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<DIV><SPAN class=409543221-20112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I like
the "junior seat belt officers" idea. And I think parents should do their own
parenting, there was a time when having your local constable have a chat with
your kids might put the fear of God into the child, but I think that time is
past and our officers are already harried enough. Parents need to be parents,
not their kid's best friend. The friendship part comes after the child is an
adult.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Jennifer McFarland
[mailto:jmcfarland@latah.id.us]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 20, 2006 1:26
PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Kai Eiselein, editor'; 'Vision 2020'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[Vision2020] Question for the Vision<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><IMG class=shape
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Interesting points, Kai. Speaking
of education, I wonder what people think about the programs that encourage
kids to be “junior seat belt officers.” Firemen go to schools and tell
kids they need smoke detectors and to pressure their parents into getting
them; what about the programs that ask kids to “police” their parents about
using seat belts? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">On a related topic: Parents often call
the Sheriff’s Office or Police Department and ask us (the officers) to “scare”
their children about the evils of swearing/stealing/hitting/refusing to wear a
seat belt/talking back, or any number of other things. Their theory
seems to be that we’re scarier or more authoritative than they are.
Where should we draw the line and tell parents to do their own parenting, or
should we? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face=Georgia color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Det. Jennifer
L. McFarland<BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Latah</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Sheriff's Office<BR>Public
Information Officer<BR><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">PO
Box</st1:Street> 8068</st1:address><BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">83843</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><BR>(208)
882-2216<BR>Fax (208) 883-2281<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><A
href="http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm"><FONT face=Georgia
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm</SPAN></FONT></A><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Georgia color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Truth is the
summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.<BR>***Ralph
Waldo Emerson<BR><BR> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Kai
Eiselein, editor [mailto:editor@lataheagle.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, November 20, 2006
13:17<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Jennifer McFarland;
'Vision 2020'<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE:
[Vision2020] Question for the Vision</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I believe that all persons under the age
of 18 should be belted, and officers should be able to pull over a vehicle if
they see an unbelted minor.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Adults, however, should make their
own choices.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I say this in light of the fact that I
ALWAYS wear a seatbelt and twice have walked away relatively uninjured because
of them, including an end over end
rollover.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I've also been injured by a seatbelt;
compression fractures in my back. But that was an oddball accident and if I
hadn't been wearing a seatbelt, the doctors said I would have probably broken
my neck.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">What is needed is better education as to
WHY people need to use seatbelts and use actual, close up, gory photos of
those that didn't. I've crawled into a car after a guy hit a telephone pole at
30 mph with no belt and it is not a pretty sight. Maybe if people see the
real, unsanitized results, their seatbelt usage would
change.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I think our police have better things to
do than play parent to adult drivers. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">It also seems a bit goofy to me to
toughen seatbelt laws on adults, while having no helmet law for
them.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Just my two cents
worth.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Jennifer
McFarland<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday,
November 20, 2006 12:16 PM<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> 'Vision 2020'<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Vision2020] Question for the
Vision</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Dear
Visionaries,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">I hope you are all doing well as we
enter the holiday season. I issued a press release a little over a
week ago alerting the public of our “Click It Don’t Risk It!” seat belt
compliance campaign. I’m happy to say that of the 15 cars I pulled
over yesterday, only one person was not in compliance with <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place>’s seat belt
laws. However, I was just visited by a friend form the Lewiston Police
Department (our partner in this year’s campaign), and he and I talked about
our laws relative to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place>’s laws. In <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place>, an officer
must pull a car over for a “greater” offense (speeding, having a
registration sticker in the wrong place, not having a front plate, etc.) in
order to enforce the seat belt laws. In other words, I cannot pull
over a car just because I see a small child standing up in the back seat—I’d
have to have other probable cause to pull over said vehicle. The
<st1:City w:st="on">Lewiston</st1:City> officer I’ve been working with has
spent a lot of time trying to change <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place>’s laws regarding seat belt use to:
1. make it a primary offense, and 2. raise the fines so they are
commensurate with other states’ fines for the same. I’ve heard
arguments supporting both sides to this, but I am curious as to what Latah
County’s citizens think about our seat belt laws—whether they are adequate
as they are, if they should change, how they should change, etc. My
own views on seat belt usage have as much to do with how I was raised as
they do with a general aversion to the gruesome scenes I’ve experienced
responding to collisions wherein the passenger(s) were not properly
restrained (and having to notify next of kin). But I also realize that
my experience is just that—mine. What are your
thoughts?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Thank you for your
time,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">~Jennifer
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<P><FONT face=Georgia color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Det. Jennifer
L. McFarland<BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Latah</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Sheriff's Office<BR>Public
Information Officer<BR><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">PO
Box</st1:Street> 8068</st1:address><BR><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">83843</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><BR>(208)
882-2216<BR>Fax (208) 883-2281<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><A
href="http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm"><FONT face=Georgia
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm</SPAN></FONT></A><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Georgia color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Truth is the
summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.<BR>***Ralph
Waldo Emerson<BR><BR> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#006666
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #006666; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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