Box 12, Folder 30, Complete Folder

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CITY OF A T LANTA
DEPARTMENT of POLICE
Atlanta 3, Georgia
September 2 5, 1967
HERBERT T. JENKINS
Ch i ef
MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
From: The Atlanta Police Department
(Gertrude Pasley)
September 18, 1967 to September 24, 1967 inclui;ive
1 patrolman vacancy -- widow has received a year's salary
1 patrolman resigned -- GreenAir Compressor Co.
3 patrolmen employed
Total vacancies:
12
Total guards:
3
E . 0. A. employees - paid by Federal Government:
2
�September 22. 1967
Parent of Warren Jac kson S c hool
c / o Mrs . B . Pollock
43ZZ Conway Valley Court. N . W.
Atlauta, Georgia
Dear Mrs . Pollock:
Thi will acknowledge receipt of the petitio
frmn
the parents of the children in the Warren J ckson
School hich you recently forw rded me .
I am ttacbing a report from both the Traffic
Engwer amt the Police De rtment
d I hope that
thi additional action ta n will be s ti factory .
Please express my appreciation for the petition.
Sincerely your ,
Ivan Aile • Jr.
Mayor
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�CITY OF ATLANTA
DEPARTMENT of POLICE
Atlanta 3, Georgia
Se p t e ber 21 , 196 7
HERBERT T . JENKINS
Ch ief
Mr . Geo r g e Roy a l
Ma y or ' s Of f ice
Ci ty Ha ll
68 Mi tc he ll S tr ee t, S . W.
At labt a , Geor 6 i a 3030 3
Dea r Lr . R:::>ya l:
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I n r ega rds to t he petitiJ n from t h e mo t hers a t the
Wa r re n JacksJ n Sc hoo l f or a ~ chJo l Tr aff ic Pol i c e Woma n,
we are now attempti ng t o fil l t is position .
Bef o1·e t he s c h ool y e~ r be~an I ne t wi t h Mrs . arie
Smor t, pr: ncipa l, a nd at t ha t time we d id no t a nt i ci pate
a need f:::> r a pol ice woma n .
Aft er lear nin 6 of t his petitio n a nc a c a l l from hr::; .
Smart , we made a no th vr sur vey and t8 l ked t o se v era l parents .
Some in di c . ted they woul d l et their c hi l dren wa l k if there
was a Traffi c Poli c e Woma n o n duty . There are about 25 to
30 students wsl~i ng or ridin 6 oicycles to schoo l, usinJ or
c r o s s i n6 "It • Pa r a n 1-{ J b d • l t . Pa r a n R J a d i n the s ch o J 1 are a
is a ve ry narrow ro.sid i-Ji. th tnany Stlarp curv e s . There are no
sidew a lks in this area .
I ha ve re ceived permissi:::>n from my sup erior off i cers and
the cJmptroller ' s offic e to hire a Tr ~ff i c Police Wowan at
this school .
The s c hoo l a nd the Pa r e nt Teacher ' s Associatio n are now
assisti ng me i n findi nb a n applicant for this posit~on ~
.Respectfully,
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Lt. C. V. Forrest e r
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TY OF ATLANTA
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Atla nta , G e orgia
30303
September 19, 1967
K A RL A. BE V I NS
Traffic En gin ee r
The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor of the City of Atlanta
206 City Hal 1
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Mayor Allen:
In answer to your request for information concerning our proposed activities
in the area of the Warren Jackson School, we should like to give you the following
report.
During the past three weeks, members of our staff have discussed this
situation with Mrs. Smart, Principal of the School; Mr. J. Lewis Cook , Safety
Director of the Board of Education; and Lieutenant Forrester, of the Atlanta
Police Department. As a result of these discussions, we have done a substantial
amount of signing in the vicinity of the school. Since the school is located
approximately 1000 feet north of Mount Paran Road , we did not feel that it was
necessary or desirable to reduce the speed limit to 25 MPH from the presently
existing 30 MPH. We have, however , installed signs on Mount Paran Road on each
approach to the school driveway which warn drivers with the message SCHOOL
CHILDREN IN ROADWAY.
A recent count of the children walking on Mount Paran Road and entering the
Wa rren Jackson School at the Mount Pa ran Road driveway indicates that a relatively
small number of 20 to 30 students are entering the school property at this point .
Although the letter and petitions which accompanied your memorandum to this
depa rtment r e f e rre d only to a request tha t a police office r be assigned to this
location , we felt that you would like to know what actions we have taken on
r e ques t s which have been ma de directly to us . At the present time , we do not
have plans for additional work in the vicinity of this school .
I f you de s i re any additional informat i on conc erning this matte r, pl eas e f ee l
f re e t o call on us .
ERSJr/fd
�Sept e ber 18, 1967
Mayor Ivan Allen
City Hall
Atl~ t a i Geor~ia
Dear Mayor All n~
We a r e deeply conc erned about the f a ct that a polic offic er
hae not b e n a33i~ned to ass i~t th e children in crossin~ Mto Paran
Road in front of Warren J a ck 3on Schoolo
W have conta ct ed Lto Pender~ra3tp who i~ i n char~ of th
School Police Divi!ion of the Atlanta Polic D part ent, r ~ardin~
thi!
tt er o He does not fe 1 th e nee 3~ity of placin~ a police
wo an at Warren J a ck! on Schoolo
We, a3 parent3, feel th at th 3af ty of our childrsn is beint
ne~l e ctedo We can not wait until a child i3 injured or killed to
prove th e nee fo r a police wo ano Altho~h Mt o Para Road is ot
a ain thorou~hfa r P it is ah avily travel9d road, an b cau3e it
le a n~rrow, win di ~ roa with no 3i walk 3, it 13 very hapraous
for youn~ chil r
to cro 3s without !Upervi~iono
May par nts have expre33ed a d93ir to hav
walk to and fro ~chool but thy h ave not a llow
bec au! of thi! l ack of supervi!io o
their chil r n
the to walk
As r~3i nts of the hi~hest tax payin~ district in the City»
w feel ju3tified in askin~ th polic depart e t to act o our
r quest Q
· W eed your 3upp:ort in this att r and any help you can ~iv e
u~ will be eeply appr ciate o Enclose a r (300) thr -hundr
3i~ne petitions~ copi s of which a r bein~ ~ent to th police
d p~ rt entQ
Very truly your~~
Pare t ~j Wa r r~ J ack5o
School
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334 Auburn Ave., N.E.
'Atlanta-;' Georgia 30303
Telephone 522-1420
Southern Christian Leadersh ip Co11feren ce
Martin Luther Kin~.. Jr., Prt.
..... tident· ..
Ralph Abernathy, Trtasurtr
Andrew J. Young, E:ucutivt Dirtcto,
September 19, 1967
Chief Herbert T. Jenkins
Chief of Police
City of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
'-
Dear Chief Jenkins:
Last week I ·requested a parade or "march" permit
from your office, and was informed that the request must
·be made 5 days .·prior to day of parade.
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I am .h~reby requesting par~de permit~ as follows:
l.
Monday ,' September 25th (PM)
2.
Tuesday, September 26th (PM)
3.
Wednesday, September 27th (PM)
4• .
Thursday, September 28~h (PM)
5.
Friday, September 29th (PM)
.I
.
Please send permit and any other correspondence to the
following address:
' ··
Rev. Howard W. Creecy, Sr., President .
· Atlanta Chapter Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
·
200 Ashby Street, S. W.
· Atlanta, Geo r.gia
37;::::zfw ;:, .~
Rev. Howard W. Cr ee c ~
Pr eside nt, Atlanta Cbapter
Sout hern Christian Leadership
Conference
CC:
Mayor Ivan All en, Jr
Dr. A. M. Davis, President NAACP
Jesse Hillp Jf pp Co - Chairman 9 · Atlanta Summit Leadership
co·nf erence
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CITY OF ATLANTA~
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DEPARTMENT OF POLICE
ATLANTA, GA.
9-1 8-67
Mass Meeting : Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
We atte n ded a ma s s me e ting at t he Mt. Moriah Ba p tist Chu r ch , corne r
of As h b y and Fair St. a t 8PM t h i s d a t e.
The follo wing was s tat e d b y Rev Boone as being nec es s a r y for the
Bo a rd of Edu c a tion :
1 . That the r e i s not enou gh Ne g ro me mber s in the Te chnic a l Schools
2 . Th a t there a r e n ot enou gh t ext b oo k s
J. That schedule s must b e r e a d y b y t h e f i r s t day of sch o ol and
3
and t ha t n ot t o o many b e enrol l e d
4. That a r e-s tudy of a l l te x t bo oks b e mad e , wi t h n o pr oper
respect on rac e .
5. That n o ru l e be i ss.ed d e ny i ng freed om of speech
6. That a Negr o Pr i n c ipal b e p u t i nto the s ch ool and n ot onl y
in Ne g ro s c hoo l s
7. That by Jan 1 , 1968, a Negro superintendant is placed in c harge
of the scho ols
8. That departments be directed by Negroes
9. That children be removed from the double sessions
Rev. Boone spoke on the lack of decent housing , in the Negro
sections, poverty and the fa :ili.Jre on the part of power s truct u re.
A Mrs . Dorothy Bolton came forward, speaking for the parents
bring ing back to mind that in 1964, the first march to Central
Hi gh School.
She spoke on how the parents must join to ge ther
in order to take a stand for their children. She further stated
that she herself had g one down to Dr. Letson's off ice and tri e d
to ap p eal to him but that he only put her off saying that she had
to wait until he had time to se e her.
Mr. Thomas Harper , representing Youth Town, spoke on how his
organization was designed to keep teens in line, meaning that
they were trying to keep them from be coming juvenile delinquentsa
He too talk ed ofthe double sessions in the schools and on how
he thought the Ne gr oes were being cheated out of an education.
Thr e e points that were brought out were as follows:
Slums must go
Dro Letson must go
Double sessions in the schools must go
Mro Hosea Williams came to th~ platform at this time speaking
on the subj e ct of proving ones manhood.
He stated that this
could.onlyfbehnroven.
when
wen come together in an
organ1~ea as 10n oe1ng
on thB
one blagk
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�CITY OF ATLANTA
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE
ATLANTA, GA.
9-18-67
Dr. Martin Luther King s p oke l a st stat ing that we are eithe r
to g ether or divided but that there was no division in NAACP.
He stated that dop e victi ms and alcoholics are only caused b y
the lack of unemployment. He stated that Atlanta bo a st of
having jobs for eve ryone but that wa en the Ne g ro p eop le g o
down to the city h a ll a n n e x , they ar e turned away wi t h the
p retense of not b e ing we ll en ou g h q u a lif ie d .
He ende d by saying that the job of t h e Neg ro de manded tni ty and
that we might b e separated among ourselves but tog et h er a g a ins t
the whi t e pe ople.
At t his t i me it was st a t ed that e a c h p e r son p r es e nt would ma rc h
wit h the l eade r s do wn t o the Wa shing ton Hi g h School . Dr. King
a dvi se d the g r ou p to h ave n ume r ou s demonstrations, non- violen t l y.
He reminde d them of t he de st ru ction of t h e pr evious r io ts and
i ndi c a t ed b y h i s spe ec h t hat we di d n ot nae d a r e o cc ur ance.
Oth er g ues t s were a s f o l l ows :
Dr. M. L. King Jr .
A. M. Davis
Ral ph Ab ernat hy
Sa m Wi lli ams
J oseph Boone
Ho sea Williams
Leroy J ohnson
Julian Bond
Respectful l y
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Sgt. L. Goss
Det J P Arnol d
Mrs. Lind a Tucker
P.S.
Dr. King stated that h e h a d planned to makea :. speech.,
and had a l ready written it out at this time, b ut that
since e v eryb ody e lse had made such goo d remarks he would
not speak , but that he would bring out points on thei r
remarks.
These are listed above.
�CITY OF ATLANTA
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE
ATLANTA, GA.
9-18-67
I n Re g ard s to the Mas s Mee tin g:
T oni ght upon co mp l e ti on of t h e meet i ng a t t h e Mt. Moriah Baptist
Chur ch, Ho s e a Willi ams asked t he enti re gr oup to a c c ompany him
i n a ma r ch t o Was h i ngt on Hi gh Sc h o ol . He came to t he outside at
the front step s and aga i n app e a l ed to t he gr ou p to march with him.
He succeeded in ge t t ing appr ox i mat e l y 300. They mar c he d n orth on
Ashby Street t o Hunter St. Du r i ng t h e ma rch , app r oxi mat e l y on e
hal f of these pe ople dr opped ou t a long t h e wa y. The remain der
c ont i n ued t o the fr ont s t ep s of Wash i ngton Hi gh Scho ol , wh ere they
sang tw o songs .
Hosea Wi l l iams greeted the group. He tol d them that we mu s t demonstrate unt i l s uper i n t endent Le t son knows th a t we are not p l ay ing.
We should turn thi s ci ty upside down, I mean we sho uld fil l al l
the jails with adults and not send our c hildren. He stated we
must show the p ower struct u re of the school and of the pol ic e de partment t hat we mean bus i ness. He further stat ed t hat Chie f J enkins
had sent his good guys out to be with them toni ght, h e kne w that
there wouldn't be any trouble.
This group remained on the steps of Washington Hi gh Sc hoo l f or
about 30 minutes. They then dispersed and went in different direct ionso This g roup at the ch urch consisted of app roxima t ely eleven
hundred.
Respectfully
75-~
Sgt. L. Goss
De t . JP Arnold
lt
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A GIZEAT AIVlERICAN
DR~ }\AAR'fl I LUTH=:R17 l(ING, JR~
President, Southern Christian Leadership Conference
~v1onday r1ight, September 181 1967
s~oo p~m~ Sharp
~Aot1nt Moriah Bapti§t Cht1rch
Corner YNest Fair and A§hby Street
DOU BU: SESS~Ou JS AN D f'OOR SCHOOtS MUST GO!
Did you get a decent education? Are your children on double
sessions? Are your children in overcrowded classes?
Help protect your children's future. You may have a job, you rn ay be
making a good salary, but what about the 15 black me·n out of every
hundred without a job, while only 2 white men out of every ·hundred
has no job.
ATlA ~rA POUCE BRUTAUTY. Maybe policemen have not be_aten
you y et. /v\aybe policemen hav e not b eai·en your husband, your wi.fe · '--~-,
or your children. We must stop po lice brutality.
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of Colored People
Dr. Albert M. Davis, President
Atlanta Chapter -- Southern Christian Leadersh ip Conference
Rev. Howard W. Creecy, Pres.iden t
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�October 25, 1967
Chief H. T. Jenkins
Atlanta Police Department
.E:
Disorders on ~gnolia Street
Sunday - October 22, 1967
donday - 0 tober 23, 1967
Dear Sir:
On Sunday night, October 22, 1967, at about 9:30 p.m.,
Captain • c. Bryant called me and stated that a explosive
situation was about to develop at Vine and t1agnolia but
that he thought everything was under control .
I got re dy to go to the area nd just as I was
leaving, I heard on th r help call and fire call in this
area so proceeded to Vine and tagnolia .
I found that Officer J . B. Phillips and oth r
offic re h d arre ted several person
t th t location and
had · d conoidcroble trouble with the s bjects and after
the orre t nd the person had be n transported to j iL,
a consid rable crowd of di orderly r:er ons gathered on
1ognolia Str t between . faple and Vine ond set sever l
fires . The Fire Depart nt w s call d evernl ti~
but
th fir
w re put out ostly bcfor th Fire D partment
arriv d .
Lt. C. J. Perry and Copt·in ry nt w re on the cen
and had Car LO-, 12-B and a wagon patrolling th are . All
of thes w r
nn <l by negro offic r .
he crowd grew nd
beca
ore di orderly, ctting firs nd throwing rocks
nd bottle • The Task lorce head d by Lt . c. B. Dicker on
and about ight p trot en were c lled into th Dr a with
peci l qui
nt, helraet, night ticks nd hotgun to
diapers th crowd . Several other arr ts w r
d , on
a known a it tor by th nm of c, uir, a white fe ale .
In a hort whil, order wa restored . I in tructed
tl
two K-9 truck with driv r
nd the do s in th truck
to p trol th
r
the re t of the ni ht. The stre ta nd
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sidewalks were littered with debris, rocks and broken
bottle a
On 1onday, October 23, 1967, a circular was
distributed in the area calling for a mass meeting at
the play lot at ,1agno l ia and 1aple to protest white
ownership of stores and houses and police brut ality .
Alderman Q. v. Williamson called me and came
by my office . He wanted to ta l k to Officer J . B. Phillips
and I had Officer Phillips go by his office on Hunter
Street . Alderman Williamson brouTht one of the circulars
to me and stated he was present when they were run off
the .nachine ond that he thought that the so called "Rev .
Boone" was behind them .
Alderman Williamson was of the opinion that if
the officers would lighten up on the defendents , it would
help the situation . I did not agree with him but sent
Officer Phillips to see him .
I alerted Captain R.
c.
Little and Lt . C. J .
Perry to the situation and instructed them to allow the
meeting if it
orderly .
I went to the are and was there until the
situotion got GO unruly , I ordered the Task Force into
the area iith full equipment to disperse the crowd e They
had set . fires against the doors of both super~arkets at
Vine and 1agnolia, Dcro s the entire street at taple and
gnolia and other fires in the street at ~agnolia ond
Walnut . The fires were fed by gasoline . The door at
Herman's Sup rmarket, 544 Magnolia, w s forced open and
looted of beer nd other articles . While the officers
were investigating this, The Rig Rock Supermarket was
brok n in the front door but no entrance was made . The
rear window of the captain's car w s ')rok n out by a brick
and as I passed a roup of people who were listening to
Senator ~roy John on who clai.ed he had the group under
control, apron tanding near him thr w a rock into my
front window which was down and struck rn on the hand . I
talked to Alderuan ililliamson the second time that night
at ~a~nolia and Vine and infor ed hi~ that l was goin· to
call 1.n reenforce ents and clear the area . He agreed with
e . Color pictures were made of ll damage .
1 h d held Lt . c . 3 . Dickerson and ei ht
her
of the Task Force in the building from 8:00 p • • until
that tie, and I c lled for them to co e into the or a and
disperse the unruly crowd . I was with them the entire time
and they did an excellent job of clearin the street with
no injuries or undu force and no arre ts . No ghots wer
fired, although the T sk Force wa€ ar.ed with riot 'uns .
�- 3 -
Captain 0 ., W. Jordan and the Crime Prev ntion
Bure U 9 including Lt . C a Dixon, Sgt. Goss and Detective
Re B. Moore, were on the scene and were of invaluable
assistance in restoring order and contacting the well
meaning people of the community of which there were many .,
It was found that most of the unruly crowd were
from several blocks to several miles away from this
immediate area .,
The Transit Company rerouted their buses from
this area during the worst part of the disorder and automobiles that did not belong in the area were prohibited
from traveling the street during the emergency .
On Tuesday night, the Cri e Prevention was
assigned to the area under the direction of Lt . Dixon and
Sgt . Goss and no trouble was reported anywhere in the area .
The Fire Department responded each time they were
called . They did ask that we appraise them of the nature
of the fire .so that they would know which type of equipment
to send . This was done and ~any fire calls were canceled
by the police when they could be handled without fire
equipment .
,=-;v:r~
espectful~
James F. Brown,
Superintendent
JFB:b
�Sep tember 20 , 1967
Rev . Howa rd w. Creecy,sr .,
Pr e s ident,
tlan t a Chapter
Southern Christi an Le adersh i p Conf .
334 Auburn ve . N. E.
tlanta , Ga . 30303
Dear Sir :
I am enclosing a copy of "Parade Ordinance",
adopted by the Mayor and the Boa rd of Aldermen ,
and a l so , copies of the a p plication for a p arade .
You may fi l e these app lica tions at any
time you desire .
Yours very truly ,
Captain of Police
Sp e cial Inve stiga tor
JCM/ p
nc .
�334 Auburn Ave., N.E.
So1L1tl1ern Christian Leadership Confere nee
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Telephone 522-1420
Ralph Aberna thy, Treasurer
Martin Luthe r King J r., Pre.,ide111
Andrew J. Young, Ezecurive Directo,
September 19, 1967
Chief He rb e rt T. Jenkins
Chi ef of Police
City of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Chief Jenkins:
Last week I requested a parade or "march" permit
from your offic e , a nd was informed that the request must
be made 5 days prior to day of parade.
I am here by requ esti ng parade permits as follows:
l.
Mond a y, Sep t e mber 25t h ( PM )
2.
Tuesday, S e pt ember 26t h .( PM )
3.
Wednesday, Septemb er 27th ( PM )
4.
Thursday, Sept embe r 28th (PM)
5.
Friday, Se pt e mber 29th ( PM )
>
Plea se send permit and ·any oth e r corr esponden c e to the
following addr e ss:
Re v. Howard W. Cr ee cy, Sr., Pr e sid e nt
Atlant a Ch a pt er Sout he r n Chri s ti a n Le ade rship Conf e r e nc e
Mount Mori a h Bap ti s t Church
200 As hby Str e et, S. W.
Atlanta, ~ e orgia
~incl.r e ly you r s,
j.
J Re v.1~~
¼) W LU/4q, , WV
Howard W. Cr ee c y, S~
Pr e sid e nt, Atl a nt a Ch ap t e r
South e rn Christ i an Lead e rs hip
Conf er e nc e
CC:
Ma yo r I v a n All e n, .Jr
Dr . A. M. Da vi s , Pres i d e nt Ni-rACP
J es se Hill, J r ~, Co- Cha i r ma n , Atl a nta S ummi t Le ad e rs hi p
Conf e r e nc e
�-
September 21, 1967
Mr. A . l . Gaulden, Jr .
LeMa
Apartment
2515 Northeast Expressway
Apartment G - 7
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear
r . Gaulden:
I m ure you are a are that it is rare to receive
a letter of special commendation as your •
1 am mo t grateful for your comm.ent about Officer
Adams a d l am ure be will ppreci te bat you
plan to do.
1 am for ardin this letter to Chief Jenkins
·th my ppreciati •
Sincerely your ,
Aile , Jr.
lAJr/ r
CC: Chief Jenkins
long
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�September Zl, 1967
Mr. W . M . Teem, Sr.
'5 66 Martina Drive, N . E .
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Mr. I Teem:
Thank you £or your letter of September 20th.
l will be happy to ask the Police Depa.rtmellt
to have this truck removed.
Sincerely yours ,
Iv n Allen, .Jr.
Mayor
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�S ptember 19, 1967
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�TRAFFIC FA.TALITI:SS TO DATE
1/57. 5:50
A.H.
August 21.i, 1967
N.W. Freeway and Howe ll Mill Rdo
VictiTJ1., drive1• of vehicle; which was struck by vehicle //2, which
crossed median and overturnedo
W.M. ??


58. 8:00P.H.


September 1, 1967
N.W.Fre eway and Mt Paran Rd.
W.F. 23.
Victim, passenger in vehicle which was struck by vehicle cha_nging
lanes.
1159. 10 :25A.M.
September · 9, 1967
2544 Peachtree Rd.,N.W.
W.M.
LB.
Victim, driver of vehicle which struck power pole.
�TUITION GRANTS
ATU.NTA POLICE OFFICERS
COST OF COURSE PER QUARTER
$35.00 Per Subject P er Qua:tter
$10.,00 Per Subject Per Quarter for Books
$ 6.,00 Per Quarter for Students Ac tivity Fee
1.
All Officers will be allowed to take up two subjects
Per Quarter.
2.
Tuition will be paid to all participating Officers up
to, but not to e x ceed $100.00 Per Quarter.
3.
The tuition will be paid to the Of f icer af~er he has
successfully completed each quarter.
4.
Reimbursement will be paid only to those Officers
participating in Police Admi nistration Course.
METHOD OF SELECTI ON FOR REI MB URSEMENT
1~
En trace Examinat i o n Scores.
2.
Length o f service with the Dep artment.
3.
The Police Officers performance rating and up on
app roval of Chief o f Pol i ce .
�V
September 196 1967
V
Mr. B . M . Doster
1414 Boulevard Lorraine, S . W.
Atlanta, Georgia
Pear Don:
Thank you very much for sending me a copy of your letter
to Chief Jenkin • It would be needles for me to say
that we regret th incident to which you refer, and t hat
every effort ill be made by the Police D pa.dment to
determine ho the per ons ere nd prevent any other
incident of thi type in the future.
A to ·whether you may wi h to obtain permit to carry
a protective e pon; thi i a deci ion you ill have to
ma e. Perso Uy, I thi k the Police Deparbn nt is
dequate for the protection of all c i tizens .
Sincerely,
l
IA.Jr:am
Alie , Jr.
�B. McDONALD DOSTER
1414 BOULEVARD LORRAINE, 5. W.
ATLANTA 11. GA.
September 14, 1967
Chief Herbert Jenkins
Atlanta Police Department
175 Decatur Street, S. E.
Atlanta~ Georgia
Dear Mr. Jenkins:
I want to report an incident that happened Wednesday
night about 9:00 p.m., September 13, which occurred on Gordon
Road at the railroad underpass just west of the intersection of
Lynhurst in the event you wish to alert your patrolmen to events
of this kind.
My wife and I and friends had dinner at the Plantation
Restauran t in Marietta .and were proceeding homeward through Access
Highway , Bolton Road by Fulton County Airport, Gordon Road, Lynhurst, and Sewell to Cascade Heights.
When we approached the underpass west of Lynhurst, but
still some di st_a nce away , I saw five or so young Negroes sixteen
to eighteen years old, or thereabou ts, standing on the right hand
side of the street at the abutment to the railroad b ridge. They
were doing nothing that appeared to be out of the ordinary, but
were apparently were t a lking and having fun. Just as I became even
with them, we were startled by a terrific report which sounded as
though a gun had been fired inside the car. I ha d seen no one make
any move and no flash from an e xp losion was seen so assumed that
the boys had thrown a giant firecracker under the car where it exploded. There appearing nothing more serious a t that time, I did
not stop but proceeded on homeward.
After visiting with our friends for an hour or two,l!!Y
wife and I went on home where we then examined the car because
someone had e xpre ssed an opinion that something struck the car,
which we did not immediately confirm.
Upon e xamination under · light it is c lear now that the
e xplosion was the dischar ge of a gun, and the car was actual ly
struck by the bullet and that from the trajectory th e bulle t ca me
�,--
B. McDONALD DOSTER
1414 BOULEVARD LORRAINE, 5 . W.
ATLANTA 11, GA.
from overhead on the railroad bridge, from which someone must have
fired the gun.
The bullet, from directly overhead, was fired at about
a 40 degree angle, and it struck the left rear door window just
above the center. Being struck from overhead, the bullet merely
glanced off the glass and struck a curved portion of the metal door
at the base of the glass where the curve caused the bullet to riccochet outward. The glass was not broken, but was scarred by the impact·and the metal was not pierced, but was scored by the riccochet.
It is obvious that someone was making an attempt on
the life of some unsuspecting person who would drive under the
bridge. That person could have been me if the gun had been fired
a split second sooner and six inches to my right, where it would
have pierced the windshield directly in front of my face.
I saw no one on the bridge above, and having proceeded
as far forward as I had, I saw no flash, but the circumstances
wer~ easy to read.
Very truly yours,
B. M. Doster
cc:
Mayor .Ivan. Allen, Jr.
City Hall .
Atlanta, Georgia
�Beptcmber . 2~ 19 ·17
S pt 0 C 0 Chafin
Capto Oo Jordan
Lt J 0 R Shattles
Sirs :
Th i s date ~t 4z30 pm I took a photog:c .pher to the Bo~.:rd o :f Edu.ca;t i m1 0 2 24,
Central Ave,., He made p i ctu~es of individmi.J.s o c cupy i n £; Supt a i:1:-:.n T-et~ ons of£icc:JJ
I retun,eu to 22.(~ Central Ave 9 and remained u n til ll : 45 pmll at vrhich time t he:;~
persons were told t o l e~ve the buil 'ing 'y De t 0 ~r ,.D Hudso n 0 11. orc'k·r s f :rom Lt 0 N.-t,c·:!:1 0
They refused 9 and v·ere a:>:rested f or violat i ng ci i:y o-c1ina.,ce 20=27@ (Loit e ring ) 0
Ca-e
et 2~30 pm 0 Se:ptQ 13-th o
A r:r.ested sub j e cts we:t:e as :follm-'7Se-
J <::?ss i cm Holl nd 0 ,,;rf20 , 3 34 A burn Ave o
J a:mes Gibso:..,~ \' m.21 11 334 Auburn Ave.,
I rma J ean J acksc:-:nr; cf2 '1. 0 334 Aubu:rn o
Marge Mnndcrson 0
f'39 9 7 ~1 Wilson Rd o No 1·lo
Rev o J oseph Eo Boonep c m44 9 4 520 CJ.axmont Dr o S0W0
Rcv 0 Howard W., Creecy 11 c ra39 9 192 Ashby Sto S oW
Rev 0 J cC 1vard 9 cm3 :i 14 7J. Eason Sta NoWo
Wi1 scn Bro m i, cm3--1ll 360 Nelson Sto S.,W 0
Albert Henry 9 \'JT.141$ 3 42 Gth o NoEo
W' lli.am Lo ckett, c m35 9 2-116 Ua t h i e 1rs on P l a S oWo
Supt 0 Letson h ad r -,fu e el "co meet t h :i.s g r.ore. ea:rliezs 1:n.:i. t did ' ' O ':\t 6 1~30 p ·o
i n b:i.s offic e o He want ed t o mee t this group in ·' he la:.:go r1K:~ting i:oomp but thi s
group refused to d o soe They b o ugh t up t v;0lv e point s :foz: di.·cussion hu t fi n~ J.ly
de cidGd on o ne:;i that b e ing Dr., Let.son c al J. a,.n emei:gency meeting o f. the boa:ed , f ol.'
no l a t er than tomorrowo
not rea ch himo
D:c ., Letson made an a t t empt to c a l l D:::: ., Cook~ but could
Dr o L etson left th2 b'uiJ.ding at l Q:"2-.5 p m 9 and :ce tuxncd a ·i.. 1 1~ 30 ::\t
t his time he told the g J:oup they woul d h ave t o leave ..
over to
L t.,
He t hen t u.rnr~d ·the matter
Nash and l eft G
The a r re st was o:cder ly and wa,s c ar. ied out by the echooI d e tect:i.vc:s:i Lt o
Copeland , Lto Sheppard ., 1"he:.re was sev e ra l o ther o ffi c ers on t h t~ scr--,ne ,.,
Wnen asked to 1 ;:\w~ a .o l o:red f emv. J.12 and col 2eci ma le P ohn Boorie ) l e fto
Charles A., Webster X'ema i ned on the scenG 11 b ut was a l lov·ed t o go~ when h e stated he
· ould b e glad to g oo He c ame on to the sta tion .and wi t nessed the booking of the
p:dscnerso He l ate:r. c ame to the De t., Offj c-.e and q uest ioned Capt 0 Duncan on the
xd:.--b,~ i <l~nti ty of the o;fficers p a rticip~~-· g i n the rrest o
St2.ting ~dlli'.:'~ "i:hr., t h eh ad to make a r eport to Mr o Richa:cd Fr e em: ,.
RecpectfullyS)
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�CITY OF A TLANTA
DEPARTMENT of POLICE
Atlanta 3, Georgia
September 18, 1967
HERBERT T . JENKINS
Chief
MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
From:
The Atlanta Police Department
(Gertrude Pasley)
September 11, 1967 to September 17, 1967 inclusive
4 patrolmen resigned - another job
or discharged
discharged
moving back to West, Va.
discharged
3 patrolmen employed
Total vacancies:
13
Total guards: 3
E . O. A. employees - paid by Federal Government: 2
l
�September 15, 1967
Mr. B. McDonald Doster
1414 Boulevard Lorraine S. W.
Atlanta, · Georgia 30311
My dear Mr. Doster:
Thank you very much for your letter of September 14th
and the information contained therein.
The police patrol in the damsville neighborhood ha
rec ntly been strengthened.
I hav forwarded your letter on to Supt. Clinton Chafin
of the Detective Divt ion and Capti o. w. Jordan of the Crim
Pr vention Bureau with instruction to make a complete investigation
and report of this incid nt, and to give the m tter their personal
attention and be t fforts.
HTJ:
c. c.
Supt. Clinton Chafin &
Capt. o. W. Jor
Mayor Iv All n, Jr. ~
�September 2.0, 1967
Chief Herbert Jenkin
Atlanta Police Department
175 Decatur Sti-eet, S. E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Chief:
Mayor Allen
_ r f rred to me for comment nd filing your
letter of September 18, 1967 pertaining to your erving on the
National Advisory Committee on Civil Di ord r •
There ia nothing in the City Code that prevent• your ervin
on th commi ion nor your receiving comp n tion for uch
service. We r filln your letter juet • m · er of r cord
and augg t that lm r lett r• be writt n p criodically so
that the record will be complet •
Pl •
cc:ept my belated congratulation• o thi• appointmentIt i• juet noth I' recognition of your ellident d d dieated
rvtc in the fi ld Qf · w enforcement.
Sincerely yowr•,
R.
rl L nd ra
Adminlatrati - Aa•l•ta. t
EL :lp
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CITY OF A TLA NTA
DEPARTMENT of POLICE
A tlanta 3, Georgia
September 18, 1967
HERBERT T . JENKINS
Chief
Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia
My dear Mr. Mayor:
On July 27, 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed me to
the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders.
The Commission has been meeting about two days per week
in Washington and visiting some of the cities that were damaged by
recent disorders.
It is the Commission's plan to meet every other week in the
future.
I have been reimbursed by the U. S. Treasury for all of my
traveling expense , and have received the following compensation checks
to date Date
Gr oss
Deductions
FICA Fed. T ax
Net
8/1:l/ 67
$500. 00
$22.00
$99 . 50
$378 . 50
8/2 6/ 67
$400. 00
$ 17. 60
$69. 00
$313. 40
T otal
$691. 90
This is furnished as a matter of information and my futur e action
will be guided by your sugge stions.
HTJ:gp
�September 14, 1967
Mr. Aaron I. Alembik
Shulman nd Alembik
503 National B nk of Georgi Building
Atlanta, Cieor ia 30303
Dea.r Mr. Alembik:
This will ac o ledge receipt of your letter
regarding the school crossing on M t . Pa.ran
Road.
1 am forwardin this reque t to the Police
Department for consideration.
Sincerely your ,
Ivan Allen, Jr.
yor
IAJr/br
I
CC:
Police Department
�CITY OF ATLANTA
DEPARTMENT of POLICE
Atlanta 3, Georgia
Septem rer 11, 1967
HERBERT T. JENKINS
Chief
MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
From: The Atlanta Police Department
(Gertrude Pasley)
S~eptember 4, 1967 to September 10, 1967 inclusive
4 patrolmen employed
1 patrolman resigned (accepted job with more pay - been with
department o ne week)
Total vacancies:
12
Total guards:
E. 0. A. employees - paid by Federal Government:
3
2
�•' FORM 32 • D· 101
SUPPLEMENTARY OFFENSE
REPORT
ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT
175 DECATUR ST., S. E.
ATLANTA, GA.
ADDRESS
-I~st Hunter Bapt ot Church, Hunter &
Cnestnut Sv •
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF OFFENSE, PROGRESS OF INVEST_IGATION,
ETC.
Persons who addressed the audiea ce:
1.
Rev. A. B. Boone
I.ocal Minister
2.
Rev. J. D. Ward.
Spokesman for Operaticn Bread Basket
-;.
Rev. Clyde Williams - Vietropolitan Grass Roots Council
4.
Hr. Smith - Sum.m.er Hill Youth Council
5.
Hosea _Williams - Southern Christian le adership Council
The meeting was opsned by the Rev. Clyde Williams and Rev. J.D. Hard.
At that tit1e t here were about 50 people present and about 50% of the s e p0 op1e
ware Local Viin:l.nters and varicus Community I,.3aders.
Rev. Ward recognized
t he presence of nolice and asked t hat we leave without him having to poi:.1t us
out., but we did not leave.
He pointed us out and aske d us to leuve the build-
ing. because they had no need for Police Protection .
After we did not; l eave
they decided to continue the ~~eting but to hold all plans for a Cam~ittee
Heating whi ch was to follow t he l'Iass i·;e e tin5. 'i:'bo s pe akers were c a lled u pon
as follo ws :
Rev. A.B. Boone related his convictions to t he members concernin g t he
F.ducat i on P:roblem in Atlanta. "I am tired of seeing of seeing our c hildren
ge t un at down in order to ge t to school".
it is not corrected 11.
"We are going to h ave to turn
Atlanta upside down
j_f
Rev. Boo r.e's e n tire t a lk ·.,1as
along these lines.
He also referred to tbe J?rogram on Urb an Renewa l t ha"!:i was
THIS . OFFENS E IS DECLARED:
UNFOUN D ED •
•
••••
CLEA RED BY ARREST • • •
D
0.
EXCEP TIONAL LY CLEARED
0
INACTIVE (N O T CLEARED).
0
SIGNED _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ DATE _ _ _ _ _ _ __
INVESTIGA T ING OFFICER
SIGN ED - ~ CH--,1_,,E_F_O_R_C_O_M_M_A_N_DI_N_G_O_F_F_I C_E_R_
_
DATE - -- - - - - -
THIS FO RM IS U SED BY OF FIC ER ASSIGNED TO A CASE TO REPOR T
PROGRESS AFTER THREE AND SE V EN D AY S AND WEEK L Y THE R E A F TER A LSO TO RE PO RT SIGNIFICANT DE V ELOP MEN TS .
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SUPPLEMENTARY OFFENSE
REPORT
COMPLAIN ANT - --
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ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT
175 DECATUR ST., 5. E .
ATLANTA, GA.
Ao o REss ~ a e a ...n,
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF OFFENSE, PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATION,
ETC.
pushing negroos out of slums and not replacoing t~::.cm.
He ·off01~
chnllengc to city off i ci~l a , th nt j f schools are not op 0 nAd "we wjll
uc0 force to open thom".
Next ·speakBr was Mr.
!--:r.
Hosqa
\.JiJJj,qms:
Jil.1i ama tar,;et wa n the polic~:iatic Committee, and. the--
1
Chief of Police ..
He proposed that tcle r:rams be sent to President
Jobnoont demand i ng t bat Chief ,T0n1d
D8
be evj cted from
tbA
Riot Comm:!..t-tee •
And tha t: e ach-m€mb t_n;• o-r th@ °olice Comr1itt0 e, no t be allo·.rnd to fo re;-e·t
that "Al Capone Marshall, and oth "1r policemen, hav"" h en giJri::>n a Jice.ns e
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to h 0 at pea!)Je, bec !)use of ti-.,.,;r vot- e , on--1.a.s t ni ght".
· the Detroit, C':Jica ;:;o and MiJ •,ra ] kee riots, ~.nd..~
ne eroe s in tho se communitie s , h a d
I!e then----i-mr:,~ized
!'lds of t h-e--
to bo r esoJvAd. "I hope th at:
•l t] nnta
wouJd not have to go through wh a t De troit an.d other citi e s did, b:; t
if this the way it mu st be done , it mus t be done", . Mr. '-J illimn s
continues to l ash a wa y a t she 'PcJ i ca _Camm i ttee , C' 1 i e f ,Tenkins ., a...'11-....,d- - Hay or Allen . I~ c rit i c ise d t he Mayor , fo r not h av in g c ontra) of tbo
-department s , und0 r hi--s- G - ~ - ~-g rre groas in r espons ible
jobs, withi n the wat e r depar tment, board of- educa t i on and etc ••
l1ext speaker Rev . J. D. ',lard:
THIS OFFENS E 15 D EC LA RED:
UNFOU N D ED . •
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S I G N ED - - - - -- -- ~ ~ ~ ~ - - OA T E - - - -- - - CH I E F
OR CO MMAN D IN G OFF ! CER
T HI S FORM IS U SE D B Y OF FI CER A SSIG NED T O A CASE TO REPORT
P RO GRE SS A FT ER TH REE AN O SE V E N DA YS A N O_ WE E K L Y T H ERE·
A F TER ALSO T O REP OR T SI G N IFICAN T D E V E L OPME N T S.
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SUPPLEMENTARY OFFENSE
REPORT
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COMPLAIN ANT _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __
ATLANTA POLICE D E PARTM E NT
175 DECATUR ST . , S. E.
ADD RE ss
ATLANTA, GA.
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF OFFENSE, PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATION,
ETC.
Rev. :.rard stated t hat h1'3 wo . .tld at~a.::k the boa..!.'d of educ a tion, Dr~ letson
and others, aJon g tr,,o 1:2ajn l:i nes • . One through demonstrations, on:l-41w-o,
through the ballot box ~
He told the rne0ting · t~.at the Alilan t;a 13oard of
Education and Dr. Ietson, had aareed to meet with a cam:mjttee on
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that "~.J0 wil 1 07errnn the ro eti ng on Mond;;,y nigh t and if 1.rn d on't get
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4*-at wo wa nt t he r e, we will-fill ever.y--Be-ard-H,:nnbers office on Tue sday
mornjng .
I--will par s ona lly be i n t ::e :~ayer' s eff iee, on Tue s das, i f
we don't get wha t we want."
After about one hundred peonl e arrived , it wa fi put to a vo1-e , t bo.t
a pronos a l be submi ttP.d to,Pr0 s id PDt Jobn con, in t he-form of a tele gram ,
n ski ng b j ~h i e f Je n'!.dns fro m his appoi ....
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the y vot0.d unani mou s l y to send t he t e l ogram .
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that news papeP-Pcportcrs and poli c e to l ea \fe .


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T HI S FORM IS U SED BY OFFIC E R ASSIGNED TO A CASE TO REPORT
P R OGRESS AF T ER T H REE AND SEVEN D AYS AND WEEK L Y THEREAFTER ALSO T O R EPORT SIGN I F I CA NT D E V E L OF'ME N TS .
9-7-6?
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9-7-67
Press Conference
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OFFENSE----
SUPPLEMENTARY OFFENSE
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Baptist
Church
· _ _ _ _ _ _ __
COMPLAIN ANT _ Ebeneza
______
_____
____
REPORT
ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT
175 DECATUR ST., 5. E.
ATLANTA, GA.
Auburn
Avenue
at_Jackson
ADDRESS _ _
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_ _ _ _ _Street
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF OFFENSE, PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATION,
ETC.
1.
or
2.
Mr. Jessie Hill -
3.
Rev. J. D. Ward - Spokesma n Operation Bread Ba_s_k_e_t_.________________
4.
Rev. Clyde i·Jilliams - l\!e tr :Y?oli tan Grass Root's Councilo
Albert Davis - ?resident !Local Ch;:mter NAAO'.
Coordinator Atlanta Summit Council.
Dr. Dcwis o pened the ne,·Js conference at 2:35 P.M. with a sta ·~ ernent,
11
'.ve the
v~riou s organi zation leaders since the Labor Day neekend have been in clos e
conference a mong ourselves and with Dr. Martin Luther King, concerning the problems
in Atlanta.
We have urg e d Dr. King in view of these problems to corae to Atlanta
and assist us in non-violent actio ns to alleviate them."
Dr. Davis
cited in
series th e probless t hat he felt wa s facina .negro comn~nities:
l.
~ie stated that the Atlanta Board of Education is naw holding double sessions
in five negro schools and none in white schools.
Furt he r that office e ~ ploy-
ment in the c e ntr a l office for neg ro s in supe rvi so r y positions lag ged.
2.
Une mployraent:
pl o yed.
Neg ros still r e main in the l ~rger p 2 rcentile among t he unem-
According to Dr. 0a vis of the ten p2 rc~nt une moloyed in a given
group only two percent were white.
?
Je
llou s ing:
The Atlanta Housing Au ~horiti es ~ r e s till oracticing se g rega tion
and also rnai11tainin~ se p arate o ff ice operation according to Dr. ~a vis.
Ju stic e a nd the Police:
Dr. ~~vis sta t e d he feels sure t ha t there was evi den c e
of police brut al it y in the Dixie fli l ls area and a laxit y of cit y o ffici als in
Tt-<i~ OFFENSE 15 DECLARED:
U H ,. ,j U N O E O •
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CL•~kEO OY ARREST • • •
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m1'. TIV!. fNOT CLEARED).
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PROGR ESS AFTER THR EE AND SEV E N DAYS AND WEEKLY TH EREAFTER ALSO TO R EPORT S I G N I F ICANT DE V ELOP M E NTS.
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OFFENSE __
P_r_e_s_s_C_o_n_f_·e_r_e_n_c_e___
SUPPLEMENTARY OFFENSE
REPORT
9-7-67
SERIAL N O . - - - - - - -
COM p LA IN ANT __
E_b_:_e_n_e_z_a_B..:.a~p_t_i..:.s_t_C_h_u_r_c_h_________
ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT
175 DECATUR ST., 5. E.
ADDRESS
ATLANTA, GA.
_A_u_b_u_r_n_._•\_v_e_n_u_e_a_t_J_a_c_k_s_o_n_S_t_r_e_e_t_.______
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF OFFE N SE , PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATION,
giving s e rvice to that com:i,m nity.
ETC.
Two recent decisions rendered bv the
_:_A~l_d.:__:e~r~m_,._a_n_i~c=-~p_o~l=-i~c~e=-~c~o_m_._m~i~t~t~e~e:_h_..:.a..:.s:_s::..:.:h..:.o..:.'~'n:.::.._t~h=a..:.t:_t.:...:.:h~e=-c=-=o..:.m=m=,1=·~t~t~e=o----'w~a=s_:n~o~t:_:r~e=o~r~e=s~e~n~t==e~d,......_He
.further c ha raed t hat t he alte rcation he+we 0 n Officer Ma rsha]]
a n~ Mr. Ho sea
Williams added to the attention that Atlanta wi ll oe t, but it is not a prime
factor in their grevance against the police d epartmen t.
Oftentimes Dr. Davis
would elude que st ion~ propounded by reoorte rs concerning the Williams ca~e.
did howe ver relate t hat Williams had conferred with
He
Dr. King and wa~ still
conferri ng with him a bout the matter .
Rev. Clyde Williams stated that a mas~ meeting would be slated at the W st
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Hunter Baptist O,urch a t t he cor ne r of Ch estnut and i::iu oter c:;1reet~ ton ight ,
. Septembe r 7 , 1967, a nd t he oroblems of in adequa te hous ing, po lice inj· 1stice a nd
. othe r subjects would be discus sed .
Mr. J ess ie Hill when a sk b y reporters about the Ma rs hall and Wi lliams
altercation state d t ~at he had had a confe rence with Dr, King Sep t embPr 7, J QA7 ,
and h e a s k Dr . King to conside r Atlanta th e ta r oet for SC! A ( Soll tb e rn ,~bri stj clP
Le adership Conference) action.
Fur th er t hat Dr. Ki ng revealed that he had been
unde r pressure by sever al members of this con g reQation t o come to Atlant a.
II
I
do not f ee l that the Ma r s ha ll in c id e nt hurt Atlanta as far as pres~11re is conce rne d
and i s not an out s taudi ng f;;ict.-,r b · 1 t ;t helps to· show th-a n@ed for as sista,1ce ."
THIS.OFFENSE I S DECLARED:
UNFOUNDED.
CLEARED BY ARREST .
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EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED
INACTIVE (NO T CLEARED ) .
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E. A. Bell
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DATE
9-7-67
INV ES TI GATING OFFICER
SIGNED
CHI E F ::lR COMMANDIN G OFF I C E R
DATE
TH I S FORM IS USED BY OFFICER ASS I GNED TO A CASE TO REPORT
PROGR ESS AFTER THRE E ANO SEVEN D AYS ANO WEEKLY THEREAFTE R ALSO TO REPORT SIGN I F IC ANT DEV E LOP MENT S.
continue d.
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SER I AL NO. __
SUPPLEMENTARY OFFENSE
REPORT
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Ebeneza
Church
COMPLAIN ANT _
_ _ ___._Baptist
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ATLANTA POLIC E DEPART M E N T
17S DECATUR ST., S. E.
Auburn
Avenue
Street.
ADDRESS _ _
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_ _ _ _at
_ _Jackson
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
ATLANTA, GA .
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF OFFENSE, PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATION,
ETC.
As far as what course would be taken by Dr King it would be' his own d12cision
according to Dr. :)?.vis.
Dr. Davis further stated that Atlant a is a city that will
listen but fail to act.
11
l•,Te have detected an end to progressive action."
Dr.
Davis stated that if it was necessary to move the head of the Board of Education,
Chief of Police or an y other office it must be dong so that progressive action
might exist.
I talk2d with Dr. Davis after the conference and he stated that he exnected
some word fro m Dr. King within a few ·hours.
Furth e r that Dr. Kinq c o uld be
reach e d in Cleveland, Ohio, a t 851- 4 300, that he felt sure that s o me action ~ould
be taken by Dr. King det e r mined from th e ir conversation.
No reason was aive n as to
why Mr. Hos e a Willia ms f a il e d to a tt end th e c o n fe r e nc e
The conferenc e end e d at 3:05 PM.
TH IS O F FE NS E IS DE C L AR ED :
D
UN FOU N DED .
CLEAR ED B Y A RRE ST • • •
EXC EPT I O N ALL Y CLE AR ED
INACTIV E ( N O T CLEAR E D ) .
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Bell - 7 4 -179
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SI GN ED
9 -7 -6 7·
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O FF IC E R
C H IEF O R C OMMAND I NG OFF I CE R
DAT E --
THIS F O RM IS U S E D B Y OF FICE R ASSIGN E D TO A -CAS E T O R EP O R T
PROGRESS AFTER T HRE E AN D S EVEN D AYS AND WEE K L Y T HER E ·
AFTER AL SO TO REPORT SIGN IFI CAN T DE V E LOPM E NT S.
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�September ll, 1967
Mr. Dougla B . Fincannon
Calhoun Company, Inc.
lZl Forrest Avenue, N . E .
Atlanta, Ci orgia 30303
Dear Mr. Fincannon:
This ill acknowledge receipt of your letter
regarding the video tape equipment which your
coinpany bandlea .
lam forwardl,Qg thia inf-ormation to Chief
Herbert T. J nki for further consider tio •
Sincerely yours ,
Alle , Jr.
!AJr/br
CC: Chief Herbert T. Jenkins
�CITY OF ATLANTA
DEPARTMENT of POLICE
Atlanta 3, Georgia
September 4, 1967
HERBERT T . JENKINS
Chief
MEMORANDUM
To:
Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
From:
The Atlanta Police Department
(Gertrude Pasley)
August 28, 1967 to September 3, 1967 inclusive
3 patrolmen employed
10 patrolmen resigned -or
on leave
Total vacancies: 15
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
resignations requested
on military leave
service station
dw to family reasons
return to college
partnership in trucking company
security division of Kressge Co.
going in contracting business
U.S. Govt. Food and Drug Dept.
Total guards: 3
E . 0 . A. employees (paid by Federal Government)
2
�August 28 1 1967
V
MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor Iv n Allen. Jr.
From: Dan Swe t
Subject: Polic Sci nc
D gr e Progr . m.
Thi i just to let you know th t I am workin with the National
Council of Chri tians and Jew through Don McA voy in
tt mpt
t.o obtain ome tuition fund for polic me?l to p rticipate in the
Polic Sci ne Degre Program t G orgia State •. The National
Council in eo
in taru;
provid a some
l tanc for cours
in polic · ..community r 1 ti one nd Don
m t think the r is
chanc that w might ob.tain om h Ip foi- th1 program.
l am al o working with th Community R l tion Service h r and
ln Washington d 1th Jim McGovern of th
t.ropolitan Crime
Commi eion ho i
elating 11 in d t rminlng
N othe~ fun.de
might b av llable lo ly.
A soon s L .. Bob Lan in th Polic - D par
nt ts b ck from
1 av this w k ,
will ttempt to dr ft augg at d proc dure
lo• · nting tuition a to memb r of th AU ta Polle Dep rt-
me.nt.
Clty might
abl to put up fund th llr•t
b to be matched by outei
rant for tw nty
ddltio 1 offlc ra. 1
1 that if w can ob in ut•ld
el
e
r
City ha•
ould be uound 50%
t
c
r due
obj ctlo • hich ml t a,ia _ fl!om other mploy e l'O\lpl i
City Government.
I
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�W ILLIAM R. FISHER, M .D.
JAMES E. PRUETT, M.D,
SUITB ~65-C, DOCTORS BUILDING
490 PaachlrH Strael, N, &.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30 308
JA 4-2666
August 29 , 1967
Chief Herbert T. Jenldns
Atlanta Police Department
Atlanta , Georgia
Dear Chief Jenkins :
After a letter from Mr. Edmund W . -Hughes of J uly 7, 1967 , of
which you have a copy, and my letter t o you of July 17, 1967, I fe lt
that the matter of using the taxi lane to pick up private passengers at
the Atlanta Stadium after stadium events had been settled. However,
I was again prevented from doing so after a baseball game a few days
ago. As I stated in my last letter to you, I appreciated your consideration of my request and your help in making it possible for us to use this
lane, but apparently your patrolmen have not received instructions to
allow this.
Since I am told on the one hand that such a thing is now permissible
and am told on the other hand that is is not permissible, I can certainly
E?ee why the patrolmen are confused. Since it apparently has already been
deoided that this lane should be and is available to private vehicles to use
after stadium events for picking up private passengers, I would certainly
appreciate your informing your officers of this fact or else giving me something in writing which I may show them. It is embarrassing to be stopped
in the middle of the street repeatedly after being given assurance that what
I am doing is legal. I would appreciate your consideration and help in this
matter.
Respectfully,
I// ? ; ,(; ~~1
William R. Fisher, M.D.
WRF/lp
Copies: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
William C. Bartholomay
Edmund w. Hughes
�CITY OF A T LANTA
DEPARTMENT of POLICE
Atlanta 3, Georgia
August 28, 1967
HERBERT T . JENKINS
Chief
MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
From: Atlanta Police Department
(Gertrude Pasley)
August 21 to August 27, 1967 inclusive
4 patrolmen employed
1 patrolman on military leave
2 patrolmen resigned -- one to U.S. Treas. - other res. for personal reasons
2 patrolmen pensioned
Total vacancies:
8
Total guards: 11
E. 0 . A. employees (paid by Federal Government): 2
�Augu t Zl, 1967
Mr. Geoffr y A . Heard
Mr. Henry Phip
Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc .
Price N i hhorhood Servic Center
1127 Capitol Av nue , S . E .
Atlanta, Georgi
30315
D
r Mr . H ard and Mr. Phip
inly
co
pp:reciate your letter
d your high
ndation of Officer E . H . Lyons .
I am forw rdin this letter to Chief Jenltin9 Ion
ith my pps- ciation for Officer Lyo ' ouut
ing performance.
Sine rely yo r ,
Iv
Alle , Jr.
Mayor
lAJr/br
CC: Chief Herbert Jenkins
�'IRAFF IC FATALITIES TO DATE
//L6
July J.O, 1967
J.l:l.i5AM
1892 Mariett~ Blvd.,N.W.,
wm, 17.
Victim: driver of vehicle which c1•ossed median and was struck in
side by vehicle #2o
//47. 9 :30P. M.
July
25, 1967
E. Freeway and Boulevard S.E.
C.F. 23. Victim, driver of vehicle which crossed median, into opposite lan e
was struck by Greyhound Buso
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July 28 ,, 1967
w.
WM,
41.
Freeway and South Freeway
Victim, driver of vehicle traveling west on W Freeway struck bridge.
//49&#51
July 29, 1967
Luckie and Simpson
W.F. 4 yr.
W.M. 15 mo.
//50. 5: 20P .M.
Victims, pa ssenger s in vehicle traveling west on Luckie St ,,,
l eft roadway and struck pole o
July 31, 1967
399 Ashby Sto
CM. 6
Victim, pede strian ran from sidewa lk into path of vehicle.


52. 12 : 551\.M


August
5,
1967
Cornell Blvd. and Bakers Ferry Rd.
CM. 47.


53.


Victim, passencer in vehicle which lef t roadway and struck poleo
6: 55PM
Augus t 9, 1967
Crumley a nd Pulliam Sto
CM, 12.
Vic tim, pedes t r i an on bicycle was struck by vehicl e t raveling sou.th
on Pulliam St.
�#Sh 12:46PM
August 9, 1967
Juniper and Ponce de Leon t ve c
W.Fo 22
Victim:i passe nger in vehi cle t r aveling wes t on Ponce de Leon Aveo
was struck by vehicle trnveling south on Junipero


550 9 :JOA.M.


August 10, 1967
1248 Ba nkhead Ave o
C.F .6.
Victim, passenger in vehicle t r aveling on wrong side of roadway,
struck vehicle trave ling east on Bankheado
//56. 8 :JOPM
August 11, 1967
Simpson and Chestnut
CH.
6,
Victim, pedestrian struck by vehi cle traveling east on 5 i mpson Sto
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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
�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
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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
�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
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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.
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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.
�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
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Chief Herbert J'enkins
�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
�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 ,
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Capt. E . 0 . Mullen
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�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 .
�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
�AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
of Georgia
52 FAIRLIE STREET, N. W. •
TELEPHONE 404/ 523-5398
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
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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 _ .
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�July 30 , 1967
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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.
�T.RAFFIC FATALITIES TO DATE
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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


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Fa irburn Rd. and Sewe ll Rd.
C. M. 17,
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C. M. 18.
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Victims , passengers in vehicle Hhich l eft roadway and struck tree .
Victims thrown from vehicle.
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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 .
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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
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June 20, 1967
1145 Pea cht r ee St . N.E.
W. M. 5J.
Victim, pedes t ria n,
Peachtree St .
Has
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t rave ling north on
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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.
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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
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which wa s struck


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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 .
�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?
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cc:
Hon. Herbert Jenkins
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Sidney T. Schell
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�SIDNEY
T. SCHELL
ATTORNEY
AT
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1726 FULTON NATIONAL BANK BU I LDING
ATLAN TA, GEORGIA
30303
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THE POLICE CHALLENGES AND CHANGES IN AT LANT A
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 •
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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
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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
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We adopt e d th e on e- m a n patrol cars for th e follo w ing reasons:
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The records , both loc a lly and nationally, w ill show that mor e polic e
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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It is good sound polic e 1na.nage1nent that requires an officer to do his
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o wn thinking, to use his iniative and imagination, and to
d evelop a hi g h e r d egree of performance
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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 ,
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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
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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
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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 .
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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,
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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
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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 ,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 ,
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go a l s of the c ourt s, and th e p o lic e , a re id e n tical --
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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.
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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
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'McC l e llan t hat t h e c r i n 1e rate i n t his nation was cr i tical ,
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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
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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
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but fri e fly this is w h a t h appene d i n these cases.
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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
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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
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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.
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ESCOBEDO VERSUS ILLINOIS
Escob e do was arreste d in Chic ago, Illinois, on J anuary 19, 1960, and
wa s charged with rnurder .
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He asked for an attorney and his attorney asked to see him.
Both were denied
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In 1964, the U. S. Supr eme Court r eversed the conviction and state d
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Non-student Violent C01nrni1..-te e and time has proven
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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 .
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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 :
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 .
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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
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North Boul eva rd, shot and k ille d a
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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
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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
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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 ,
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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.
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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
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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
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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 .
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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
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started holding corrnnunity 1ne c tings, giving assurance
that every co1nplain t would be i nvestigated and acted upon
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 •
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Nine persons \x.,e r e a rrest e d, including so1ne of SNCC 1 s l e aders and
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
�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
�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
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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
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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
�July 3, 1967
Dr. Willi m R . Flaher
26S- C Doctor• Building
490 P chtre Street N. E .
tlant , G orgi
30308
Dear Doctor Fi her:
Th
k you v ry much for your letter of June 28th.
Th Atlanta Traffic and Safety Council det rmin d that
during •P c ial ev nta at the atadium, the curb ne hould b
r • rv d for bu•e• and taxl becaue of the \ar e numb r of
p ople that thee vehicle• tr naport. The fiectiven • of the
ayat m depends on the nforc m nt of th reaul tio a,
th polf.c department baa the r • onalbility. Th i. die lo •
are that th over- 11 retulta la very oo , for th
impl
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�CITY OF ATLANTA
DEPARTMENT of POLICE
Atlanta 3, Georgia
July 2, 1967
HERBERT T. JENKINS
Ch ief
MEMORANDUM
To:
Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
From:
Atlanta Police Department
(Gertrude Pasley)
June 26, 1967 to July 2, 1967 inclusive
6 patrolmen employed
2 patrolmen re signed - (one requested and other
returned home to Tenn.)
Total vacancies:
29
Total guards:
E. O . A. employees (paid by Federal Government):
2
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�CITY OF ATLANTA
DEPARTMENT of POLICE
Atlanta 3, Georgia
June 27, 1967
HERBERT T . JENKINS
Chief
Mayor 'Ivan Allen, Jro
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia
My dear Mr. Mayor:
Attached hereto is a report of the
meeting that was held last Sunday night.
Linda Tucker is a Negro Typist
Clerk in this d epartment, whom I appointed to make
notes and report on the meetingo She is also the
wife of a Negro patrolman.
Respectfully,
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Jn June 25 , 1967 t 7 : 30 m, this d ta ,
m etio· os held in the
conf r non room or th Obi ' office . ! n tt nd no was Cbi f
H. ·r . J nkin s, Lieutenoot Dixon , f ha t. les nd .r1 t t ;
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of th • CLC ., ' .z.
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�The Rev . M. L . King Sr . spoke at this time stating that ha bad
very seldom saw any -egro policdmon ridinJ a J-wheel motorcycla .
He stated that the Legro people wanted to see tis and wou d not
stop until they did .
At this ooint, a oiacu sion w a load by Rev . nard . Tbe whole
conversation w s c t ared around integration of the police depart men t . The Chief stated be old look ioto th matter, and for the
to send him a copy of the 8 points .
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ns drawn to a clos
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R speotfully
Mrs . Lind
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CITY OF ATLANTA
DEPARTMENT of POLICE
Atlanta 3, Georgia
June 26, 1967
HERBERT T. JENKINS
Chief
MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.
From:
The Police Department
(Gertrude Pasley)
June 19, 1967 to June 25, 1967 inclusive
Total patrolman employed:
Total vacancies:
33
5
Total guards:
E. O. A. emp l oyees (paid by Federal Government:
2
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�June 20, 1967
Pastor Jarnes L . Welden
Park Street Methodist Churc h
793 Park Stre et, S . W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30310
Dear Pastor Weldon:
May I acknowledge receipt of your letter concetning
the beer and wine license of Whitley '
Market.
Chief Jenkins informs m that he is having a :eomplere
investigation made of Whitley ' s Market opeitation. If
anyone in your congre&ation ha any e idence of such
Sunday sale , 1 would ppzeciate it if you would tur-n
it over to the Pol"ce Department.
Sincerely yours,
Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30310
MINISTE RS
JAMES L . WELDEN
D . C . STA RNES
CARROLL TINSLEY
June 16, 1967
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The Pol~ce Committee&
MrQ Richard
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Freeman
Mr. Charles Leftwich
Mr. Q. V. Williamson
Mr. Jack Summers
Mr. l!erbert T. Jenkins, Chief' of Police
• Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor, City of Atlanta
Mr. Milton Farris, Alderman, 7th Ward
Mr. Jack Summers., Alderman., 7th Ward
FROMs
Park Street Methodist Church's Official Board
SUBJECTS
Transfer of Beer and ,,Iine license of Whitley's Market,
398 Lee St., s.w.
We, the Official Board of' Park Street Methodist Church, urge
and insist that Whitley's Market, )98 Lee St., s.w., not be allowed to
transfer his license for beer and wine across the street from his present
location.
We have positive proof that he sells both beer and wine on
Sunday. We are also informed tmt he sells not only beer and wine, but
also "bootleg" whiskey in the house next door to the store. If necessary,
we can furnish witnesses of those who have bought it from him on Sunday.
He accepts personal property as security for the alcoholic beverages.
PASSED BY THE OFFICIAL BOARD OF PARK SmEET METHODIST CHURCH
IN OFFICIAL SESSION JUNE 14, 1967 • ('I
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