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VOL. V 0.5 JANUARY 5 - 11, 1983
Sen Trl-COunty South
ith th recent call by Benton Har­
bor ayor ilce Cooke for the police use
of de dly force gainst fleeing felons
there is much di u . on pro and con, for
and gain t.
Fe people are offering alternative .
The city of Sant Ana, California
f ced its probl m of rapidly rising crime
rate and budget cut inflicted on it by
Propo ition 13 with Poli e Auxiliaries.
The 250 000 population of Santa
a drop of 19 percent in its
rim r te in the fir t year of the auxil­
iary pro ram.
ny of the member of the auxili­
ary fore come from the city' Hi panic
p pulation. They participate in a two
trainin program nd perform the
routine ta s of poll ing, work on crime
prevention in the neighborhood and
in general free up the police, allowin
them to end more time on the treets.
(police officers cording to one report,
pend an e imated 85 percent of th ir
time on wor that could b done by
p raprofe ional - proce ing spect,
mini tering crime prevention pr grams,
and p trolling, for example, and only
15 percent on fighting crime.
In the S nta na e perim n , ther
'ha b en virtually no attrition among
the auxiliaries, de ite the hard wor
and 10 pay which i only one-third of
that made by police.
In uniform, equipp d with alkie­
talkies, the auxiliari s bring a sen of
fety everywhere they go while offer­
ing ghetto youth a ight they rarely e:
a gainfully employed adult.
The auXiliary force has al created
a re erve of eager applicants for police
po ition a job on the force open up.
According to a report on the Santa
Ana project, eight to ten auxiliaries can
be put to work for the price of five
policemen, and trained far more quickly.
Bond i e sp cial sales or income
taxes or a ssment are possible fman­
cing tools for locally developed projects.
A concerted lobbying effort with
the state or Congre might re It in
state or national enabling legislation.
ith the shrinking job mar et the
youth of today are often offered street
crime the only profession open.
For the e of a civilized ciety,
peace in the reet perhap auxiliaries
offer both peace and jobs - a chance to
get at t 0 ides of one' e.
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BE TO HARBOR - Cries for
getting tough an criminals have spar ed
a controversy here in recent eeks.
Public Safety Director Sam atson
told members of the commission that
hen the police "crac ed heads on Terri­
torial" they had re ect.
Hi e fell on sympatheti
ears. ayor ilce Coo e Commi ioner
Charles " i key' Yarbrough ichael
Govatos and Ed Eaman all support a
get tough policy and encouraged atson
to crac heads if that is what is needed. '
Police and court records indicate
that the city poll e force may not have
ever topped cracking heads.
There are three ca s in point: Jo
and Rita y on Larry Pryor and Julie
Br dford.
April 14 hen the poli came to their
door to inve igate a reported di tur­
bance court record filed in the U.S.
Distri t Court reveal.
According to the court record Joe
Ty n let three offi ers onto hi porch­
Officer Ed rd Siedenstrand and t 0
other unkno n policemen identified
only a Richard Ro and John D in
court records.
PUSH G, HfIT G
Ty n a ed th three to ait on
the porch until hi ife got dre d bu t
-Siedenstrand tried to et into the hou .
Ty n a ed him to ait and as ra -
bed by Si denstrand and another f 1 er.
Sieden trand then hit n ith hi
night stic th record char e bile th
om er held him ith arms behind hi
bac .
The third offi relied for the t 0
poll emen to stop but m de no effort
to protect Ty n th complaint charge .
By this time, Rita Ty n as pre nt
and tried to prot t her hu b nd b top­
ping the offi er. Sh rec ived a blo to
the tomach by Siedenstrand ho a
ain usin his night ic.
Ty nat en to the hospital for
treatment by the officer and then held
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FILE 100 000 SUIT
The Ty n's have filed a la suit
gain t the city and three police officers
asking for damages of 100 000 in a
police brutality ca .
Pryor and Bradford both face charge
related to assaulting officers in unrelated
events. Both also stand in the ings ith
possible civil suits again t the city once
their criminal charges are ttled.
Joe and Rita Tyson eli in their
home at 1067 Lavette in th city on
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