Prelude to the Police Advisory Board
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Below are selected sources describing the creation of the Police Advisory Board of 1963. The Fairwell case, the raid against Black Muslims case, and the White case pushed Rochester City Council to draft legislation that would establish Rochester's first police oversight mechanism: the Police Advisory Board.
City Directs Drafting Of Review Board Law. (1963, February 27). Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Spezzano, V. (1963, March 12). Police Petitions Against Board Get 40,000 Names. Rochester Times-Union.
