- eer + , Know Persi Be Careful, Be: Safe series must-see TV By Martin Millerchip Contributing Writer THE cast and crew of the fifth program in a series of television and home video specials are celebrating with a wrap party at the Fark Royal Hotel. But amidst the light- hearted actors, the sober suited television executives and the undercover cops one fragile beauty stands out. The video looks good. BCTV’s debonair Wayne Cox hosts the show and North Vancouver RCMP media liaison Catherine Galliford looks so camera- , comfortable she could sub- stitute for newsreader Pamela Martin tomorrow. But Tammy Lynn Fee steals the show, Fee’s, story anchors Personal Safety, the fifth video in Friday Communications Incorporated’s Be Careful, Be Safe series. Her harrowing experi- ence is the stuff of movies- of-the-week — those with “parental . discretion” advi- sories plastered all over the advertising. But Personal Safety is no movie-of-the-weak exploita- tion. Fee’s story is the object lesson in a video that teaches what everyone needs to in order not to become a victim. And though the filming is over she’s not finished speaking out. “People too often hide their head in the sand. When you talk about rape and vio- ence people don’t want to hear about it,” she tells the News. “Very often stalking leads to extreme violence and in my case it did.” Fee was sold her home in the interior by a real estate salesman who became a boyfriend. But friendly care became manipulation, con- trolling behavior led to jeal- ousy — not just of other men but her two children and her horses: It’s a pattern Fee hopes others will recognize from, the video and take steps to secure their own safety. : “I had no life of my own.” He robbed me of who [ was.” : . Fee finally stood up to him and asked for some space and time but he broke into her house .one night wearing camouflage and car-: rying two knives, handcuffs and duct tape. . DCuUS OF Net NEWS photo Anne Hamilton BCTV’s Wayne Cox (right) chats with North Van RCMP media Ilaison Catherine Galliford during the wrap party for the fifth show in the Be Careful, Be Safe series at the Park Royal Hotel last week. was sentenced to two years in jail. Fee’s mother later con- fides that he has hired from his jail cell a private detective to check on her whereabouts and the children’s school. Fee wants legislation to protect victims. “My personal _ safety, something you take for ranted, has been taken away rom me. I don’t feel safe anywhere. “I want to be heard for all victims of stalking. [’'m only one voice but when people join together you get Fee escaped in the early” morning after enduring a . night of brutality. Police later found a tele- | f scope and binoculars in her assaulter’s camper. He plea-bargained seven charges down to three and RTT | stronger and eventually you get heard.” Fee is going to need all her strength. “My offender is out May 23, 1997 and the RCMP state ‘given the opportunity this offender will re-offend or even take the life of the victim.’ ” She is unsure wherher she should retocate or hope for the best behind her security alarms and guard dogs. “I honestly don’t know what [am going to do,” she says a little shakily. Then she straightens her shoulders and fixes her inter- viewer with direct eyes and adds, “But Eknow T lived for a reason.” - Keri Nelson and Floyd Lansing are partners in the North Vancouver television production company that is the driving force behind the Be Careful, Re Safe series. Lansing took an idea fora child safety program to the RCMP in 1993 which led to a_three-way collaboration between the police, Friday Productions and RCTY. The resulting show host- ed by Jackson Davies, Safe Children, won the 1994 Crimestoppers International Award for Television Programming as well as the 1995 Can Pro Showease Award. What’s Out There, a look at youth violence, followed. It too won awards, including another Can Pro Showcase which makes Friday Productions the first compa- ny to ever win back to back Showcase awards. Breaking the Silence (on violence against women) and Safe at Home: How to Lock ont Crime became the third and fourth in the series. “The only thing that real- ly ties the shows together is they all involve community issues. Other than that they are all very different,” says Lansing. Each show takes four months of research, writing and editing and the videos are also lip-synched into french. . , Next up for Friday Communications is a project on racial violence and hate - crimes. 1 Control Panel 1 Remote Keypad 3 Door or Window Contacts 1 Motion Detector “The shows are so good they deserve all the attention they can get,” sayy BOTY vice-president of program- ming Roy Gardner, “We've won an every year with shows.” Lansing says that while the ROMP provide a huge amount in ‘in kind’ finane- ing (services and equip: ment}, BCTV foots the bill award these video for the majority of the approximately $120,000 it costs for cach show, “In terms of the job it dogs in the community it's certainly value for money,” says Gardner, Any of the videos in the Be Careful, Be Safe series can be ordered by calling 1-800- 445-5144, The cost is $21.95 each, Ce St. John Ambulance First in First Aid Training COME TO THE PROFESSIONALS FOR YOUR TRAINING AND FIRST AID SUPPLY NEEDS Your North Shore Branch is located at 150 East 2nd Avenue, North Vancouver Call 321-2651 for information on courses and other _ first aid services. ° ma NORTH AMERICA’S NO. 1. gSECURITY COMPANY — in business in British Columbia 105 years Sales * Burglary Installation * — Fire * Monitoring * Medical For a free home security survey 985-3191 1-800-567-5675.” ws ADT ~ We're home even when you're not - BASIC SYSTEM: 1 36w Inside Siren 1 Bell Interface Jack & Cord 5 Decals ¥ Additional Equipment Optional Goods Satisfactory or Money Refunded _ _ Free Service (Parts and Labour)’ ‘while monitored by Eaton’s Security Service (604) 251-8335