(» Page 2A—MIRROR-HERALD Thunday, September 80, 1976 Police Department Applies For Youth Officer Funds Seeks Traffic Grant Assistance Commlssionere ap proved application Mon day night for a fulltime youth bureau officer for the Kings Motmtaln Police Department. cailef Earl Lloyd told the board Monday that a youth officer would be far more beneficial to the city than a narcotics officer Initially approved In March. “My penonal feelings,” Chief Lloyd said, "la that other than the publicity generated by hiring a full time narcotics officer, the value to the city would not be as great as hiring a youth officer Instead." He said the youth programs offer the largest t blocks of federal funding ^ than any other at this time, ^ programs which will be ^funded for the next three ryears. In the Initial year ijthe federal funds would Intake care of 90 percent of Uthe costa with the state and :|ctty putting up five percent -each. The schedule 'graduates down on the i^ederal level and up on the ;^lty level over the three ^ear period until In the 'fourth year the city would Randle full costs of Operation. ; “The program Is geared ^ have the bulk of all ex- -jpenses come In the first year of operation," Chief Uoyd said. ’ The chief said )>rogTam of funding would take effect on Jan. 1, 1877, but since the state and federal programs run on a fiscal year of October 1 to September 30, the first year would only be a nine months program. Salary for a youth offi cer, one trained In social and economic conditions, would be about $9,600 or $170 per week, which la a fraction higher than the base pay for a local police sergeant. The chief said the LEAA funds every aspect of the youth officer program — vehicle and Its mainten ance and operation, uni forms, equipment, office supplies, travel, etc. The application for the first year Indicates the total Initial cost Is $17,488.80. Broken down, the federal funding would total $15,780.82 with the state and the city's share totaling $874.48 and $874.60, respectively. As outlined by Chief Lloyd the principal bene fits of having a fUUtlme youth officer are: reduc tion In juvenile crime, reducing juvenile court cases by effective pre-trial screening, more thorough research of cases and evi dence of petitions, in creased effectiveness of the Kings Mountain Police Department through having an officer trained In juvenile matters and In creased coordination of SLgencles and individuals dealing with juvenile delinquency and undis ciplined behavior. "We believe that an officer trained In this area can do more toward reducing crime In the long run by being able to work with and counsel potential juvenile offenders," Chief Lloyd said. Juveniles In delinquent and undisciplined areas Is described as the youth not yet 18 years of age, unmar ried, not emancipated or not a member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States. The application ap proved Monday night will be made to the N. C. Department of Natural and Ecmomlc Resources, Division of Law and Order, Raleigh. CARD OF HIANKS ' We would like to thank all of our friends for their prayers, kindnesses, flowers and food during the Illness and loss of my mother, Mrs. Addle Arrowood. MRS. MARGARET JOHNSON' In conjunctlan with work by the city traffic flow committee application Is being made to take advam- tage of the Highway Safety Program Standard is (traffic engineering serv ices). A1 Moretz, acting public works director, explained the program to city com missioners Monday night and recommended ap plication be made. He said the last comprehensive traffic plan made In the city was In 1997. “With the planning for the downtown area and the changing traffic flow pat terns to be created when the bypass Is constructed north of the city,” Morets said, "now la the time to take advantage of this program so the city can be ready to handle the traffic Oyermoimtain March Will Culminate At Battle Site The second annual reenactment of the march on the Overmountain Victory Trail will culmi nate at Kings Mountain on October 7, the anniversary of the victory over Patrick Ferguson and his Tories during the Revolutionary War battle. Retired Oeneral William Westmoreland Is expected to be present to meet the marchers at Kings Moun tain. TTie march of October 7, 1780, took some 13 days and covered nearly 160 miles before the patriots met Ferguson for the battle which Thomas Jefferson called the turn ing point In the war for Independence. The march consisted of two columns of men, one beginning In 3uriy County and the other from a small group of men at Sycamore Shoals. They joined forces at Quaker Meadows on the Catawba River In Burke County In preparation of the journey to Kings Motmtaln. The reenactment was Initiated by the Ap palachian Consortium In hopes of gaining national recognition of the trail by the 200th anniversary of the march In 1980. Congressman James BroyhlU has agreed to Introduce legislation in Congress to recognize and perpetuate the trail as a National Historic Trail. FURIC SHOP new fall trends WEST OATS PIJkZA SHELBY RD. OUB KM 100% Poll DOUBLI The easy cerel weir fabric! 581 wide. Idul fcf Fall and ri Holidays!! Save! 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Moretz explained the program provides, as a minimum, a comprehen sive manpower develop ment plan to provide traffic engineering capa bilities. This Includes supplying engineering assistance to the city. Kings Mountain qualifies because It does not have a fulltime traffic engineering staff. It also provides for upgrading the skills of practicing traffic engineers and basic in struction to employes and techrdclams. ITm program also covers planning, design, con struction and maintenance of public roads and the application of traffic control devices. A traffic control devices plan Includes Inventory of all traffic control devices. Morsts said this project has been underway for several months In Kings Mouitaln and Is almost completed. The plan also Includes periodic review of existing control devices and systematic upgrading of substandard devices. The police department has requested and been granted several control device changes In the city’s more congested areas where traffic ac cidents statistics are high er. Under the engineering manpower plan there are reviews of road projects under planning, design and construction stages to detect atxl correct any features that could lead to safety hazards, analysis of all high accident locations to develop corrective measures. Moretz said there are several other features under Standard IS and added that there are other areas of funding under such traffic programs that could aid the city In plan ning traffic flow. He said the program Is avsdlable under a 0(V00 matching grant and that the city's half could be In the form of In-klnd ser vices In lieu of caMi. 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