Final Report of the Citizen's Committee on Police Affairs (1976)
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From the "Forward" of the Final Report of the Citizen's Committee on Police Affairs (1976):
This is the Report of the Citizens Committee on Police Affairs. It is the product of the work of fifteen persons appointed by the Honorable Thomas P. Ryan, Jr., Mayor of the City of Rochester, New York and the Rochester City Council.
The Committee was specifically charged to study and evaluate:
a. The policy and procedures of the Rochester Police Department in regard to responding to crisis calls;
b. The policy and procedures of the Rochester Police Department in dealing with allegations of misconduct on the part of police officers;
c. The Rochester Police Department firearms policy;
d. The classroom and field training of police officers for duty in multi-racial neighborhoods;
e. The evaluational process used to measure whether a police officer's job performance merits continued employment on the police force;
f. Methods by which the FACIT Program can be expanded city-wide;
g. Procedures for establishing a reference list of non-white and white clergy to be on call to assist in the resolution of family crisis problems;
h. The policy and procedures in the Rochester Police Department for utilizing multi-racial police teams in non-white and multi-racial neighborhoods;
i. Review the Affirmative Action Plan in the Rochester Police Department and prepare a report on its implimentation.
The Committee assiduously confined its work to the stated charge.
The Committee feels strongly that this report is one which can be and should be implemented, for the benefit of our community as soon as possible. The Committee further feels that it should not be disbanded upon filing of this report, but should be allowed to continue to serve for a period of time in order to collectively and individually urge the earliest possible implementation of its recommendations as well as to monitor the progress of such implementation.
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