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4 Friday, November 2, 1984 THE DAILY OKLAHOM ANTIMES. Commentary oil-Bum Swiss Officer Battles Drugs, Too Survivor in Switzerland. Here, he said, people on the highway slow down when they see police car parked be side the road. In Swit zerland, he said, they would lust speed on by. In one respect, the Swiss system does seem accidents to murders to robberies to border incidents, he said.

The officers periodically refresh their specialized training, such as rappelling or anti-terrorist measures, so that with short notice the regular officers can take on the duties of what Americans would consider Special Weapons and Tactics Teams. Contrary to popular beliefs about the orderly Swiss, he said the police officers in the United States tend to be respected by the public more than the officers to be exceedingly order ly. Because of prison and jail overcrowding in Switzerland, people who are convicted of mi nor crimes do not go di workers in the country and the 2,000 Turks seeking political asylum contribute to the drug problem. So far this year in Basel, there have been about 25 drug overdose deaths. Basel, a city of about 200,000 with a police force, also has a lot of bank robberies.

Schneider attributed it to the relatively large number of branch banks in the city. Schneider, whose rank is not comparable to an American rank, is the assistant chief of one of Basel's geographic divisions. While he has never been on patrol with American officers, he said, one of the big differences in the system is that American officers tend to ride one officer to a car. In Basel, each car usually carries three officers: a driver, a chief, By Tom Jones MIDWEST CITY His name's Schneider. He carries a badge.

Peter Schneider, a police officer with the Basel, Switzerland, force has been named an honorary Oklahoma law enforcement officer by the Midwest City Police Department. Schneider, in the United States on vacation, has been visiting friends, officer Wayne Mills and his wife, Her-ta, a native of Germany. The Swiss officer, who speaks German and French, recently spoke at a Midwest City news conference about the differences between American and Swiss law enforcement. The Millses, both of whom speak German, acted as interpreters. The main problem in Basel is drugs, he said.

Thousands of foreign rectly to jail. They are given a number and told Improves An Anadarko man who was burned in an oil truck explosion earlier this month is now in fair condition at Baptist Medical Center, hospital spokesman Leslie Suhre said. Larry Vaughn Price, 32, was admitted to Baptist Medical Center in serious condition Oct. 17 after an oil truck he and his uncle were operating at a northwest Norman oil well exploded, spewing burning oil all over the Anadarko man. Price received second- and third-degree burns over 23 percent of his body, doctors said.

He was taken to Norman Regional Hospital, where he was treated and transferred to the Baptist Burn Center. when and to where to report, and, he said, they show up. Tests Discussed By Psychologists Peter Schneider or investigator, and a scribe, or secretary. Each car is fully equipped with a computer terminal, machine pistols, gas masks and helmets. Officers also tend nol lo be specialists.

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