers from iaround the state also partic-pated partic-pated in shooting competition. heavily by the Governor was in reference to the use of drugs illegally and stated that the apprehension of drug pushers and the treatment treat-ment of drug victims demands de-mands the services of peace officers who have a "knowledge "know-ledge of new techniqus not known a few years ago." Rampton also discussed the new liquor legislation saying that "we've been lax in the enforcement of liquor laws as they've existed up to now." He blamed this laxness on the opinion held formerly that the past liquor laws were against the will of the people. Ramipton said that last November's election on the matter demonstrated that the citizens of this state "do not want open sale of liquor by the drink." In this connection, Rampton Ramp-ton stated that "the new laws must be enforced as Uiey tut-' WIULtu Willi nu compromise down the line." The Utah Peace Officers Convention was well attended attend-ed by approximately 300 personnel and ther wives. They met at the new shoot-ng shoot-ng range on the Sand Flats Road cast of Moab for competition com-petition between department and between individuals. The winning team in the Combat Pistol Match was the Salf Lake City Police Department who will be rep-lesenting rep-lesenting Utah in the national nation-al competition at Jackson, Mississippi in September. The five men receiving th:s honor at the Moab Shooting Range were Charles Kloer, Percy Clark, Dee Throckmor ton, John D. Mocsscr, and Oscar Hendrikson. Charks Kloer was especial ly honored for his first place wins in all of the events including in-cluding the Combat Aggregate, Aggre-gate, the Slow Fire, the Master Shoot, The Free for ail. and the Combat Shoo. KiGiT represents the Sa.t Lake City Police Department. Depart-ment. The Slow P'irc Mens Competition Com-petition was won by the Og-den Og-den Police Department and the Women's Slow Fire event ev-ent was won by wives of tile Utah Highway" Patrol. Of special interest locally were the accomplishments. of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Somer-ville. Somer-ville. Mr. Somerville, the son of Moab's Reed Somerville, Somer-ville, won second place in the Sharpshooter event and his wife won Third place in the Marksman class. The younger Somervilles were, residents of Moab until about three years ago. The election of officers took place last Saturday night at the American Leg-tion Leg-tion Hall. Receiving the office of President of the Utah Peac Officers Association Associa-tion for 1969-70 was Mr. William Wil-liam Duncan, a trooper with the Highway Patrol in Provo. Other officers elected were First Vice President Raymond Hauter, a Sarg-eant Sarg-eant with the Salt Lake C). Sheriff's Office; Second Vice President is G. M. Fitzger- ' aid, Deputy Warden at the Utah State Prison; Third Vice President is Rex Huntsman, Hunt-sman, Sheriff of Sevier County; Sgt. at Arms was Elmer Leake, a sergeant with the Salt Lake County's Sheriff office; Elected for Secretary-Treasurer was D. L. Carroll who is with the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification. Three new directors were elected which include Claudius Claud-ius Banks, Chief of Police at Vernal; Lt. Robert Jack of the Salt Lake County Sheriff Office; and Percy Clark, detective de-tective with the Salt Lake Police Department. |