A beat that's hard to beat.Byline: The Register-Guard When 10-year veteran Eugene Police Officer Jennifer Curry agreed to take the job of downtown bicycle bicycle, light, two-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals. The name velocipede is often given to early forms of the bicycle and to its predecessor, the dandy horse, a two-wheeled vehicle moved by the thrust of the rider's feet upon the ground. patrol officer, she wasn't sure that she would like it. She agreed only to an 8-month rotation. That was 5 years ago. Now she makes it her business to learn what she can about juveniles on the street, often contacting their parents to learn what she can about their circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or . The information she gleans might lead her to steer steer castrated male cattle beast over a year of age. See also bullock, buller steer. steer bulling see bulling. steer Medtalk verb at-risk kids to a needed social service or resource. She works closely with parole parole (pərōl`), in criminal law, release from prison of a convict before the expiration of his term on condition that his activities be restricted and that he report regularly to an officer. officers whose clients might frequent the area, helping to keep them accountable to the system. She hosts monthly meetings with the local business people to stay on top of the evolving challenges they face. Such meetings might lead to concentrated patrols or other solutions. Getting to know the area and its unique problems, its tapestry tapestry, hand-woven fabric of plain weave made without shuttle or drawboy, the design of weft threads being threaded into the warp with fingers or a bobbin. of personalities, has allowed her to do a kind of community policing that she finds deeply satisfying. |
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