Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Ameta Center and Buzz

The Mid-State Technical College in Stevens Point has a building in the Business Park called the Ameta Center.  It was built, as I understand it, mostly to house training for medical technicians, specialists needed to use medical technology.  


When we watch “The Closer” and its follow-up “Major Crimes”, we do see gun fights and physical violence when a suspect attacks officers or others.  But there is a member of the crew, Buzz, who is a technologist.  When the investigation team is thinking about some criminal misdeed, Buzz is called upon to tape sights and sounds connected to the investigation.  Buzz is constantly called up to freeze, enlarge, repeat a scene.  His part is a good example of how a technologist, familiar with and comfortable with audio and visual tools that enhance memory and analysis of key events, is an important worker in multiple fields today.