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Even without the resources of New York's 27,952-man police force, there remains much that smaller forces can do. Philadelphia has a quick-reaction force of patrolmen on duty during the critical hours from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. With on-call buses, the department can pour 500 men-plus four-man anti-sniper teams-into any trouble area in minutes. Within half an hour, 2,000 men can be dispatched, many with bulletproof vests and shotguns. Because of coordinated planning, 500 state patrolmen are on call to move into the city on two hours' notice...
...their business. Crusade Coordinator Moore and a co-worker camped at police headquarters for 48 hours, explaining in plain language at every roll call that they were there to help, not hinder. They proved their point by using the News to lobby for -and help get-raises for patrolmen. As the women rode along in squad cars for full eight-hour shifts, their determination helped win over the cops...
...Most immediately, the police department should ensure greater retraint by policemen in Roxbury and work to improve existing police-community relations programs from both ends. Furthermore, police protection in Roxbury should be strengthened; at present there are no foot patrolmen in the area, and Negroes are the main victims of the crime that the police have allowed to flourish in their neighborohod...
Public support was vigorous. Community committees marched on police stations, bearing praise and gifts. The council granted the raise last January. The city decided to go for 100, not 91, new patrolmen, has already recruited 52. Last week the council voted to abolish the residency requirement, and this week is expected to okay a permanent commission. "True citizen cooperation, that Utopia when a citizen calls us when he sees a crime, has improved 100% in the last year," says Sergeant Berry. "The only sad thing," says new Chief Jacob Schott, 51, "is that you have to have something like...
...commission is convinced that the only way to improve the situation is by amalgamating or pooling thousands of such small police forces so that a single authority can oversee population groups of at least 50,000. It also recommends: - New, standardized communications equipment to provide most patrolmen with cigarette-pack-size walkie-talkies that would keep them in constant touch with headquarters...