A Four-Month Forum, “The People vs. Crime,” will be launched February 2 by the Women’s Crusade Against Crime. Gov. Christopher S. Bond will make the keynote address at 11:00 a.m. at Stouffer’s Riverfront Inn. This will precede a reception honoring new members of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners and a civic luncheon.
The luncheon conference will officially kick-off a month of Police-oriented events and seminars. Subsequent month-long events will cover the Courts (March), Corrections (April) and Youth (May).
“The Case for the Police in Our Cities” is the subject of the opening panel discussion. Stating the case before turning the topic over to panel participants will be William L. Culver, Jefferson City, executive director of the Missouri Law Enforcement Assistance Council. Mrs. James S. McClellan, Crusade co-chairman, will serve as moderator.
Police chiefs and members of the Missouri General Assembly will discuss problems facing police in fighting city crime and possible legislative remedies for them. Speakers will be: Col. Eugene Camp, Metropolitan St. Louis Police; Col. Clarence M. Kelley, Kansas City Police Department; Sen. Lawrence Lee, Senate Majority Floor Leader; Rep. Richard Rabbitt, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and Rep. Kenneth Rothman, House Majority Floor Leader.
For additional information contact: Mrs. Geraldine Epp Smith, Women’s Crusade Against Crime: 231-0425.
March has been designated Courts month by the WCC. Citizens will be urged to participate in court watching sessions and to familiarize themselves with the workings of the judicial system.
In April, emphasis will be on Corrections, with seminars and sessions of the correction system and the needs for reform and increased citizen participation.
May will be Juvenile month. The WCC hopes to focus citizen attention on juvenile crime, juvenile problems and the institutions that deal with young people.
Information on these programs can be obtained from the Women’s Crusade Against Crime.
Originally published in The Paper, February 1973.
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