301 20 10383 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/eecbebe2aa9bda79bdd92cd15a03def3.pdf 28f6094fca08842a82486bcb4f08afc8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ,- 1. CITY OF A TLANTA DEPARTMENT of POLICE Atlanta 3, Georgia July 10, 1967 HERBERT T . JENKINS Chief MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Atlanta Police Department {Gertrude Pasley) July 3, 1967 to July 9, 1967 inclusive 5 patrolmen employed 2 patrolmen pensioned Total vacancies: 26 Total guards: 28 E. O. A. employees (paid by Federal Government): 2 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of POLICE Atlanta 3, Georgia July 10, 1967 HERBERT T. JENKINS Chief MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Atlanta Police Department (Gertrude Pasley) July 3, 1967 to July 9, 1967 inclusive 5 patrolmen employed 2 patrolmen pensioned Total vacancies: 26 Total guards: 28 E.,O, A. employees (paid by Federal Government): 2  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 55 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/b5e6dcae6493a6171b9d49c53679e522.pdf c662f6ee7e67a50c1650c39f1ff768ea Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 19, 1967 Chief Herbert Jenkins Atlant a Police Department 175 De catur Street Atlanta, Georgia Dear Chief Jenkins : I have d i s cussed your letter of June 27 regarding the Crime P revention Bureau need for six additional station wagons w ith the Mayor and Mr . Landers as well as Vice P resident Humphrey ' s office and the C ommunity Relations Se rvice in the Justice Depart• ment . Hope for f i nancing these s tation wagons this year eems very Um alt hough the Community Relations Se rvice is making an attempt to locate available funds for this purpose . Mayor Allen, M r. Land rs and I feel th t since the summer is almost two .. third over nd ince th City is unable to provide funding for such project th t we should c one ntrate on n xt ummer' progr m nd try to utilize ex;isting vehicle or faciliti s wher v 1" possibl • It was sugg _sted that m yb th pickup truck which you hav could be us d in pinch. It wa l so point d out th t many priv t group r looking for project and the supply of s~tion w gon for the Crime Pr v ntion Bureau during th summer period wh n chool i out might b good project £or certain group round town. I would Uk to uggest th t w work on this ngle foi: d v lopment of our next sum.m. r progr m which we hop to g t into imrn dia.tely. �Chief J enk.ins Page Two July 19, 1967 I would c ertainly like to work with Captain Re dding or any other designated official from your department in attempting to develop such a program for next summer. I will 1 t you know if I get any hopeful information from the C ommunity Rela tions Service or any other group so far as the immediate need is concerned. S incer ly yours, Dan Sw · at DS :fy c c : Mr . Earl Lande r s ' / � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document July 19, 1967 Chief Herbert Jenkins Atlanta Police Department 175 Decatur Street Atlanta, Georgia Dear Chief Jenkins: I have discussed your letter of June 27 regarding the Crime Prevention Bureau need for six additional station wagons with the Mayor and Mr. Landers as well as Vice President Humphrey's office and the Community Relations Service in the Justice Depart- ment. Hope for financing these station wagons this year seems very slim although the Community Relations Service is making an attempt to locate available funds for this purpose. Mayor Allen, Mr, Landers and I feel that since the summer is almost two-thirds over and since the City is unable to provide funding for such a project that we should concentrate on next summer's program and try to utilize existing vehicles or facilities wherever possible. It was suggested that maybe the pickup trucks which you have could be used in a pinch. It was also pointed out that many private groups are looking for projects and the supply of station wagons for the Crime Prevention Bureau during the summer period when school is out might be a good project for certain groups around town. I would like to suggest that we work on this angle for development of our next summer program which we hope to get into immediately. — ll Chief Jenkins Page Two July 19, 1967 I would certainly like to work with Captain Redding or any other designated official from your department in attempting to develop such a program for next summer. I will let you know if I get any hopeful information from the Community Relations Service or any other group so far as the immediate need is concerned, Sincerely yours, Dan Sweat DS :fy a ce: Mr. Earl Landers ’ secceii ieia — ci B  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 54 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/423dd0ede67817a58f824b2a19cbe009.pdf dc66ffb02cd327eaca3ee540eff894b9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of POLICE Atlanta 3, Georgia July 17, 19 6 7 HERBERT T. JENKINS Chief MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Atlanta Police Department {Gertrude Pasley) July 10, 1967 to July 16, 1967, inclusive 4 patrolmen employed 2 guards promoted to patrolmen 1 patrol resigned - - going back home 1 patrolman asked to resign Total vacancies : 22 Total guards : 22 E . O. A. employees (paid by Federal Government) : 2 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of POLICE Atlanta 3, Georgia July 17, 1967 HERBERT T. JENKINS Chief MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr, From: Atlanta Police Department (Gertrude Pasley) July 10, 1967 to July 16, 1967, inclusive 4 patrolmen employed 2 guards promoted to patrolmen 1 patrol resigned -- going back home 1 patrolman asked to resign Total vacancies: 22 Total guards: 22 E,O, A, employees (paid by Federal Government): 2  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 53 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/6d75cd9e8737a82ee0c6edebf172e092.pdf 3bc2168bc846cdc60a2e39817f7c5295 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. r/ · - -· ·----- - ., I I HARV ARD UNIV ERSITY Augu s t 1, 19 6 7 THE POLICE CHALLENGES AND CHANGES IN AT LANT A by H. T. J enkins I, II II Sinc e the beginning of modern day local gove rnment, as we know it, th e polic e powe r ha s be en the v e hicl e that e nforces the w i shes of local officials. The p olic e powe r i s a t w o ~e dge sword and when it is misuse d , it c ause s local governments to fail to furnish th e service th at it wa s d es i gne d t o furnish a ll o f its citi zens. I O riginally p olic e services we r e furnish ed b y volunteers and local citize ns und e r th e supe rvi s io n of a J u s tic e of th e P eace. This was known as th e "hue and cry 11 systerr1 th a t d epend e d u pon th e fr i ends and re l atives of t he v i ctims of crime, to apprehend and p rosecut e th e perp e trators. ' �- 2 "" In 1829 Sir Robert Peal e org anized the Metropolitan London Police D e p artment and l a id the foundation on what is based all metropolitan police systern.s of the free w orld today. ( This was the first tin.1. e that a local govermnent en1.ploye d a full tiine uniform polic e forc e and accepte d all of the responsibility to pre vent cri1ne and to arrest and prosecute all law violators. Thi s system provide d · for a division of uniform officers, or constab l es as th ey were call e d at that ti1ne, to patrol and to furnish a day watch and a night watch , also a plain cloth e s or detective division; The duti es and responsibilities of th e police has ch a n ge d very littl e sinc e th a t time and are d e signed t o maint a in th e p eace and good ord e r, to pr eve n t c rime , to prot e ct l ife and prop e rty, to . enfo r c e th e l aw and t o g u ar antee the £re e do1n of th e indi v idua l. �- 3 u The A1ne rican cop that you see working his b eat today 3 gets his nickname from the abbreviationof "Constable of Police ' 'c This system has be e n ch ange d and expande d continuously by adding specialized s e ction s , such as police training, traffic control, fing erpr i nting , crime l ab or ator ies, community relations , cri1ne comn,issions and n,any othe rs. The great est deterent to crime and the 1nost effective crime p revention program re1nains the Night Watch and the Day Watch by qualifie d unifor m police officers. The mos t important funct i o n of a police d epar tment to successfully 1ne e t chang ing condition s tod a y 3 are polic e r e cruihn e nt a nd police trainingc The odor e Roo s e v e lt r e c o g ni z e d thi s rn 1895 w h e n h e was Police Corrun i ss ion e r of N ew Yor k City a nd o rgani z e d the fi rs t polic e a c ade m y, o r the fi r s t p olic e t rai ning p rogram for a l ocal c it y poli ce d e part m e nt. \ �i - 4 - The police d e partn1ent that has b een mo s t succ e ssful in.me eting the challeng e of today, ar e those d e parhne nts that have the ~best tr a ining progran 1, and a r c best pr e pared to meet ( I changing conditions from. day to dayo The Atlanta Polic e Departme nt h a s not b ee n up to full authoriz e d strength for many years, for th e siinple reason that a young r:nan, who 1s qualifie d to m eet the high standards of the police d e p a rhne nt i s not willing to subj e ct him s e lf to th e dan ge rs and th e h azar d s of th e job, or subj e cting hi1-nse lf and hi s family constantly to i nv es tig a tion s, ridicul e and critici sm. H e c an ear n a b e tt e r liv i ng fo r h e and hi s f a1-nily a n d e njoy a b ett e r a n d mor e pl e a sant life by follo w ing some othe r v o c ation. ( To fill t h e s e v a c a n c i es an d t o p rovi d e th e n e cessary cov e r ag e a n d p a t ro l , th e Atl a nt a Poli c e D e p a rt me nt h as a dopt e d one - m a n p a tr o l ca r s • ~.. . I �- - - - --------- ---------- - ----------·- -·- -·-- - 5 - This is a highly controvers i a l subject and has brought great criticisrn to th e chie f of policeo This is a subject th at is quit e oft e n n1isunder stood and often e1notio.n ally i f I contro lled. I 1° I I When a polic e offic er is injured or killed in line of duty, it gets lots of publicity and there are those who sincerely beli e ve th e I II i I I incident would have been prevented by t wo ~man patrol I~ cars, but the facts do not support this belief 0 We adopt e d th e on e- m a n patrol cars for th e follo w ing reasons: lo The records , both loc a lly and nationally, w ill show that mor e polic e I o ffic e r s ar e kill e d in t w o - n1. a n p a trol cars than i n one - m an patrol car s . 2. A 1na j ority of the call s an swere d by th e polic e , d o not r e quir e any action by th e p o lic e , only r e qui re counc ili ng a n d g i ving o f adv ice. �----- ---~------- - - ------- -------- - - -- - -------- - - ----- -------- ·- - -- ·- - - - - 6 3. N When a police offic e r needs to call for assistance, he has twice the numb er of u n it s to call on, and h e can get n1.ore help quic ker th a n h e could otherwise. 4. It is good sound polic e 1na.nage1nent that requires an officer to do his f. o wn thinking, to use his iniative and imagination, and to d evelop a hi g h e r d egree of performance 5. 0 For the Atlanta Polic e D e parhnent to arbitrarily adopt the h v o-m an patrol, would cause the nUJnb e r of patrol unit s and th e police service to b e cut ·. 1 h a lf, or it v-rnuld require a ll police p e r sonne 1 to w ork seven d ays p er week, in stead of five days. To ove rcome t hes e and other handicaps, the city i s c on stantly striving t o inc r ea se pol ic e com p e n s a tion and fring e b e n e fit s , ( . which 1nak e p o lice s e rvic e s extr e m e ly e x p e n s ive fo r the t axp a y e r . �- 7 - This requires complete coope ration and understanding behveen the business c01n1nunity and the city officials. The needs and increased demands for additional city services has confronted I. i our city with a l a rg e financial proble1n 0 This is cornplicate d by the r e fusal of the state government to allow the city to broade n its t a x bas e . Th e main source of income for the city is from ad valore1n taxe s. It i s b e lieve d by mos t t a x exp e rts that r e a l est a t e a nd p e r s o n al propert y is alr e ady b e ing tax e d to its li1n it. A r ecent s u rve y by th e N a tion a l L e agu e of Cit i es p re dict e d that Ame r ic a n citie s w ill e x p e rie 1}ce a r e v e nue d e fici enc y of 262 billion doll a r s i n t h e n e x t t e n y ear s . C r i m e agai ns t p rope rty and c r i m e a g ain s t th e p e rs on continu e s to i ncr ease y ear by y e ar ~ w hi l e the p rot e c ti o n of l i fe and p r o pert y b e co1ne s m o r e complicate d a n d e x p e n s i v e . �·------- ··- ------------- -··--· - ·· ----·--- -- -~--- -I ·- - - - - - 8 - There is no corrunon cause for crime , the refore there is no con~mon cure, but a con1bination of 1nany things. The records will show that n~ost crim.e s are com1nitte d by repeaters, ( persons who hav e already been tried and convicted of a similar crime. They have escap e d or they are out on bond, or the y are on probation or parole. I had an opportunity r e c e ntly to t e sti fy befor e a Cbngr e ssional Committe e that was holdin g h earing s on "The Safe Str eet and Crime Control Act. The City of Atl ant a support e d this act 100%, but I we nt eve n furth e r 0 I look e d for w a rd to th e d a y w h e n the U. S. Ju s tic e D e partme nt and th e U. S. Cong r e s s w ill say to eve ry city polic e d e p ar t m e n t , r egardl e ss of i ts si z e - �I If your departnlent meets all the p r ofessional standards in police recruibne nt~ police pay, poli~e tr a ining, and polic e supervision, the F ederal Governnlent w ill contribute a p e rcentag e of your annual budget .. - it should b e about 50%. The . greatest obj e ctions to this is the fear of c entral or fed eral control. I was aske d reeently in Washington if I was adv ocating a national police forc e. Well, I am not a d vocating a national police forc e, but th e thought of it do es not fri ghten me any 1nore. I Th e Atlanta Polic e D e partment devot e s most of its tim e and effort in enfor cing state and fed e ral l a w s, rathe r than city ordina nc e s. I To enfor ce f e d e ral l aws , it i s n e c e s sary to a cc e pt a cert a i n a m ou nt of fed er al co nt r ol and to foll ow f e d er al pro ce du res. �( - 10 - We have no choic e in these rn.att e rs now , and personally. I have no obj e ction s o Th e time h a s come wh e n th e b es t e ffort s and r esourc e s of the fed e ral, state a nd loc a l go ve rnrn.e nt a r e required to m eet th e high cost of law enforc e ment and to che c k and r everse th e tr e nd of i n crea s ing crime that we have b ee n exp er i e ncing 111 r e c e nt y ea r s . W e r e ad and h ear a l o t of c ritic i s rn dir e c t e d t o th e courts, esp e ci a lly to the U. S . Sup r e rn.e Cour t. I am not o n e of tho s e w ho join in this critici sm.• P e r son a lly I h a v e no criticism of th e c our t s o r any of th e ir d ec i s i ons , . ( I fo r t h e s i m pl e rea so n th a t t he ob j e c tive s and t h e ultimat e go a l s of the c ourt s, and th e p o lic e , a re id e n tical -- which i s - �-. 11 - To rn.aintain the peace and good .order _ .., To preve nt crime - - To protect life a nd prope rty -(_ To enforc e the l aw-- And, to guarante e the fr e edom. of th e individual. Thi s w e c a n a ll agre e on. The n, the only dis ag r ee 1ne nt b e t wee n th e c ourts and the polic e are - - h ow w e ac h i eve these go a l s. Wh e n th e c ourt s and the polic e di sagree , t his i s a n indicati on to m e , t hat the polic e ar e i n e rror and m u s t change the ir actions ac cor d i n g ly. ( I t i s not, however , p o ss ibl e t o fur n i sh 100 % se c u rity and 10 0 % fr ee d om t o a ll c iti zens of t hi s n a tio n a t th e same time . Judge Thurgood M ar shall r ecently r e pli ed to a 1 questi on fro1n S e nat or J oh n 'McC l e llan t hat t h e c r i n 1e rate i n t his nation was cr i tical , �( - 12 - but it 1nust b e fought within the fr a m ework of the Constitution, and it 1nust not b e reduc e d at the exp ense of the freedo1n of the individual 0 It app ears to 1ne that the courts in s01ne ca ses might have given fre edo1n of the i n dividual regardless of hi s conduct, top p ri o r ity over all oth er rights and considerations. I would r es pectfully sugg e st th at we might t ake another l ook at this proposition. The cas e s that are most frequently di scusse d are - The Mallory case The Escobedo cas e The Mapp case and, th e Mir a nda case. There h ave b een many documents and articles wr itte n on these cas es '-- - - - - - - - c ~- - and a gre at many s p ee c h es made , both pro and con, but fri e fly this is w h a t h appene d i n these cases. �l r I - 13 - MALLORY VERSUS UNITED STATES Mallory w as arrested in Washington, D. C. on April 7, 1954. He was detained i n Washington jail and charg e d w ith rape 0 Afte r consid e rabl e ques tioning , h e adrnitted the charg e. H e was l ate r tried and convicte do In 1957, the U. S. Supreme Court r eversed the conv iction and state d that 11 11 A suspect must be taken b e fore a Magistrate w ithout An y unn e ces sary d e lay w ill i nvalidate a confession obtained from the accu se d p er son p r ior to his appE;a r ance b e for e a Magistrate. 11 ESCOBEDO VERSUS ILLINOIS Escob e do was arreste d in Chic ago, Illinois, on J anuary 19, 1960, and wa s charged with rnurder . �. ~ 14 - He asked for an attorney and his attorney asked to see him. Both were denied 0 I I I ~ Later h e co11£e ss e d and was trie d and convicte d. In 1964, the U. S. Supr eme Court r eversed the conviction and state d 11 A p e rson has a right to an attorney and the right to rema in silent. 11 MAPP VERSUS OHIO Mr s . :tvfapp was arres t e d in Cleveland, Ohio, on M a y 23, 1957, after officers forc e d th e i r way into h er home without a _. warrant, and found obscene mater ial. The officers d enied h er attorne y entry during the search, nor would they p e rmit Mrs. Mapp to see him. She was l ater tried and c onvicted. �1 - 15 - I n 1961, the U. S. Supr eme Court rever se d th e conviction and stated that evidence c anno t b e used u 1 any court if collecte d in a search a nd se i zure that is unr eas onable or ill egaL MIRANDA VERSUS ARIZONA Miranda was arrested i n Phoeni x , Arizona, on March 3, 1963. He wa s d e tain e d in th e Phoeni x j a il and charge d w ith k idnappin g and rap e . After co ns id erab l e qu e stioning , h e ad1nitte d the ch arge. H e was t r i e d and convicted. In 19 66, the U. S. Suprern.e Cou rt r eversed the conviction on th e gr ou nds that h e was not advis e d of his right to counse l, and the right to remain silent. I c anno t agree that th ese cases have l egally hand icapp ed th e polic e i n any way . But, I b e l ie ve we can agr ee th a t t he ch ange s that th e se ca ses required · in police pro ce dur e ha s mad e polic e w ork more comp li cat ed and much mor e exp e nsive, b e c ause they put s evere r es t rictions on cust odial in te r rogation. �- 16 - To cornpletely inv e sti gat e a cas e and d etermine all of the facts prior to th e arrest of the su s p e ct, requires n1ore investigators and a gr eat d eal 1nore ti1ne and effort, but this is legal and n e c essary to protect the rights of the individua l, and in th e s e ca ses the p er p e tr ator is the individual. Th e ques tion th at dis t urb s 1ne , and ha s not been answered up to this point, is, 11 w h at a bout the rights of the v icti1n? 11 They a l so a r e entitle d to protection u nd e r the l aw. It i s very ea s y t o forget a victi1n aft e r the first 11 spl ash 11 of publicity, an d after the p e rp e trator h a s been i dentified and t aken i nto cu stody. All of these ar e routin e police pr obl e ms that address the1nselves to good police n1 an a ge1ne nt. �/ - 17 - The greatest challenge that has fac e d a c i ty or a police dep a rtment esp eci ally in th e S outh, h as b een th e socia l and r a cial .. r evolution th at we h ave expe rienc e d in the l ast t wenty y ears • •••• where custo1n and t radition versus the l aw, and i n most c as es w her e the fed e ral law and the state l aw were 1n conflict or contradicte d each othe r. For many y ears th e American Negro was segregate d and di s criminated agains t b e c a u se of th e color o f h is skin, and kept i n a po s i _tion of second a ry c itize ns hip . S eg r egation was neve r d es i g n e d t o s e p a r a t e the rac es , but to k ee p the N egr o in his infe r i or pl ac e . It was wr itte n i n t h e l aw , and it w as th e l aw. During th ese y ears th e p r i ncip l e fu nc tio n of t he police was t o k ee p the N egro i n h is pl ace. �- - - --- -- - - - --- - - - - · · - --- - - 18 - Th e Presid ent of the Unite d St a t es, the Mayor of the City of Atl anta, Ralph McGill, Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and many oth e rs saicl this was w rong and 1nust be chan ged. Th e U. S. Sup rerr1e Court h e ld in m a ny ca ses that this \vas uncon stitutional and th e Am e rican N e gro was entitle d to all the rights and privile ges th a t goes with first cl ass citizenship. In 19 4 5 th e court s gave the N eg ro es the b a llo t. Thi s was th e first ti1ne that th e Arner ican N e gro could a ctua lly p articip ate in th e 1nanage1n e nt of his government . I n 1954 th e cou rts h e ld s eg r egat e d schools t o b e unl awful and u nc o nstituti onal. P erhap s these t wo d e c isi ons effecte d more p e op l e, brou g ht ibout a greater ch ange i n attitude , habits , customs and action, than any other d e c i s i ons. ' I I f B e t wee n th e y ears of 19 5 8 a nd 19 63 the City of Atl ant a rece i ve d c our t I · ord e rs t o d esegre gate _ .,, �19 ~ bus es golf courses scho o ls air t e r n1.i na ls s w i1nn1.ing p o ol s and o t h er public f a ciliti e s Th e Ciiy of Atl ant a n e ver h e s itat e d or d iscontinued a ny p ubli c f ac ility in an effort to avoid t h ese c h a nges. Fo rmer Mayor Willi a1n B. Hartsfie ld a nd Mayor I v an A ll en, J r. p rovi ded superior l eadershi p w i th fin e cooper a t i on and assi stance fro 1n both th e w hit e com1nunity l eaders and the Negro co1n1nunity l eaders. All of th ese changes were accomp li shed w i th a mini mum of di sturbances. The Ciiy of Atlanta began e1np l oying Negro p olice i n 1948 and today 14% of our tot a l personi1e l i s N egro. �\ .. 20 = During th e des eg r e g a tion of public faciliti e s~ public officials were und e r great pr e s s ure to d ese greg 2.tc p r i vate prope rty and private facilities, o ve r which the y had no control. On e of th e n,o s t e ffe ctive civ il rig hts or gani zations i n th e s e activitie s was the Stud e nt Non=vio l ent Coordinating Connnittee know n as S N CC. O r i gin a lly SNCC w a s co1nposed of r es p ect a ble and d ecen t l aw abiding stud e n t s fr o1n the u n i versiti es , tha t was committe d to and pr ac tice d non~ vi o l ence . W e enj oye d f i ne con,n,unications and coop erat i on fro1n t hem. The y we r e just agai nst se gr egati on, othe r wise the y were go od l aw ab iding citizens . By 1964 SNCC had fall en int o the h and s of i rresponsib l e l eaders , and t heir fo llowers includ e d crimin a l s of a ll k i nd. �-- - - ----- - - - - - .• 21 -~ Aft e r our experience w ith SNCC i s and around son1.e Atlanta restaurants I I I I I in 196 4, I 1nade the st a ten1.ent: that SNCC had b e con1.e a Non-student Violent C01nrni1..-te e and time has proven i! i I th a t s t atement to b e true. ! I Th e U. S. Congr ess h a d been extre1ne ly slow in accepting changes and in h e lping th e col.uts and th e cities ,v ith th e ir probl en1s . But the U. S . Con gress gave the Civil Rights Move1nent its greate st I as s ist ance I- 111 adopting the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 1965. Th ese Acts in my opinion, s a ti sfy a ll th e l egiti1nate complaints of th e Civil Rights Moveme nt in th e fie ld of publfo accomod a t ions and voting rights. Th ere w e r e 1na11y oth e r things th at n e e d e d att e ntion, li ke ern.ployme nt, housin g , r e c re ation and l a w enforc e ment. And, again th e City of A tl a nt a n eve r h e sitate d. \ �- --··- -- - --- ·------- - ----- ·-----··--·--- - -··--- - - ---· --- ~ - - - - - --- ---· 22 - They 1noved r ight into these activities w ith all the vigor and resourc es avail a b l eo I n 1965 Mayor I van A lle n, Jro a ppointe d th e Atlanta C o1n1ni ssion on C r irn e and Juve nile Delinqu e ncy. U. So Judg e Griffin B e ll was appointed Chairrnan~ a l ong w ith 26 othe r very distingui shed and able citize ns. Jud ge Bell appoint ed a ve ry ab l e attorney,· Fr an cis Shack l ef ord, a ,l. general counse l, and eig ht other young attorn e ys, to act as staff for th e Con1.m.ission. Judge Be ll th e n di v ided th e C om1nission into six sub-~co1nmittees - Juveni l e D e l inque'.ncy Rehab ilit ati on Crirne and H e a lth C r i m e and Pove rty Law and Ord er Org anized C r imea �--------- --- T he co1T11-r1ittee 1ne n1.b e r s were s e l e ct e d and a p pointe d on the b asis of t h e ir inte r est and a bilit i e s i n the i r spe cia li ze d field. Th e C on.1.miss i.on 1nad e an i n - d epth study of a ll the c aus e s and c ur e s of c r i n.1.e rn Atl anta. Jud ge B e ll h e l d w eek l y n 1.eetings w i t h the Corn.1n i ss i o n and pr e p a r e d the i r r e p ort u nder the Titl e o f 11 0 p p ortunity for U rb an E xce llence 11 • An1.ong oth e r things t h e C on1.1ni ssion fou nd tha t c rin1.e and pove rty were t w i ns that c ould not b e s e p a rate <l. On e coul d not b e i1nprove d without i n1.proving both.; They r e c om.mended t hat the Atl ant a Po l ic e D e p artment emp l oy police- c on1.munity counse llo rs t o w ork i n high poverty and high cri1ne comn1.unities , to h e lp i 1nprove l iving conditions and t o al s o i m prove t h e polic e i.1nage . �-- ____ - 2 4 ~- This was a c 01npl ete l y new appro a ch to crin.1.e pr e v ention and l aw e n.f orce1ne nto In the p as t th e polic e h ave rn.a de eve ry effort to keep the l ine b etween soc ial welfare s e rvice and police service separated. But, und er thes e reco1n1ne nd a tions ~ th e servic e s would b e com b ine d and put additional duties a n d r esponsibilities on the pol ice The r e we r e t w o cou rses we cou ld h ave followe d at tha t p oint : 1. To acc e pt th e cb ange imme dia t e l y and ac ti v ate the p rogram ,,;,,ith pr e sent employees and e qu iprn ent , or 2o To opp ose t he c h ange with d e l a y e d t actics a nd wait fo r a d d itional app r op r i a ti ons a nd p ers o nne l b e f ore t ak i n& a n y acti on B e c a u se of the great a d rn.ir ati o n a nd res p ect tha t we h a d for th e a bility and integ rity of t he Cri1ne Connni ss i on, we acc e pte d tbe recomm endations i mmecliate l y I was p e rsona lly prep a red to yie ld to the ir j udgment \ 0 0 0 0 _.... -- ·--.,,_ �-·--- ----- - 25 - We r e cog ni ze d tha t the r e w as a n e ed for s uch se rvices b e caus e w h e n a soci a l w ork e r w as c onfront e d w ith ho s tility a nd r e si s t anc e , th ey shnp ly b acke r!_ off and call e d th e polic e for ass i s t a nc e. W e al s o r e co gni ze d th a t to pro vide thi s se r v ic e th a t th e polic e must b e esp e ci a lly s e l ec t e d and train e d to w e a r t w o h a t s. Fi rs t to ac t an d serve as a so c i a l wo r ker - ~ And, second, wh e n condi t i ons requi re it, to arres t an d p r os ecute law viol ators. I n J anuary, 1966, we o rgan i ze d a C r i1ne P reventio n Bureau a s p ar t of t he D e t ecti v e D ivis ion and d e t a ile d sixt e e n p o lice p ers o nne l, t hat include d both Negro and w h i t e u nifor 1n o ffi ce r s and d e t ec t ives. \ �~ - - - - -- - - - ~-- - - - - 26 - These officers we re assigned to Econ omic Opportunity Cente rs in p ove rty comrnunities w ith sp ecial in struction s to act as guides and coun sello rs in getting jobs, in getting drop - out s back in school, and furn ishing other welfare servic es. To act as advisors on go od citizenship and to n1ake fri en ds and suppo:rters fo r the police d epartment. V ehicles u sed by the Crin-ie Preventi on officers h ad sp ec i a l equipn-ient, such as loud speakers , record players and spr i nkl e r h eads. Th e y could clo se a street to vehic ular t raffic and hold street rneetings w ith some entertain1nent, or if it v1as a hot sunny afternoon, they coul d hook up th e sprinkler h eads to a fire plug, anal turn on a showe r. On Many occas ions th ey have had a ll the childr e n from a hou s ing project playing u nde r the sprinkl e r i n one bl ock. �----- -·--- ------ ------- -- -- - - -- ----- - · - 27 - Th e Cri1ne pr eventi on o ffi ce1·s h andl e a ll o f t he f ollowi ng co1npl aints i n th e ir di s t r ict - M a liciou s r n i schi ef P etty l ar c eny M is sing p er sons Stole n bic ycle s and, a ll j u venile c ases . Their j ob i s to find a so lutio n to these problems without n:1a king an arres t i f poss i b l e . We h a ve tri e d to adopt a p age from. the Juvenile Court's m a nual by n1aking thi s a correctional o rganiz a t io n, r a ther th~n a punitive o ne. T h e Crime Pr eve ntion offic ers h a v e earne d the r es p e ct of mo s t of the p e opl e ( living i n the i r dist r ict. They have a l so earne d the r es p ect of other n1.e1nbers of the d epartn1. eni: W e h ave som e reques t s from othe r xnemb ers of th e d e p artment to be t ransferred to the Crin1..e p . revenhon Bureau. 0 �-~ ... 28 - The p a tr o l officers are qui ck to c a ll the bureau fo r assistance w h e n they se e p rob l en1.s d eve loping . v\T e b e lieve th a t we a re 11.1.o v i ng i n t]1 e right dir e ction. In Vle expect to see th e bu reau grow and expand, and certainly that w ill b e expensive. We now h ave 29 p o lic e p e rsonn e l ass i gne d t o th e bur eau, which includ e s a c aptain and thr ee li e ut e n ants . Th e C rime Pr evention Bur eau officers n1.us t always wear t wo h ats, and w h en th e y find a group that ca1m.ot b e p ers uaded with the ir h e lp and couns e lli ng, to ob e y the l aw, th ey must b e arr es t e d and pros ec ut e d. T he hi gh e st value of the l aw i s t he keeping of th e p eace. �- 29 In :tv(a rch of t his y ear we organized a T a sk F or c e of a b out thirty s p e c ially tr a ine d and equipp e d offic ers ~ who c an b e m ove d i nto a ny con,m u nity nn s h o l' t not i c e , t o u se w h a t ever f or c e th a t 1s n e cess aT y t o e nf o r c e th e l aw and maintai n th e pe a c e . W e are c onv i nc e d tha t t h e a c ti on of t h e C r i me Pr eve ntion Bur eau h a s p r evente d the c rin 1e r e cord fron1. r i sing as r a pidly as it n, i g ht h ave. W e a r e a l so convin c e d th at whe n str ee t fighting d o e s occur , th e b ur e au I s action ke p t i t fr orn b e i ng a s s eve re as i t 1n i ght h a ve b e e n othe rwi s e 0 • W e h a ve h a d 1nore th a n our sh a r e o f s t r e e t fighti n g o r riots a s the y a r e s orne ti m e s c a ll e d. On S e p t e 1n b er 6, 1966, t w o d e t e c tiv e s atte mpt e d t o arr e st H aro l d Pr:athe r f or auto l a rc eny a t C a pitol Ave nu e and O rn1.ond Str eet . �-~ 30 ~ Pr ath e r r es i ste d and \Vas s h ot b y the d e t e c tive s . T his caused a l a r ge a nd ang ry cro\v d to g a th e r in the str eet. M a yo r Ivan A lle n , Jr. e lb owed hi s way t o t he c enter of t he cr owd an d did a gr eat j ob i n t a l k ing to a nd qui e ting th e crow d until S NCC arr i ve d on t he s c e ne and in cit e d the c rowd t o start thr owing b ricks and b ottl es. The polic e rnove d i n, in forc e , and c l eared the streets. It was n e ces sary t o call i n off- duty polic e and t o p ut t h e d e par t rne nt on t we l ve hour p er d a y duty. 7 3 p e r s on s were arrest e d; several of w h i ch vvere i ndicted by the G rand J ury fo r inciting t o r iot, in cluding Stokel yI Carrn.ich ae l. O n S e pte 1nber 10, 1966, a w hite 1n otori s t, whi l e driving through a N egro corn1nunity 011 Negro youth. North Boul eva rd, shot and k ille d a �- 31 - A gain a n ang r y rn.ob g ath e r e d i n the s t r eet and agai n Mayor A ll en rnove d r i g ht i nto t11e i r n 1ids t to u r g e p e a c e an d qu i e t . This was a great d en1on strati on of 11 C o1n e and l et u s r e ason t oge t h e r ' 1 • But, t he rnob ,v as i n no n~oo d t o l iste n t o the vo i c e of reason. Th e y o n l y shou t e d thr eat s of i nsult s a nd v i o l e nce , and sta rte d t hrow i ng b rick s a nd fir e b on~b s . T e n sto r e ·w in.do vs we r e b r ok en a nd s everal b u i l dings we r e s e t on fir e 0 But, th e p olic e vve r e t h e r e in fo r c e o Th e fir es were p 1· 01nptly e xti n gu i s h e d a n d th e re was no l ooting" T h e s t re e t s were cle ar e d, a nd 6 5 p e rs o n s w e r e arreste d o n th e fi 1· s t n i g h t , a n d 14 a dult s and 15 j u ve ni l es ar r e ste d o n t h e se cond night. I n r e p o r t ing t h i s t o th e Chi e f 1 s conve n ti on i n P hila d e l phi a l as t O c tob e r , I sugges t e d t h a t p erh a p s t he b est way for t h e p o lice t o h andl e a s i tuati on afte r it r each e d th i s p oint, was fo r t h e p o lic e· · t o a lway s sp e ak v e ry k indl y , �- 32 - walk v e ry slo\vl y, and i.rar1·y a sa-..,ve d off shot gun. Brick s and b ottl e s can b e a d e adly v-1 e a pon and n1u st b e r ecogni z ed as such. I Th e City of Atlant a did not w ait u nt il th e r e was sheet d isturban c e s to .i i1nprove li ving co n ditio n s i n th e low inco rne co1n1-rmniti es 0 Th e Cit y of Atl ant a, i n coop e ration w ith th e Fed e ral Gove rmnent, h as sp e nt n1illions of doll ar s i n th e .l a st fiv e yea1· s to iinprove job o pport u nit i es , hous i n g con ditio ns a nd e duc a tion a l f a ciliti es fo r th e citi z e n s of t hese cornrnu niti es . All c ity d e p ar tm ents , e s p e ci a lly the P l a nnin g a n d I ns p ec ti o n D e p ar t ment th Con s tructi on D e p artme n t - - the S anit ar y D e p a r t m e nt - - ' th e P a r ks D c p a rhn c nt - - a nd a ll oth er d e p ar tine nts h a v e put forth th e ir b e s t e f for t s i n the l as t five y ears , u nd e r t h e p e rs onal d ir e ction of I\1ayo r I van A ll e n, J r 0 , to 1n a ke . life mo re l i ve ab l e fo r th e c i ti zens of hj g h crin1e an d p over ty c on1n1un iti es i n ou r city. \ �- - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - - -- - -- - - - - 33 - O n Jun e 19th of t h i s y ear , a privat e u n i fo r n1 g u a rd fo r a 1ne rch a n t 1 in D i x i e Hill s, att en1.p te d to arr est a young boy for l a rc e ny . His siste r inte r fe r e d a nd r es i ste d . The polic e "vere c a lle d to a s sist t he gu aT d . A crow d g a th e r e d a11 d s t ar t e d throw i ng bri cks an d bottl e s, a s rnor e p olic e cars a r ri ve d, the y we r e rn e t w ith a shovve1· of brick s . S eve ral p olic e offi ce rs we r e i n ju re d . Ei g ht p olic e c ars were d arn.age d , and f i ve windshi e l ds we r e b :r. oke n i n p oli ce c ars. Th ree per sons we r e i n j ured and one di e d f ro rn gun shot wounds. After t w o n ight s of disturb ances, 3 3 p ers ons weTe arres t e d, i n cluding Sta l e l.y C annic h ae l. Mayo r I v an Alle n, Jr. i ssue d an En1ergency Pro cl arnation th a t p l a c e d a curfew on th e c o1nmunity. But, i t was neve r n ecessar y t o en force it . \ �- 34 - The Com1nuni ty Re l ations Con:uni ssion, Alderrnan Q. V. Willi amson, S enator L e roy J ohnson and other N egro l eade:i;s i I I I I started holding corrnnunity 1ne c tings, giving assurance that every co1nplain t would be i nvestigated and acted upon 0 Dixie Hills i s not s lun.1.so It is a con1.parative l y n e w hou s ing proj ect, w ith good streets, good equip1ne nt and goo~ cp a r tment hou ses occupied by Ii lI n1.iddle c l a s s Negroes. I ! Thr ee w eeks l ate r about 200 r e side nt s a pp e ared b e fo re th e Polic e Co1nm.ittee of th e Alde rmanic Bo~rd at Polic e H e a dqu a rt e rs and d e m a nde d an i1n rne di a t e public h e ar i ng of th e i r g rievanc es a nd com pl a i n t s . Afte r the committ ee h a d compl e t e d its r e gul a r a ge nd a , t h e y v ery p a tie n tly ( and under st and i.n g l y l iste n e d t o eve rythi ng t h e y h ad to s a y, f or about t hr ee h ou rs. �---- -- - -- - - - - -·- ·- - ---- - - - 35 - Their co1n pl a ints agai n s t N egr o polic e offic er s w ere just as strong , or stronge r, th an th e co1npl a i nts again s t th e w hite officers. One witn e ss st a t e d that th e r eal probl e 1n in Dix ie Hills was r es ide nts moving furth er out in the subu r bs and the ir apartn'- e nts b e ing occupie d by f a 1n ili e s fron'- th e slum co1n1nunities . The Corn1nittee as s ur e d th e m th e ir r e ports would b e given e ve ry I consid e ratio n . ! II i' I suggest e d th a t th e y h e lp m e fi n d t wo qu a lifi e d applicants in th e i r co1n1nu n ity I. ' for th e poli ce d e p artment - - and we w o u l d a s s i gn th em t o p atrol th e i r n e i ghborh oo d . O n th e 3 rd of J ul y of t his y ear , a N e·gro m a n wal ke d i n t o a s};tir t s h o p o n B road Stree t , op e r a t ed b y a w hite woman . T h e y got inv olved i n an argu1nent about t he u se of a res t roon'-. T h e m an returned to th e str eet and thr ew a bottl e through th e fro n t p l ate . g l ass w indow. �. - 36 - Again SNCC leade r s wer e pr e s e nt and quite a fe w bottles were throw n, i n su ring s e v e r a l polic e officers • ... Nine persons \x.,e r e a rrest e d, including so1ne of SNCC 1 s l e aders and r organiz e rs. I am r e porting the s e inc ide nts bri e fly, but it is not my i n t e ntion to d e al w ith the 1n lightly , fo r this is a r eal s e rious cha lle n ge . At tim.e s it 1s alrno s t a c ase of life and d e ath. O n J u l y 6th~ Mayor I van A llen~ Jr. s t ate d in very clear and fi rin l anguage the goal s , th e p olicies and the r es ponsibilities o f t he C ity o f A tl a nta an d th e Atla nta P o lic e D e parbnent. I a m . i n com .p l e te agreement with t hat s tat eme n t I rep e at ~nd expand i t. The City of Atlanta w i ll not s low d o w n in providing e qu a l s e r v ic es for a ll c itiz e ns. There are opportunities for dissent and d en.1.on s tration by diss atisfi e d citizens. �I ' - 37 - T he city welcorn.es this, but it must b e within the confines of t he law, and · the re can be no exceptions. The city ,vill not b e i ntirn.ida t e d by th e threat of violenc e , and l a w l e ssness w i ll not b e tole rat e d. The burning and looting of property will not b e tol erated. Ther e will b e no h es itancy whatsoever , to use n e cessary efforts to enforce law and order in a l a w a b.iding cornn.1.unity., The Atlanta Police h ave b een drilled and tr a ine d to avoid w h at has b een t enne d polic e brutality, a n d to provide equal p rotection a nd service for a ll citizens and visitors. The polic e h ave the a uth o rity, unde :i: th e l aw, t o pr ot e ct the mse l v e s w hile I enforcing th e law . '·· �38 - Th e polic e will not b e subj e cte d to b e ing shot at, having bottles and bricks thro\vn a t th e rn, and b e ing s_pit upon, without t aking appro :ipr iate action. The Atlanta Polic e D e p a rtrn e nt h as furni s hed a very fine servic e anµ they h ave op erat e d u n der gr eat restr a int 0 The Atlanta polic e do not pu s h anyon e around, nor will th e y b e pu s h e d around, and will not h esitate to request th e assistanc e of the National Gu ar d if events i ndicate it n e c essar y to prov id e th e protection and services th a t l aw abiding citi zens of our city ha ve every ri g ht to exp e ct. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document 2 ot ee i ee HARVARD UNIVERSITY August 1, 1967 THE POLICE CHALLENGES AND CHANGES IN ATLANTA by H, T. Jenkins Since the beginning of modern day local government, as we know it, the police power has been the vehicle that enforces the wishes of local officials, The police power is a two-edge sword and when it is misused, it causes local governments to fail to furnish the service that it was designed to furnish all of its citizens, Originally police services were furnished by volunteers and local citizens under the supervision of a Justice of the Peace. This was known as the "hue and cry" system that depended upon the friends and relatives of the victims of crime, to apprehend and prosecute the perpetrators, In 1829 Sir Robert Peale organized the Metropolitan London Police Department and laid the foundation on what is based all metropolitan police systems of the free world today, This was the first time that a local government employed a full time uniform police force and accepted all of the responsibility to prevent crime and to arrest and prosecute all law violators, This system provided for a division of uniform officers, or constables as they were called at that time, to patrol and to furnish a day watch and a night watch, also a plain clothes or detective division,’ ' The duties and responsibilities of the police has changed very little since that time and are designed to maintain the peace and good order, to prevent crime, to protect life and property, to . enforce the law and to guarantee the freedom of the individual,  The American cop that you see working his beat today, gets his nickname from the abbreviationof 'Constable of Police". This system has been changed and expanded SBE MoU ety by adding specialized sections, such as police training, traffic control, fingerprinting, crime laboratories, community relations, crime commissions and many others, The greatest deterent to crime and the most effective crime prevention program coma ine the Night Watch and the Day Watch by qualified uniform police officers, The most important function of a police department to successfully meet changing conditions today, are police recruitment and ‘ ‘ police training, Theodore Roosevelt recognized this in 1895 when he was Police Commilastenes of New York City and organized the first police academy, or the first police training program for a local city police department, : ev  The police department that has been most successful in.meeting the challenge of today, are those departments that have the best training program, and arc best prepared to meet changing conditions from day to day. The Atlanta Police Department has not been up to full authorized strength for many years, for the simple reason that a young man, who is qualified to meet the high standards of the police fe department is not willing to subject himself to the dangers _ and the hazards of the job, or subjecting himself and his family constantly to investigations, ridicule and criticism, He can earn a better living for he and his family and enjoy a better and f To fill these more pleasant life by following some other vocation, vacancies and to provide the necessary coverage and patrol, the Atlanta Police Department has adopted one-man patrol cars, This is a highly controversial subject and has brought great criticism to the chief of police, This is a subject that is quite often misunderstood and often eeelogey controlled, When a police officer is injured or killed in line of duty, it gets lots of publicity and there are those who sincerely believe the incident would have hea prevented by twoeman patrol cars, but the facts do not support this belief, We adopted the one-man patrol cars for the following reasons: 1, The records, both locally and nationally, will show that more police officers are killed in two-man patrol cars than in one-man patrol cars, 2. Amajority of the calls answered by the police, do not require any action by the police, only require counciling and giving of advice, « 6-= 3, When a police officer needs to call for assistance, he has twice the number of units to call on, and he can get more help quicker than he could epoT ae 4, It is good sound police management that requires an officer to do his own thinking, to use his iniative and imagination, and to develop a higher degree of performance, 5, For the Atlanta Police Department to arbitrarily adopt the two-man patrol, would cause the number of patrol units and the police service to be cut ~1 half, or it would require all police personnel to work seven days per week, instead of five days, To overcome these and other handicaps, the city is soraetee! striving to increase police compensation and fringe benefits, which make police services extremely expensive for the taxpayer, This requires complete cooperation and understanding between the business community and the city officials, The needs and increased demands for additional city services has confronted our city with a large financial problem, This is complicated by the refusal of the state government to allow the city to broaden its tax base, The main source of income for the city is from ad valorem taxes, It is believed by most tax experts that real estate and personal property is already being taxed to its limit, A recent survey by the National League of Cities predicted that American cities will experience a revenue deficiency of 262 billion ' dollars in the next ten years, Crime against property and crime against the person continues to increase year by year, while the protection of life and property becomes more complicated and expensive, There is no common cause for crime, therefore there is no common cure, but a combination of many things, The records will show that most crimes are committed by repeaters, persons who have already been tried and convicted of a similar crime, They have escaped or they are out on bond, or they are on probation or parole, I had an opportunity recently to testify before a Cbngressional Committee that was holding hearings on ''The Safe Street and Crime Control Act", The City of Atlanta supported this act 100%, but I went even further, ' I looked forward to the day when the U. S. Justice Department and the U. S. Congress will say to every city police department, regardless of its size -  If your department meets all the professional gendeo ds in police recruitment, police pay, police training, and police supervision, the Federal Government will contribute a percentage of your annual budget -- it should be about 50%. The greatest objections to this is the fear of central or federal control, I was asked reeently in Washington if I was advocating a national police force, Well, I am not advocating a national police force, but the thought of it does not frighten me ‘any more, The Atlanta Police Department devotes most of its time and effort in enforcing state and federal laws, rather than city ordinances, To enforce federal laws, it is necessary to accept a certain amount of federal control and to follow federal procedures, - 10 - We have no choice in these matters now, and personally.I have no objections, The time has come when the best efforts and ae of the federal, state and local government are required to meet the high cost of law enforcement and to check and reverse the trend of increasing crime that we have been experiencing in recent years. We read and hear a lot of criticism directed to the courts, especially to the U, S. Supreme Court, I am not one of those who join in this criticism, Personally I have no criticism of the courts or any of their decisions, for the simple reason that the objectives and the ultimate goals of the courts, and the police, are identical ~- which is - » ll = To maintain the peace and good order -« To prevent crime -- To protect life and property -- To enforce the lawe- And, to guarantee the freedom of the individual, This we can all agree on, Then, the only disagreement between the courts and the police are ~- how we achieve these goals, When the courts and the police disagree, this is an indication to me, that the police are in error and must change their actions accordingly. It is not, however, possible to furnish 100% security and 100% freedom to all citizens of this nation at the same time, Judge Thurgood Marshall recently replied to a 'question from Senator John ‘McClellan that the crime rate in this nation was critical,  but it must be fought within the framework of the Constitution, and it must not be reduced at the expense of the freedom of the individual, It appears to me that the courts in some cases might have given freedom of the individual regardless of his conduct, top Salona over all other rights and considerations, I would respectfully suggest that we might take another look at this proposition, The cases that are most frequently discussed are - The Mallory case The Escobedo case The Mapp case and, the Miranda case, There have been many documents and articles written on these cases and a great many speeches made, both pro and con, but friefly this is what happened in these cases, a , -~ 136 MALLORY VERSUS UNITED STATES Mallory was arrested in Washington, D.C. on April 7, 1954, He was detained in Washington jail and charged with rape, After considerable questioning, he admitted the charge, He was later tried and convicted, In 1957, the U. S.Supreme Court reversed the conviction and stated that "A suspect must be taken before a Magistrate without delay. "Any unnecessary delay will invalidate a confession obtained from the accused person prior. to his appearance before a Magistrate," : ' ESCOBEDO VERSUS ILLINOIS Escobedo was arrested in Chicago, Illinois, on January 19, 1960, and was charged with murder, . « 14 He asked for an attorney and his attorney asked to see hink Both were denied, Later he confessed and was tried and convicted, In 1964, the U. S. Supreme Court reversed the conviction and stated "A person has a right to an attorney and the right to remain silent," MAPP VERSUS OHIO Mrs, Mapp was arrested in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 23, 1957, after officers forced their way into her home without a warrant, and found obscene material, The officers denied her attorney exited during the search, nor would they permit Mrs. Mapp to see him, She was later tried and convicted, ~ 15.4 In 1961, the U. S.Supreme Court reversed the conviction and stated that evidence cannot be used in any court if collected in a search and seizure that is unreasonable or illegal, MIRANDA VERSUS ARIZONA Miranda was arrested in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 3, 1963, He was detained in the Phoenix jail and charged with kidnapping and rape, After considerable questioning, he admitted the charge, He was tried and convicted, In 1966, the U. S, Supreme Court reversed the conviction on the grounds that he was not advised of his right to counsel, and the right to remain silent, I cannot agree that these cases have legally handicapped the police in any way. But, I believe we can agree that the changes that these cases required in police procedure has made police work more complicated and much more expensive, because they put severe restrictions ti on custodial interrogation. wo 6: = To completely investigate a case and determine all of the facts prior to the arrest of the suspect, requires more investigators and a great deal more time and effort, but this is legal and necessary to protect the rights of the individual, and in these cases the perpetrator is the individual, The question that disturbs me, and has not been answered up to this point, is, "what about the rights of the victim?" They also are entitled to protection under the law, It is very easy to forget a victim after the first "splash!" of publicity, and after the perpetrator has been identified and taken into custody. All of these are routine police problems that address themselves to good police management, ra | ; | as oe The greatest challenge that has faced a city or a police department especially in the South, has been the social and racial revolution that we have experienced in the last twenty years..oce where custom and tradition versus the law, and in most cases where the federal law and the state law were in conflict or contradicted each other, For many years the American Negro was segregated and discriminated against because of the color of his skin, and kept in a position of secondary citizenship, Segregation was never designed to separate the races, but to keep the Negro in his inferior place; ’ It was written in the law, and it was the law, During these years the principle function of the police was to keep the Negro in his place, = 18 - The President of the United States, the Mayor of the City of Atlanta, Ralph McGill, Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and many others said this was wrong and must be changed, The U. S,Supreme Court held in many cases that this was unconstitutional and the American Negro was entitled to all the rights and privileges that goes with first class citizenship. In 1945 the courts gave the Negroes the ballot, This was the first time that the American Negro could actually participate in the management of his government, In 1954 the courts held segregated schools to be unlawful and unconstitutional, Perhaps these two decisions effected more people, brought about a greater change in attitude, habits, customs and action, than any other decisions, Between the years of 1958 and 1963 the City of Atlanta received court ‘ orders to desegregate -«  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 52 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/9f6b2c63c5a271a7a69a74d262808137.pdf e3cf75e5de5f539a7bd41d92755c0504 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. SIDNEY T. SCHELL ATTORNEY AT LAW 1726 FULTON NATIONAL BANK BU I LDING ATLAN TA, GEORGIA 30303 52 3- 6 001 Jul 14, 1 7 {rs . El a K. P SC 11 ecutiv Director CotDnlmity tious .u..t.L.0~1011 1203 Ci y l Atl nt, G or 30303 tter of June 28, 1967, C n 1 r Harri . W. , Atlanta, , lead that om110sed o ter ·• •• l l . I.ala ; r t nt of 1050 Gordo t for rt.al thtl rl••· � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document SIDNEY T. SCHELL ATTORNEY AT LAW 1726 FULTON NATIONAL BANK BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 S23-6001 July 14, 1967 Mrs. Eliza K. Paschall Executive Director Commmity Relations Comaission 1203 City Hail Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Madam: Your letter of June 28, 1967, addressed to the President of the George Chandler Harris Memorial Association, 1050 Gordon Street, &. W., Atlanta, Georgia, has been handed to me for reply. In answer to the first paragraph, please be advised that the Joel Chandier Harris Memorial Association has no intention of changing its present admission policies, since, in the opinion of its Executive Board, itiis not presently equipped with staff or personnel to handie any other additional traffic on the premises. Please also be advised that the Joel Chandler Harris Memorial Association is composed of dedicated women who maintain this memorial to Joel Chandler Harris as a purely private enterprise. The Association accepts no contributions for its support and maintenance from any public funds -- either Federal, State or Municipal, and reserves the right to determine its own policy with reference to visitors, We note with interest your improper designation of our Asso- ciation as the GEORGE Chandler Harris Memorial Association. Respectfully yours, i frac, Vi Pahth Sidney T. Schell, Attorney for the Executive Board of the Joel Chandier Harris STS :ebk Meworial Association ee: Teving K. Kaler; Sam Masse11; Ivan Allen; Herbert Jenkins  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 51 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/61dd2e7bad96db1723283fe6bf62a455.pdf def023403a8509fc248876ce4c4dbab5 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. SIDNEY T. SCHELL ATTORNEY 1726 FULTON AT LAW NATIONAL BANK BUILDING ATLANTA , GEORGIA 30303 523-6001 July 14, 1967 Honorable Ivan Allen Mayor, City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr. Mayor: I enclose herewith a copy of a letter that I have written on behalf of the Executive Board of the Joel Chandler Harris Memorial Association to Eliza K. Paschall. One of the salient reasons for the enclosed reply to the letter of Mrs. Paschall has been the receipt of threats by several members of the staff at the Wren's Nest that it would be stoned or burned unless its visitation policies were changed. I think it rather disgraceful that these dedicated ladies, who are attempting to maintain a memorial to one of the South's outstanding literary figures, should be subjected to such threats and abuse. Acts and conduct of this kind and character do more to promote friction between the races in Southwest Atlanta than can be counteracted by various organizations that are attempting to peacefully integrate the area. On behalf of these good ladies, I call on you, as Mayor of the City of Atlanta, for such police protection as may be necessary to maintain the dignity of their person and property. I am taking the liberty of sending a copy of this letter to Honorable Herbert Jenkins, Chief of Police. Kindest personal regards. Very truly yo? STS : ebV cc: Hon. Herbert Jenkins ~~ . Sidney T. Schell ,J~ � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document SIDNEY T. SCHELL ATTORNEY AT LAW 1726 FULTON NATIONAL BANK BUILDING ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30303 523-6001 July 14, 1967 Honorable Ivan Allen Mayor, City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mr. Mayor: I enclose herewith a copy of a letter that I have written on behalf of the Executive Board of the Joel Chandler Harris Memorial Association to Eliza K. Paschall. One of the salient reasons for the enclosed reply to the letter of Mrs. Paschall has been the receipt of threats by several members of the staff at the Wren's Nest that it would be stoned or burned unless its visitation poli- cies were changed. I think it rather disgraceful that these dedicated ladies, who are attempting to maintain a memorial to one of the South's outstanding literary figures, should be subjected to such threats and abuse. Acts and conduct of this kind and character do more to promote friction between the races in Southwest Atlanta than can be counteracted by various organizations that are attempting to peacefully integrate the area. On behalf of these good ladies, I call on you, as Mayor of the City of Atlanta, for such police protection as may be necessary to maintain the dignity of their person and property. I am taking the liberty of sending a copy of this letter to Honorable Herbert Jenkins, Chief of Police. Kindest personal regards. Very truly yours, , / / Y f STS :ebk~ Sidney T. Schell ce: Hon. Herbert Jenkins  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 50 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/c05f1ae51be5698cce8971b8fec81ff4.pdf b2a7b49df444dde19388c29253c0b377 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. T.RAFFIC FATALITIES TO DATE //32. 7: 56 A . M. May 21..i, 1967 Merr ill Ave . and Oakland Dro C. F. 11 . Victim, pedestr ~an was struck by vehicle t raveling s outh on Oakland Dro June ?.> 1967 33,JLi,35 2: 55 P.M. Fa irburn Rd. and Sewe ll Rd. C. M. 17, J.l1, C. M. 18. C.M. Victims , passengers in vehicle Hhich l eft roadway and struck tree . Victims thrown from vehicle. IIJ6Ml 37 J: 55 P.H. N.E.Freeway and Rail Hoad Bdge. W.M.16, W. F. 15. Victims, dr iver and passe nge r of vehicle which crossed fr om one side of road to other , the n str uck bi·idge abutment. 1138 z !/L o. 11: 07 P.M. 899 ~ . Rock Spr i ngs Road. W. M .J O. W. F. 81. Victim, driv er of vehicle #1 which str uck vehicle #2, hea d on o Vi cti m, passenre r i n vehicle #2 D.O.A . //39 June 2:;;, 1967 2 : 58P. M. 2176 Bankhea d Hvry . W. F. 72. Victim, dr iver of vehicle , cr ossed ce nter line and struc k vehicle #2 hea d on o II l, J.. 11 : OOP •~-1. June 20, 1967 1145 Pea cht r ee St . N.E. W. M. 5J. Victim, pedes t ria n, Peachtree St . Has struck b y vehicl e t rave ling north on �r //L2. 7 :J0 A. H. July 7, 1967 500 Ponce de Leon Ave. W. F. 66. Victim, pede str ian, walking on sidewa lk wa s struck by vehicle whick l ef t r oadway. //LJ. 5 :30 P .M. July 9, 1967 3200 block Collier Dr ~~ N.W., C. M.6. Victim, passe ne;e r in ve hi cle trave l ing by vehicle tr ave ling east on Colli er Dro i1es L which wa s struck LL. 12:15P.H. 1532 McPherson Ave .,S.E. W.F. # . Vict im, pedestri an, wh o ran in fron t of vehic l e tra ve ling eas t on McPherson Ave . IIL5. 6 : J OA . H. J uly 19, 1967 76 Whitel1 al l St. S.W. W.M.??? Victim, pcde strai n who fe ll from cu rb in to s ide of Bus whi ch was passing . � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document TRAFFIC FATALITIES TO DATE #32. 7:56 A.M. : May 2h, 1967 Merrill Ave. and Oakland Dr. C.F. 11. Victim, pedestrian was struck by vehicle traveling south on Oakland Dr. #33, 34,35 June 2, 1967 2:55 P.M. Fairburn Ra. and Sewell Rd. C.M. 17, Victims, passengers in vehicle which left roadway and struck tree. C.M. 1h, Victims thrown from vehicle. C.M. 18. #362437 June 19, 1967 3 255 PM ° N.E.Freeway and Rail Road Bdge. W.M.16, W.F.15. Victims, driver and passenger of vehicle which crossed from one side of road to other, then struck bridge abutment. #38 & #40. June 2), 1967 LEO} PMs 899 E. Rock Springs Road, W.M.30. W.F.51. Victim, driver of vehicle #1 which struck vehicle #2, head on. Victim, passenger in vehicle #2 D.O.A. #39 2:58P.M. June 25, 1967 2176 Bankhead Hwy. W.F. 72, Victim, driver of vehicle, crossed center line and struck vehicle #2 head on. : #41. 11:00P.M. June 20, 1967 1145 Peachtree St. N.E. W.M.53. Victim, pedestrian, was struck by vehicle traveling north on Peachtree St. #42, 7:30 A.M. July 7, 1967 500 Ponce de Leon Ave. W.F. 66, Victim, pedestrian, walking on sidewalk was struck by vehicle whick left roadway. #43. 5:30 P.M, July 9, 1967 3200 block Collier Dr.,N.W. , C.M.6. Victim, passenger in vehicle traveling west which was struck by vehicle traveling east on Collier Dr. #4. 12:15P.M. July 1), 1967 1532 McPherson Ave.,S.E. W.F.#. Victim, pedestrian, who ran in front of vehicle traveling east on McPherson Ave, #45.6:30A.M. July 19, 1967 76 Whitehall St, S.W. W.M.??? Victim, pedestrain who fell from curb into side of Bus which was passing.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 49 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/b69899eebb09aa4e3565b286cf17e5e6.pdf 4eaa059f9f545a8d1f6643af37cdbca4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 30 , 1967 Offlce ot the ayor City of tlan City H 11 tlanta , Georgi De r Mr • ose : Attach d re so e ref ences which I would pr ct te your h ring 1th ayor 1 en nd Chi f J nkin 1 support of our telephone conv Uon of t other day. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document HK lS Lille ilierait ifLic BE LATIONS * WASHINGTON «0.4 Guar Tea ee@eic TR) AUS ~ “COUNTS: TAT: Ce. WO? Cees treeg@iiaa ePagretwis | July 30, 1967 Office of the Mayor City of Atlanta City Hali Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mrs. Moses: Attached are some references which I would appreciate your sharing with Mayor Alien and Chief Jenkins in support of our telephone conversation of the other day. As I pointed out on the phone, Chief Jenkins would quite likely not remember me, although I have had the privilege of chatting briefly with him on two occasions--once in the mid-fifties when the NAACP was meeting in Atlanta and again on the occasion of the Martin Luther King, Jr., testimonial at the Dinkler a coupie of years ago. I have had the good fortune of a more intimate contact with Mayor Alien due to his and my association in the activities of the 100% Wrong Club. Possibly the people in Atlanta who know me best are Mr. £. D. Sledge, retired Vice President and Director of Advertising, The Coca-Cola Company, with whom I worked for more than fifteen years, and Mr. Boisfeuillet Jones, head of the Woodruff Foundation. Mr. Jones and I were associated for a@ number of years in the program of the National Youth Administration, which I joined in 1939, immediately following my graduation from Morehouse College. As will be seen from the attached, most of my experience has been in the areas of race relations and communications. I feel that I know the trouble-spot centers of the Nation extreme~ ly well, having been in and out of them possibly hundreds of  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 48 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/a0de41149351e633dc33c40db8f5174d.pdf 6c7a766e31abb9d1326b8bd2959d93af Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION of Georgia 52 FAIRLIE STREET, N. W. • TELEPHONE 404/ 523-5398 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 • July 31, 1967 OFF I CE R S E . T . K EHRER PRE SIDEN T W IL LIAM A LEXANDER FIR S T V I CE - P RESIDENT MRS . LEON GOLDBERG SECO ND V ICE. PR ESI DEN T MRS . JOHN MORRIS S EC RETARY JOHN GLUSTROM TREA S U RER Chier Herbert Jenkins Atlanta Police Department 175 Dec tu r Street, S. B. Atlanta, Georgia Dear Chief .1 nkinsz ADVISORY BOARD DR . C . A . BACOTE DR . JOHN BALL REV . M IL NER BALL FRANCIZKA BOAS HELEN BULLARD BRUCE GALPHIN HUGH W . GIBERT REV . C . S . HAMILTON ELIJAH H I LL. JR . DR . R I CHARD HOCKING DONALD HOLLOWELL JEANNETTE HUME JON J. JOHNSTON P . WALTER JONES VERNON JORDAN. JR . DR . EDWARD T . LADD KtEVE LANDESBERG SAM MAS SELL, JR . SYLVAN MEYER MARTIN J . MORAND HOWARD MOORE, JR . WILLIAM P . RANDALL Lours REGENSTE I N RAB B I JAC O B ROTHSCHILD MR S . FRANK SPENCER WILLIAM J . STROUD MR S . A. M . KtTFIELD E XECU T IV E DIRECTOR Congr tul tions on your ppoi.ntment to th Pr . ident• Special Advisoey Com.mi ion on Civil Disorders. We re confident 1;h t you:t bro d ,q>etienc in this .: field c n be brought to bear on th national crisi _ . It i our inc r mi ion nd ny b of th forth by the Co.l.LIIWi..a.:;,..ion Atl nt. Siner ly, t .T, t: E.T. Pr 1\l 21 fl+cio co; lv n All n, n Ricbud Jr. / c. ~ hr r ide.nt B'TK: j o Co - ndation pu1; ent d by you in n � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document OFFICERS E. T. KEHRER PRESIDENT WILLIAM ALEXANDER FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Mrs. LEON GOLDBERG SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT Mrs. JOHN MORRIS SECRETARY JOHN GLUSTROM TREASURER ADVISORY BOARD Dr. C. A. BACOTE Dr. JOHN BALL Rev. MILNER BALL FRANCIZKA Boas HELEN BULLARD Bruce GALPHIN HUGH W. GIBERT Rev. C. S. HAMILTON ELIJAH HILL, JR. Dr. RICHARD HOCKING DONALD HOLLOWELL JEANNETTE HUME JON J. JOHNSTON P. WALTER JONES VERNON JORDAN, JR. Dr. EDWARD T, LADD KIEVE LANDESBERG SAM MASSELL, JR. SYLVAN MEYER MARTIN J. MORAND HowarRD Moore, JR. WILLIAM P, RANDALL LOUIS REGENSTEIN | RaAsBI JACOB ROTHSCHILD Mrs. FRANK SPENCER WILLIAM J, STROUD Mrs. A. M. KITFIELD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION of Georgia 52 FAIRLIE STREET, N.W. = TELEPHONE 404/523-5398 = ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 July 31, 1967 Chief Herbert Jenkins Atianta Police Department 175 Decatur Street, S. E. Atlanta, Georgia Dear Chief Jenkins: Congratulations on your appointment to the President's Special Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. We are confident that your broad experience in this field can be brought to bear on the national crisis. It is our sincere hope that the findings of the Com- mission and any hard programmatic recommendations put forth by the Commission will be implemented by you in Atlanta. Sincerely, aie BE. T, Kehrer President ETK:sjs opeiu #21 afi-cio cc: Mayor Ivan Allen, Je. Alderman Richard C. Freeman  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 47 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1e56b2182fa98d2ce626e7d462985b3e.pdf 1cd33c2375c40b0d24d289f2bde8e8e7 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF A T LANTA DEPARTMENT of POLICE Atlanta 3, Georgia August 7, 1967 HERBERT T . JENKINS Chief MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Atlanta Police Department {Gertrude Pasley) July 31, 1967 to August 6, 1967 inclusive 1 patrolman pensioned 1 patrolman - resignation requested 2 patrolmen resigned {go with U.S. Treas. Dept. one with 20 year service, left to write) Total vacancies: 20 Total guards: 18 E. 0 . A . e mployee s {paid by F e d e ral Gover ntn.e n}: 2 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of POLICE Atlanta 3, Georgia August 7, 1967 HERBERT T. JENKINS Chief MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Atlanta Police Department (Gertrude Pasley) July 31, 1967 to August 6, 1967 inclusive 1 patrolman pensioned 1 patrolman - resignation requested 2 patrolmen resigned (go with U.S. Treas, Dept. one with 20 year service, left to write) Total vacancies: 20 Total guards: 18 E,.O. A. employees (paid by Federal Government: 2  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 46 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0eb877bc5052b3799945c0097d9616ee.pdf df6250a4580c436e2fc9ca3c984e6af0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. August 4, 1967 . Hon . Herbert T. Jenkins Chief of Police , Atlanta , Georgia . Dear Chief:~e &re receiving from merchants in the downtown shopping area co~plaints about the everincre sing activities of criminals, both inside and outside the stores . 'ome of these merchants have told us they feel that the presence of uniformed police patrolling these areas would act as a deterrent in the a~ivities of shoplifters, flimflam artists, till tappers, etc . At a mooting of our Executive Committee on yesterday we ··ere requested to write you to ask if it would be possible to put some uniformed men on p trol in the downtown shopping areas . Our Committee feels this would be most helpful against the continued advance of law violator, and any assistenoe your Dep rtment can render long this line will be o t appreci ted by our m mbers. Cor ially yours , ATLANTA HE~AIL 1 {CHA~TS J-OCI,TION H. Eaton Reag n, r.xecut1v Copy to: Hon . Ivan Allen, Jr., Ma7or, City of Atlant , Atlanta , G orgta~ Vic - President . � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document August lh, 1967. Hon, Herbert T. Jenkins, Chief of Police, Atlanta, Georgia, Dear Chief:- We ere receiving from merchants in the downtown shopping area complaints about the evere incressing activities of criminals, both inside and outside the stores. Some of these merchants have told us they feel that the presence of uniformed police patrolling these areas would act as a deter- rent in the agtivities of shoplifters, flim flam artiste, till tappers, etc. At a moeting of our Executive Committee on yesterday we were requested to write you to ask if it would be possible to put some uniformed men on patrol in the downtown shopping areas. Our Committee feels this would be most helpful against the continued advance of law violators, and any assistence your Department can ’ render along this line will be most appreciated by our members, Cordially yours, ATLANTA RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION H. Eston Reagan, Executive Vice-President. Copy to: Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor, City of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia,  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 45 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/11eb232580f215547a082dcce9830556.pdf e90b049c7d977f609b0b336bee24d751 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. August 7, 1967 Mr . G-,or ge Bl au L y Th ologie l Found tton 1757 Angeliqu Drive Dec tur , Georgia 30033 D r Mr . Bl u: Thank you very much for your letter of August 4th. with 1 r gret th unpl a1 ot xp ri nc you h d memb r of thi d partment and offer my polo i a. I hav lo-rw rded your 1 tter on to C pt. E . 0 . Mullen for a complete inv stig tton and I ilh to •••ur you that . are m.akln ev ry effort to eltmtn te uch cornpl int& an lll giv thh1 ca e our b •t efforts. Sine r ly yours , ' HTJ:gp c. c. Capt. E . 0 . Mullen N-T<J-~ (folic 1cb!ef of � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document — August 7, 1967 Mr. George Blau Lay Theological Foundation 1757 Angelique Drive Decatur, Georgia 30033 Dear Mr. Blau: Thank you very much for your letter of August 4th. I regret the unpleasant experience you had with a member of this department and offer my apologies. I have forwarded your letter on to Capt. E., ©. Mullen for a complete investigation and I wish to assure you that we are making every effort to eliminete such complaints and will give this case our best efforts. Sincerely yours, € Lp andheevt HT J:gp Daye c. Cc. Capt. E. O. Mullen  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 44 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/331684317314c5e8976ffdd0cdf4f4b7.pdf 77db577eb117f1e01e83e1c704f478f7 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of POLICE Atlanta 3, Georgia August 11, 1967 HERBERT T . JENKINS Chief MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Atlanta Police Department (Gertrude Pasley) August 7, 1967 to August 13, 1967 inclusive 12 patrolmen employed Total vacancies: 6 Total guards: 12 E. 0. A. employees (paid by Federal Government): 2 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of POLICE Atlanta 3, Georgia August ll, 1967 HERBERT T. JENKINS Chief MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Atlanta Police Department (Gertrude Pasley) August 7, 1967 to August 13, 1967 inclusive 12 patrolmen employed Total vacancies: 6 Total guards: 12 E.O. A. employees (paid by Federal Government): 2  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 43 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/51abcaa47600d250c1ae78fb038f2ea7.pdf 6a781dbbacd50638367618982f58d4f8 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. August 15, 1967 r . L. W . M r hall Di vis i on General M nager Tenneco Oil Company P . 0 . Box 29187 4 Executive Par E t , N . E . Atlanta, Geo~gia 30329 De r Mr . Mar h 11: Thank you very xnuch for yo r kind l tter of August 7th nd your generous comm ndation of the Atlan Police D l'tment nd rticularly Officers M r hall and Adama . lam aendin this 1 tt r to Chief Jenkin• long with my pprecia.tion. Sincerely your-a, Ivan All n. Jr. ayor lAJr/br CC: Chief Herbert J'enkins � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document August 15, 1967 Mr. L. W. Marshall Division General Manager Tenneco Oil Company P. O. Box 29187 4 Executive Park East, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30329 Dear Mr. Marshall: Thank you very much for your kind letter of August 7th and your generous commendation of the Atlanta Police Department and particularly Officers Marshall and Adams. I am sending this letter to Chief Jenkins along with my appreciation. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor 1AJr/br CC: Chief Herbert Jenkins  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 42 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/a63b8027df0c26fc9b083508cc3b4eaf.pdf 05a1c98d270959cebf86ee4e84381d72 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. . J,) E1ItGIA STATE CuLLi::GI: 33 Gilllier Street 1 S. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 August 11, 1967 i:lemorandum To : Law Enforcement Officers From: \.J . J. Subject : Associate of Arts Degree in Police Administration I-lathias, Coordinator of Police Science, Georgia State College 1. Many of you have expressed deep concern over the entrance examinations required by Georgia State College. He have been assured by our President and Dean of Admissions that t hese tests will be used more for guidance and counseling than as '·screening out 11 devices. Therefore , this test should not cause you any unnecessary anxiety or wor ry . 2. We are in the process of changing our math requirement to make i t mor e practical and useful to law enforcement officers . We will no t r equire anyone to take math until this matter has been resol ved . 3 . For anyone who feel s t he need , ren,edi al courses are available in English 1 mat h and readi ng compr ehension . These courses are of f ered t hrough t he School of Special Studi es. 4. We have received special per mission to accept application for this program beyond the stated August 9 deadline. Applications must be received by August 20 for those persons who must take the College Entrance Examination Board test (new students and transfer students with less than 30 quarter hours of trans ferable credit). The deadline for transfer students with 30 or more quarter hours of transferable credit must subm:f.t their applications no later than September 11. However, everyone is urged to submit their applications at the earliest possible time to avoid any delay in processing. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CENMGIA STATE COLLEGE 33 Gilwer Street, S. d. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 August 11, 1967 viemorandum To: Law Enforcement Officers From: W. J. ifathias, Coordinator of Police Science, Georgia State College Subject: Associate of Arts Degree in Police Administration 1. wany of you have expressed deep concern over the entrance examinations required by Georgia State Collece. We have been assured by our President and Dean of Admissions that these tests will be used more for guidance and counseling than as ‘‘screening out" devices. Therefore, this test should not cause you any unnecessary anxiety or Worry. 2. We are in the process of changing our mati requirement to make it more practical and useful to law enforcement officers. We will not require anyone to take mati until this matter has been re- solved. 3. For anyone who feels the need, remedial courses are avail- able in English, math and reading comprehension. These courses are offered through the School of Special Studies. 4, We have received special permission to accept application for this program beyond the stated August 9 deadline. Applications must be received by August 20 for those persons who must take the College Entrance Examination Board test (new students and transfer students with less than 30 quarter hours of transferable credit). The deadline for transfer students witn 30 or more quarter hours of transferable credit must submit their applications no later than September 11. However, everyone is urged to submit their applications at the earliest possible time to avoid any delay in processing.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 41 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/f66ad25cf87f63e1aa35ca723722d47d.pdf 4f78e1a3bf74edeafd52b1f3bafc31a0 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ugu 17, 1 67 r y l foll ti f r �t I on, di U 1 m � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document yak omer August 17, 1967 Honorable David Ginsburg, Executive Director The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders 1016 ~ i6th Street Washington, D. C. 20036 My dear Mr. Ginsburg: Congratulations on the very excellent way that you are helping the Commission to get organized, and the very fine selections that you are making in organizing a staff. The Commission is extremely fortunate in having your services. The recommendations regarding the National Guard were excellent and very timely. I am confident that the Defense Department will follow through on these recommendations. I believe that the Commission must make similar recommenda- tions for the police. ; The only way to control a riot, is to prevent it. This responsibility rests almost exclusively with the city government, and the city police department. The state police, and the National Guard are seldom, if ever, called until the riot is out of control. Every city police department is a separate and independent organization and most police departments have a good training program, but there stnesosaine* and obviously, there are some departments that are badly in need up- I believe that the greatest need is for the adoption of national police standards, police recruitment, police training, poliee pay, police ees and especially, police community relations. Once such standards the cities must have considerable financial assistance to meet ant 4 il tian tc la anne i satan ileal  The preparation of such standards and the enforcement of them will be a most difficult task. It might be desirable to ask the International Association of Chiefs of Police to prepare the standards. The Commission might not want to accept this responsibility at this time, but I believe it is the most pressing need to keep riots from happening again and again. I only make this suggestion for discussion, and I will see you next Tuesday. With deepest personal regards, I am, Sincerely yours, HT Si gp oli Slam  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 40 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/cd422626037a735126d4240c6792df70.pdf 7d8a0152fa9a7390cce0d00e768b3c68 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. t, CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of POLICE Atlanta 3, Georgia August 14, 1967 HERBERT T . JENKINS Ch ief Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall Atlanta, Georgia My dear Mr. Mayor: This department is receiving more and more demands for additional police services in public housing projects because the very nature of the project requires a large number of people, of various social standards, to live together in a very small area. We feel that the housing authorities, both private and public, should share in the expense of this security by employing one full time security officer for each project. The most frequent problems are petty larceny, breaking of windows and screens, and other vandalism by juveniles. A full time security guard is needed on the premises at all times to help protect the property and the occupants. If the housing authorities could employ such a guard, this department could swear them in as special officers, to protect the property of the owners and to notify the police if any assistance is needed. The housing projects that are most urgently in need of such security at this time are: Bowen Homes Capitol Homes Carver Homes John J. Eagen Homes Henry Grady Homes Joel Chandler Harris Homes Alonzo F . Herndon Homes Techwood Homes Perry Homes University John Hope Homes If you approve of this proposal, please pass it along to the proper authorities with a r equest that it be done. HTJ:gp (~\ ~ � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Gots CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of POLICE ree i \ i I We he e yall HL que —— ec Atlanta 3, Georgia a ; August 14, 1967 HERBERT T. JENKINS Chief Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall Atlanta, Georgia My dear Mr. Mayor: This department is receiving more and more demands for additional police services in public housing projects because the very nature of the project requires a large number of people, of various social standards, to live together in a very small area. We feel that the housing authorities, both private and public, should share in the expense of this security by employing one full time security officer for each project. The most frequent problems are petty larceny, breaking of windows and screens, and other vandalism by juveniles. A full time security guard is needed on the premises at all times to help protect the property and the occupants. If the housing authorities could employ such a guard, this department could swear them in as special officers, to protect the property of the owners and to notify the police if any assistance is needed. The housing projects that are most urgently in need of such security at this time are: Bowen Homes Joel Chandler Harris Homes Capitol Homes Alonzo F. Herndon Homes Carver Homes Techwood Homes John J. Eagen Homes Perry Homes Henry Grady Homes University John Hope Homes If you approve of this proposal, please pass it along to the proper authorities with a request that it be done. Sincerely yours, a ip Ala — ae Polite HTJ: gp  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 39 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1dddb6a6fdffbf9be72f94d433b89bbc.pdf f8077acc7e676903ed83052ddfa6f9b9 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF A T LANTA EPARTMENT of POLICE Atlanta 3, Georgia August 17, 1967 HERBERT T. JENKINS Chief Memorandum To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Atlanta Police Department (Gertrude Pasley) August 14, 19 67 to August 210, 19 67 1 patrolman on pension Total vacancies: 7 Total guards: 12 E. 0. A. employees (paid by Federal Government): 2 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of POLICE — Atlanta 3, Georgia August 17, 1967 HERBERT T. JENKINS Chief Me m orandum To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. From: Atlanta Police Department (Gertrude Pasley) August 14, 1967 to August 20, 1967 1 patrolman on pension Total vacancies: 7 Total guards: 12 E.O. A. employees (paid by Federal Government): 2  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 38 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/f34af2eb19e3ca6e89c184ec097d1036.pdf aa0d493914b839888e6cc4050ef47179 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 18 , 1967 Mr. Sidney T . S c hell 1726 Fulton National Bank Building Atlanta, Georgi a 30303 Dear Mr . Schell : Thank you very muc h for your letter of July 14th concerning the Joel Chandler Harri s m emorial Association. I agree with you that it is di sgraceful that any thr eats have been made against the staff of the W ren' s Nest. I am having a. check made to see if it was reported to the P olice Department, and. if not, I will ask the Police Department to offer its servic to the W ren' s Nest aad assist the staff with any threats of this type. If there is any further information you would like concerning the city's action, I will be glad to furni h it. Sincerely, I van Allen. Jr. IAJr:am cc: Chief H. T. Jenkins Mr. Irving Kale r �Mrs . Moses Page -2- times in the past twenty-five years. Without a doubt , the Presidential Panel , on which Chief Jenkins is serving , could use the sort of knowledge that I feel I have at the level of major Negro-population centers--Negro Press , thoughtleaders, opinion-makers and leaders of national and local organizations and institutions. With regard to programming, I have some ideas which would involve the cooperation of the Negro Press and important organizations, with whom I have worked for more than a quarter of a century. I would be grateful to you if you would transmit copies of this communication and attachments to Chief Jenkins and Mayor Allen. I am sharing a copy with Mr. Jones. Very truly yours, Moss H. Kendrix Director cc: Mayor Allen Chief Jenkins Mr. Jones � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document July 18, 1967 Mr. Sidney T. Schell 1726 Fulton National Bank Building Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Schell: Thank you very much for your letter of July 14th concerning the Joel Chandler Harris memorial Association. Iagree with you that it is disgraceful that any threats have been made against the staff of the Wren's Nest. Iam having a check made to see if it was reported to the Police Department, and, if not, I will ask the Police Department to offer its services to the Wren's Nest asd assist the staff with any threats of this type. If there is any further information you would like concern- ing the city's action, I will be glad to furnish it. Sincerely, Ivan Allen, Jr. IAJr:am ec: Chief H. T. Jenkins Mr. Irving Kaler Mrs. Moses Page -2- times in the past twenty-five years. Without a doubt, the Presidential Panel, on which Chief Jenkins is serving, could use the sort of knowledge that I feel I have at the level of major Negro-population centers-~Negro Press, thought- leaders, opinion-makers and leaders of national and local organizations and institutions, With regard to programming, I have some ideas which would involve the cooperation of the Negro Press and important organizations, with whom I have worked for more than a quarter of a century. I would be grateful to you if you would transmit copies of this communication and attachments to Chief Jenkins and Mayor Allen, Iam sharing a copy with Mr. Jones. Very truly yours, Moss H. Kendrix Director cc: Mayor Allen Chief Jenkins Mr, Jones  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 37 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/ee55a352f79baf880f60b7ef975fdb00.pdf edab09dc6fd7ce86f0b081d221718482 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. V July 31, 1967 Mr. Moss H . Kendrix 18Z6 .. 11th Street, N . W. Washington, D. C. Z000l Dear Mr . Kendrix: This ill ackno - ledge r~ceipt of your letter regarding your interest in the Pl-esidential Ccmunission to which Chief Jenkins ha been appointed. I have forwarded to him thi information and I am sQre he will give it every consideration. Sincerely your _, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor JAJr/br r � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document July 31, 1967 Mr. Moss H. Kendrix 1826 - lith Street, N. W. Washington, D.C. 20001 Dear Mr. Kendrix: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter regarding your interest in the Presidential Commission to which Chief Jenkins has been appointed. I have forwarded to him this information and I am sure he will give it every consideration. Sincerely yours, Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor 1AIr/br  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 12, Folder 30, Document 36 Box 12 Box 12 Folder 30 Folder topic: Police Department | 1967