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In a quiet moment, Post 877 members pose for a different "mug" shot. Deputy Ken Engh, associate Advisor, and Advisor Stan Friese
(far left), and Sheriff Barnes and Captain Harold Kleve, committeeman (far right), smile solid support for this law enforcement team.
In another incident, a deputy was called
to separate a husband and wife who were
fighting, the kind of chore that every law
officer hates. As so often happens, both
combatants piled on the deputy and were
giving him a rough time until Explorer
Louis Schultze jumped in and helped the
deputy subdue the couple.
Lou Schultze later became an associate
Advisor with the Post and is now a deputy
on the Sheriff's force.
Lou's choice of a career is no surprise
to Sheriff Barnes or to Captain Friese.
Both feel that Lou, a recent addition to
the department, handles his assignments
with the maturity of an officer of several
years experience because of his back-
ground with Post 877.
"About 30% of our Explorers have
gone on to careers in law enforcement or
plan to work toward degrees in the field,"
says Captain Friese.
Among the Explorers planning to enter
law enforcement full time are Jay De-
clercque, 1st vice president; Steve Rus-
selle, sergeant at arms; Larry McKinney
and Larry Rilling, both communications
corporals.
Jay presently devotes about 20 hours
per week to the department and Steve
spends as much as 32 hours per week in
addition to attending Portland Community
College where he is working for a two
year associate's degree in law enforce-
ment. He is anxious to go to work as a
deputy as soon as his study program is
completed.
Jay will shortly enter Portland Commu-
nity College and may go on to Southern
Oregon College for a full degree in the
field before entering some phase of law
enforcement.
Both Larry's have similar plans, but
college is at least two years away for
both.
Many post members are old hands at
testifying in court regarding arrests they
have witnessed.
"I was scared at first," Steve Russelle
admits, "but I soon learned how important
accurate testimony can be, and I learned
to like that part of the job too."
Prosecutors and defense attorneys
alike praise the competent testimony of
Explorers, although some defense law-
yers look a little wistful when they speak
of the effect of Explorer testimony on
juries.
Not every Explorer plans to serve as a
law enforcement officer. Post President
Mike O'Connell has become interested in
working with community groups as a re-
sult of public relations talks he makes to
explain the operation of the post. This ex-
perience plus a long-standing interest in
political science have caused him to think
of a career in politics or law.
Bob Howell, post historian, is active in
conservation projects and thinks he may
combine this interest in our natural re-
sources with law enforcement to become
a conservation officer.
As far as the distaff side of the post is
concerned, it is too soon to tell how ac-
tivities with the post will affect the girls'
career choices.
Active only a few weeks, pretty Cindy
Silvis, a high school sophomore, admits
to a certain initial reluctance to join Ex-
ploring and law enforcement. But after a
brief introduction to the work, she thinks
"It's great."
As far as Sheriff Barnes and Captain
Friese are concerned, the girls will par-
ticipate "as fully as possible, working in
the office, handling complaint calls, learn-
ing the teletype, and assisting women
deputies in the department."
Because of legal complications it's
not possible to allow girls to ride in the
patrol cars, but every other phase of the
work is open to them.
Captain Friese and associate Advisor
Ken Engh, with three daughters of his
own, are convinced the girls will also be
effective in search and rescue.
The post's search and rescue work
combines search techniques, mountain
climbing, first aid, and recovery methods.
For their underwater recovery work, the
post's scuba divers must pass a tough de-
partmental diving test that even rugged
deputies find exhausting.
Each year the post competes against
search and rescue units in Oregon and
parts of Washington for the Barnes Tro-
phy, named after Sheriff Barnes.
While 877 spends only a portion of its
time in search and rescue practice, the
activity is second only to patrol car duty
in popularity and the post is usually well
up in the standings in the trophy contest.
Post 877 hasn't won the trophy yet, but
they've won something more important
—the gratitude of many people in Wash-
ington County and the respect of the ef-
ficient professionals of the Washington
County Sheriff's Department.
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