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...most hotly challenged by the nation's police departments, which were specifically condemned by the commission for acquiring automatic and heavy weapons against the possibility of renewed riots this summer. "They still seem to be using the police as whipping boys," complained Miami Police Chief Walter E. Headley Jr. "Why shouldn't police departments be stockpiling lethal weapons? Weapons are being stockpiled in Viet Nam, and this is a war too." Houston Police Chief Herman Short called the commission's criti cism "ridiculous," adding: "The stockpiling of heavy weapons wouldn't mean anything to anybody...
...crime rate in downtown Miami reached critical proportions last December. Robberies had almost doubled since the previous December. Police Chief Walter Headley was "fed up." The day after Christmas, he simply "called in all my commanding officers and told them to change some things. I said we should use dogs to accompany men on the beat. And I said I wanted the force in high-crime areas to carry shotguns. And I said I wanted to concentrate men in these high-crime areas, and that I wanted them to use the stop-and-frisk law more." Word of his crackdown...
City registered four murders in the 24-hour period. And in Miami, Police Chief Walter Headley declared: "This is war. We are going to use shotguns and dogs from...
...earned nationwide acclaim for his success in reforming a force long noted for corruption, he has found it no easy task to instill the cop on the beat with a respect for minorities. "There is very, very big resentment of the police out there," says the Rev. Donald Headley, head of the Cardinal's Committee for the Spanish Speaking in Chicago.* "The attitude of the policeman to the Puerto Ricans has been very...
...Headley, on the other hand, is definitely going ahead next year with a plan to convert a large suite in Leverett into a room for various student staff meetings and concentration dinners. The move is designed, he said, to free the Junior Common Room for students to relax and do casual reading...