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Show Saturday. April 11 2004 DAILY' HERALD M Veterinarians increasingly on front headaches across the country" lines in identifying diseases in humans Strip-searc- hoax caller causes h Daniel Yee Mitch Stacy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Taco The caller to the Phoenix-are- a Bell said he was a police officer and informed the manager there was a thief on the premises. Someone's pocket book was missing, the caller said, ordering that a female customer be detained and strip searched in a back office. But there was no theft. Investigators believe the caller was an impersonator, possibly from north Florida, who has pulled the same stunt dozens of times nationwide since 1999 witfi alarming success. The caller, who sometimes poses as a company official, has persuaded managers at restaurants and other stores to detain and search employees for drugs or money. Targets have included Taco Bell, McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, Ruby Tuesday, Applebee's, Perkins and others. The caller's motive is unknown. Because his targets are primarily restaurants, one theory is that he is a disworker. gruntled former fast-foo- d Some investigators believe he may be a sexual deviant who enjoys exercising power over people. The searches have included male and female victims. Some businesses have been sued, and some managers have faced criminal charges. "It's a terrible scam, and we feel badly for everyone who was said Bob Bertini, a spokesman for Wendy's International, referring to incidents at four Boston-areWendy's outlets in February. "The people who were caught up in this scam thought they were responding to direct orders from the police, and the caller in this situation can be very convincing and ' persuasive." Authorities believe the hoaxer is one male suspect who uses a phone card. Some calls have been traced to a public telephone in Panama City, Fla. Police there are investigating, but spokesman Sgt. Kevin Miller refused to discuss details The March 22 call to the Taco Bell in Fountain Hills, Ariz., is believed to be the first time a customer has been the victim. In that case, the Taco Bell manager pulled aside a girl who roughly matched a description provided by the caller, Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio said. Told she would go to jail otherwise, the girl submitted to the search as the caller remained on the line to direct it. The manager is on administrative leave while the sheriff's office investi ved," ihT-7-vol- a gates, Taco Bell spokeswoman Laurie Schalow said. In Massachusetts, the caller could be charged with rape for one of the Wendy's incidents, said Sgt. Victor Flaherty of the West Bridgewater police, explaining that the rape statute allows charges to be filed against someone for just directing suoh an act. Flaherty said that the managers in the local cases will not face criminal charges because police "felt they were victims, too." But Arpaio said he thinks managers are "ignorant to fall for the scam and should face criminal charges if warranted. He said investigators are considering whether to charge the manager in the Taco Bell case. "It's he said. "How can a responsible person in this world ever do what has been occurring just because some guy calls them on the telephone and tells them he's a cop?" Indeed, a former Hardee's assistant manager in Rapid City , S.D., was charged with kidnapping and second-degre- e rape after he allegedly detained and forced a female employee to strip at a caller's urging in June. He was acquitted. The man's attorney said he was the victim of a "freak who plays THE PRESS ATLANTA When medical detectives track the source of a new outbreak, increasingly they look no farther than the animal world That's because about 75 percent of includall new infectious diseases ones like SARS, bird ing flu, monkeypox and West Nile virus originate from animals. As a result, veterinarians and other animal disease researchers are often needed to help combat these emerging germs among humans. "Many of the world's major diseases are either diagnosed or the initial control is done by veterinarians," said Dr. Keith Prasse, dean of the college of veterinary medicine at the University of Georgia. "They are on the front lines of public health itself ." Vets have helped investigate outbreaks on cruise ships and led field teams during the 2001 attacks of anthrax, traditionally a disease seen in cattle on farms. ."You're just as likely to find a bioterrorist agent in an animal health diagnostic lab or vet office as a physician's office or hospital," said Dr. Lon-ni- e King, dean of the Michigan State college of veterinary medicine. Animal researchers have been instrumental in working to understand the aVian flu outbreak in Asia and the West Nile virus at home. Both origi-nate- d in birds. Veterinarians routinely have been involved in public health matters such n as in foodborne outbreaks or diseases such as rabies. But it's the new diseases that have created the demand for the expertise of vets. "We have a new world in terms of the epidemiological convergence of animal health" and human health, King said. "It's an epidemiologic collision." The collision comes from an planet that increasingly allows humans and animals to trade maladies. Humans have given tuberculosis to wildlife. Last year's monkeypox cases in the Midwest was spread by prairie dogs bought as pets that were infected by imported African rodents carrying the disease. While vets are important to disease control, it's difficult to attract them to public health, Prasse said. "Too few veterinarians are acquir- high-profi- mind-boggling- ," God." And a Burger King manager in Odessa, Texas, was charged with illegal restraint and fined $500 for forcing a woman to strip at the direction of the caller. "Restaurant unit managers are about the smartest and normally the profes-sionamost cautious and street-wis- e d in all of food service," said Prewitt, national affairs editor for the industry newspaper Nation's Restaurant News. "Why they are falling for this is about the most amazing thing I've ever seen." But Craig Annunziata, a Chicago attorney who has defended about 20 d d franchisees against lawsuits, said it's human nature for the managers to want to help when they become convinced there's a police officer or superior on the line. Because the incidents have been so varied and embarrassed restaurant officials are often reluctant to publicize them, police agencies didn't note the connection until the past year or so. "It has taken this long for the pieces of the puzzle to come together and for people to start comparing notes and realizing the scope of the problem," said Terrie Dort, executive director of the National Food Service Security Council, an organization of security officials. le Mil-for- hoax-relate- SULUVAN Associated Press ALLEN an assistant research scientist in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia, examines incubated cultures taken from mosquitoes in the Wildlife Health building on the university campus in Athens, Ga. About 75 percent of all new diseases have come from animals. Dr. Danny G. Mead, "Many of the world's major ing the ... training necessary to pursue these career paths," he said. "Our graduates are largely pursuing private practice." That's because private practice for vets, just as for medical doctors, can be more lucrative than a career in public serviceTAliother problem is that many vet students aren't familiar with public health careers. "I discovered public health by accident," said Dr. Jennifer McQuiston, a veterinary epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and well-know- ls fast-foo- ASSOCIATED diseases are either diagnosed or the initial control is done by veterinarians. They are on the front lines of public health itself." Dr. Keith Prasse dean of the college of veterinary medicine at the University of Georgia " Pre-venti- McQuiston thought she would embark on a career in pharmaceutical or vaccine research after graduating from Virginia-Marylan- d Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Va. Instead, while helping investigate an outbreak in 1996 with the CDC, she discovered the importance of public health. After vet school, she joined the CDC's elite Epidemic Intelligence Service and now works in the agency's rabies branch. "I was so changed by my experience at CDC I was very much inspired by working in public health. I wish I learned about it earlier," she ever-shrinki- The importance of vets is highlighted at the CDC, which has 80 vets on its staff as epidemiologists. The agency recently created a new office to coordinate its vets, who work in different disease branches, and to recruit new ones as future disease detectives. It's also working to add veterinary data to its national disease tracking and reporting network. "Our training is adapted to public health as a whole," McQuiston said. That's because vets are trained to think about health on a herd, or population, level. "Herd health is really what public health is all about," she said said. CTTO chain-restaura- nt fiililllllliliilli HOOK WMAT'S NEW TUBA Y! Call 373-645- to have your classified ads in this section! 0 .trial KftKaM Size Storage is having a delinquent renters sale. Saturday All April 17th, 2004 Complex 1 Auction 800 S. University Ave. Provo. 10am Sharp! 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