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Exhibits R, S, Rinkevich Memo and Lewis Back-Up Material on Consolidation vs. PA State Police, May 22, 1974

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 322
Identifier: Box 7
Alvin B. Lewis, Exhibits R, S, Rinkevich Memo and Lewis Back-Up Material on Consolidation vs. PA State Police
Alvin B. Lewis, Exhibits R, S, Rinkevich Memo and Lewis Back-Up Material on Consolidation vs. PA State Police

Scope and Contents

Exhibit R: Memo, May 22, 1974, from Dale S. Thompson.

LEAA Newsletter, January-February 1974, Volume 3, No. 10. Underlined statements in two articles. "Standards and Goals: LEAA Issues Policy Statement," pg. 12. And Kentucky Creates Justice Department to Unify Planning, Policy, and Operations," pg. 14-15. To view a digital copy visit HathiTrust at https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32437011241391.

Exhibit S: Handwritten note, quick summary of some memos obtained from Al Lewis.

Letter, June 1, 1972, from R.L. Bomboy, Chairman, PCPA Frequency Advisory Committee, to Richard U. Guth, Communications Planner Consultant, Governor's Justice Commission. - not digitized

Newspaper clipping, "Local Officials to Decide: County Police Dept. Idea Already Opposed," Lebanon Daily News, April 21, 1972. - not digitized

Newspaper clipping, "Residents to be Asked about Full-Time Police Protection," Public Opinion, June 5, 1972. - not digitized

Newspaper clipping, "Idea has Opposition, However: Single York County Police Force is Predicted Within 8 to 10 years." Undated. - not digitized

Letter, October 6, 1972, from Edward Shore, Chief of Police, to Mr. Hall, Southcentral Region, GJC. Police officers interfere in other district policing. - not digitized

Newspaper clipping, "Editorial: Regional Police Analyzed-No. 1," Centre Daily Times, 1972. - not digitized, copyright

Newspaper clipping, "Editorial: Regional Police Analyzed-No. 2," Centre Daily Times, 1972. - not digitized, copyright

Newspaper clipping, "Editorial: Regional Police Analyzed-No. 3," Centre Daily Times, 1972. - not digitized, copyright

Press release, July 21, 1972, from the Governor's Justice Commission. Responding to questions raised by news media about State Police Commissioner Urella statements.

Memo, September 28, 1972, from John A.F. Hall, Director, Southcentral Regional Council, to E. Drexel Godfrey, Alvin B. Lewis, Mitch Akers, Dick Guth, Alfred Hockely. Attached is a newspaper clipping, title unknown. The Weekly Bulletin, September 27, 1972.

Memo, June 22, 1972, from Harry E. Russ, Northeast Regional Director, to Alvin B. Lewis. Attached material about Rocco Urella saying local police departments shouldn't have anything to do with LEAA grants. - not digitized

Also contains several other letters regarding the State Police actively interfering in consolidation of local police departments. - not digitized

Letter, January 10, 1972, from PA State Police Commissioner Rocco P. Urella, to Gerald C. Godwin. Urella sends his review of a study released to consolidate local police departments into county police. - not digitized

Letter, May 10, 1972, from Thomas S. Buzby, Police Program Division, to Alvin B. Lewis. Discussing State Police interference with local police consolidation. - not digitized

Dates

  • May 22, 1974

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 8.0 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English