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<br />Kristi has served as president, and executive board and legislative committee member of Oregon APCO/NENA.
<br />Since 2002, she has represented the chapter as vice-chair of the Statewide Interoperable Executive Council. Kristi
<br />has been a Eugene Police Department employee since 1981.
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<br />For more information, contact Operations Support Division Manager Lynn Reeves at 682-5362.
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<br /> Improvements to Maple Street and Elmira Road Substantially Completed
<br />Work is substantially completed on a $3.3 million project to improve Elmira Road and Maple Street in west
<br />Eugene. The Elmira-Maple project consisted of reconstructing old county roadway, transforming it to meet City
<br />standards. The project included a lengthy public outreach process and a number of design changes. Public Works
<br />Engineering strove to adhere to design standards while respecting the residents’ desires to minimize assessable
<br />costs and preserve their front yards, including landscaped areas
<br />that extended into the public right-of-way. The final result was a
<br />24-foot-wide street with mostly curbside sidewalks, no on-street
<br />bike lanes, and only a few paved parking spaces.
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<br />With agreement on the design and a contract in place with Knife
<br />River Corporation, work began in mid-June. The old roadway
<br />was excavated, and concrete curbs, gutters, sidewalks and
<br />driveway aprons were constructed. The contractor installed a
<br />new, piped stormwater drainage system with bioswales for water
<br />quality treatment. The new roadway was constructed with
<br />several thick lifts of asphalt paving. Finishing touches included
<br />re-seeding grassy areas and installing signage and lockable
<br />group mailboxes. Before the project is fully completed, a
<br />modification to the turning radius at Maple and Elmira streets
<br />will be made.
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<br />The construction of the project was lengthy and tested some residents’ patience, requiring them to take alternate
<br />routes while portions of the road were closed. Overall, however, the project went well and stayed within budget.
<br />The pending assessments are estimated to be levied early next year. For more information, contact Project
<br />Manager John Bonham at 682-5300.
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<br />Police Diversity Committee Secures Training from National Speaker on Hate Crimes
<br />The Eugene Police Diversity Committee secured Joseph T. Roy, Sr., chief investigator of the Intelligence Project
<br />of the Southern Poverty Law Center, for national-level hate crimes training for its officers, November 17 and 18.
<br />The training was offered free of charge to regional law enforcement agency personnel.
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<br />“We opened the training to others in our region because our goal is to combat hate crimes in our city, region and
<br />state,” said Eugene Police Acting Lieutenant Doug Mozan. “This training by Joseph Roy, Sr. will advance those
<br />efforts. We are extremely pleased with the opportunity to have someone with his level of expertise in our area.”
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<br />Roy provided a presentation titled “Hate in America Today - A National Overview of Far-Right Domestic
<br />Terrorism.” The session examined the wide variety of hate groups currently active in the United States - their
<br />history, activities and leaders. Beginning with a broad overview of the various factions of the hate movement,
<br />which include the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, racist skinheads, and black supremacists, it then focused on the most
<br />prominent national organizations and state and local chapters of hate groups. The session examined various
<br />techniques that enable law enforcement professionals to spot and investigate potential domestic terrorist or hate
<br />groups.
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<br />In addition to Eugene Police officers, detectives, 9-1-1 operators and other employees, there were participants
<br />from Springfield Police, Salem Police, Lane County, Linn County, Lincoln County, Marion County, Washington
<br />County, Multnomah County, Newport, Lake Oswego, Hood River, and state and federal agencies.
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<br />As chief investigator, Joseph T. Roy, Sr., gathers intelligence on extremist activities nationwide, assists the U.S.
<br />Justice Department and other law enforcement agencies in criminal investigations involving these organizations,
<br />and trains law enforcement and community groups on the threat of domestic terrorism using lecture, interactive
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2
<br />November 19, 2009
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