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Show iHQRiG n Police afion ley to Unity Dept. Efficiency Editor's Note: This is the next of a series of articles to appear in The Citizen outlining basic problems and suggested solutions facing the American Fork Police Department. Communication between members of the American Fork Police Department, between the department and the American Fork City Council and between the department and other police agencies is a vital factor in the effective operation of our local police department. This article will deal with new and long-standing procedures to improve the communications challenge. "Communications between members of the department is much improved," commented Police Chief Boyd E. Adams, discussing the communications problem this week. This statement was also emphasized by Councilman Council-man William M. Pierce, who noted that he felt the communications of inter-department members was vastly more effective than in previous months. A number of factors have contributed to the improving situation. One solution to the problem was initiated by Chief Adams in December of last year, when he installed 12 distribution boxes in the police department headquarters building, each labeled with the name of a police department member. The purpose of this action was to increase the efficiency of communicating com-municating with individual department members mem-bers through a new "memo" system. In past times, Chief Adams has, of necessity, ne-cessity, had to rely on word-of-mouth communication com-munication to pass on shift information, since it was physically impossible for him to be present to brief officers reporting for every shift. Under the memo system, each man receives a copy of the same information, in-formation, keeping them informed of new data, da-ta, procedures or situations requiring their increased observance. Chief Adams has also initiated several other methods of increasing the effectiveness effective-ness of the pre-shift briefing of each officer. offi-cer. From the time the officer leaving a respective shift picks up the man who will replace him, there is an interval of several sev-eral minutes which is used to fill in the new man on police actions taken during the past shift, problems which are still under investigation and activities noted which will require continued surveillance. A new Daily Activity Report is also filled out by each officer for every shift, which, combined by Chief Adams, gives him a complete, comprehensive com-prehensive picture of the overall police activity for any given day. The Daily Activity Ac-tivity Reports are compiled and filed daily. The new activity report lists the name of the office, day of week, date, vehicle number, time of duty and total hours worked. It also requires that the officer record the reading of the odometer at the start and finish of his shift, as well as total miles traveled. Log of Activities section of this report is divided for ease of completion, listing time a call was received, time completed, time consumed, source of complaint, location, loca-tion, type of activity and action taken, with a section at the bottom of the report for supplemental notes and details of special activities. This report is still being used with varying vary-ing success, but as department members become more acquainted with the report and the effective manner it can be used to create a more efficient department, they are responding favorably, according to Chief Adams. This new report form was put into action February 1 and the first month of use indicates that it is functioning well and providing a comprehensive picture of the department. The reinstatement of the monthly coordinating coor-dinating meeting for the police department was also carried out in February, with the first meeting held Feb. 24 for all police officers and members of the city council public safety committee. It is planned that this meeting be conducted on an agenda agen-da basis, with any police officer or councilman coun-cilman having business to be discussed putting put-ting this item on the agenda with Chief Adams. The first meeting resolved one problem of long standing. In the past, officers attending schools on their own time did so without compensation of additional days off or pay for schooling days. It was decided by the Public Safety Committee Commit-tee that men attending school for upgrading their police training on their own time should be paid for time spent in this activity. ac-tivity. The meeting is expected to be useful use-ful to both department members and coun-cilmen coun-cilmen assigned to the public safety committee com-mittee in improving communications between the department and the council. Chief Adams has participated in regular monthly meetings hosted by police chiefs of the communities in Utah County, Wasatch County and Carbon County for the past ten years. This special meeting includes attendance at-tendance of the Utah Highway Patrol officers offi-cers and Sheriff's Department of the Utah County area, with the March 15 meeting to be hosted at Alpine Country Club by Chief Adams and American Fork City. This regular meeting has been valuable in keeping keep-ing Chief Adams posted on current, mutual mu-tual department problems, methods of operations op-erations of known criminals and new exchanges ex-changes of information and ideas for the benefit of all participating officers. The group has heard juvenile judges, county attorneys, radio experts, and other guests who could contribute helpful information concerning maintenance of good inter-city department communications. Along this same line of improving communications com-munications to all department members, Chief Adams is currently working on guidelines guide-lines which will suggest standardprocedures for officers in given situations so that all will be functioning with the same understanding under-standing and methods of operation. How are the department members responding res-ponding to this increased emphasis on better bet-ter communications? Officers are coming com-ing directly to Chief Adams to discuss problems or questions and he feels that communications with the Council are also improved. This is a vital area, and has been successful in past administrations, with Chief Adams maintaining this communications communi-cations link through the city councilman assigned as-signed to the police department. Although he is not certain that his communication with the assigned councilman always reaches the other council members, he feels that he has always had open communication with his assigned public safety chairman in the past, and maintains that Councilman Pierce is interested in improving this link in the current adminstration, as did Councilman Malcolm Beck while he was assigned to oversee the police department. Police training and the impact of this area on the upgrading of the department will be discussed in the following articles. Elsaring on ITtlOPAC Rescheduled The Utah Public Service Commission Com-mission today announced a change in Mountain Bell's March 8 hearing. hear-ing. The hearing originally scheduled sche-duled to consider both Extended Area Service (EAS), which would provide local calling between Pleasant Grove and Orem, and Metropolitan Preferred Area Calling (METROPAC) will now hear only arguments for EAS telephone service on March 8 according to Mountain BellProvo District Manager W. Merrill Hy-mas. Hy-mas. Hymas said the hearing on Mountain Bell's proposal to offer of-fer METROPAC telephone service ser-vice to Utah County will be rescheduled re-scheduled for a later date. This PTA Soys Thanks Members of the Alline PTA this week thanked all residents who participated inthe community communi-ty school held during the winter months. "The turnout was excellent ex-cellent and we really appreciate the support shown," PTA officials offi-cials said. There is nothing truly great in a man but character. change was a result of a request from the Mayor of Lehi and others to allow additional time to study the proposal. Establishment of EAS would save Orem and Pleasant Grove customers more than $40,000 annually in long distance charges. In addition to this reduction in revenue, Mountain Bell would spend $52,500 for facilities to provide the Extended Area Service. Ser-vice. The increase in Pleasant I.Iy Neighbors ''No that's my box-top offer file the recipe books are in the bottom drawer." &m mmh mm i q ,m m mm mm r mm - - - - - Grove local service rates would be approximately $8,200 per year. METROPAC, an optional service, ser-vice, would allow customers to place outgoing, direct-dialed calls to persons living in localities lo-calities within an 18-mile radius of their local telephone office. Customers would pay a monthly package charge, at substantially reduced rates, rather than separate se-parate charges for each long distance dis-tance call, Hymas explained. m.umil ,JJJ.,,..,,u.l-...., .,, : M ' KIM TURNER, honored by Secre taries Association Kim Turner Honored by Secretaries Assn. Kim Turner, American Fork High School senior, will be honored bytheTimpValleyChap-ter bytheTimpValleyChap-ter of the National Secretaries Association on Thursday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Oakcrest Inn at Spanish Fork. Members of N.S.A, and out standing secretarial students from each of the Utah County high schools, Brigham Young University, and the Utah Tech nical College w i 1 1 be in attendance. attend-ance. Kim has taken Type II, Of fice practice, shorthand, busi ness law, bookkeeping, and data processing at the high school. His future plans include college with a major in law, law enforcement, en-forcement, or business. He is interested in all sports, dancing, singing, and art. The N.S.A. encourages men to look into this field where, members mem-bers say, the opportunity is unlimited. He that would govern others, first should be master of him self, richly endued with depth of understanding and height of knowledge. nmms (trrrrrtffrtmTrm If you're smart! Now is the best time to buy Lennox central air conditioning. Low early season prices. Installation before hot weather. Get ready for summer early and enjoy early season savings. Do it now! .ting air oondlUaaUas GU1ITHER COMFORT AIR 31 NORTH 100 WEST AMERICAN FORK jl a I EZZ3 1 1 S I 1 1 C2; DIM 6M GAQE C9TCH TORE OP f Points i Condenser Plugs tTiming Fuel Filter Adjust Curb. ALL FOR ONLY $1055 ca my Q cyl. $0'5 on any Qcyl. DOES NOT INCLUDE PARTS Ccr.D in (or Any of Yen ens 0BED3 twty rod 1S Bm Main American ftort ffcooa 14&a i m Exciting Entertainers Featured At Utah Boat, Sports & RV Show Five outstanding acts from a-round a-round the world will gather at the Salt Palace here March 14-19 14-19 for daily performances during dur-ing the 7th annual Utah Boat, Sports & Recreational Vehicle Show. Australians John and Vi Brady, Bra-dy, a fast-moving boomerang and w'nipcracking act, learned to make and throw boomerangs from the Australian aborigines. John is considered one of the most skilled throwers in Australia. Brady and his wife are also experts with the bull whip which is widely used on Australian ranches ran-ches to herd cattle. Among o-ther o-ther stunts in their act, Brady's wife plucks a button off her husband's hus-band's tongue with a whip. The Bradys have performed in Japan, England, France and 22 other countries, and have ap peared in this country with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show and on the Merv Griffin television program. Everyone will find something to laugh about when Larry Gris-wold, Gris-wold, "The Clown Prince of the Diving Board," takes over the program with his hilarious antics an-tics on the high board. Another laugh-producing act will be the Stebbing's football playing dogs. The Stebbing's troupe of boxerscomplete with football helmets put on a sidesplitting side-splitting "football game'' that turns into a free-for-all. The Stebbings, who hail from England, have appeared all over the coun try and on numerous television programs, including the Johnny Carson show. Comedy of a different nature will be supplied in large doses by George Carl, a pantomimist who twists, turns and dances clumsily through a routine reminiscent re-miniscent of Charlie Chaplin, Jimmy Salvo and Ben Blue. Carl has appeared in a number num-ber of Las Vegas and Reno night "lubs and was a guest on the Ed Sullivan show no less than 22 times. He also has been on the Andy Williams, Hollywood Palace and Kraft Music Hall television te-levision programs. Also on the stage show program pro-gram will be The Albarracines, one of the world's most beautiful beauti-ful and thrilling trapeze acts. From South America, the Albarracines Al-barracines work together on one trapeze high above the ground, with no safety net. Their routine rou-tine has been called "poetry in motion" by reviewers. The free stage show performances perfor-mances will be held at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; at 2, 4 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday and at 2 and 4 p.m. Sunday. HAVE NEW ARRIVAL Rex and Jeanine Jensen Wan-lass, Wan-lass, Walnut Creek, California, were delighted to welcome a baby girl born on February 29, Leap Year Day. The new little lit-tle angel has an older sister, Yvette, 3. Proud grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jensen and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wanlass, all of American Fork. THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN. THURSDAY, MARCH 9,1972 Utah County Water Sheds Above Average Snow surveys made March 1, 1972 by U.S. Soil Conservation Service personnel Soren Sabey and Ron Zeeman and Forest Service Ser-vice personnel, show seme above average snow pack in the watersheds water-sheds of Utah County. The snow measurements show very little snow and water accumulation ac-cumulation since February 1st. Much could happen between now and spring. If the present trend continues through April, the water supply outlook from streams within this area should remain adequate. Hold over storage in the two major reservoirs reser-voirs are above average. In the American Fork Canyon area the snow pack water content con-tent is generally 105 per cent of the March 1 average. Tim-panogos Tim-panogos divide has the heaviest snow pack with 58 inches of snow containing 2i.9 inches of water. Average content for March 1 is 19.9 inches. At Payson Ranger Station the snow depth is 39 inches containing contain-ing 14.4 inches of water. In the Spanish Fork Canyon a-rea, a-rea, the snow course measurements measure-ments range from 10.6 to 14.4 inches of water. This is about 102 per cent of the March 1 average. aver-age. The combined watershed average aver-age taken on all snow courses were 108 per cent of normal. Other snow surveys taken by Jack Young of the U.S. Soil Conservation Con-servation in the Heber area, show Strawberry Summit 14.5 inches snow with 11.6 inches water average aver-age March 1, 125 per cent of normal. Weber River Watershed Water-shed shows 47 inches snow with 10.1 inches of water at 141 per cent of March 1 normal. Tire Service 109 E. 100 N. Am. Fork Phone 756-2951 Tattler Mention Add for Prices Shown Brake We replace your brake linings on all 4 wheels. I 3 IR013W I m I 5 $)?0 Ford. Chevy. Plymouth, and America- compact. Other modvi higher. D.$ra$!!EQ SALE Just In Time For liiccina Tax Refund r. 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