Green to talk about state of county.Byline: COUNTY BEAT By Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard If you want to hear outgoing board of commissioners Chairman Bobby Green's five-point plan for a successful county in the coming year, head on down to Harris Hall on Monday for his State of the County address - and stick around afterward af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. Adv. 1. afterward - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here to rub elbows with elected officials, county staff members and fellow citizens. The annual event features live music, the swearing in of newly elected and re-elected county officials, more live music, introductions and speeches, election of board officers, still more live music and a reception. Those taking oaths of office this time around include commissioners Green and Peter Sorenson, who won re-election to the board from the North Eugene and South Eugene districts, respectively; Faye Stewart, elected to serve the East Lane District; incoming county Sheriff Russel Burger; and Doug Harcleroad, re-elected as district attorney. It all happens at 10 a.m. at 125 E. Eighth Ave. in downtown Eugene. A chance to unload To remove a program from memory or take a tape or disk out of its drive. bulky block foam Here's another date to put on your calendar if you're among those who unwittingly have developed a collection of block foam - better known as Styrofoam - and now don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how to get rid of it. On Jan. 15, the county will accept block foam without charge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the refuse and recycling facility at 3100 E. 17th Ave. in Glenwood, off Glenwood Boulevard. Call 682-4339 for more information. New tool in use for truth-testing Because of the limitations of polygraph An instrument used to measure physiological responses in humans when they are questioned in order to determine if their answers are truthful. Also known as a "lie detector," the polygraph has a controversial history in U.S. law. tests - they're not always reliable and can't be used on pregnant women or people under the influence of drugs or alcohol - Lane County Detective Matt Keetle helped push a bill through the last session of the state Legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: Instead of having to hook people up with wires to a polygraph machine, the voice stress analyzer uses a microphone attached to a computer. The software measures "micro tremors" - tiny changes in the frequency modulation frequency modulation: see modulation; radio. (1) An earlier magnetic disk encoding method that places clock bits onto the medium along with the data bits. It was superseded by MFM and RLL. of the human voice - as people answer questions during criminal investigations. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Lane County Sheriff's Office's latest newsletter, "When a test subject is lying, the automatic, or involuntary nervous system, causes an inaudible increase in the micro tremor's frequency." Detectives trained to use the computer system can identify these deceptive de·cep·tive adj. Deceptive or tending to deceive. de·cep  tive·ness n. voice patterns.
Like polygraph tests, the voice stress analyzer results may not be used in court, but it helps in the investigation of cases. The new method has other advantages over the polygraph, according to the department - the computer can be transported anywhere, substance use doesn't affect the results and training takes far less time, so more people can be available to use it. So far, the sheriff's office has two voice stress analyzer computers, and four detectives have been certified See certification. by the National Institute for Truth Verification to operate them. Randi Bjornstad can be reached at 338-2321 or rbjornstad@guardnet.com. |
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