Collection of speeches from William H Parker, Los Angeles's most influential chief of police.
Author(s): William H. Parker
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas
Year: 1957
Language: English
Pages: 243
Tags: los angeles, police, william h parker, policing, lapd, 1950s, anti-communism
Foreword by O. W. Wilson………………………………………………………… vii
Introduction: William H. Parker, A Biographical Profile………………………….. ix
Chapter
I. Parker’s Radio Address Following His Appointment as Chief of Police………… 5
II. Parker’s Philosophy
Crime and Belief, IACP Address. September, 1952………………………… 11
Religion and Morality, Holy Name Society, January, 1953………………… 18
The Police Profession, Graduating Class, Police Academy, April, 1951….. 20
Police Philosophy, Legal Secretaries Association, January, 1951………….. 23
III. Parker to Businessmen
The Businessmen and the Police, February, 1952……………………………. 35
Business Principles Applied in Police Service, Prepared for the Property
Owner’s Association Radio Broadcast, January, 1952……………… 39
IV. Parker on Crime
Invasion from Within, September, 1952…………………………………….. 49
Excerpts from Exchange Club Addresses on Crime Prevention, February 1954,
February 1955 ………………………………………………………… 66
V. Parker on Police Planning
Practical Aspects of Police Planning, IACP, September, 1954………………… 73
VI. Parker on Legal Restrictions Imposed on Police
Surveillance by Wiretap, California Law Review, December 1954………….. 99
Cahan Decision Made Life Easier for Criminals, California Judiciary Subcommittee,
January 1956……………………………………………… 113
The March of Crime, excerpts, March, 1956………………………….. 124
VII. Parker on Public Relations
The Police Administrator and Public Relations, September, 1955……… 135
Police Role in Community Relations, May, 1955………………………... 147
VIII. Parker on Traffic
Transit Inflation, Rotary Club, January, 1953………………………… 167
Freedom on the Freeways, Breakfast Club, July, 1953………………. 175
Public Relations and the Traffic Officer, Municipal Motorcycle Officers
Yearbook, 1952……………………………………………… 180
IX. Parker on Police Administration
The Police Challenge in Our Great Cities………………………….. 187
X. Parker to Citizens
Progress Report, January, 1953……………………………………….. 203
Response to Questions Concerning Juvenile Gangs, December, 1953….. 212
The Rehabilitation Center. Excerpts from the March of Crime, March, 1956…218
XI. Parker to His Force
Miscellaneous “Chief’s Messages” from the 1952 Annual Reports and
The Beat……………………………………………………………… 225
Index………………………………………………………………………… 233
