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ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL Sunday, January 9, 1972 City Police Prepare For Major Overhaul Continued from A-1 ment all over the city when we complete the traffic analysis." THE CHIEF said shortly after coming to Albuquerque that he believed traffic citations should be issued with a goal of improving traffic conditions especially prevention of accidents. The study, he said, will show officers what violations are causing accidents at each location in the city, so the patrolmen can watch for specific violations at location and issue citations as a preventive measure. "The officers (in the past) haven't getting the information need" for been, "selective traffic enforcement," Byrd said. BUT THE citations need to be issued with explanations of their purpose, the chief said, such violation I'm citing you with has been responsible for 10 accidents at this intersection in the past month." "There's more to it than enforcement." Byrd said. "If we could approach this from an educational standpoint, we'd be way ahead." Byrd aiso has made some innovative changes in the way his men police public drunks.

"I don't think they (drunks) should be treated as criminals. And I've asked my people 1 to treat them this way. "MY PHILOSOPHY on a drunk is that his safety and well-eing come first. If somebody on the street (or a relative or friend) will take care of him, then they should. "But I don't want him to stagger in front of a car and get run over or go to sleep in an alley and freeze to death or get robbed and beaten." Many persons, though, are still arrested and jailed by policemen on public drunkenness charges.

"The reason they're getting arrested is for their protection. There's nobody to take care of them, and, really, they're better off in jail," the chief said. IN THE AREA of chronic drunkenness and drug abuse, Byrd said he thinks "the community should look to the area of rehabilitation. The police don't have the facilities (for rehabilitation programs), but we're willing to cooperate." The chief said he has guided the department's narcotics agents to "try to cut off the big sources of and not attempt to eliminate the users by arrest. Byrd said he sees the solution in the arrest of big drug suppliers and rehabilitation of users.

"If we do have a (rehabilitation) program then it needs to be comprehensive enough to prevent the large number of property crimes from occurring." THE CHIEF takes a much harder line on other "victimless crimes," such as prostitution and gambling. you turn your back on prostitution, then you open the door to organized crime in this area. Legalization (of prostitution) doesn't remove the organized crime element," he said. Byrd said his chief complaint of illicit gambling activities that the "clientele aren't treated fairly." In the organization of his department, Byrd has made a lot of changes, but there's more in store. ASKED ABOUT the work of his patrolmen and lowerechelon supervisors, Byrd said, "I'm not happy.

I don't think any police administrator should be. "We've made some changes, and there's more to be made." But, generally, his officers are "trying" to improve themselves, and many patrolmen and sergeants are "really picking up" the new techniques and procedures he's promoting, Byrd said. The chief specifically lauded his deputy chiefs who he said are "doing a good job," although he stressed that the top-echelon commanders are appointed and replaceable, and apparently they're going to stay that way. "I don't think they need permanence, any more than I need permanence. "WE'VE OVERLY PROTECTED people in police organizations.

And, in doing that, we've probably over protected the incompetent employes. "You get a situation where there's a guy (who's incompetent), and you can't fire him." Byrd said the chief's naming of his commanders is absolutely necessary for any good organization, including a police force. "If you don't have the right pick your own top people, then you're lost." In addition to hand-picked aides, Byrd said, an equal necessity is innovative think- Police Promotion Criteria Study in College Criteria for Albuquerque police officers seeking promotion, next year will include a requirement for college work. The requirements, a first for officers' benefit, have been published and clarifies exactly what a policeman seeking a promotion to higher rank must do. Present regulations require the successful completion of a written examination, oral interview, work skill evaluation and promotional potential evaluation.

HOWEVER, beginning Jan. 1, 1973, promotions will require six semester hours of college study in a police-related degree gram or in various policerelated subjects at an accredited two-year or four-year institution. The department's planning officer, Lt. Lucius Powell, hailed the new requirement as "a real step forward." Powell said he's "personally glad to see such a program. And from the reaction from within the department, I think most of the officers are very much in favor of the program." HE SAID THE distribution of the promotion criteria, including the college-hour requirements, brought an immediate response from officers seeking information on how to enroll in local colleges.

Powell explained that the educational requirements for promotion will be increased each year by six credit hours, meaning that in 1974 the department will require 12 hours and in 1975 be increased to 18 hours, until the criteria includes a bachelor's degree. THE PLANNING officer said the department hopes that the bachelor's degree requirement would come sooner than the 20 years it would take to reach that point under the six-hours-peryear additions. Colleges accredited in the Albuquerque area for parttime schooling of fulltime officers include the University of Albuquerque, University of New Mexico, New Mexico Tech at Socorro, College of Santa Fe and St. John's College in Santa Fe. AT THE CITY schools, federal funds are available for financing the education of fulltime policemen in law enforcement course work, Lt.

Powell said. At the of officers can qualify for full tuition payment, up to six hours a semester, through the Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP), a all sponsored by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. And. UNM has "a limited amount of LEEP money available on a first-come, firstserved basis," for fulltime officers, he said, which has no ho BOTH requirements. the LEEP BUT programs require that officers sign a contract with the city and agree to work for two years with APD after completing the course work.

Officers are urged to go to of which has a special set of police-related courses. Generally, the lieutenant said, the course work an officer undertakes will be judged against his current assignment and plans for career specilization within the department to determine which would be "policerelated" and which wouldn't. "We'll have to look at each case indivually," he said. Sanchez Backs Legal Aid pletely unethical for any attorney, or group of attorneys, to tour the penitentiary and seek out prisoners with legal problems. "It is unethical and a violation of the canons of ethics of the Bar Assn.

for any lawyer to solicit business, regardless of whether he is paid for it or not." Sanchez noted that the legal aid being discussed was of a civil nature, such as land title problems, divorces or other items bothering men behind walls. He pointed out that in criminal matters the courts currently appoint lawyers for men behind the walls. "Dozens of writs are filed regularly in their behalf," he said. HE REITERATED that while attorneys do not have a right under the statutes to enter the penitentiary at will, the practice of the warden has been and will continue to be to allow them access to their clients. "That has always been true," said Sanchez.

"Only during the October riot and for two or three days after, when all outsiders were denied entrance, have lawyers been kept out." Sanchez said a Journal story concerning Friday's meeting of the corrections commission left the impression that the prison staff would decide which prisoner legitimately needed a lawyer and which one did not. This, he said, is not correct. "All that the prison staff does in connection with civil cases is tell the prisoners where they can get free advice if they say Gallup Resident, Prewitt Man Die In Auto Accidents Continued from A-1 they cannot hire a lawyer," he added. "The staff might suggest this university group if it is operating, the Legal Aid Society or any other attorneys who have indicated they want to provide such service." MEMBERS OF the Committee of Citizens Concerned about Corrections have also discussed organizing a group of Albuquerque lawyers to make free service available to prison inmates. The clinical law school program was proposed to the commission by William MacPherson, director, who indicated that it would rather than soliciting cases respond to inmate letters concerning various problems.

A questionnaire would be sent to the individual, and, if the matter appeared worthy, interviews and a committment to help would follow. He said the students could also help with the establishment of due process in the institution a recommendation of the recent Santa Fe grand jury. Sanchez said that the courts have said that in connection with disciplinary matters inside the walls due process is necessary. He said the courts have said that while a lawyer is not the prisoner is if he wants entitled to a hearnecessary where his side of the situation is presented. He said the ing prisoner may provide it himself, may be represented by another prisoner, by a case worker, by a member of the staff or even by a lawyer if he sees the need.

recreational land use, water pollution, and auto emissions. The sessions were moderated by Mrs. L. Sunny Butler, president of the Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP): Carolyn Lindberg, chairman of the Environmental Quality Commission, League of Women Voters; and James Delameter, head of the Physical Education Dept. at NMSU.

One of the biggest stirs in the panel discussion came when John Wright, chief of the water quality division of the state Environmental Improvement Agency, suggested that an adobe wall be built around Albuquerque to limit the growth and that REERIO be disbanded "because it's time to start doing something Environmental Agency Hit As Disorganized, Mediocre and improving three groups to discuss Continued from A-1 "Maintaining GALLUP (UPI) State Police reported a Prewitt, N.M., man died early Saturday in a one-car accident on Interstate 40 and a Gallup resident died in an accident near that city late Friday. The two victims were identified as Dwight Gilbert McDonald, 19, of Prewitt and TRAFFIC DEATHS CITY 1971 1972 In All Jan. Since Jan. 1 1 STATE In All Jan. 30 Since Jan.

1 10 14 Richard R. Hamilton, 22, of Gallup. McDonald was killed when his car left I-40 near the Thoreau overpass and struck concrete abutment. He died at the scene of massive head injuries. Hamilton died when the car he was driving left NM-666 near Gallup, traveled 55-feet and struck a steep cliff.

The car then overturned throwing the victim and a passenger out. The passenger, Ernest L. Peterson, 25, of Mexican Springs, N.M. was injured. Galileo Palace Razed PADUA, Italy (AP)-A historic 14th century palace in which noted Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei once lived was destroyed by a fire Saturday.

The palace, in downtown Padua, had been used by a Roman Catholic congregation as a library. Scores of firemen fought the flames all night and succeeded in keeping the blaze from spreading to the adjacent residence of priests in charge of the palace. 17 Million Jobless JAKARTA (P) -The government reported that 17 million persons in Indonesia's 44.6 million-strong work force are jobless. New Signs to Boast Both Words, Pictures Continued from A-1 depicted by a big white on a blue field with "hospital" spelled out on a narrow blue and white sign below it. One of the major changes will be in striping.

Previously white had been used for lane separation whether on one or two-way roadways. Now a dashed yellow striping will separate two-way traffic and the dashed white used only for lane separation in one-way traffic and for lane separation on either side of the yellow two-way traffic. Changes will show up in the traffic signal field too one of them will be the amber turn arrow, a counterpart in the turning situation to the regular amber "wait" signal at a regular intersection. While the changeover is mandatory, the timetable is flexible allowing departments to make the changes gradually as money is available but to be completely within about a twoyear period. Albuquerque's Traffic Engineering Dept.

will begin to utilize the new striping and signs almost immediately, by filling replacement requirements with the new symbols. Aztec Trucker Dies In Colorado Crash SLICK ROCK, Colo. (UPI) An Aztec truck driver was burned to death late Friday when his tractor-trailer rig left a Colorado highway and overturned. The Colorado State Patrol identified the victim as Warren F. Bowen, 27.

Officers said Bowen was on Colorado Highway 141 near Slick Rock when the rig went out of control down a hill. The truck struck a rock. Bowen was thrown from the wreckage but was burned as flames engulfed the entire rig. the headlines but it doesn't provide quantitative results." KARAGANIS SAID civil injunctive procedures are more effective against polluters. "The government should attempt to see if Cassandra is right," he said.

"Let's all put our cards on the table, let's try to bring the citizens into the decision making process. The rate of citizen participation is abysmal." Late in the Saturday meeting, former Gov. Jack Campbell resigned as the vice president for education of REERIO. No immediate replacement was named. PRIOR TO his resignation, Campbell wound up the conference with a brief address in which he said New Mexico must find a balance between its roles as "a storehouse for vast natural resources and a playhouse for the tired city dwellers from Dallas and the East." the environment is a very complex thing," he said.

"We have had a tendency to over simplify." Campbell referred to a previous speaker who said she had gone skiing and had looked down upon a blanket of brown smog over Albuquerque. "THE SAME people who the forest for trails," he find beauty in clear of said, "are horrified by clearcutting for power lines. "We have to make up our minds that our value systems and our life styles are the polluters." Echoing a frequent comment of the conference, Campbell said the future of the environmental movement depends on the involvement of citizens. "'We can't conduct a meaningful dialogue unless they know what we're talking about." he said. DURING THE morning session, delegates split into Funeral Services Held For Los Alamos Scientist Funeral services were held Saturday morning, in Guaje Pines Cemetery in Los Alamos for Dr.

Elizabeth R. Graves, 55, one of the scientists who started the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Dr. Graves was a group leader in the experimental physics division at LASL and carried on basic scientific research on neutron interactions with materials. HER HUSBAND Dr.

Alvin C. Graves, who was head of LASL's Test Division at the time of his death in 1965, was also a physicist and associated with the group which initiated the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Dr. Graves received her Ph. D.

in physics from the University of Chicago in 1940 and in early 1942 joined the staff of the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago. While at the University of Chicago Mrs. Graves began her work of fast neutron measurement, and related research in neutron physics. DR. GRAVES was assigned to Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in early 1943 and continued there almost without interruption until her death.

She is survived by three children; Mrs. George Hedrick, III, of Stillwater, Alvin Palmer, and Betsy Anne, a student at the University of New Train Wreck Kills 4 ZAMORA, Spain (UPI) Two trains, one of them loaded with passengers and mail, collided head-on and burst into flames Saturday near Requejo in northwestern Spain, police said. At least four persons were killed and several others injured in the collision Spain's second train accident in two days. RA PA RA RA DA DA DA RA DA DA RA RA RA MA RA HAUQUITZ CUSTOM MADE JEWELRY CUSTOM DESIGNED JEWELRY CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR YOU 6101 Marble N.E. Marberry Plaza Suite 10 Dial 266-0791 more than talking." FROM ANOTHER- Albuquerque Police "There's More to It ing and planning for the future.

HE PLACED a young, newly-promoted lieutenant in charge of that function, a recent graduate of Northwestern University's nine month-long police administration program. Lt. Lucius Powell, a veteran Albuquerque Police Academy teacher and former Air Force instructor, said his planning section does only general planning for the department, and spurs the various cornmands within the department to do their own detailed planning. The section also handles the force's technical writing of rules and procedures, and liaisons with Washington 01 the thousands of dollars worth of federal grants to the department. "ONE THING that most people don't appreciate is that we try to spur all the other areas of the department to plan for the future," Powell said.

And that function is a twoway street. "We get a lot of assistance and advice from the field in writing plans for future police eventualities. With a bond issue approved last year for construction of a two-story addition to the new police building, one of the big projects to be undertaken this year will be "space allocation study" to determine how each police and Municipal Court function will fit into the expanded area. ANOTHER PROJECT underway is a comprehensive manpower survey "projecting the needs of the department for the next three years," Lt. Powell said.

That study, expected to be completed this summer has initially shown that "with our crime problem in the streets, our thrust has got to be in that area." With limited manpower, "auxiliary functions may have to take a back seat to the uniformed field service areas 11 he said. ALSO TO BE developed this year is a book of guidelines for civil disturbance operations, most of which had to be developed at the scene and on the spur of the moment in June's riots by the virtually unexperienced riot-fighters the force became. Powell has already developed a more simplified system of "general orders" of the department, setting down procedures, and his staff continuing to rewrite the department's "Blue Book," and modernizing the book of rules and regulations and code of conduct for officers. Acministrative Deputy Chief Jack Chappell said changes Chief Donald Byrd Than Enforcement" are afoot also in the police academy, community services and fiscal-personnel areas of the force. ALSO.

"WE will be increasing, hopefully, our efficiency in the operations of the Office of Emergency Preparedness, having learned a lot from the riots," Chappell said. The Albuquerque Police Academy, for years involved only in recruiting and training new officers, will be expanded this year to include not only recruit training, but also supervisory training and inservice training for regular officers. A big change made late last year in the fiscal section brought the money operations entirely under the direction of civilian empoyes. THE SECTION includes a fiscal affairs officer, former City Treasurer's office employe Frank Martinez, and a purchasing secretary. in addition to the force's payroll clerk.

Chappell said he sees the civilianization as a "step toward better budgeting and budget preparation," by enlisting a "professional in this area." The deputy chief said plans call for civilian employment to be increased in other areas now manned by sworn personnel, including the hiring of a public information officer. "WE ARE desirous of having an information officer, but there's no budget, yet, for one. We will look for a professional, if we can find one" instead of enlisting a police officer into the job. A related area, community services, until recently was known as community relations. In line with the name change, "We want to develop change the attitudes of the community from 'enforcement' per se to the deputy chief said.

WITH THE recruitment and employment services now handled by the personnel Chappell said, the department can build a "better promotional structure, with better testing and evaluation procedures." He said the department "will seek psychological testing and counseling services with or without federal funds," which have been sought for such a program. In the area of recruitment, the personnel section last year produced a public-service television announcement seeking potential police ofis ficers who wanted to "Be Somebody. Be A Cop." "We're going to ask for considerable assistance from professionals in news media and advertising for our recruitment program," Chappell said. viewpoint, Jesse B. Gilmer, a Texas commissioner on the Rio Grande Compact Commission, said he is interested only in putting more water in the rivers, and that if it requires clear cutting of large melting, patches then that's what should be done.

"About 25 per cent of the mountain snowpack is being wasted," he said. "And other water is being wasted by nonuseful vegetation." Much of the talk at the panel discussion of recreation focused on how to provide proper facilities for low income groups. "IT WOULDN'T do much good to build a golf course in Calif. regional standards. THE MOLD AND HOLD PERM REG.

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9 AM to 9 PM. Sat. 9 AM to 6 PM south Albuquerque," said David King, acting director of the State Planning Office. "We've got to start getting our ear next to the people." The panel recommended specific research projects which could later be incorporated into a comprehensive land use program. Joyce Costello, chief planner with Earth Environmental Consultants here, said citizens in Albuquerque are faced with two possibilities "either you eliminate the auto or you're going to have to make it inconvenient to use the auto.

"We need to encourage move toward mass transportation." she said. The panel also called for better instrumentation, stiffer controls. and a broadened outlook toward the possibilities of bike trails, minibuses, and Dr. Elizabeth R. Graves Mexico; a grandson, Bryan Hedrick, and one brother John B.

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