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NEWS: Read who broke the law during Spring Break
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Health care overhauled without bipartisanship
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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Divided House passes health, student loan bills
By Lisa Garza
Senior Staff Writer
President Barack Obama is
expected to sign the controver-
sial House-approved health care
bill today that would initiate
a giant step toward his goal of
implementing universal medical
coverage.
House Democrats voted 219
to 212 during Sunday evening's
session to send to Obama the
Senate-approved legislation that
would extend health care insur-
ance coverage to about 32 million
Americans and prevent insur-
ance companies from denying
applicants based on pre-existing
medical conditions.
"I think this is a positive
change for the nation, but much
of it remains to be seen how well it
will work out," said John Todd, of
the UNT political science faculty.
"It will mean some major
changes but it will make health
care available to a lot more
people."
In an address to the American
public Sunday night, Obama
said he realizes that opposi-
tion remains and the bill will
continue to undergo scrutiny but
"what will remain standing is
not the government-run system
some feared, or the status quo
that serves the interests of the
insurance industry, but a health
care system that incorporates
ideas from both parties — a
system that works better for the
American people."
The Senate will evaluate
the passed revisions as soon
as Obama signs the broader
legislation, said Jim Manley,
spokesman for Senate Majority
Leader I-Iarry Reid, D-Nev., in a
statement.
The debate will be limited
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to 20 hours and likely will end
early Thursday Manley said.
After that, a series of votes on
amendments will take place
with no time limit on the entire
process, but that allows for just
one minute between votes.
Winners, losers
The cost of the bill is $940
billion over 10 years, according
to the Congressional Budget
Office. Major changes in the
number of Americans covered
would begin in 2014 with almost
everyone mandated to purchase
health insurance or face paying
a fine. People with low incomes
may be exempted from this
requirement. Photo courtesy of Oliver DoulieryMCT
President Barack Obama makes a statement in the East Room following the final vote in the House on health care reform
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Police departments add program, dog to orces
1st Dallas PD
grads complete
training
By Alex Cheatham
Staff Writer
A program geared toward the
education and training of the
Police Department's mid-level
managers and above recently
graduated its first lieutenants
during an inaugural session.
The Caruth Institute's program
manager Jennifer Elaine Davis
said the idea for the institute
came from the Communities
Foundation of Texas and Dallas
Police Chief David Kunkle, who
felt that b etter education for police
officers was the way to enhance
the public safety in Dallas.
"The Caruth Police Institute
is the only one of its kind in the
nation," said Greg Tomlin, exec-
utive director of marketing and
communications at UNT Dallas.
"Until now, there has been no form
of training available in-house."
The graduation comes after
three years of development with
the UNT System, the Communities
Foundation of Texas, and the
Dallas Police Department, the
W.W. Caruth Jr. Dallas Police
Institute.
The Caruth Police Institute
began with a $9.5 million
grant from the W.W. Caruth Jr.
Foundation at Communities
Foundation of Texas.
Working with the Police
Department would not only bring
education to mid-level manage-
ment, but also
r
Photo Courtesy of David Porter
Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle speaks at the graduation for the Caruth Police Institute's Lieutenant's Leadership School Feb. 18 at the Dallas Arboretum.
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Caruth Police Institute repre-
sents the future of American
policing.
By merging research with
hands-on applications, the
institute intends to help the
Department produce officers
who understand the best prac-
help improve
urban policing
by preparing
officers to over-
come chal-
lenges, Davis
said.
Lt. Sally
Lannom of the
Dallas Police
Department
was among the 23 graduates of
the institute. Lannom said she
was lucky to have been involved in
the training because it will allow
her to think about her job with
broader prospective.
The intensive six-week training
course took240 hours to complete
and included reading, case study
evaluations and techniques to
aid with crisis management and
decision making, all to prepare
the police officers for challenges
they may face throughout their
career.
According to the Department
of Justice's COPS Web site, the
"The Caruth Police Institute is the
only one of its kind in the nation."
—Greg Tomlin
Executive director of marketing and communications
UNT Dallas
tices in policing and will high-
light it on a national level.
"I've been working on the
police force for 23 years, and you
tend to get comfortable with what
you're used to. This training came
from a different approach, and
made us stop and look at things
we're doing, and make changes
if need be," Lannom said.
The training also included
insight and expertise from
multiple speakers, including the
Mike Heidingsfield, senior assis-
tant sergeant at arms for the U.S.
Senate who has spent the last
18 months reforming Baghdad's
police force.
Robert Casey, the Dallas FBI's
special agent in charge, instructed
the lieutenants on issues such as
terrorism.
"The police department
is usually based on training
from a military point of view.
This academic
approach will
help to broaden
our horizons,"
Lannom said.
"A police officer
can never
have enough
training."
OneofUNT's
main goals is to
be involved in
the civic life of the community
and improve the quality of life
within the Dallas and North Texas
area, Tomlin said. The Caruth
Police Institute is an example of
public partnership.
The training takes place at the
department headquarters, but
it will be transferred following
the addition of a second general
purpose building at the UNT
Dallas campus in August.
"This really puts [UNT Dallas
on the cutting edge of research..."
Tomlin said. "It has created the
kind of partnership we want with
the Dallas community."
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Photo by Cristy Angulo/Staff Photographer
Originally from Holland, 3-year-old Jack has obedience training with Corpora
Ricky Olivarez every day. Olivarez uses Dutch training words when giving Jack
commands.
New K-9 joins
UNT Police
Department
By Tim Monzingo
Contributing Writer
A new member of the
UNT Police Department has
patrolled the streets since
fall 2009, aiding with suspect
apprehensions and sniffing out
narcotics.
Rex, a Belgian Malinois,
was purchased by the depart-
ment last semester to expand
the K-9 unit from two to three
members.
"The program has been such
a success and such a valuable
tool for us that we felt that
expanding the program is bene-
ficial to the university as well
as us," said Lt. Mark Bergstrom,
the patrol commander who
oversees the K-9 program.
"It increases our capabilities
dramatically."
The dogs, Rex, Jack and Joy,
assist officers in everything
from drugs, explosives, building
searches to catching suspects
to crime prevention.
The dogs all have training
in several areas to maximize
the effectiveness of the team,
Bergstrom said.
"The dogs we train weekly
work on skills, whether it's scent
detection, whether it's appre-
hension, building searches,"
he said. "We have dual-purpose
dogs."
Bergstrom said that some
agencies will employ a single-
purpose dog.
"Our thing was we wanted
the dual purpose because you
get more bang for your buck
with them," he said.
Two of the dogs, Jack and Joy,
were brought in to replace the
previous German Shepherds,
who were retired because of
old age.
Lie said that all three are
Belgian Malinois, a breed
that doesn't typically suffer
the common health problems
found in German Shepherds.
According to www.dopedog.
com, a site specializing in
K-9 training and supply, the
average cost of a fully trained,
working dog is between $5,000
and $8,000.
Some people question if the
police department really needs
a third K-9, given the initial
high cost and expenses for food
and care.
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