Word: localize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...drug traffic which promotes crime; discussed the need to end the backlog of court cases which undercuts our criminal process; argued that the Supreme Court does not promote crime by protecting individual liberties; and I have proposed specific programs of federal assistance to upgrade police personnel at the local level...
...very concerned that the machinery of Government--local, state, and national--has become unresponsive to the needs of the people. This is reflected in the alienation of large segments of our population whose trust in our institutions has not been rewarded...
First, we must act to establish Councils of Citizens in the Executive Office of the President and in various executive departments. These Councils, at both the national, regional, and local levels could be patterned after the Community Action Program Councils, by involving the beneficiaries of Government programs in the decision-making process...
Fifth, we must encourage initiative at the local level by helping cities to assume greater responsibilities...
Appointed Sheriff last February by Governor Volpe, after the death of the Democratic incumbent, Sears has innovated an imaginative "volunteer deputy" program to compensate for a lack of foot patrolmen in the city. His theory is that local leaders can cool a street fight or budding riot better than uniformed police, and people in Dorchester and Roxbury would undoubtedly agree...