Protecting Dissent, Policing Disorder: An Evaluation and Documentation of the National Political Convention Law Enforcement Service ProjectProfessional Standards Division, International Association of Chiefs of Police, 1974 - 485 pages This book has a double purpose. It is first an official report from the Miami Beach Police Department to the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, U.S. Department of Justice, describing how funds granted to that police department for the national political conventions of 1972 were used. This book is also a manual of instruction. Miami Beach Chief of Police Rocky Pomerance recognized that the full significance of the complex experience of policing the conventions might not be adequately communicated to other members of his profession. U.S. Justice Department's Community Relations Service advocated that the activities and procedures adhered to by Miami Beach Police during the conventions be documented to serve as a guideline to other law enforcement agencies. |
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Page 344 - Wherever the title of streets and parks may rest, they have immemorially been held in trust for the use of the public and, time out of mind, have been used for purposes of assembly, communicating thoughts between citizens, and discussing public questions.
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Page 286 - ... like the reported plans to contaminate Chicago's water supply with LSD.16 Other information was gathered from sources which could not be regarded as reliable.17 Chicago authorities lacked any mechanism for distinguishing the serious from the ludicrous and unreliable.18 As the Walker report concluded, "the intelligence agencies apparently made little effort to distinguish between the philosophies and intents of various groups. They were concerned not with whether a group advocated violence or...
Page 111 - County, the Dade County Public Safety Department and the city of Miami Police Department, have a reciprocal working agreement on all bombing investigations.
Page 23 - ... during his term of office and thus had clearly fulfilled his 1968 pledge to restore respect for law, order, and justice in the United States. In making his case, the President used statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reports. The President cited FBI figures that indicated that serious criminal behavior had risen only 1% during the first six months of 1972, the slowest rate of increase in several decades. Nixon contrasted this increase to that for the eight years...
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Page x - ... potential problems and provide maximum security to ensure a successful convention. The objectives of the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department in providing security for the Republican National Convention will be: 1 . To maintain the peace and tranquillity of the community. 2. To protect the rights of the delegates to carry out their duties. 3. To protect the rights of dissenters to voice peaceful protest. In order to carry out these objectives, a grant request is being made for the sum of $2,625,092...
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