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...Louis abandoned foot patrolmen in all but downtown business areas some 15 years ago. Even so, explains Police Chief Eugene Camp, "every time I went to a community meeting, or spoke with businessmen, or talked with citizen groups, I always heard the same thing. Everyone asked for the policeman to return to his beat on foot." Finally, armed with funds from the new federal crime-fighting "Impact" grant, he decided to put the idea to the test. In a program he called Overtime Foot Patrol Camp began last June to field 24 foot patrolmen during the week...
...foot patrolmen seem to be succeeding on both counts. Not only have they given the neighborhoods a tremendous boost in confidence, but they have also effectively deterred criminals and in several instances stopped crimes in progress. In the five months the program has been in effect, the crime rate has dropped 17% in the pilot areas. Foot patrolmen so far have interrupted a rape, prevented an enraged young man from shooting his girl friend, recovered a stolen automobile, stumbled upon the victim of a fatal shooting and apprehended numerous suspects for armed robbery and possession of drugs. In one typical...
Obviously, patrolmen on foot cannot meet all the needs of modern law enforcement, but if nothing else, they may be able to recement the bond that once existed between citizen and policeman, thereby making crime prevention a neighborhood responsibility. Reflects Chief Camp, "We won't really be able to evaluate the program for two or three more years, but we may just find that a mix of men in the car and on the beat is the best way to fight crime...
Apart from Andy's show, there is enough activity to keep T-T-V-6 Cameraman Amon Schneider, 16, fully occupied during the early evening hours. Patrolmen and firemen drop by one night a week to lecture. An A.S.P.C.A. representative will soon begin appearing on-camera to offer a "dog of the week" for adoption and give advice on pets. There will also be political debates...
Light. Only twice last week did McGovern abandon his slashing attacks on Nixon to set forth some proposals of his own. In New York, he detailed a program for combating crime with gun-control laws, additional foot patrolmen, tenant patrols, a "national light-the-streets" plan and other ideas. In Cleveland he turned to foreign policy (see following story). This week, in a half-hour national television address, he will spell out his specific plan for getting the U.S. out of Viet Nam. It will come almost exactly four years after Nixon's campaign speech in which he declared...