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lis accomplishments of
Emer on, H zemy contends
ere re lly t rted by
Emec ' predecesso Harold
Johnso under the Blackwell
Admin' tr tion. J ohnson as
rkingo citizen participa '0
and beginning or k on
eigbborhood Watcll d the
Police thletic League (PAL.)
program, ich Emerson' get­
ling credit for, Hazemy qon­
tends.
Police statistics, however,
claim that crime has gone down
12% under the man gement of
Emerson and Scott. Hazemy
suggested that such statistics
may a been manipulated.
He charges the public safety
dministra . on with Violating a
emorandum of greement
be een the ci and the union
to hire a public safety officer to
handle computer information
on crime st tist)cs, when
vacancy occurred This August
From August until Decem­
ber, civilian as handling the
post Although the dministra­
ti n finally di get an officer in
this po t, H my , "Why
I did it -so ong?"
He ugges that officer
ight have been "more in­
formed", more r ely to have
re . d "discrepancies" and
ked questi ns" bout them.
Ho ver, from January to
July, 1 , ell fore Haze �
the officer rep ced
civili n on 'th comput r,
Publi fety a' . cs recorded
d r in 0"1 e h d been
going on as compared to that
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