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Show 'Far right as bad as left says officer " have faith in people, not violence. The whole objective of my job is to maintain life." BY PHILIP M. HOWARD, JR. Staff Writer And it is more than cops and Waters at the University. A special investigator for the University Lt. pan Waters' job deals with narcotics, nar-cotics, bombings and arson. Recently, Lt. Waters returned from a three month training session ses-sion at the FBI National Academy in Washington D. C. He says there were 100 officers picked from every state and five foreign countries. coun-tries. "In many ways, this government-financed school trains local law enforcers in every facet of gun at someone elses head-point blank." And indeed, most of those who peacefully demonstrated last spring do not like violence either. Lt. Waters says the fire at the Inter-Cultural Center hurt the cause for it represented violence and turned a lot of people off. So did the bombing. Yet, both cases are under investigation, in-vestigation, and lie added that evidence points to the fact that arson could have been commit ted by a small "On-campus" radical group, which he concluded with a snitch of titter could have been committed by the left or the right. any more force than is necessary; and they should be prepared with the necessary equipment plus the necessary written reports and plans for other law enforcement groups. . "There is one student particularly, par-ticularly, here at this school who-says who-says that if a pig comes to his door with a no-knock search warrant war-rant and has a gun, he'll face the problem with a gun of his own," said Lt. Waters with students using dmgs, on finding find-ing samples and user symptons in the class room, the Lieutenant said. "The goal is to rehabilitate the user and prevent the dealer from selling, but this isn't easy because often there are psychological problems involved, which cut through all classes in Society." Then there is the "quick in and out on bond" procedure that Lt. Waters says allows dealers to be is equally as bad on the right as the left." "You see, I have faith in people, not violence. The whole objective of my job, is to maintain life. Back when 1 worked for the city police force I was shot at four times one night from seven feet away. I didn't shoot back. There was a 17 month-old baby nearby. But I did make the arrest. I think the only time I would shoot, would be if someone pointed a But he maintains that after traveling around the country, this city and the University is like "a breath of fresh air," lawwise. "The kids, for the most part, seem to be interested in getting an education, and bettering themselves. them-selves. There doesn't seem to be open warfare with the police, here, like in the East. As "Life Magazine" reported, 23 officers have been murdered this year for no apparent reason." "Unfortunately," he added, "increased useage of drugs and a mounting crime rate will affect Salt Lake, but for now reflections show that we could be in a two-year two-year time lag before the trend gets worse." But what about narcotics, bombings and arson at the University? back on the streets while awaiting trial. They need money to pay attorney fees so they go back to selling. "I favor a change in the system, so there can be quicker trials. In some of these district court cases there can be as much as six months to a year delay, and in other situations, I've seen them dragged out to three years." But he maintains for the most part, University students are the "greatest bunch of kids he has been around, and that goes for the so called right or the left. Most students don't want anything to do with narcotics and violence. Though bombings and arson ar limited at the University, Lt. Waters says they do present a threat and he cited last springs burning of the Inter-Cultural Center Cen-ter and the bombing of the police worK, just as it aoes hist agents," he said. "I guess this is the highest school an officer can attend." "The object of the program was to improve communications between be-tween the people and the police. They stressed the importance of officers giving public talks in the areas of narcotics, law and the objectives and goals of the police ." And in the past year, Lt. Waters has given 50 or so such speeches throughout the state to church and civic groups. In any event, besides stressing community relations, riots, radicals radi-cals and "John Q. Public," he says his training did not feature any set plan of action to control a public disturbance. But he did watch various demonstrations on how to control crowds with a device called a pepper fogger and a new kind of foam which when sprayed on a crowd, is slippery enough to incapacitate in-capacitate over a 100 people. "Crowds aren't worried about demonstrating when this googh hits them," he added, "All they think about is getting out of the place." Nevertheless, Lt. Waters says the main objective in civil disorders dis-orders is to put down violence. "A police officer should not let the crowd bait him into irrational behavior (which is often a demonstrator's demon-strator's intention). They can call him a pig, but he should not react. The idea is to be objective, which in turn will keep down violence, and protect life, property and civil rights. "And don't forget, we have to protect demonstrators from counter coun-ter demonstrators when a riot breaks out," he added. The basic procedures for riot control stem from what police have learned from the many riots al Berkeley. Thus, when trouble arises, Lt. Waters says the local police agency should make the arrests; the police should not use He said the narcotic traffic has declined in the last six months, but it is still a problem. Campus Security averages about three to four arrests a month for possession posses-sion and sale of LSD, marijuana and mescaline. He also noted ther has been an increase in the appearance appear-ance of hard narcotics such as heroin on campus in the past five years, but he did not know of any students who were using it. "The big narcotic problem seems to be with off-campus people who come here to deal. The Huddle cafeteria used to be a favorite place for a dealer to make a contact, but he is beginning to feel the heat here also. The now prefer to deal in city parks, private pri-vate homes, cars and parking lots. We recently finished a seven month case, involving the arrest of two off-campus people, after a $1,500 drug purchase in the Huddle Hud-dle parking lot, he said. "And some of these people carry guns and knives undercover informants say, but no police officers of-ficers (who are armed) have been assaulted yet. "We also need instruction for new teachers, especially on the high school level, on what to do USP&FO building on Guardsman Way near the campus. "This entire trend towards dissent dis-sent and the attempt to make the people wonder and doubt if the American system is working, I believe, started years ago. It began, be-gan, say 10 to 15 years back when communist influence and infiltration infil-tration was felt in the labor movement move-ment in this country especially in union organizations. "But the interesting thing is, now there seems to be very little of old Russian communist influence influ-ence as the so called New Left Maoists and Guevaraists have moved into the arena. The grab onto every popular issue and radical radi-cal cause to bolster dissent. They are intellectuals, kids and others of all kinds, who are rebelling against our laws, their parents and the established social mores. You might say a lot of this is a social and cultural revolution." "And believe me, the ultra-right ultra-right is as bad as the ultra-left. We police officers also have the problem prob-lem of violence committed by the right and blamed on the left. Some of the most violent crimes I have seen were committed by the right. I would therefore say crime 1 I |
