THE ROCHESTER POLICE ADVISORY BOARD: A COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO RACIAL UNREST (Oct. 1967)
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This is a report examining the Police Advisory Board of 1963. From the introduction:
As racial tension peaked in numerous cities in the past five yearS/ continual cries of "police brutality" were heardo Few cities were more embroiled with charges of brutality than Rochester, New York. This study investigates the formal (govern mental and procedural) and informal (citizen) reactions of the Rochester community to the allegations of police brutality and to the subsequent creation of a Police Advisory Board»
The study is presented in five sections: first, a discus sion of the cases of alleged police brutality; second, the formal apparatus for evaluating such charges before the creation of the Board; third, the creation of the Police Advisory Board; fourth, the operation and implications of the Board; and fifth, the author's evaluation.
