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Show I 1 3 REVIEW. THE CITIZEN AND THE LAW November 24. 1965 Judges Role: Decide Cases On Merit, Not Inherent Hazards Of Courtroom Battle The Power And Dignity Of Severe Finality They must be captious. They must never be vincfSttive. They must never be motivated by selfish or personal motive in conflict with the clear or implied intent of written or common law. Vagueness is the antithesis of judiciousness; judges must seek clarity and preciseness in their efforts to penetrate the "vague and elusive concept of the reason- Note: This is the second in a series devoted to the complexities of the law and its relation to the everyday life of the average citiien. Editor's ime Deputies Reinforce Sheriff With A Variety Of Skills Part-Doctor, ani"iCHUSrU! everything but will be pounding (or riding) beats with , alt Lake County Sheriffs deputies when the first class of the new Sheriffs Reserve Auxiliary is ready for service after Nov. 29. Chief Deputy George Q. Nielsen Jr. told The Review hat his deputies will have irect association withacom-let- e professional counseling ervice among the 32 men vho survived the rigorous tests, and investigations raining to assure a Reserve Auxiliary as good or better han the men they may be isslgned to accompany. Not least. quaiiied among' 32 tie reseryirtU far T on a county law en- forcement agency which has seemed to diminish as county tician wlttl multlPle college degrees and a certificate of graduation from a California police academy. A physician, a psychologist, a business executive, a graduate engineer, several, insurance adjusters and investigators, a graduate pharmacist, the principal of a public school, business managers, law students and social workers make up the roster of part time law enforcement officers who will serve Salt Lake County for the pride of participation in civic endeavor, plus $5 uniform allowance per pressure population grows. After the unit is properly trained and properly equipped, it will be deployed to provide support to regular line officers. Their training program, including two hours nightly since the program began, spanned all basic police science courses "with emphasis on the role of the Reserve Officer" in the sheriffs enforcement program, the chief deputy reported. Before the 32 were accept-te- d, Mr. Nielsen noted, each candidate wag subjected to, close background investiga- -. Pan as to trim ms record. ? month. OrgaRixation of the new Re- serve Corps was begun Oct.' 4 to htpatlvite the Irrreaahwe credit status and personal Each applicant background was subjected to certification as to aptitude for the role to which they will be assigned. The new reserves, said Mr. Nielsen, upon completion of their training, will be sworn in as deputies. Their police power, however, will be limited to those hours during which they have been officially Willow Creek called to duty and assigned to an area of responsibility. Each reservist will be assigned weekly to a quota of services necessary to maintain membership in the corps. Their standards of conduct will be those of regular deputies; their discipline will include discharge for violation of any sheriffs depart ment ruin nr romilatinn Willow Creek Country Club will have a new look for the Holiday season. The Ladies Association donated $500 toward new decorations inside the entrance way. The new look will be eviwhen members enjoy dent Thanksgiving Dinner, served at the club, November 25th. Dinner will be served in the main dining room from 12 to 8 p.m. The biblical admonition: Judge not lest ye be judged" is a contradiction to the very concept of the courtroom as the arena in which the law is established and upheld in America. The central figure in every courtroom is the judge. It is he who establishes the law. It is he who interprets the meaning of the written law by declaring its intent. Legislators may write law. Lawyers may argue law. It is the judge who interprets the language of the legislature. It is ths judge who casts the lonely ballot as to which legal concept argued by lawyers is accepted. Some time ago, Third District Judge A. H. Ellet defined the judge as the reasonable man; the man who must de- termine what is most reasonable of conflicting reasonable arguments. Yet, any two men may, in any given situation, disagree on that which is reasonable. If they Judges are men. are competent to their task, they have healthy conscience and honest opinion. They are isolated among men, charged with defiance of the ideas of individual men in support of the ideas of law. Said Judge Ellett: "Judge reflect dignity and politeness consistent with their vested power." To function, judges must exercise power judiciously. able man." Judges are strong men. They inflict pain or impose hardship in their function as enforcers of the law. They resist emotional influences that would cause them to be intemperate to the blind virtue of what is lawful. But judges are weak men. They develop as do children, influenced by social, political and philosophical environment that is theirs from Infancy. They are unable to divorce themselves from their indoctrination. Thus, they Impose their character upon the law. To the extent the judges are strong, and in the direction that they are weak, Judges modify and change they develop the law. They legislate by their attitudes as those attitudes are written into their Interpretations of the law. are prejudiced. Judges imbedded religious Deeply conviction is as much a part of a judge as is his deeply Ingrained moral coocept and these influence his viewpoint and his declarations of what is law. Judges must have courage. 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