CHICAGO POLIC STAR - Chicago Cop.com

ON THE COVER: By carefully reviewing
case reports taken at random from the files , the
I.A.C.P. investigators were able to evaluate the
quality of the Department's reporting. (Cover
photo by Victor GironCla)
CHICAGD
PDLICE
STAR
VOL. V, NO. 10 OCTOBER, 1964
Richard J. Daley
Mayor
O. W. Wilson
Superintendent of Police
Mel Mawrence
Director of Public Information
IN THIS "SPOTLIGHT" ISSUE
2 Editorial
3 I.A.C.P. Gives Department
"Clean Bill of Health"
5 Superintendent's Assistant
Resigns Post
6 7 Top Command Changes Made;
Graduations Held
7 The Blue Light: District/Unit News
I I Question Box: How Can We
Cut Uniform Costs?
12 Meeting Held for Community
Leaders
13 Names in the News, Want Ads
14 Department Commendations
J5 From the Editor's Desk
J6 Special Services, Retirements
STAFF:
Yaffa D.aznin. editor; Virginia Walker, assistant editor;
Ptlmn. Ray T. Talimonchuk, Superintendent's office, liai ·
son. Photos by official Department photographers, Graphic
Arts section . Names of unit reporters in "Blue Light"
secti on of magazine .
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WHY DID the Police Board ask the International
Association of Chiefs of Police
(IACP) do a survey of the Chicago Police
Department?
The reason is that there are still a few "doubting
Thomases" around who persist in raising questions
about the need for more foot patrolmen, the use of
one-man cars, the wisdom of withdrawing detectives
from district stations, the question of "too much
paper-work," the need for "detective patrols," the
state of morale on the Department, etc.
The IACP report answers all of these questions and
more.
Members of the Police Board felt that it was desirable
to have objective answers to these questions
and an evaluation of our progress by a reputable and
informed group of outsiders whose competence in
the police field could not be challenged. Now we have
it. A distinguished panel consisting of Daniel Liu,
Chief of Police of Honolulu and president of the
IACP; Herbert T. Jenkins, Chief of Police of Atlanta
and 1st vice president of IACP; and Colonel Earle W.
Garrett, a well known police management consultant,
has come in with its findings:
"Law enforcement in Chicago IS on a
sound footing."
"That more has not been done is solely
due to time limitations."
"The progress of the last four years has
been nothing short of phenomenal."
"What has transpired in Chicago . ..
demonstrates above all the unbeatable combination
of aggressive, knowledgeable leadership
and dedicated City administration
support."
We members of the Chicago Police Department
knew it all the time, didn't we?
Chicago DAlLY NEWS
Gen. Franklin M. Kreml, president of the
Police Board, informs the press of the
IACP survey and, together with O. W. Wil·
son, reviews the group's findings .