>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "IN
WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK FIND OUT WHY A
PROGRAM CALLED MILWAUKEE'S BEST
CRIME-FIGHTING INNOVATION MAY
GET CUT.
JOIN THIS MADISON ARTIST AS HE
TRIES TO FIND THE CHILDREN HE
PHOTOGRAPHED 25 YEARS AGO IN
WAR-TORN IRELAND.
AND HIT THE ROAD WITH REPORTER
ART HACKETT AS HE DISCOVERS THE
LURE OF THE TRUCK DRIVER'S LIFE.
>> OH MY GOODNESS, WHAT
HAPPENED NOW?
>> WE'LL ALSO TAKE YOU TO A
43,000 ACRE REFUGE FOR
ENDANGERED CREATURES FOUND
SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
LARGEST WETLAND BOG IN
WISCONSIN.
MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY, WHO
BRING SAFE, RELIABLE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY
TO KEEP HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS
AND LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY, OFFERING
ENERGY-SAVING IDEAS ON THE WEB.
UW HEALTH, PROVIDING SPECIALTY
AND PRIMARY CARE FOR ALL AGES
THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN.
INFORMATION ON UW HEALTH
PHYSICIANS AND CLINICS AND ON
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
HOSPITAL IS AVAILABLE ON THE
WEB.
AND BY THE ANIMAL DENTAL CENTER
OF MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH.
A VETERINARY SPECIALIST WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.
>> A MILWAUKEE POLICE CAPTAIN
WITH NEARLY A QUARTER CENTURY
ON THE FORCE CALLS IT THE BEST
CRIME-FIGHTING INNOVATIONS OWE
EVER SEEN.
THAT'S HIGH PRAISE FOR THE
RECENTLY FORMED COMMUNITY
PROSECUTION UNIT.
BUT FREDERICA FREYBERG REPORTS
AS THE MILWAUKEE PROGRAM IS
GAINING STEM FEDERAL BUDGET
CUTS WILL SPEND THE END OF THAT
INITIATIVE AS WELL AS OTHER
CRIME-FIGHTING UNITS ACROSS THE
STATE.
[SIRENS]
>> MILWAUKEE'S FINEST PEELING
OFF IN HIGH SPEED PURSUIT
SUSPECTED DRUG RUNNER.
IT'S ALL IN A DAY'S WORK FOR
POLICE OFFICERS IN A CITY WHERE
VIOLENT CRIME JUMPED IN THE
FIRST HALF OF 2007, WHILE IT
DECLINED IN THE REST OF THE
NATION.
IN THIS PURSUIT AND ARREST,
POLICE FOUND EVIDENCE OF CRACK
COCAINE IN THE CAR.
NOW ARRESTING OFFICERS HAVE HAD
THE SUSPECT DRIVER IN THEIR
SIGHTS, FOCUSED IN ON HIM AND
OTHERS LIKE HIM AROUND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY'RE
PART OF ONE OF MILWAUKEE'S SIX
COMMUNITY PROSECUTION TEAMS.
>> STAY RIGHT THERE.
>> TEAMS FORMED ABOUT A YEAR
AGO.
DEPLOYED TO SPECIFIC
COMMUNITIES TO LASER IN ON
PROBLEM SPOTS TO PREVENT
VIOLENT CRIME BEFORE IT HAPPENS.
THEY LIKE TO SAY THEIR NEW
APPROACH TO CRIME IS PROACTIVE,
NOT REACTIVE.
THEY GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
WITH THE PEOPLE, THE PLAYERS,
THE PROBLEMS.
>> YOU'RE ON PAROLE?
WITH ALL THIS?
NOT AT ALL.
>> YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHEN
YOU'RE RIDING WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN AND WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN.
>> ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
JEFF ALTENBURG IS NO LONGER
REGULARLY IN THE COURTROOM.
HE HITS THE STREETS AS PART OF
THE COMMUNITY PROSECUTION UNIT.
HIS UNIT HAS COME TO EXPECT
ANYTHING AS PART OF THE JOB.
BUT WHAT THEY PRIDE THEMSELVES
ON ARE THE CONNECTIONS THEY
MAKE.
FOLDING POLICE, PROSECUTORS,
PROBATION AND PAROLE, DOMESTIC
ABUSE AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS
INTO THE TEAM.
>> A LOT OF THE WORK THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT DOES IN THE
COMMUNITY IS BASED ON PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS.
FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS.
THE ABILITY TO SAY I KNOW THAT
PERSON.
OR THE ABILITY TO SAY, I'M
SUPERVISING THAT PERSON AND
THESE ARE THE RESTRICTIONS AND
YOU, OFFICER ON THE STREET,
PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
>> WHERE WE'RE GOING IS WALL
STREET.
NOW, WALL STREET HAS BEEN AN
OPEN AIR DRUG MARKET FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.
>> THE COMMUNITY PROSECUTION
UNIT KNOWS THE TURF IN THEIR 10
SQUARE MILE DISTRICT.
THEY NARROW IN ON HOT SPOTS.
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO STEP IT UP AT THAT
PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
>> SO IT REALLY IS A
COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING
INITIATIVE WHERE YOU TAKE A
LAWYER, WHO IS TRAINED TO SOLVE
PROBLEMS RELATIVELY QUICKLY IN
THE COURTROOM ANYWAY, PUT HIM
OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO TRY TO
ADDRESS PROBLEMS BEFORE.
>> APART FROM OUTRIGHT
ARRESTING PEOPLE ONE WAY THE
TEAM ADDRESSES THE DRUG PROBLEM
IS BY CONFISCATING DRUG
PARAPHERNALIA FROM CORNER
STORES.
THEY FIND BLUNT OR JOINT
WRAPPERS FOR SALE.
ORDINARY TIRE GAUGES AND POT
SCRUBBERS.
>> YOU TAKE A CRACK PIPE OR
THAT, THIS.
TAKE THE TIRE GAUGE AND YOU
JUST TAKE THIS OFF AND YOU TAKE
THAT OFF AND THEN YOU HAVE A
READY MADE CRACK PIPE AND YOU
PUT THAT IN FOR THE FILTER AND
THERE IS YOUR URBAN-BOUGHT
CRACK PIPE.
>> ALTENBURG COUNSELS POLICE
NOT TO WRITE A CITATION OR
WASTE TIME IN COURT.
INSTEAD THE TEAM WILL FILE
NOTICE REPEATEDLY IF NECESSARY
WITH THE CITY, WHICH HOLDS THE
STORE'S LICENSE TO DO BUSINESS.
>> IT'S USEFUL BECAUSE IT'S NOT
REACTIVE.
IT'S NOT SITTING BACK AND
WAITING FOR THE PROBLEM TO BE
BROUGHT TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT OR THE D.A.'S ALSO.
IT'S PROACTIVE.
GETTING OUT TALKING TO PEOPLE
ON THE STREET THAT ARE DEALING
WITH THESE PROBLEMS ON A DAILY
BASIS AND TRYING TO SOLVE A
PROBLEM TO WHERE IT RISES WHERE
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES HAVE TO BE
UTILIZED.
>> THE TEAM DOESN'T WAIT TO BE
DISPATCHED TO A CRIME SCENE.
INSTEAD THEY HIT THE STREETS IN
THEIR ASSIGNED NEIGHBORHOOD.
TRACKING BUILDINGS THEY'VE COME
TO KNOW AS TROUBLE.
>> WE'VE BEEN HERE A NUMBER OF
TIMES.
WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH DRUG
SALES AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY JUST
-- DOWN HERE THERE ARE SEVERAL
BAGS.
>> YOU SIT DOWN HERE AND BANG
UP THEIR DRUGS.
>> THE TEAM ENCOURAGES
RESIDENTS TO REPORT TROUBLE TO
THEM DAY OR NIGHT.
ITS MEMBERS BECOME FAMILIAR
FACES AND NOT JUST FOR MAKING
ARRESTS.
>> WHAT DO YOU SEE AROUND HERE?
>> IT BE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING
ALL THE TIME.
I LIKE IT THAT -- I HAVE A
ONE-YEAR-OLD SON HERE WITH THE
WALLS.
LIGHT, ANYTHING CAN GO THROUGH
THEM.
>> YOU APPRECIATE IT?
>> I DO.
>> THEY'RE CREATING A SENSE OF
ORDER AND CREATING A SENSE OF
COMMITMENT FROM NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY'RE JUST BUILDING THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS UP AGAIN AND YOU
CAN SEE A VISIBLE CHANGE
EVERYWHERE THEY GO.
>> THE WINDOW WAS OPEN THIS
MORNING.
YOU GUYS CAN CRUISE BY.
>> WE WENT THERE AT 4:00 IN THE
MORNING.
WENT THERE AT MIDNIGHT.
>> ARE YOU THE APARTMENT
MANAGER?
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> DID YOU CHANGE THE LOCKS,
TOO?
>> BUILDING MANAGERS HAVE
VISIBLE PARTNERS AGAINST DRUG
DEALING, DAMAGE AND CRIME AT
THEIR PROPERTIES.
THIS MANAGER AGREES TO COME TO
A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING PUT ON
BY THE COMMUNITY PROSECUTION
TEAM.
>> IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS
SUCCESS.
IT HAS HELPED US IDENTIFY
VIOLENT OFFENDERS BUT HELPED US
IDENTIFY PEOPLE WE CAN KEEP OUT
OF THE SYSTEM AND DIVERT INTO
MORE PRODUCTIVE WAYS OF
THINKING.
CHANGING BEHAVIOR.
WE'VE DEVOTED ALMOST 700 CASES
OUT OF THE SYSTEM IN THE FIRST
YEAR.
>> THE D.A. SAYS HE'S CONFIDENT
THESE UNITS COULD LEAD TO A
REDUCTION OF CRIME IN MILWAUKEE.
BUT BUDGET CUTS FROM WASHINGTON
WILL MEAN AN END TO THE PROGRAM
BECAUSE THE MILWAUKEE D.A. WILL
LOSE THE SIX FEDERALLY FUNDED
COMMUNITY PROSECUTORS ALONG
WITH AS MANY AS TEN OTHERS.
>> I HAVEN'T ALLOWED IT TO SINK
IN I WON'T HAVE THEM A YEAR
FROM NOW.
>> MILWAUKEE IS THE HARDEST HIT
BUT NOT ALONE.
IN 2007 THE FEDERAL BYRNE
MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANT
GRANT TO WISCONSIN WAS $6 1/2
MILLION.
FOR 2008 THE GRANT WILL BE LESS
THAN $2 1/2 MILLION.
THAT 67% CUT WAS THE LATEST
CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
BILL.
THEY INCLUDE MUCH OF THE
FUNDING FOR MULTI-JURISDICTION
DRUG TASK FORCES LIKE THE ONE
THAT BATTLED BACK AGAINST
METHAMPHETAMINE IN NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN AND WON.
THE SHERIFF IN ST. CROIX COUNTY
CALLS THE REDUCTIONS A KNIFE IN
THE BACK.
AND THE LATEST CUTS ARE JUST
MORE OF THE SAME.
IN 2004, THERE WERE 33
FEDERALLY FUNDED MULTI-COUNTY
DRUG TASK FORCES IN WISCONSIN.
BY 2007, JUST 18 REMAINED.
BY NEXT YEAR IT'S EXPECTED TO
DWINDLE TO THREE OR FOUR.
>> THE SHOCK WAVE OF THE IMPACT
OF THIS IS NOW JUST STARTING TO
HIT BUT I THINK THE IMPACT IS
GOING TO BE FELT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> THE MAN HOLDING THE PURSE
STRINGS IN WASHINGTON, U.S.
HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR AND
WISCONSIN CONGRESSMAN DAVE OBEY
SAYS DON'T BLAME HIM.
HE SAYS, QUOTE, THIS IS ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF DOMESTIC COSTS
BECAUSE OF THE MONEY PRESIDENT
BUSH IS SHOVELING INTO IRAQ.
OBEY SAID HE FOUGHT TO KEEP
SOME OF THE FUNDING INTACT.
THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET WOULD
HAVE ELIMINATED ALL FUNDING OF
THE TYPE THAT GOES TO DRUG TASK
FORCES AND THESE SPECIAL
PROSECUTORS.
OBEY SAYS AT LEAST A PORTION
WAS RETAINED.
HE SAYS, QUOTE, WE'VE GOT ALL
KINDS OF GROUPS NOW WAKING UP
TO WHAT BUDGET CUTS WILL MEAN
TO THEIR PROGRAMS.
WE WERE DESPERATELY BEATING THE
DRUMS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE'S
ATTENTION.
PEOPLE JUST ASSUMED THIS WOULD
GET FIXED.
>> I THINK AT FIRST IT WAS A
SENSE OF NOT BELIEVING IT WAS
REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN.
THAT SOMEBODY WOULD FIX IT
BECAUSE WE'VE EXPERIENCED A LOT
OF STRONG SUPPORT.
>> THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE
OFFICE THAT DOLES OUT THE
FEDERAL MONEY HOPES FOR A
BUDGET BILL THAT CREATES FUNDS
FOR STATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
OBEY SAYS DON'T COUNT ON IT.
THE MILWAUKEE D.A. SAYS IT'S
TIME FOR THE STATE TO STEP UP.
>> DON'T LET US GO BACKWARDS.
LET'S HOLD US AT LEAST WHERE WE
ARE RIGHT NOW.
IF WE'LL LOSE 15 TO 20
POSITIONS, 15 IN MILWAUKEE, 20
THROUGHOUT THE STATE LET'S HOLD
THERE.
LET'S START WITH THAT AND MAKE
A COMMITMENT TO CONVERTING
THOSE FORMERLY FEDERALLY FUNDED
POSITIONS INTO STATE-FUNDED
POSITIONS.
>> THAT'S NOT LIKELY ACCORDING
TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
THEY CALL IT A BAD MOVE BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE
THESE CUTS AT A TIME WHEN
STATES, INCLUDING WISCONSIN,
CANNOT MAKE NEW SPENDING
COMMITMENTS.
THOSE FUNDING REALITIES LEAVE
CITIES AND COUNTIES EITHER
SCRAMBLING TO REORGANIZE OR
DUMPING CRIME-FIGHTING
INITIATIVES ALL TOGETHER.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF WISCONSIN
THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE UP
IS JUST OVER $4 MILLION OVER
LAST YEAR.
OUR NEXT REPORT INVOLVES A
SEARCH THAT TAKES PLACE THROUGH
TIME AND 3,000 MILES.
25 YEARS AGO MADISON
PHOTOGRAPHER MICKEY KIENITZ
DOCUMENTED LIFE IN WAR-TORN
IRELAND CAPTURING THE PLIGHT OF
THAT COUNTRY'S CHILDREN ON FILM.
NOW AFTER MORE THAN TWO DECADES
HAVE PASSED, KIENITZ HAS BEEN
INSPIRED TO TRACK DOWN THE
CHILDREN IN THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS.
PRODUCER JOANNE GARRETT SHARES
THE STORY OF KIENITZ AND HIS
SEARCH.
>> MOST NATIONAL MEDIA
ORGANIZATIONS DON'T SHOW THIS
SORT OF THING.
WHERE WE SEE THOSE WHO SUFFER
THE MOST.
>> THE EXHIBIT IS CALLED SMALL
ARMS, CHILDREN OF CONFLICT.
IT OPENED BACK IN 2007 AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON
ART MUSEUM.
MICHAEL KIENITZ SPENT MOST OF
THE 1970s AND 80s IN WAR ZONES
DOCUMENTING THE EFFECTS OF
CONFLICT.
BUT IN THE PROCESS OF
ASSEMBLING THIS EXHIBIT HIS
ATTENTION WAS TURNED TOWARD A
MYSTERY, AND ON TO A QUEST.
>> I WAS GOING THROUGH
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE DATES AND LOCATIONS
WERE ALL CORRECT.
AND I CAME UPON THIS PICTURE OF
PAUL MCNALLY.
AT THE END OF THE CAPTION HERE
SOME CAPTION WRITER AT THE
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL HAD PUT, WHAT
IS PAUL'S FUTURE?
SO I LOOKED THESE UP LAST YEAR
AND THOUGHT, WHAT A GREAT
QUESTION.
I WONDER WHAT HIS FUTURE WAS.
THAT'S WHEN I BEGAN THE SEARCH
FOR ALL THE VARIOUS CHILDREN
AROUND THE WORLD.
>> KIENITZ HAS SET OUT ON A
JOURNEY TO DISCOVER WHAT HAS
HAPPENED TO THE CHILDREN
FEATURED IN HIS PHOTOS.
HE BEGAN IN NORTHERN IRELAND.
AT HIS REQUEST, LOCAL
NEWSPAPERS RAN HIS PHOTOS AND
DESCRIBED HIS MISSION.
>> THIS WAS THE ONE THAT THE
PROTESTANT PAPER ORIGINALLY RAN
WHICH SHOWED THE PHOTOS ASKING
THESE CHILDREN TO COME FORWARD.
>> THE RESPONSE WAS
OVERWHELMING.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO FIND
VIRTUALLY ALL THE CHILDREN OR
ACCOUNT FOR THEM THAT I HAD
PHOTOGRAPHED BUT WHAT ASTOUNDED
ME WAS THAT EACH ONE HAD JUST
FOR THE MOST PART, THE MOST
TRAGIC STORY.
THE TROUBLES JUST KEEP GOING ON.
>> THE TROUBLES.
THE TIME OF IRELAND'S CIVIL WAR
AND TURMOIL.
POLITICALLY THE COUNTRY IS NOW
AT PEACE.
BUT THE PAIN CAUSED BY THAT
TIME RUNS LIKE A CURRENT
THROUGH PRESENT DAY.
>> NORTHERN IRELAND HAS THE
HIGHEST RATE OF CRIME AND THE
HIGHEST RATE OF SUICIDE IN THE
EU DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO THE
TROUBLES.
THAT STRUGGLE WAS 38 YEARS LONG
WITH THE DEATHS OF 3600 PEOPLE.
IT IS SO MANY YEARS.
IMAGINE VIRTUALLY YOUR WHOLE
LIFE GROWING UP IN CONFLICT.
WHEN I ASKED THEM TO REFLECT ON
WHAT THEIR CHILD HOODS WERE
LIKE, CHAOS IS PROBABLY THE
FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MOST
OF THEIR MINDS.
THEY TELL ME OF CONSTANTLY ALL
DAY AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR
NIGHT THE HOUSE BEING BROKEN
DOWN AND BEING SEARCHED FOR
WEAPONS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
JUST A CONSTANT LOOKING OUT
FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS GOING
TO HAPPEN AND JUST BEING ON
EDGE.
THERE IS STILL THAT FEAR THAT
LINGERS.
SO MANY PEOPLE STILL LOOK OVER
THEIR SHOULDERS IN
CONVERSATIONS OR WILL HAVE
CONVERSATIONS IN CARS WHILE
WE'RE DRIVING BECAUSE THEY
DON'T WANT TO SEE PEOPLE
TALKING TO A REPORTER.
>> WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF?
>> THE RESURGENCE OF THE
PARAMILITARIES.
>> WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR
THEM?
>> DANGER.
>> IF THEY'RE CAUGHT -- WHAT?
>> BEING SHOT, TORTURED,
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY,
SOMETHING HAPPENING TO THEM.
LOSING A JOB.
>> LIFE IS STILL SHAPED BY THE
MEMORIES OF THOSE TIMES.
>> THIS WAS A BOMB FACTORY.
THE BOMB WENT OFF AND KILLED
THREE IRA VOLUNTEERS IN THE 80s.
>> NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE MADE
NEW BUT CHILDREN RAISED IN
CONFLICT HAVE A TOUGHER TIME.
>> HE'S WAITING IN 1981 FOR HIS
FATHER OUTSIDE THE PUB ON THE
FALLS ROAD IN BELFAST.
HE IS PATRICK AND HE WAS THE
ONE WHO THE PARAMILITARIES TOOK
AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
>> HE WAS IN HIS LATE TEENS AT
THE TIME.
>> HE WAS SHOT IN HIS KNEES, IN
HIS ANKLES AND HANDS.
HE ONLY HAS THREE FINGERS.
THE INJURIES WERE SO SEVERE
THAT HE HAD TO HAVE A FINGER
AMPUTATED AND THEN THEY CAME
BACK AND SAID SORRY, CHAP,
YOU'RE THE WRONG GUY.
WE'RE REALLY SORRY, YOU KNOW?
HE'S PERMANENTLY SCARRED.
HE IS SO DISABLED HE CAN'T WORK.
HIGHLY MEDICATED.
JUST REALLY TRAGIC.
>> WHAT OF PAUL MCNALLY, THAT
SAD YOUNG BOY WHO SET KIENITZ
ON HIS QUEST?
FIFTH GENERATION IRA.
AT THE TIME OF THIS PHOTO, WITH
A GRANDFATHER, A BROTHER AND
HIS DAD IN PRISON.
>> WELL, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT
AFTER A FEW FITS AND STARTS
HE'S DOING REALLY WELL.
HAS A WONDERFUL APARTMENT, A
7-YEAR-OLD SON, A 5-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER.
HE'S A BARBER AND HAS SINCE
BEEN ONE OF THE FORTUNATE ONES
TO HAVE GOTTEN SOME THERAPY.
I THINK THE THERAPY HAS
CONVINCED HIM HE NEVER WANTS TO
GO BACK TO PRISON.
HE WANTS TO BREAK THAT
REPETITIVE PATTERN OF THE
GRANDFATHER, FATHER, BROTHER,
EVERYBODY BEING IN PRISON.
>> CHANGING A PATTERN, CHANGING
THE PICTURE.
>> THAT COUNTRY YET AGAIN IS AT
WAR IN NOT ONLY IRAQ BUT ALSO
AFGHANISTAN AND NOW THERE IS
TALK OF A POSSIBLE WAR IN IRAN.
I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO BRING UP THE LONG-TERM
EFFECTS OF WHAT TRANSPIRES IN
WAR EVEN WITH THESE SITUATIONS
IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES THAT ARE
SO INCREDIBLY VIOLENT AND YOU
PRESENT THEM TO OTHER PEOPLE
AND YOU JUST HOPE THAT MAYBE
THEY RECOGNIZE THAT MAYBE WE
SHOULD START DOING SOMETHING
POLITICALLY TO ELIMINATE THIS
SORT OF THING.
>> THE MADISON PHOTOGRAPHER'S
QUEST CONTINUES.
KIENITZ JUST RETURNED FROM A
TRIP TO NICARAGUA WHERE HE
SPENT TIME CREATING INROADS FOR
FUTURE SEARCHES.
KIENITZ PLANS TO GO BACK TO
NICARAGUA SOON TO BEGIN
LOOKING FOR THE PEOPLE HE FIRST
PHOTOGRAPHED AS CHILDREN
DECADES AGO.
WE'LL BRING YOU AN UPDATE ON
WHAT HE FINDS.
THE LURE OF THE OPEN ROAD MAY
HAVE LOST ITS ALLURE.
ACCORDING TO THE TRUCKING
INDUSTRY, THERE IS A SHORTAGE
OF LONG HAUL DRIVERS.
SOME COMPANIES, LIKE
WISCONSIN-BASED SCHNEIDER
NATIONAL, ARE TRYING TO ATTRACT
MORE WOMEN AND AARP-AGE DRIVERS.
AND THEN THERE IS THE TRAINING
PROGRAM IN EAU CLAIRE THAT
CAUGHT THE EYE OF OUR VETERAN
REPORTER, ART HACKETT.
ART HAS BEEN WORKING THE
REPORTER BEAT FOR MORE THAN 30
YEARS AND HE'S COVERED A LOT OF
STORIES.
THIS ONE, THOUGH, HAD ART
TEMPTED TO LEAVE ALL THAT
BEHIND.
>> I'VE BEEN DOING TELEVISION
FOR OVER 30 YEARS DRIVING
AROUND THE STATE, CHASING DOWN
STORIES.
EVERY SO OFTEN YOU SEE A TRUCK
WITH A SIGN ON THE BACK,
DRIVERS WANTED, WE HIRE GOOD
DRIVERS.
AND YOU THINK MAYBE IT'S TIME
TO TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT,
GET A REAL JOB.
DRIVING TRUCK.
IF I WANTED TO MAKE THAT JOB
CHANGE, HERE IS WHERE I COULD
GO.
CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECH IN EAU
CLAIRE.
>> MAKE SURE YOU GET THE UNIT
PAST THE TURNING POINT BEFORE
YOU START DOING THAT.
USE YOUR MIRRORS.
>> LESTER WALLACE HAS GOT 22
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE CAB
OF 18 WHEELERS IS TAKING
19-YEAR-OLD CHRIS BRECKE OF
DORCHESTER ON THE ROAD.
BRECKE IS NOT A TOTAL NOVICE.
>> I GREW UP WORKING ON FARMS
ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL,
DRIVING DIFFERENT TYPES OF FARM
TRUCKS.
>> UNDER WISCONSIN LAW, YOU CAN
OPERATE AN 18 WHEELER WITHOUT A
COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE IF
YOU'RE WORKING ON THE FAMILY
FARM.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT?
NEITHER DID I.
BUT BRECKE WANTS TO MAKE A
CAREER OUT OF TRUCK DRIVING.
>> SIX MONTHS I DROVE A LITTLE
TRUCK FOR BLUME FARMS AND THEN
CAME HERE.
>> YOU WANT TO ANGLE IT MORE.
>> BRECKE IS ONE OF 120 PEOPLE
A YEAR TO GO THROUGH AN
EIGHT-WEEK TRUCK DRIVING BOOT
CAMP.
DRIVING A TRUCK IS SOMETHING
YOU HAVE TO LEARN BY DOING.
REMEMBER THAT IF YOU SEE ONE OF
THESE SEMIS CRUISING AROUND ON
EAU CLAIRE'S NORTH SIDE.
THERE IS A STUDENT DRIVER AT
THE WHEEL.
>> THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE
HAD VERY LITTLE OR NO
EXPERIENCE WITH LARGER
VEHICLES, UNLIKE 20 YEARS AGO,
IN WHICH ALMOST EVERYBODY HAD
EXPERIENCE OF SOME TYPE.
TODAY, NO.
ALL THE WAY OVER TO THERE.
>> MOST ARE LIKE STEPHANIE
NASER OF EAU CLAIRE.
>> PRIOR TO GETTING TO THIS
COURSE, WHAT'S THE LARGEST
VEHICLE YOU'VE DRIVEN.
>> I'D HAVE TO SAY A TRUCK, A
REGULAR TRUCK.
>> GO AHEAD AND START IT.
>> THANKS TO A NEW PIECE OF
EQUIPMENT AT CHIPPEWA VALLEY
TECH STEPHANIE HAS A CHANCE TO
GET THE FEEL OF BEING BEHIND
THE WHEEL WITHOUT PUTTING
HERSELF OR OTHERS AT IMMEDIATE
RISK.
>> GOOD LANE POSITION.
ONE OF THE BASIC IDEAS OF THIS
IS TO TEACH BRAND-NEW DRIVERS
HOW TO LANE POSITION THEIR
VEHICLE, SHIFTING, TRAFFIC
SCENARIOS, HOW TO MAKE A
CORNER, BASIC TRAFFIC SAFETY.
IT'S ABLE TO DO IT AND WE CAN
REPEAT THE SAME SCENARIO
SEVERAL TIMES TO DIFFERENT
STUDENTS WHICH IS TOUGH TO DO
ON PUBLIC ROADS.
>> DUANE IS EXPLAINING THIS.
IT CAN BECOME A FREIGHTLINER,
PETERBILT OR A NUMBER OF OTHER
TRUCK TRACTORS AT THE PUSH OF A
BUTTON.
>> YOU WANT TO TURN YOUR
HEADLIGHTS ON.
YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD
IDEA?
>> HE'S GIVING A BEGINNING
SIMULATION STARTING ON THE
APPROACH RAMP ON A STRETCH OF
RURAL INTERSTATE LIKE WHAT YOU
WOULD SEE ON I-94 BETWEEN OSSEO
AND PIGEON FALLS EXCEPT THE SKY
CAN TURN DARK IN A HURRY.
REMEMBER THAT ACCIDENT NEAR
MADISON THAT PUT 100 VEHICLES,
INCLUDING A BUNCH OF SEMIS,
INTO A FOG-SHROUDED DITCH?
THE SIMULATOR CAN PLAY BACK
WHAT THE STUDENT DOES.
THEY CAN VIEW THE SCENE FROM A
THIRD PERSON PERSPECTIVE LIKE
AN OUT OF TRUCK BODY EXPERIENCE.
OR AS THEY SAY AT THE ARCADE,
GAME OVER.
>> HOW FAST WERE YOU GOING WHEN
YOU HIT THE FOG?
>> GOING 55.
I LET OFF THE GAS AND I THINK I
CRASHED ABOUT 50.
>> WITH THAT ACTUAL ON THE ROAD
EXPERIENCE, HOW IS THIS
DIFFERENT?
>> YOU FEEL THE TORQUE OF THE
MOTOR OF THE TRUCK.
YOU FEEL A LOT MORE OF THE
TRUCK.
>> I FEEL IT'S VERY GOOD
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START
TEACHING SHIFTING AND LANE
POSITION, SPEED CONTROL.
THE LONGER YOU DRIVE IT, THE
MORE REALISTIC IT GETS AND IT
REALLY HELPS WHEN THEY GO FROM
HERE TO THE HIGHWAY.
>> WHOA, WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
>> MAYBE IT'S TIME TO TAKE THIS
JOB AND SHOVE IT, GET A REAL
JOB DRIVING TRUCK.
>> NOW YOU'RE GOING OUT ONTO
THE INTERSTATE.
YOU WANT TO STAY IN THAT LEFT
LANE.
THAT MARKER THERE.
>> NOW WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO
DO?
OH MY GOODNESS.
>> I DIDN'T THINK I WAS THAT
FAR OVER, OBVIOUSLY.
>> HE MUST BE HAVING LOTS OF
PROBLEMS.
>> I RAN THROUGH TWO SCENARIOS,
THE GOOD NEWS, I STOPPED IN
TIME WHEN I HIT THE FOG BANK.
THE BAD NEWS, THERE WAS A
HIGH-SPEED COLLISION.
>> THAT IS WHEN THAT MOTORCYCLE
RAN INTO YOU AND THEN WE HAVE
ALL THESE FOR FOLLOWING TOO
CLOSE.
>> NOTE TO SELF, DON'T QUIT
YOUR DAY JOB.
>> LOW SPEED COLLISION, AND
THEN WE HAVE A LOW SPEED
COLLISION.
>> IT'S OKAY.
WE WOULDN'T WANT TO LOSE YOU
ANYWAY, ART.
THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR THIS
WEEK.
JOIN US NEXT TIME WHEN WE'LL
SHOW YOU HOW THESE SKIERS ARE
HITTING THE POWDER TODAY IN
HOPES OF GLIDING TOWARD A GOLD
IN 2014.
WE'LL DISCOVER WHY IT'S
ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO MAP THEIR
FAMILY TREES AND WE'LL EXPLAIN
HOW THE CANDIDATE CHOICE YOU
MAKE IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION
WILL AFFECT THE ISSUES THAT
MATTER MOST TO YOU.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE LEAVE YOU
WITH A WINTERTIME WALK THROUGH
THE NECEDAH NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE.
HOME TO A SCORE OF RARE PLANTS
AND ANIMALS.
FOR "IN WISCONSIN" I'M PATTY
LOEW.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY WHO
BRING SAFE, ENVIRONMENTALLY
FRIENDLY ENERGY TO KEEP LIFE IN
WISCONSIN RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY OFFERING ENERGY
SAVING IDEAS ON THE WEB.
UW HEALTH PROVIDING SPECIALTY
AND PRIMARY CARE FOR ALL AGES
THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN.
INFORMATION ON UW HEALTH
PHYSICIANS AND CLINICS AND ON
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
HOSPITAL IS AVAILABLE ON THE
WEB.
AND BY THE ANIMAL DENTAL CENTER
OF MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH.
A VETERINARY SPECIALIST WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.