by GUILLERMO LAM

You see him in the courthouse every weekday,

easily distinguished by the light brown blazer and
dark beige trousers he wears. He assumes a low

profile. Only those who clash with the law ever
hear from him or know what that crest on his

upper left blazer pocket means.

‘Neatly etched below. the
gold-colored B.C. provincial
emblem are two words,
‘*‘DEPUTY SHERIFF,’’ iden-
tifying Harvey Friesen, 45.

The deputies, officially
known as. peace ‘officers,
‘serve ; summons, : execute

warrants of arrests and any
order the court may direct,
for example, seizing goods —

Friesen-carries a badge of from persons who have lost
court battles.

some sort, but it’s hardly the
type worn by Matt Dillon as

he leads a nosse acainst

desperados across the hills of
Texas in a made-for-TV
feature. No, indeed.

Friesen. -

“We're in a position |
where we're neuiral,’’ says
Whether the  sus-
pect is convicted or set free —

does. not worry us. In court

NO IT ISN’T in fashion...but it is a belt, displayed by

Deputy

Sheriff supervisor Harvey Friesen. The ; ‘body

belt’? with handcuffs fits around prisoner’s. . waist,

allowing free movement of hands.: Usually. used in

escorting suspects over long distances. [G. Lam photo)

‘

In escorting prisoners,
says Friesen, ‘‘Our job is to.

protect them to the best of.
. our ability whether- they’re.

‘ convicted or not. Fortunately
we haven’t reached the stage
here where members. of the

.news media or anybody are-
allowed as they are in the

U.S. to get near to the
. Suspects. and.
microphones in their faces.”’

Apparently, ‘there has
been no resentment from

prisoners he has. transported.
so far ‘Friesen says. ‘They

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“the prosecutor tries to get a.
conviction and the policeman
is there to give evidence he
has collected in. connection. |
with the case.’

Friesen’ s office is the
cramped quarters of a 12x8
foot room on the main floor of.
the: similarly confined North
Vancouver RCMP building: -
-on East Thirteenth, where he -
supervises. four other. depu-.
ies responsible for North
‘and West Vancouver courts.

What we do are notify
witnesses and provide a list
for jury selection, if neces- .
sary for the courts, he adds.

‘““‘BY AND LARGE people
do not know what sheriffs do,
or that we exist. The only
time they hear about us is

The men, George Smith,
‘Dan McHale, Ken Oslund,
and John Mulholland along
with Friesen make up the when a prisoner s
North Shore’s division of the we get: all . the adverse:

Sheriff’s Services, an arm of _ publicity.” .
the attorney- generai’ s de-
partment formed. in ‘April: The heavy ‘set | - Friesen,
1974 to replace constables. with greying ear-length side-
7 . burns, has escorted at least
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