Metropolitan Human Relations Commission (MHRC) Police-Community Relations Committee correspondence
Monday, September 9, 1974
Monday, May 5, 1975
A2001-022
AF/172900
Includes a review of the LEAA Offender Patrol grant; an ordinance related to the creation of a Security and Privacy Commission; a memo related to the structure and objectives of the Internal Affairs Division; a transcript from a meeting involving Norm Monroe, Bill Taylor, a Mr. Loving, and Marlene Bayless regarding the role of the police in the community, racism, and the death of Ricky Johnson; and a letter from Austin Harper Richardson regarding weapons related violence involving black youth and the Portland Police. Also includes correspondence related to relations between the gay/homosexual community and the Portland Police Bureau (PPB); the North Precinct's plan to become a model precinct; and the alleged use of a racial slur on a police radio dispatch.