The Silent Crime'
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Visitors to the valley find themselves in a Peter Hurd land scape come to life in a 360-degree panorama, From the Gateway area of Ruidoso. down through the Downs to Glencoe, on past Hurd's home in San Patricio to the town of Hondo. the stately poplars point skyward like the tips of upended paint brushes dipped in yellow gold. This photo of the Cae Ranch, home to poplars of all sizes. was taken Sunday afternoon. The 25c PER COpy NO. 52 IN OUR 38TH YEAR RUIDOSO, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 88345 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7,1983 l;;,? .•. _."- Wife beating: 'the silent crime' by BILLY ALLSTETTER }{uldllS(J Dow Ill-> poll('p llfIH'{'r Hllgt'r fru.... trat\(IlIS IIp t)('gHls to lash oul at The offIcers then enter together and .y News Staff Writer HlIl'y I'stlllldtt'd hIS <1t.'partlTu'lJl twr for SOflll' rt'a I or J magI n{"d wrong try to separate the fIghting people and P. anl->wprs a dona'Stlc dlsturbarH'p (';111 dOing, and qUlckly apologlzPs or calm the inname-d emotions WIfe b<>atlng a I m 0 s t n q~ h t I y Timl' mag a II fH" be('0 m es docIII' a ga In New MeXICO statutes state thai a It has b~n ca lll,d the "sllt'nt rpp<>rted that the natIOn's pollet· A woman ofU'n attpmpts to calm .. peace officer may arrest a person cnmp" An Amprlcan affmll\-' for sppnd one thIrd of their tIme rpspeJl) down thl' lJattl'n'r h\ tw('omlng nur and take that person mto custody vlolt>ncp. thp common VIt'W that tht, dIng to domestIC VlOlptlcp calls tUring. compliant and antll'lpattng his WIthout a warrant when the offic€"r is wlfp IS property of the hushand. and a Tht> fact that more pollct' an' killl'd I'.... pry whlrn, stall'S Walkpr a t the scene of a domestic dIsturbance cultural hellPf that a honH' IS a man's a nswpnng dom('st 1(' dlstllrbann' (';I II .... If shp dops hpr Joh w('ll. thf'n the In and has probablf" cause to b€"li('ve that .. c1::!stlC' havC' all contnhutpo to makf' than any othpr call makt·s It ('Idt'nt WIll bp ov('r If h(' l'xplod{·s. the person has commItted an assault the pollep and court systPTnl-> of understandablt, that many pohcf' hate then sht, assumes the gUIlt. wrItes or a battery upon a family or America Vlew wift> ~ahng a •'pt>r thO$(' ('all~ mort" than any otherR A Walker 'I'm- wumMl TI"BSOnS tha t household mem~r." ~onal matter" that should tx> handlN-j number of Huidoso poUcp officprs perhaps she dId dpse;vp the abusp "We rely on discretIOn," said pnva tf"ly havE' hf>pn InJurpd answering and often IdentIfies With hpr ag Ruidoso police Iteutenant Dave Pfef But ('\-,pry ypar somp 2.()()O to 4.000 domestic dIsturbance calls gressor's faulty rf'asonlng fer wompn an' ht'atl'n til dpath. aCCOf Whatever happt'ns, the tensIOn con HUldoso pollc(' offl('f'r Hob Kpnnpy If a woman shows vlslblp evidf"nce <hng to Tlmp magaZlnp Closl' to SIX tlnUPS to build and communIcation of a beating and the husband has '-'<11 d I J(' g(' t.... a Im osI s 1(' k t0 hIs mJlllOn WIVPS afP ahu.<..,pd h\ th.'lr begins to break down Effort:-; to deal hlood on his hand, the pollee can ar· stomach when he has to answpr (I hushands In any gl vpn ~.;(·a r, TI me With the SItuatIOn becomf> Jneffedive family fIght OffIcer SkIp Hazp]'s rest the husband, sald officer Gonzalo also sta t~ !\1orp pollcp arp kllll"(j Eventually the haltprer stnkf's out rnpmory nf haVing someonp ypll. Cordova More often the "probable answenng domf:ostlc call~ than In any In an acute VIolent ppIsodp "Watch out' IIp's got a gun'" whdp cause is lacking and the woman must other SituatIOn Somellm('s It e'an pven be provokpd ,- answPrlng a family fIght calion hIS file a complaint against her WIfe bea t Ing rand husba nr! twa ling by the woman. who sef:>S thp VIOlence husband .. f 1 r~ I m g h t a s a poII (' pm(I n .... t 11 1 rna k PS tn a much I~s('r ('xU'nt I\ .... a <..,t'rlOU~ coming and hangs onto somt' fpeling him l'dgy ...... hpn hp al1swpr .... thosp calls This can be very unlikely If the d nr! wldpsprpar! prnhll'rn In An1l'r1ca n of control hy naming thp placp and \,pa rs la t pr police arrive dunng the final loving or culture tIme of thf' ahusp denial slage of the domestic VIOlence A s t h p v dIs (. U SSE' d d 0 m (' S t I( As attlluo~ annul women slowh Thp batterpr often starts out wan· .... Iolpncp Fnoa\. thp thlT1g thai ap Pfeffer said the police, however. .... hlft. tht> "stlpnt (TI mE' slow I.... tlng to teach the vidim a lesson and J:X'arPd to frustratE' thp offlcprs mo",t can face danger even when they enter bf:"('om~ loudpr The HUloosn Pollcf' stops only whpn he fe('ls she has was the fact thp\" <.;pp thp samp f)ppartmf:>nt Fnday WClS a part of thp learned her lesson, writes Walker after the couple has made up fa milles hp(l tIng nn pach ot hpr a ga In growing nOlSP ahout dompstl(' Po1Jcl' InlervpntlOn during thIS After the rage is expressed, the hus extreme~ vlolpncp and agam and again \"lolpnt stage can lpad to Injury to the band often becomes sorry for what he has done. writes Walkpr For Pight hours. approxlm<-ltely 2:) ,Judy :o-.1oss. flPld traIner for thp :'\;PW offIcer when the ragl ng ha ttprer turns He IS genuinely sorry for what he has offlcprs Itstpnpd to spmmar<; nn child \-1exJ('o Law Enforcpment ACrtdemy. hiS attentions 10 the polIce done and tries to makp it up to thp ahuse ano neglpct. InCpst. dompstll' confirmed that the Vlolpnn' WIthin <.l That IS why HUldoso offlCprs arp so wlfp New Mexico Law Enforcement field trainer Judy Moss \'10Iencp and rape Thp cnursps WPrf' family oftpn ()('curs In ps('alatmg careful when thpv arp called to a makes a point during Friday's seminars on child abuse and parI of a flPld tralrllng proj{"ct spon evclps WIth three distinct stagf"s family fight DUring dISCUSSions With .T Il never do It aga\0 I promIse. neglect. incest. domestic violence and rape Moss spoke to sorf'"d hy the ;\jew !\1pxlcn Lav- En -The tensIOn hudding stage. the ac tra \OE'r Moss. officers sa Id they JIm Mason told his batlt'red wife as about 25 members of the RUidoso and RUidoso Downs forcpment Acaopmy Clnd funded hy a tual VIolent battenng stage and the almost npver answer a family fight he snuggled up to her In the movIe police departments grant from thp Department of HumCln lovlrlg or dental stEgE' all CIrcle call alone If onp officer arrives on thp shown to the officers at the seminar Sf:>rVlces pndlessly In an escalating c\"ell' of scene beforE' a backup, he wa Its He believes he can control himself Whtlp chIld ahusp and neglect. In \·Iolencp. ~a Id Moss They usualJy approach the house His wife wants to believe hIm. ann cpst and raPf' arp \,pry sprlnu .... Accorolng to Dr L('norp Walkpr'" With their lights turned off. and try to nei ther wi 11 hsten to the poltce • • cnmes, poltcp 10 RUIdoso ran>ly comp pappr on the cyclt> thpory of haltpr listen to what 15 gOing on Im,lde the "You have to know when to get County commISSIoners to In contact WIth those SItuations Ing. a woman can spnsp Ih{' man housp When he knocks on a door. of out,·' saId Pfeffer ()the~lse the Answering domestIc disturbances, on becoming sompwhat morf' prigy our f!cpr Jprry Warf saId. he st<lnds at the reumt('d couple may turn on the the other hand. b a regular, If halpd. mg thp tpnsHln hullolng stagp HE' IS SIdf'. wl'll oul of the path of a potpntlal police, he explamed meet Tuesday in Carrizozo riut\" morp pronp to fPacl npgatl','ply 10 gun h13st through thp door Please see Wife, 2 A The monthly meeting of the Lincoln - Public hearing of propospd County Board of Commissioners will amendment to Lincoln County Or· beat 10a.rn. Tuesday, NovemberB, at dinance 82-2 Council to meet the courthouse in Carrizozo Items on -Budget increase. Carrizozo the agenda include: Health Center RUidoso village council memlwrs ()n thE' agpnda for T1JPsda:., mght's -Approval of warrant and payroll -Budget increase, repeEter for the will learn the results of the special mpeting are register Sheriff's office election to increase thf:> council size Lease of school property -Replat of Lot 23, Magado Cre-ek --Carrizo Canyon agrN'ment cor wht'n their regular meeting convenes Diana Meyer, antmal control Estates.