Box 7, Folder 18, Document 37

Box 7, Folder 18, Document 37

OMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION

ESTABLISHED BY THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, NOVEMBER, 1966
1208 CITY HALL, ATLANTA GEORGIA 30308 TELEPHONE 522-5468 EXT. 483

May 11, 1967

Mr. Herbert Jenkins
Chief of Police

165 Decatur Street, S. E,
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Chief Jenkins:

I hesitate even to report to you a situation of which I am
Sure you are well aware. I do feel an obligation, however,

to have it on the record that at each Neighborhood Hearing
which we have held, there have been requests for increased
police protection. The comaon complaint is, when police is
needed, by the time the call is put in and the police arrives
it is almost too late to do any good. There were also general
statements about the need for regular patroling throughout the

I am aware of the great shortage of personnel in the Police
Department, but I felt sure that you would want to have this
reported to you.

The areas in which we have held meetings includes, Edgewood,
Kirkwood, Stimmerhill, Peoplestown, Vine City, Lightning,
Mechanicsville, Pittsburgh, Dixie Hills, Bolton Hills, Perry
Homes, Scott Cfossing, Center Hill, Carey Park, Grove Park
Bowen Homes, Hunter Hills, Almond Park, and Simpson=-Troy Street.
We would be glad to provide you with the names of the individual:
residents who presented these requests if this would be of any
help to you.

Sincerely,

(Mys.) Eliza K. Paschall
Executive Director
EKP smt
cc: Mayor Ivan Allen
Mr. Irving K. Kaler, Chairman
Mr. Richard Freeman, Chairman of Police Committee