ALERT EYES of the Kilsumkalum Citizens on Patral program help
deter crime in the community. From the left is RCMP Constable

Kitsumkalum gets benefits
of COPS on village streets

IN WHAT IS believed to be the first for a na-
tive village, Kitsumkalum has started a
volunteer citizens patrol.

Called Citizens on Patrol (COPs), its members
drive. the strects of Kitsumkalum at night,
, Teporling any suspicious activity to the RCMP,

“We have 14 volunteers signed up; the major-
ity of them are members of the volunteer fire
department,’’ says co-ordinator Emie Gerow,

The Kitsumkalum COPS programs operates in
the same fashion as its Terrace counterpart.

Voluntecrs driving. the streets at night radio
' back information to a base station which is then
_ Telayed to the RCMP by telephone.

The patrol works each Friday and Saturday
Night and staggers its hours so potential law-
breakers can’t predict their movements.

“Tf they know that our shift ends at 4 a.m,, at
- 4:05 a.m. they might say, ‘It’s go,’” said
' Gerow. Woe
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The idea is 10 deter potential lawbreakers once
they know there is somebody out watching for

There are typically four people out each patrol
night —- two in a vehicle and two at the base

Having the base station at the hall and. having
Voluntecr. firefighters involved in the patrol is a

He and fellow patrol organizer Carol Sam say
the firchall offers‘a convenient base for opera-

‘The, bigger the village gets, the more
worthwhile this is,’’ said Sam of a population
boom that has seen Kitsumkalum grow from 50
At last count, there are 70 homes in the lower

' portion of the village and in the upper new sub-

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Hayley Nielsen, the village's RCMP fiaison officer, patrol member
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- “When the members come out at night; they
have somebody to talk to and to see what’s

“Members may not be able to make regular
patrols all the time and this way, the community
is keeping an eye on itself,”’ Nielsen added,

COPS volunteers are trained as observers and
are cautioned not to become involved in any-
thing that might affect their safety.

But Sam says there are some times when
COPS volunteers may help out.

“If they meet kids they know, they might of- ,
fer them a tide,’” she said.

COPS relies on donations of money to meet
expenses and on donated items which can be

Also welcome are. more volunteers for the
program to ease the workload of the current

News In Brief

Phone deal slammed

LOCAL UNIONISTS aren’t happy with a cost savings
move on the part of Miils Memorial Hospital. The has-
pital wants to switch ils long distance company from
B.C. Tel to Westel.

“While this may create minor savings in the short
term, it could create Iong term pain in our community,
History has shown, particularly in the USA, that over
the long term, rales will rise and eventually telephone
workers will be laid off. in the community,” wrote
Kitimat Terrace and District Labour Council president
Norm Lavallee in a a letter to the hospital’ S poveming
society,

The hospital estimates ill save $3,600 a year by the
switch to Westel which is owned by BC. Rail, a
provincial crown corporation,

Check it out.

THE LOCAL library now has a complete collection of
important land claims court cases.

They were provided by the aboriginal affairs ministry
and -include the landmark Calder decision of 1973,
regarded as the one which set in motion the events that
now have lead the federal and provincial governments
to negotiate treaties,

The decision is named after Nisga’sa chief Frank
Calder. He and other Nisga'a chiefs had asked.the fed-
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came to native tile. Three justices agreed, three dis-
agreed and a seventh abstained, leading to a split deci-
sion.

Also available i is the Delgamuukw appeal court deci-
sion in which the Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en sued the
federal and provincial governments for title...

‘Rental dispute change.

|. A NEW Arbitration Review Panel will. be able to
review decisions of arbitrators under the Residential
Tenancy Act.

This will happen if applicants couldn’t attend the
original hearing, if there’s information not- available
before, if the arbitrator was biased or exceeded his or
her power or if the arbitrator’ 8 order was obtained by
fraud. .

Applications for reviews can n be had at government
agent offices fora $25 non-refundable fee,

| Getting tough with teens

- THE COURTS will now be able to keep youth killers
in prison ionger. |

Amendments .to the Young Offenders Act which
came into force this month provide for 10 years in
Prison for first degree murder and seven years in ‘prisen.
for second degree murder.

Sixteen and 17-year-old young people will how. be
tried in adult court unless they can convince a judge-
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