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Taking Back Our Streets
2003c87_a_0006922_r01.MP3
Collection StructureCommonwealth Club of California records > Sound recordings of club programs > Taking Back Our Streets
Item Title Taking Back Our Streets
Speaker Lau, Fred H.
Speaker Williams, Willie L.
Date CreatedMay 31, 1996
Description

Los Angeles Chief of Police Williams speaks for a little over twenty minutes about what is needed of law enforcement. He argues that strategic planning is the most important thing. He calls for a more business-like approach to law enforcement, saying it can be managed like a for-profit business. As a part of this, he advocates community policing. He wants to change police departments from reactionary organizations into proactive bodies to prevent crime.

Following Williams, San Francisco Chief of Police Fred Lau speaks for about seven minutes.

Topics covered during the followup question-and-answer session include: curfew laws, drug and alcohol addiction, social issues, illegal aliens, gang activity, international terrorism, the Simpson case and Mark Furman, Rodney King, and defense lawyers.

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Place RecordedSan Francisco, California, United States
DimensionsDuration: 58 minutes, 43 seconds
FormatSound Recording
Medium speeches (documents)
Hoover IDProgram 19960531; 2003c87_a_0006922
Record Number2003C87.2097
RightsUsed with permission of the Commonwealth Club of California.This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the copyright owner.

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