Students at Klamath Learning Center saw a police car parked outside their classroom as they walked into class Tuesday morning but it was not a reason to spark concern. Klamath Falls Police Department School Resource Officer Tyler Young regularly visits KLC to make sure students are safe there, along at Klamath Union High School.
Photo above: Klamath Falls Police Department School Resource Officer Tyler Young during a presentation with Klamath Learning Center students Tuesday, Jan. 28 at KLC.
Young presented his responsibilities as a police officer to KLC students, while teaching them about ways they can avoid a run-in with the police in which they do not want to be in.
Young was specific in his presentation with the attentive KLC students.
“You cannot hold a mobile, handheld device while driving. You cannot pick it up to change your song; you cannot pick it up to forward a call to voicemail,” Young said.
Young described countless traffic laws which might seem like common sense to many people but something he sees disobeyed on a daily basis.
“I don’t write a ton of tickets but there are few that are guaranteed which is if you are driving without a license, your license is suspended or driving without insurance," Young said.
KLC students learned how a driver has to be 500 feet away from a police vehicle and the correct meaning of the open container law in Oregon. Young also described what someone should do if they were to accidentally graze someone else's car door with their vehicle.
“If you do what I had someone do, which is run into a car at KU during a game and then leave a business card on the back bumper and drive away, that is a hit and run, guys,” Young said. “The law says you have to leave your information in a conspicuous place.”
