Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 27, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba 82 Winnipeg Fri tet world just dont mess around trash team by Philip Hager the los Angeles times san Francesco the Well dressed Young Man walked quickly into a Market Street restau hurriedly nicking a burning cigarette to the officer Barbara Campagnoli of the police departments environmental control patrol pursued the culprit through the restau rant she ill have to ask you to go pick up your cigarette and extinguish youre littering the Street in violation of City Back he goes the Young per hesitated for a to then retraced his he picked up the snuffed it in a nearby Sand and strode Back into the pausing Only Long enough to Tell a by Stander she got me this but look out there tit All the cigarette Butts on the what Are you going to do catch a thou Sand people a Day Here but the seemingly Hope task of enforcing anti litter Laws deters neither officer Campagnoli nor her officer Rene Veas environmental control they Are members of the eco team a unit authorities say is the nations first police ant lit Ter in its first full month in badge Blu uniformed patrol members issued 828 warnings and 52 citations bringing in in fines for such offences As litter obstructing improper garbage or allowing ones dog to defile the most people Cooper observes officer a woman got out and used a spoon to remove gum stuck to the sidewalk outside her sme others Are real they look at me like they want to break my most citizens comply with the patrols simple re quests to sweep their Side pick up their gum fasten Down garbage lids or other Wise clean up their but Many do so Only grudging All ill do what they say this sputtered an angry Isaac proprietor of the Stop n run Market on Grove moments after the patrol directed him to Flat ten and bind the empty boxes he had outside for the trash but Damn i still dont like the idea of them coming around and telling me what to when they pay the rent on this their they can Tell me to tie up those dont they have any thing better to do the eco patrol was the brainchild of Edward a san Francisco lawyer and restaurant now known affectionately in anti litter Cir cles As Captain two years the late mayor George Moscone telephoned Fleishell and As ked him to serve As the vol unpaid chairman of a citizens group dedicated to fighting san franciscans for a cleaner come again whats that asked a dumbfounded but Fleishell ultimately accepted the Post and been in zealous Pursuit of a cleaner City Ever litter was the very an of my re marked the Wel Todo flex a 14karat Gold replica of a trash receptacle pinned to the Lapel of his but i came to the conclusion that if Guys like me with the time and ability dont get involved with projects like then we cant criticize the City government for not getting the Job besides the two things tourists want most Are Safe streets and clean streets and san Francisco is a tourist oriented the organization quickly began a Public anti litter Campaign supported by both government and Pri vate an Oil company donated plastic litter bags a bottlers association printed up bumper stickers Reading dont mess around shirts pro claiming clean Street fighter were distributed Public service ads were placed on radio and Televik Fleishell himself took an interest in trash recept designing a new Model that will hold 45 Gal Lons and is difficult to i wont bore you with any More he says but it is the Only trash receptacle in the country to be approved by the City of san the state of California and the National safety coun 10 members the 10mem Ber Force of the eco is a demographers dream three speak three speak five Are stoop no to conquer litter is officer Barbara Campagnor of police departments environmental control patrol members of eco require offenders to pick up their own women and they Range in age from 22 to their annual salaries come from Federal Ceta their support funds for radios and other supplies come in part from a Grant from the state to san franciscans for a cleaner authorities Are observing the patrol hoping it will prove successful and serve As a Model for other officials from Chicago and Honolulu have sought information on the the eco Force was trained at the san Francis co police each member receiving 80 hours of mainly in environmental self de sense and police proce its members Are not armed nor Are they de to enforce criminal but that does not Stop citizens from assuming from their uniforms and badges that eco team members Are regular to firemen or transit sys tem we have to watch out in dangerous parts of the says officer Velas someday an armed Rob Ber is going to come wheel ing out of a Bank towards us for All he were real he and ill be armed with my Eaton luxurious and Young and elegant our fur specials the luxury of Mink in Semi fitted and Box style Coats featuring fully Letout Rich natural shades or dark ranch or Demi your Choice of Wing or notch sizes 8 to 40 to Younga theart Raccoon in an assortment of 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