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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday february 9,1987 39 protesters arrested at u. Of Missouri Columbia to. Up univ Tilv of Missouri police arrested 39 protesters and Core Down a Shan Laytown built on the Campus As part of a demonstration against the school s 191 million investments in South Africa. Maj. Jack Watring said the students would be charged with trespassing a class a Misdemeanour that carries up to a one year jail penalty. Before arresting the protesters University police lore Down the Shantytown earlier constructed Ai the University s administrative building then later lore Down a second one. Before the arrests Suzanne Holland assistant vice Chancellor for student services said the protesters options were build he shanties and then Lake them Down or vacate them before police arrived to take them Down. We re prepared to face the consequences said Libby Cuman. A protester. It s important thai we building front of Jesse Hall for symbolic reasons. I m just sorry we re diverting from the real Issue Here Wlinich is  As protesters were carried away Holland said we re not trying 1o discourage  the University Lead issued the protesters a permit to maintain the shanties through december 1986. And a second permit was issued toe tend the maintenance period through january. The students Don t consider the so antics to be an act of civil disobedience a protester said. They believe this is protecting their first amendment rights. The University has chosen to   carry one of the student protesters to a police  during the protest at the University of Missouri. Poce Field training May reduce civil suits Washington api instituting Field training programs for police recruits can reduce inc number of civil liability suits filed against Law enforcement agencies concludes a new report issued sunday. The study prepared for the Justice department s National Institute of jus lice found thai 105 of the 288 police departments surveyed did t have Field training programs. However of the i 83 agencies that did have Field training. 30 percent or 54 departments reported fewer civil liability complaints As a result of the programs. In Field raining recruit who com Patcle classroom instruction perform All the functions of a patrolman while experienced officer Monitor their performance. Two thirds of the police Field training programs that turned up in the Survey Are less than 10 years old and nearly 60 percent of the programs Are modelled after the earliest system at tip by Fie san Jose calif., police department in 1972. In san Jose s highly structured pro Gram recruits spend about four weeks with Field training officers in the final two weeks of training an officer ride in Plain clothes with the re Cruit who is Given remedial training in weak areas if his or her performance is unsatisfactory. The san Jose program was launched following a traffic Accident involving an on duty san Jose police recruit who was negligently operating a police vehicle. A passenger in the other vehicle was killed and the officer who was dismissed was seriously injured. A review revealed serious inadequacies in the department s training and evaluation procedures for recruits. The report prepared for the Federal government by it. Michael s. Mccamp Blu of the Arlington county va., police department said the programs arc relatively inexpensive to operate particularly when compared with the tax dollars that May be saved by reducing civil liability  most Academy training programs leave a wide Gap Between the classroom and the real world of police work the Repon concluded. Of the agencies that Don t conduct Field instruction Abuwi half of them do provide some form of on inc Job train ing which the report found to be less effective than Field training. . Plan for tracking Arab visitors criticized Washington a the Immi Gration and naturalization service with help from the Cia and Fri is trying to improve its ability to track Arab visitors in a Iii country who Are believed to sup port terrorist groups. The National association of Arab americans released documents describing the Effort and critic izod ii. Saving it could Lead to something like the intern ment of japanese americans during world Warll. The Arab american organization presented at a news conference internal ins documents showing that a group called the alien Border control committee had been set up. The group said the documents were Given to it by someone in the Agency. Immigration Agency sources who asked not to be identified confirmed the authenticity of the documents. But spokesman Duke Austin refused to say what if any Steps arc being adopted by the Agency As part of any anti terrorism Campaign targeting Arab visitors to this country. The committee s purpose is to put into effect recommendations made by vice president i Corgi Bush s task Force on terrorism regarding control and removal of terrorist aliens in the United states according o one of the documents a sept. Is letter by Robert j. Walsh assist ant ins commissioner for intelligence. The Central intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of investigation Are participating in the Effort. The association of Arab americans said a working group set up by he ins had begun putting into effect a plan Call ing for the removal of selected aliens from the United states the ins recently arrested eight palestinians and the wife of one of them in los Angeles. Such a Campaign amounts to whole Sale character assassination bated on ethnic background said the association s executive director David Sadd. The ins under the Guise of an Ami terrorist program. Is attempting to turn Back the clock to the Days of the japanese internment during world War ii Sadd told the news conference. In los Angeles attorneys for some of those arrested accused the government of racial discrimination against arabs. They said that if Federal agencies Are allowed to continue unchecked they could go on to Large hispanics Blacks or other minorities for similar treatment. Judge mugged not one single person moved Philadelphia a scores of late night moviegoers watched while a City judge was mugged and robbed near a downtown newsstand and none of them helped her the judge said sunday. Common pleas judge Lisa a. Rich cite. 58, said a Man Hole her purse and car late saturday despite her efforts to Slop him. Not one single person moved she said in a Telephone interview. It was As if someone had sprayed one of those Buck Rogers guns and they were All Par  the judge was punched twice in the face and once in the shoulder and was dragged about 100 feel when the Man drove off police capt. Joseph m. Parson said. The car crashed six hours later while police were chasing in. Parson said. The Driver escaped. My conclusion is pc pie Are just not very Safe in this City said inc judge who said she was bruised but not seriously injured. I kept thinking of Kitty Gen  Genovese was Slabbed to death in new York City in 1964 before an Esti mated 38 Witni was none of Hom called police. Rich Lac a judge far 15 years said the purse contained a Wallet with about 150, her keys a Check Book glasses pens makeup and a Rosary thai belonged to her Mother  
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