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...recommendations: removal from the campus of as much defense-related research as possible; replacement of the ROTC with an off-campus training program unrelated to campus life; added riot-control training for National Guardsmen and a policy limiting weapons in campus flare-ups to specially trained anti-sniper units; the preparation of contingency plans by college administrators who may face disorders...
...Illinois, a state trooper patrolling a predominantly black housing project was shot by a sniper. In San Francisco, a bomb blew up a patrol car as two policemen checked out a burglary report. Four cops sustained minor shotgun wounds in an apparent ambush staged by Mexican Americans in Riverside, Calif. In New York City, an officer investigating a report of gunfire at a Brooklyn yacht club was shot in the right arm; he was the city's fourth officer to be sniped at in less than a week, and a nightlong hunt through the surrounding swamps failed to yield...
...city cop on the ghetto beat, constant tension has long been commonplace. But in 1970, there is a new and special kind of peril; in his patrol car or on the sidewalk, the policeman knows that at any moment a sniper's rifle may be trained on him from an unlit alley or a nearby rooftop. Thus far this year, 16 police officers have been killed in unprovoked attacks, more than double the FBI-computed total for all of 1969 and nearly four times the annual average for the past ten years. At least 57 have died...
...Anarchy. Police in many U.S. cities are taking or demanding steps to protect themselves: working increasingly in two-man teams rather than alone, establishing special crews of marksmen available for anti-sniper duty, asking for the right to tote shotguns in their squad cars (see box). But some thoughtful cops concede that such measures are not the solution. Says Chief Lacoste: "If someone is really interested in killing a policeman, there is not much you can do about it. There are only so many precautions you can take and still be a functioning police department...
Alfano was the fourth victim of sniper fire in black neighborhoods of Chicago in the last nine weeks, creating a situation that threatens to escalate into open street warfare. Five blacks are facing trial for the murder of Patrolman Kenneth G. Kaner, who was killed by two shotgun blasts as he sat in his squad car in the Englewood neighborhood...