Crime in Missouri

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DORIE CLARK PUTS HIS BODY THROUGH QUITE A WORKOUT. (sot-no super too fast) “THE BODY IS NOT WHAT IS USED TO BE.” CLARK WANTS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. BUT TO WEAR THE BADGE HE MUST COMPLETE MORE THAN 600 HOURS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING OVER 15 WEEKS. SOT---(:16)--------------------- DORIE CLARK 65-YEAR-OLD LETI TRAINEE INSTRUCTOR “THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THE TRAINING IS THE PHYSICAL PART OF IT ESPECIALLY WITH MY BODY AT 65 YEARS OLD.” CLARK IS THE OLDEST TRAINEE IN THE 50 YEAR HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI EXTENSION’S LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING INSTITUTE. SOT---(:32)---------------------- BILL STEPHENS MU EXTENSION LETI “IT’S CHALLENGING FOR ANY PERSON ANY AGE, ABSOLUTELY IT IS. BUT IT’S ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING FOR HIM, BUT HE’S GOT THE RIGHT ATTITUDE ABOUT IT." A FEW MONTHS AGO CLARK WAS LAID OFF FROM HIS JOB AS A WELDER IN ELDON MISSOURI. CLARK WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE LATE 80’S. NOW HE WOULD LIKE TO RETURN TO THE LINE OF DUTY. MOST DAYS BEGIN WITH PHYSICAL TRAINING AT 6 A.M. ADD CLASS WORK AND TESTING TO THE MIX…SOME DAYS LAST UNTIL 10 AT NIGHT. SOT------(DORIE AGAIN) “IT’S HARD FOR ME, IT’S NOT EASY.” SOT---(instructor stephens again) “THERE ISN’T ANY CUTTING ANYTHING. YOU MEET THE STANDARDS OR YOU DON’T MEET THE STANDARDS.” CLARK’S CLASSMATES ARE MUCH YOUNGER BUT THEY SUPPORT HIM. SOT----(1:14)----------------- NICK WESKE LETI TRAINEE “I THINK DORIE’S A GREAT GUY AND YEAH, HE HAS A COUPLE NICKNAMES. ONE OF THEM IS POPS AND I RESPECT HIM FOR HIS AGE AND COMING IN HERE AND KEEPING UP WITH THE BEST OF US.” SOT-----(1:19)------------------ RICHARD INGRAM LETI TRAINEE “YOU KNOW, IF POPS CAN STICK WITH IT THEN WE ALL CAN STICK WITH IT.” IT’S THAT MOTIVATION CLARK AND HIS CLASSMATES WILL NEED TO MAKE IT THROUGH SEVERAL MORE WEEKS OF THE MU TRAINING. SOT-(no super Dorie Clark again) “You gotta be crazy to be doing this. But the joy of it is seeing the other classmates and knowing that I am definitely inspiring them and they are inspiring me to continue.” ((nats)) IN COLUMBIA KENT FADDIS REPORTING.