Briefly.Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene police captain has applied to be chief Eugene police Capt. Elvia Williams confirmed that she has applied to be the next chief of the 184-officer Eugene Police Department. Williams, who oversees patrol operations, will compete with Eugene police Capt. Steve Swenson and six out-of-state candidates for the job, which pays between $90,528 and $113,484 annually depending on the candidate's experience and qualifications. Interviews with citizens, police employees and the heads of other city departments are scheduled for Nov. 21. The city manager expects to announce the finalist the first week of December. Workshop for parents focuses on child safety SCAR/Jasper Mountain is sponsoring a free community workshop on "Understanding and Protecting Your Children from the Child Molesters Noun 1. child molester - a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner paederast, pederast degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior in Our Community" today at Eugene's Valley River Inn. Forensic sex offender sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. expert Cory Jensen, who helps run the Center for Behavioral Intervention behavioral intervention Behavior modification, behavior 'mod', behavioral therapy, behaviorism Psychiatry The use of operant conditioning models, ie positive and negative reinforcement, to modify undesired behaviors–eg, anxiety. in Beaverton, will be the guest presenter at the event, which will run from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The workshop will review the frequency and motivation behind child molestation Child molestation is a crime involving a range of indecent or sexual activities between an adult and a child, usually under the age of 14. In psychiatric terms, these acts are sometimes known as pedophilia. in sex abuse cases. The workshop will also address topics such as prevention, parental support and involvement, family discussions about personal safety and supervision strategies. The workshop will be held in the hotel's Willamette Room. The public can find more information at www.scar-jaspermtn.org. REGION Coos Bay Coos Bay (k  s), city (1990 pop. 15,076), Coos co., SW Oreg., a port of entry on Coos Bay; founded 1854 as Marshfield, inc. 1874, renamed 1944. student faces charges in sex assaults
COOS BAY - A student at Southwestern Oregon Community College Southwestern Oregon Community College is a college in Coos Bay, Oregon, United States. It is Oregon's oldest community college, founded in 1959. The college has about 3,000 students annually and has 60 full-time employees and 275 part-time instructors. was charged with sexual abuse and rape Monday for allegedly assaulting two women at the college over the weekend, police said. Police charged Colten Joseph Goracke, 18, with one count each of sexual abuse and rape for the attacks, which allegedly happened early Saturday morning in the school's student housing. The Alaska resident knew the alleged victims, an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old, only briefly before the alleged incident, Coos Bay police said. Goracke is being held at the Coos County Coos County is the name of two counties in the United States:
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