Posted on 09/09/2006 2:39:24 AM PDT by abb
just like all the "emphasize" patrols that the police and sheriff depts do.......
its more about how much money they can bring in thru tickets than actually preventing road mishaps......
Text of letter from Captain Ed Sarvis to Duke students
Sep 12, 2006 : 6:36 pm ET
August 10, 2005
Dear:
We have recently been informed that you have made a decision to move off campus and take up residence within surrounding neighborhoods of Duke University. We want to welcome you to our community. You will now be a resident of the Uniform Patrol District Two community. Our offices are located at the rear of Northgate Mall. Our desire is to see you and all residents of your home take an active role in the partnership that the Durham Police Department has enjoyed with the residents of District Two. We encourage you to get involved in the community in addition to your involvement at Duke University. We believe that strong community involvement is critical to controlling crime and improving the quality of life in any community. We have many ways for you to get involved in your new community. If you are looking for ways to get plugged in, please visit our sub-station or call our office at 560-4582.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to make you aware of a historical problem that the surrounding neighborhoods of Duke University have had and seek your assistance in making this school year one in which this problem ends. You may or may not be aware that loud parties sponsored by Duke University students have been a recurring issue for years. Some of the permanent residents of Trinity Park, Trinity Heights and Walltown have grown to resent the students due to having to endure the noise, trash and unacceptable behavior of guests at these parties. Students will create unreasonable noise until very late hours. Beer cans and other trash litter the yards of neighbors as well as the host home making the neighborhood look unsightly and reducing property values. Some neighbors have reported students even urinating on their property for their children to witness. We want to end this problem and the negative impression surrounding communities have toward Duke students; starting with you and the residents living with you.
I want to be very clear about what action you can expect from the Durham Police Department should loud parties occur in these communities. If the Durham Police Department is called to a home concerning an out of control party, the actual residents on the premises will be located and, at a minimum, will be criminally charged with violating Durham City Ordinances regarding excessive noise by way of a criminal citation. If the officers responding to the scene feel it is more appropriate, residents may be subject to an actual physical arrest and transported to the Durham County Jail for formal charging. Violation of the Excessive Noise ordinances is a misdemeanor crime, and residents will be held accountable for their actions as well as the actions of their guests.
If underage possession/consumption of alcohol violations are witnessed, our officers will criminally charge each person determined to be in violation. Residents of the home will also face charges for contributing to their delinquency. Please be reminded that for every alcohol violation discovered, is a separate violation on the part of the person(s) responsible for contributing to that delinquency.
Before hosting a large party that cannot be controlled, please consider the long-term problems you face by having a criminal record, regardless of how insignificant you may feel the offense is. A common argument residents make is that they have no control over the actions of their guests or that uninvited guests will appear. As hosting residents, you will be held accountable for what occurs on your property. If you have uninvited guests, you must take the initiative to call 911 and report trespassers. If you have invited guests that get out of control and refuse to leave, again you must take the initiative to call 911 and report a trespasser.
Further action that will be taken will be the notification to the administration of Duke University. Our department meets frequently with Duke University administration and members of the surrounding communities. Duke University has proven a commitment to maintaining good relationships with these communities. I cannot speak for the specific actions of Duke University, but I feel safe in saying that disciplinary action should be expected.
Furthermore, although you are considered adults in the eyes of the law once you turn eighteen years of age, any criminal charge you face is a matter of public record. Our intention is to assure that residents' parents are also made aware of the criminal charges they face. We firmly believe that most residents have parents that assist them in rent and tuition payments. We believe that the persons paying those bills have a right to be informed. Our hope is that they have a greater ability to modify behavior than either the North Carolina courts or Duke University.
We also want you to consider the civil liability you risk should a tragic event occur at a party you are hosting -- such as an alcohol related death or sexual assault. As a police department, we do not object to you and your housemates having parties. We recommend you keep the number of guests manageable, you assure that the noise coming from the party is not heard by neighbors, and that you take the responsibility to make sure everyone is drinking responsibly. The intention of the Durham Police Department is not to harass students, but to hold them accountable for their actions as we would any other resident of our city. As residents of this city, you have a responsibility to act in a way that does not infringe upon the rights of your neighbors. It is our sincere hope that none of these actions will be necessary this year.
We look forward to working with you to make this school year a very successful one. We hope that you will consider our invitation to get involved in our community and help us make Durham an even better place to live. If I can be of any help or answer any questions for you, please don't hesitate to call or visit.
Sincerely,
Captain Ed Sarvis
District Two Commander
http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-769164.html
What's this contemptuous jerk's job at Duke.
I read the Durham City Council's minutes and started at their first meeting in Jan 2006 (1/3/06):
The minutes tell us something about Durham. The City Manager and the City Council are in control of EVERYTHING - from Pay and compensation of the Police (and individual ranks) to funding of the SOCIAL SERVICES contractor. These are some very powerful people in Durham. The subjects and focus also show how Whites like Nifong and City Councilman, Mike Woodard, thrive. Both Woodard and Nifong have been critical of the Duke players and supportive of Police actions. Woodard providing support for Gottlieb and questioning if the complaints are "just Duke students whining."
It looks like there was 26 motions ( 25 were UNAMIMOUS ) and 7 council members voting 26 x7 = 182 votes cast - there was ONE No vote in the entire meeting. 181 yes 1 no. Fall in line, boys.
One can see how everything is inter-related in Durham. People asked why Chalmers was content to step aside and let Patrick Baker run things - The City Council and Baker determine Chalmer's Salary and benefits! Baker and the council approved a proposal to raise police pay and compensation - and Gottlieb is President of the Durham Police Officers' Association. So, it's reasonable to believe that they've had dealings prior to this.
One of the bids voted on was for funding of over 1,000,000 dollars!
In this single meeting minutes, the first read, this is some of the Durham City Council's business:
The City Manager, Patrick Baker, asked for compensation changes and classification changes for the Police Dept - and it was approved. Ordinance #13213
A presentation was given on an African American Male Outreach Program.
A contract for Women-in-Action was approved.
SUBJECT: WOMEN-IN-ACTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AND ITS CAUSES, INC. – CONTRACT
Evidently, positions on the various Durham commissions are reserved by Race and Gender:
SUBJECT: HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION – RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF AN APPLICATION MOTION by Council Member Clement seconded by Mayor Pro Tempore Cole-McFadden to receive and accept an application to fill one (1) MINORITY FEMALE VACANCY on the Human Relations Commission with a term to expire on June 30, 2007 was approved at 7:16 p.m
The Kings of the Public Housing Units (don't arrest those guys at my Pet (Housing) Project)!
SUBJECT: CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (CIP) ORDINANCE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND FUND SUPERSEDING ORDINANCE #13123MOTION by Council Member Clement seconded by Mayor Pro Tempore Cole-McFadden to adopt a Grant Project Ordinance amending General Capital Improvements Project Ordinance #13123, as amended, for the purpose of recognizing Program Income in the amount of $806,291 to the Affordable Housing Bond Fund was approved at 7:16 p.m.
Dept of Justice - Keep the Money coming
SUBJECT: REQUEST TO AMEND GRANT PROJECT ORDINANCE 2005 COPS TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM #13135 – U S DEPARTMENT OFJUSTICE, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES MOTION by Council Member Clement seconded by Mayor Pro Tempore Cole-McFadden to authorize the City Manager to accept the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2005 COPS Technology Grant by executing the grant documents; and To adopt the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2005 COPS Technology Grant Program Project Ordinance, superseding Grant Project Ordinance # 13135 in the amount of $197,329 was approved at 7:16 p.m.
White Councilman, and Duke Student Critic, WOODARD is honoring Emanicipation Proclamation services at a local Church:
VMayor Pro Tempore Cole-McFadden announced she attended the Emancipation Proclamation services at Mt. Level Missionary Baptist Church on January 2, 2006 and thanked the Mayor for his comments. Council Member WOODARD congratulated Rev. James Smith, the officers and members of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Durham along with Rev. Turner and members of Mt. Level for a moving ceremony--Emancipation Proclamation.
http://www.ci.durham.nc.us/agendas/minutes.cfm
_This was just one meeting
And some wondered how Civil Servant Patrick Baker drives a Range Rover
http://www.newsobserver.com/579/story/485526.html
Courting crime
The Durham court system has been embarrassed in recent months by reports of five murder suspects being arrested, released on bail, charged with new crimes in short order and promptly released on bail again. This week, Durham's chief District Court Judge, Elaine Bushfan, District Attorney Mike Nifong and Chief Magistrate Chet Dobies were asked by a neighborhood anti-crime group to explain how that can happen. Their response was as instructive as it was unsatisfactory. Too few magistrates, they moaned. Outmoded computers, they whined.
Those complaints doubtless have some validity. Still, they come across as excuses, in a county that has a higher crime rate than similar-sized jurisdictions elsewhere in North Carolina. Durham's crime rate isn't out of line when compared with many other mid-sized cities nationally. But that doesn't mean much when Durham's neighbors -- and career hoods in the county -- have the perception that the courts are relatively powerless over the bad guys.
Computers in Durham's courts could stand to be upgraded, but they're on the same system used by magistrates in other counties, where dangerous criminals don't seem to be let out as often. Meanwhile, the state's system can't reliably pull up a suspect's criminal records because the legislature hasn't spent the money to link the courts to an SBI database. That's intolerable for a state that takes both technology and public safety seriously.
The General Assembly, controlled by Democrats, has underfunded the courts for years, but things grew worse after Republican I. Beverly Lake Jr. was elected chief justice of the state Supreme Court. (Lake retired earlier this year; the chief justice now is Sarah Parker, a Democrat.) The courts should be kept above the political fray.
Lawmakers also have authorized just 11 criminal magistrates for a county of nearly a quarter million people. Gaston County near Charlotte has 22 magistrates and 45,000 fewer residents.
Durham's legal community has let such inequities stand. The members of that community might have gotten better treatment from Jones Street had they protested loudly -- the squeaky wheel principle, as state Rep. Paul Luebke reminded officials at a separate meeting on the problem last week.
Instead, excuses about shortcomings in the court system have been the result. Durham residents meanwhile must watch mean streets grow meaner.
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/gaynor/060912
The Duke Three should prevail with the truth, not silence
In principle I see nothing wrong with the letter. Noisy and irresponsible neighbors, students or not, can be a major headache. That said, how do the police get the names of people who rent property? Moreover, there seems to be a very broad interpretation of legal responsibility for the actions of others. Is this in line with NC Law?
Looks like a prelude to a Blinco's report clearing Gottlieb, doesn't it?
http://www.ci.durham.nc.us/council/woodard.cfm
Mike Woodard
City Council member (Ward 3)
Profession:
* Administrator, Duke University and Health System
Education:
* Duke University, A.B. in Economics and Political Science
* Duke University, Certificate in Non-Profit Studies
Elected to Council: 2005
Term Expires: 2009
City Council Committees Appointed by the Mayor:
* Joint City/County Planning Committee
* Legislative Committee
* American Center for the Performing Arts Committee
* Information Technology Committee
* Transportation Advisory Committee
* Durham-Chapel Hill-Orange County Work Group
City Council Subcommittees:
* Council Procedures Committee
* Insurance Committee
* Personnel Committee
Other City Council Appointments by the Mayor:
* Durham Arts Council
* Durham Open Space and Trails Commission
* Environmental Affairs Board
Community Involvement and Organizations:
* St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
* President, InterNeighborhood Council
* Durham Central Park, Board of Directors
* AIDS Community Residence Association, Board of Directors
* Graduate, Durham Neighborhood College
* Durham Rotary Club
* Fellow, North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership
* Past President, North Carolina Jaycees
* Past President, Durham Jaycees
* Founder, TROSA Jaycees
* Triangle United Way
* Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce
* American Red Cross
"Looks like a prelude to a Blinco's report clearing Gottlieb, doesn't it?"
Was Gottlieb even at Blinco's? I didn't read that he was there in the paper, so it must not be true. . .
Maybe he could send the same letter to residents of Durham's numerous crack houses. But the neighbors of the crack houses are also crackheads and don't pay taxes or vote. So I guess there's no crime problem after all. My mistake.
Thanks for pointing out the liestoppers board, I think. I joined too. I only say I think because that is one more place to burn up my time.
Yet people still pay lots of money to voluntarily send their kids to Duke to be:
1. PC indoctrinated
2. Mistreated by Duke faculty and administration depending on the race, sex, etc.
3. Harrassed by the police AS A POLICY.
As stupid as the parents apparently are on must wonder how much cheating is going on on those SATs for the offspring of such parents to have such high scores.
I thought I told you to bring me some good-looking kid, not this fat, sausage-chewing wino!
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4184249.html
LEESBURG, Fla. — Two weeks after telling police that her son had been snatched from his crib, Melinda Duckett found herself reeling in an interview with TV's famously prosecutorial Nancy Grace. Before it was over, Grace was pounding her desk and loudly demanding to know: "Where were you? Why aren't you telling us where you were that day?"
A day after the taping, Duckett, 21, shot herself to death, deepening the mystery of what happened to the boy.
(snip)
"Nancy Grace and the others, they just bashed her to the end," Duckett's grandfather Bill Eubank said Tuesday. "She wasn't one anyone ever would have thought of to do something like this. She and that baby just loved each other, couldn't get away from each other. She wouldn't hurt a bug."
Thank you for your heartfelt candor. My student is not an athlete, but was also affected by the situation. While the effect was not as pronounced as what your daughter experienced, for the first time ever classes were missed and homework was delayed. This has been rough on everyone. JLS, I respect most of what you say, but you are way off-base here. Unless you or a loved-one have personal experience at Duke, you have no idea of the education received there. I would send my student to Duke again in a heartbeat. I don't much care for the current government in this country, but I'm not going to jump ship. I feel the same way about Duke.
Try being 18 years old and losing faith in the judicial system, the media, and your own administration.
That's going to be one of the worst of the lasting effects of this.
It is beyond unbelievable that people can be so blatantly falsely accused in this country and that no one intervenes to stop the madness.
Ditto. . .
Which is why it is up to us adults to fix this thing. And we have the power, belive me. Call up newspaper editors and post on their blogs. Call and write judges. Call and write bar associations. Call and write attorney generals. Call and write the US Justice Department. And it's gonna get fixed too. Nifong, Gottlieb, Brodhead are gonna be fixed, I'm absolutely convinced...
http://www.heraldsun.com/opinion/hsedits/56-769063.html
A pep talk at Duke
The Herald-Sun
Sep 13, 2006
Last year was a rough one for Duke University. Its athletes, in particular, were under intense scrutiny in the wake of allegations that three lacrosse players raped and beat an exotic dancer during a wild party in March.
After the rape charges, Duke athletes were under tremendous pressure to be on their very best behavior. They knew that any misdeed, big or small, would be blown out of proportion by a ravenous local and national media on campus to feed on the juicy tidbits of the lacrosse scandal.
And what was true then is true now. No, the huge television satellite trucks haven't again rolled on to campus. But Duke athletes know, fair or not, that they will be the most closely watched student/athletes in the nation this school year.
So, it was smart Monday for the university's athletic department to call Duke's athletes together to give them a timely pep talk. The session, led by basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, also gave Duke officials an opportunity to remind athletes of their responsibilities to the university, the Durham community and most importantly, themselves.
"What this situation this spring did was that people wanted to put a cloud over all of athletics and specifically lacrosse, and I don't think that's fair, quite frankly, because we have so many great kids," Krzyzewski said.
Duke officials acknowledged that in the spring that morale among athletes was pretty low. But Athletic Director Joe Alleva says he believes it is back to normal and trending to high.
"I thought we had already turned the corner, but this really does help," he said. "It's a fresh start. We're turning the page, and we're moving forward."
It's understandable that Duke officials want to put the whole lacrosse scandal behind them, and the quicker the better. It would be unfair to the hundreds of responsible athletes to have their seasons lessened by dwelling too much on the lacrosse case.
But it is also important for Duke athletes and school officials to be mindful of the rape charge, which is scheduled to go to trial in the spring. The last thing Duke needs is a repeat of that regrettable night, and all of the negative attention that came along with it.
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