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Show Page 6 Model Cities ACTION-LIN- Volunteers Personalize E by Laura Briggs called by a mother of a young woman. The young woman, in her early twenties and mother herself of three children, ages 2 - 5, is in City Jail. She has been charged with possession of drugs with intent to A Salt Lake attorney is sell. The woman's mother has appealed to her attorney because, since she works full time, she cannot take responsibility for care of her three grandchildren. The prisoner has been referred to Salt Lake Legal Defender, who has appointed an attorney to appear with her when her case comes before the court. The attorney has conferred with the court to reduce her bail to $1,000, but she still cannot raise the necessary $100 or 10 of the bail. The mother's attorney and the Legal Defender refer her to Salt Lake Services, a Pre-Tri- Model Cities funded agency, which can recommend release of prisoners who can meet certain requirements to see if the young woman could be released on her own recognizance to care for her children until her case comes before the court. Her problems are complicated by the fact that she is already out on bail for another charge. It is doubtful that a reputable bail bondsman would carry her bond and Salt Lake feels, after preliminary checking, that it would not help her to be released. Her real problem is that she is an addict and if she would commit two crimes, one right after the other, to maintain her habit, releasing her would not really be the best thing to do. Pre-Tri- City Jail Trustees ask Salt Lake interviewers to talk to a prisoner. When the interviewer tries to talk with the prisoner, she finds he cannot Pre-Tri- al speak English well enough to express himself. It happens, she finds an interpreter available at that time within the Metropolitan Hall of Justice, but she could have appealed to the al Counseling Service provided to the courts by Model Cities funds. Central Relocation Agency in Arrowpress Square gets a call from Travelers' Aid. A family - a man, woman and children, including a small baby, is stranded in Salt Lake City. They have travelled from West Virginia, headed for the West Coast for a new life, but their automobile gave out near Salt Lake City. Travelers' Aid has found them temporary quarters in a local hotel, but the family's situation is becoming increasingly desperate. For some reason, the heat is faulty in the hotel room. The room is freezing. The baby becomes ill. The man has found his way to the blood bank center and sold his blood for $5 but how long does $5 feed a family? ' 'These peo pie were paralyzed with fear and despair for themselves and their children, reported Jewell Brown, Relocation Specialist, Central Relocation Agency. "That little baby was so white it looked transparent. The mother was holding it tightly in her arms, trying to keep it warm and, somehow, to make it well." Travelers' Aid had offered emergency financing to help the family return to West Virginia, but the parents stated there was nothing for them to return to in that depressed area. Therefore, Mrs. Brown had been called to see if she could possibly help them get settled. "After we found them a helped them move their place, I personal belongings in my own car' related Jewell. "Then got on the phone. always insist our service is a package deal, and it really proved to be so with this I I family." Police by Laura Briggs "Auxiliary Volunteers is one of the programs we've instituted in our efforts to get back to the 'neighborhood cop on the corner' concept of preventive crime," stated Sgt. Max Yospe, Director of Public Relations and Education, Salt Lake City Police Department. "In big cities throughout the United States, the cop on the corner was the true peace officer, the ideal liasson between the forces of law and order and the people of his neighborhood. Somewhere, between wars, the of the technical age and because we have become a mobile soceity, the image of the neighborhood cop who had his sensitized fingers of experience pressed firmly against the pulse of life in his area, became only a legend of a generation past. "Our force of 94 Auxiliary Volunteers doesn't spend much Jewell Brown mentioned time standing on corners," some of the agencies she appealed to on behalf of the West Virginia reported Yosepe. "But we do want our volunteers to be family: Salvation Army, Catholic Charities, Family Services and the Employment Security. "I thought it quite probable that the man could qualify for the WIN program at the Employment Security Agency," she explained. "We helped them get to these agencies and tried to give them a acquainted crash course in orientation. Imagine the terror of such a situation, when one is not only in a desperate spot financially but is completely turned around in his directions in a strange city? It's vital for me to have a working knowledge of dependable referral agencies." Central Relocation is Model Cities funded project. Need Help Call -- with their neighborhoods. These volunteers include men and women from all walks of life, from doctors and lawyers to bank tellers and laborers. Our department is confident they are all dediated to preventive crime so that their own neighborhoods can be known as safe, desirable places to live." The volunteers are involved in a screening process similar to that of regular personnel on the police force, in order to eliminate persons with sadistic tendencies or persons who have an abnormal need for a badge and authority. The 100 hour training course takes place over a 12 to 15 week period. Volunteers are asked to contribute a minimum of 12 hours a month after their graduation from the training 467-801- 4 Or the Model Cities Agency at 467-V- 4 a I 6 Department Julia Frye, left with Police Auxiliary Volunteer program shows certificate for volunteers to Richard Schaewe. course. The Auxiliary Volunteer is not involved in apprehension of His or her principal ' contribution is to become a law-breaker- s. source of communication personal property in this day when burglary is considered by , too many to be a highly of life. profitable way "Burglars often have better radio dispatch and walkie-talki- e communications systems than the Police Department does," reported Yospe. "They know the fact of apprehension is between residents and law enforcement aid. He or she should ideally be a walking low-risk- encyclopedia of the lifestyles, the problems and the patterns of positive or negative reaction concerning crime and methods of law enforcement within his own living area. reasonably slim and the "In the Model Cities areas, Auxiliary Volunteers and punishment for first offenders is not generally severe. We're barely holding our own in this battle to protect the public. "Volunteers can inform their neighbors about ways to mark valuables and register them with Tactical Squad members attend Crime and Delinquency Task Force meetings and have been instrumental in bringing the police up to date concerning better methods of crime control on the streets and in the schools," declared Yospe. "Their input gave us more of a sense of realism about the need for objectivity in working together - neighbors and police - to strive toward a e responsibility to make every police department computer system in the nation," concluded Yospe. "Too many people, including the small corner business merchant, doesn't even know who to call, nor do they have on hand the phone numbers of law enforcement agencies, when a burglary happens to them. one-to-on- crime unprofitable and unpopular in the model The Auxiliary Volunteer neighborhood." A common feeling expressed e in neighborhoods is, "We don't need cops. The last thing we want here is more cops." Residents are sensitive about the invaluable in sharing this self-heleducation with his friends and p low-incom- stigma of being part of neighbors." Next Week: a or rough dangerous neighborhood. They feel the ln-dep- 'cops' are constantly watching and waiting for them to do something and that they are more likely to be thought guilty than persons of other neighborhoods. "Crime prevention and th at education for protection could be a more palatable answer to these people," related Yospe. "People who take pride in their neighborhoods and who know their neighbors on a personal basis are invaluable." self-hel- look Revenue-Sharin- g p Lots of Council News "One of the Auxiliary The Effects Volunteers' important tasks is to help prevent what to us is our number one crime problem in I residential neighborhoods I burglary' stated is -- Yospe. "We need all the help we can get to educate the public in ways to protect itself against theft of 1 Of Alcholism On The Community |