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Brown said the program is not
being implemented as a result of a
high crime rate and the city’s lev
el is lower than normal.
Brown said the city of Bryan in
vests substantial amounts of money
into the training of its police officers.
The city trained the police as
sistants in criminal law, munici
pal ordinances, preliminary in
vestigations and writing reports.
They work with the Bryan po
lice department detective and pa
trol division, and support services.
Duties performed by assistants
include traffic direction and tak
ing reports; however, their duties
are not limited to those tasks.
Brown said police assistants are
alho utilized for regulating funeral
traffic direction as well as coordi
nating with the funeral home to
safely maintain order without se
vere disruption of traffic.
These assistants are distin
guished from Bryan police officers
by their different uniforms and
patrol cars.
Police assistants will wear gray
polo-style shirts with “police as
sistant” and the logo of the city of
Bryan on them.
Unlike police cruisers, the au
tomobiles driven by police assis
tants have green and yellow over
head lights.
According to a press release, two
police assistants are working with
the department’s patrol division.
Brown said the program will
provide the citizens of Bryan with
better protection and service.
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\PID CITY, S.D. (AP) — When the first few
odies turned up in the gurgling trout stream that
ini through a park in this city on the edge of
le Black Hills, the deaths drew little attention.
Police investigated, but all the evidence indi-
ated that the homeless men had spent their
ays and nights drinking along Rapid Creek and
mply passed out and drowned.
I As more men died, however, law officers be-
amc suspicious. The deaths now total eight in
6 months, three this year. In typical years, only
bout one homeless person turns up drowned
long the erfeek.
‘[There’s just too many of them to say it’s co-
acioence,” Police Chief Tom Bennies said. “But
could be.”
Authorities have no witnesses who saw any
if them go into the creek. There are no bullet
ioles, stab wounds or evidence of other injuries.
,’olice do not know where most of the men en-
ered the stream.
What investigators know is that six of the
■ight were Indians and all but one had been
Iriilking heavily just before they died. Most had
ilood alcohol levels of at least 0.25 percent, or
nore than 2 1/2 times the 0.1 percent level at
vhich drivers are presumed to be drunk.
||The homeless people who live under bridges
long the creek believe someone is pushing un-
atascious or helpless drinkers into the water.
Clement Standing Elk said he and other street
?ople no longer risk hanging out alone.
“We go around in packs,” he said.
Rumors reported to police include accusa-
Dns that the creek people are being killed by a
How homeless man, by racist skinheads, a mo-
1 owner, members of a Satanic cult and a big
hite man on a bicycle. One report even accused
police officer.
Standing Elk is among those who blame
cist skinheads and said the creek people have
inded together to chase some of them away.
‘Irhey came by here,” Standing Elk said,
fhere were four of them and they said they were
)ing to throw another dead Indian in the creek.”
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) —
Moammar Gadhafi has been
busy inventing a high-tech
car shaped like a rocket, dur
ing the years of sanctions.
A green prototype was
unveiled Monday. It holds
five passengers and has air
bags that deploy all around
the interior.
It also has a collapsible
bumper and a system of
anti-roll panels.
The vehicle is meant to
highlight the Libyan leader’s
concern for humanity and
human life, Al-Dukali Al-Mu-
garyef, general commission
er of the Libyan Arab Do
mestic Investment Co., said.
Those eager to take a spin
in one will have to wait un
til it hits the market in a cou
ple of years. As for its price,
al-Mugaryef said it will be
quite affordable.
The Silver Taps ceremony
will be held tonight in
front of the Academic
Building at 10:30pm. The
ceremony is conducted
to honor those students
that have passed away
during their enrollment
in Texas A&M University.
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be honored:
Natalie Christine Bredthauer
(Industrial Distribution)
Arend Gabro Higgs'
(Agriculture Systems
Management)
Bunpot Owarang
(Civil Engineering)
Michael Duane Wagener
(Environmental Design)
John Earl Willard
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