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[nston-Salem Police Department
announced a program last week
that it hopes will give the resi
dents it protects and serves a bet
ter understanding of the way the
department operates.
Following the lead of cities
like Greensboro, the department
will begin its first Citizens Police
Academy (CPA) in September.
The academy - which will be
held each Tuesday for three
hours for 12 weeks - will give
everyday citizens unparalleled
pe day-to-day operations of the depart-
BY CHERIS HODGES
THE CHRONICLE
Charlotte attorney James Fer
guson II became the second
African American attorney to
lead the N.C. Academy of Trial
Lawyers.
The academy is a nonprofit,
nonpartisan
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ipartment guidelines and procedures to
lies. The academy will also give citizens
upplement some of the classroom train-
-on lessons in firing live weapons and
cs. Participants will also have the option
Jig with on-duty officers. At the end of
llparticipants will have a graduation cere-
The graduates pose with their trophies last week at Winston Lake Golf Course.
Photos by Kevin Walker
Samuels said CPA
ibridged version of
a given to recruits
n the force. In fact,
instructors who
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Heart of a ‘Tiger’
Johnsons golf dink graduates
largest class of youngsters yet
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BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Burke
a much-respected
in of the depart-
osen by Police Chief Linda Davis to
A. He said he believes the program will
down some of the walls between the
nd the residents they are charged with
’s going to bring us closer to the citi-
ill understand why we do the things we
The most recent graduates
of a summer golf clinic start
ed by a City-County School
Board member got their send
off in un-golf-like weather -
rain clouds played hide and
seek in dreary skies and winds
circulated an unseasonable
chill.
About 70 young people
gathered under a picnic shel
ter at Winston Lake Golf
Course to receive congratula
tory words, certificates of
completion and eye-catching
trophies.
The young people - many
of whom live in public hous
ing communities throughout
the city - made up the fourth
consecutive clinic Victor
Johnson has spearheaded.
The clinics have grown in size
and scope over the years. The
mission of the clinic - giving
young people a unique
opportunity to learn a game
that is foreign to them during
their summer down time -
association
designed to
protect the
rights of
North Car
olinians in
the work
place, home
and environ
ment.
Ferguson
is a founding
Ferguson
See Golf on A3
Victor Johnson thanks the young
hard work and dedication during
people for
the clinic.
their
partner at the law firm Ferguson,
Stien, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham
and Sumter, which also has an
office in Chapel Hill.
He said he has been a member
of the organization for over 20
years.
“This is an organization that is
close to my heart,” Ferguson
said.
The academy represents over
4,000 lawyers across the state who
fight for plaintiffs who have suf
fered injuries at someone else’s
hands.
While Ferguson said there will
not be sweeping changes under
his watch, there are several issues
the academy plans to look at.
“One thing we are going to
give attention to is the move to'
have a moratorium for the death
penalty. The death penalty is froth
with problems,” Ferguson said.
He added that he is pretty sure
innocent people have been killed
See Citizens on A5
See Lawyers on AS
Unit will focus on rape victims
BY CHERIS HODGES
THE CHRONICLE
iaines, director of Baptist Hospital's forensic nurses program, talks about the new unit.
Baptist Hospital has opened
a special unit in the emergency
room dedicated to the examina
tion of rape victims.
The room is tucked away in a
corner away from the hustle and
bustle of the busy ER. This
room allows victims to be alone
with a specially trained nurse so
that evidence can be collected
and turned over to the police,
said the director of the pro
gram, Dr. Patricia Baines.
Before Saturday, rape victims
were directed to Forsyth Med
ical Center for specific care.
“(Forsyth Medical’s) is a
more community-based pro
gram and ours is a hospital-
based program,” she said.
Baines said last year when
the hospital started a task force
for domestic violence, the idea
for the forensic nurses came up.
“I don’t think it was more
patients coming in, but the
patients that were coming in
weren’t getting the care we
would like to see them have,”
she said.
Twelve nurses received train
ing for the new program. Baines
said the nurses volunteered to
work in the unit.
“This is voluntary,” she said.
“That was one way we chose the
nurses for the training.”
The training involved time in
court, ride-alongs with the
police, time with the doctors so
that the nurses could learn how
to do pelvic examinations and
time in the classroom.
“The classroom training that
they get is for an extensive peri
od of time. We could have lec
tures on how to approach
women that have been raped,
lectures on the forensic part, the
psychological things that
women go through,” Baines
said.
She added that there was
also attention given to what
happens to victims of sexual
assault after they leave the emer
gency department.
When a woman leaves the
See Rape care on A9
►lie housing residents
1 toward homeownership
Photo by Kevin Walker
Sonya Mason shakes
the hands of HAWS offi-
B-veker
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I’lublic housing resi-
giant step toward
lice of the American
he weekend,
iduated from an
r-long institute that
hm with the tools
Income a homeowner
sffket.
^Jram is one of the
Cj of Hope VI. the
Housing Authority of Winston-
Salem received to revolutionize
public housing in the Kimberly
Park community.
All 15 graduates, all females,
are current or former residents of
Kimberly Park. Many of them
have dreams of owning one of
the many homes that will be con
structed in the community as
part of Hope VI.
“Many exciting things are
happening in Hope VI around
the nation, but none of them are
as important as what you have
done,” William Andrews, chair
man of the HAWS Board of
Commissioners, said to the grad
uates at a noontime ceremony
Saturday at Phillips Chapel Bap
tist Church, which is in the heart
of Kimberly Park.
The graduates dressed in their
Sunday best for the ceremony.
Many of them brought their
children, who share their par
ents’ dream of one day having a
place to call home.
dais as she receives her
certificate of completion
from the homeowner
ship program. Mason
endured months of
rehabilitation after a car
accident to make it to
the graduation.
See Graduates on A2
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