Word: locally
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State and local politics reflect the impact no less than national politics. New Hampshire is tranquil, but talk about law and order is rampant. Democratic Governor John King, now running for the Senate, discerns a fine grey line between treason and dissent: "We have reached the point where we had better draw that line and say, 'You shall not pass.' " John Sears, Republican sheriff of Suffolk County (Boston) has been appointing Negro deputies, attempting to work with ghetto groups, and telling his men that they need not carry weapons at all times. His innovations have loosed a cascade...
...sympton of how haphazardly the U.S. has dealt with lawlessness is that, despite these seemingly precise figures, there is no certain knowledge of just how badly off the country is. Statistics have been kept only since 1930, and their basis-reports of known offenses submitted to the FBI by local authorities-is seriously flawed. In some categories, accurate comparisons between eras and areas are impossible because methods of collecting data have changed and local police departments vary in efficiency and candor...
...position papers issued so far, both Humphrey and Nixon propose large-scale federal assistance to local law-enforcement, judicial and correction agencies. Both emphasize the need for a major attack on organized crime and an enlarged role for the Justice Department. However, Humphrey's proposals are considerably more detailed. He recommends, for instance, the establishment of "regional crime institutes" to do research and provide training and technical services for local law-enforcement agencies. And it is Humphrey who envisions the more prominent role for the Federal Government. To this, the Vice President adds strong and constant stress...
...even pot-is comparable to major, violent crime. Yet such common transgressions symbolize an important fact: some laws are simply petty, unrealistic, unenforceable or unjust. The discrepancies affect the most trivial as well as the most important matters. If no one had had the courage to challenge state and local segregation
...want to go and provoke me for?" Significantly, no one has lodged a complaint against Sausalito police in two years. Their hostilities under control, the men are also freer to focus on serious crimes-residential burglaries and auto thefts have been cut in half. In similar sessions with local citizens, Houston cops are trying hard to understand minority-group problems...