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jlaims fficers Not Doing | Good Job - IBy ‘JAMES Cc. ‘ANDERSON ! SACRAMENTO, March 31 _ | (UPI)—Governor Edm 'g. Brown said today a good Gob of law enforcement ds not being done in the city and county. of Los Angeles. © Obviously irritated, the ‘governor told a news con- ference that “political - peace officers” in Los Ape o constantly criti. - i iseles leize: 't courts, the Les lature and the governor “are not doing law enforce- ment'any good.” . Se TRE eT ere TT (@ Brown refused to name tHe targgts of his wrath but jhe obvigusly was referring |to Chief of Police William Parker of Los Angeles ahd Sheriff Peter Pitchess of Los Angeles County. Both Parker and Pitchess criticized Brown for saving Erwin (Machine Gun) Walker, a highway pa- jtrolman’s killer, from the gas chamber. “Constant criticism by people who odviously are not. doing good jobs theme ‘selves is not doing law ens forcement any good, Brown said. ' “Phen you are saying that a good job of law enforce- ment is not being done in ‘Los Angeles?” “Definitely,” snapped the governor. — ‘EXCELLENT’ IN S.F. Asked if this applied to San Francisco or other centers of population in the state, Brown said he felt law enforcement was doing an “excellent job” lin San Francisco. Alameca, Sacramento, Santa Clara and San PDiego. “The chief of police jof — Los} Angeles has seen ‘it~ even’ to criticize J. Edgar Hoover (FBI head),” Brown said. “You'll find that J.- Edgar Hoover agrees with e on the quality of faw - egforcement in . Los ne. gdles. The chief won’t ever” . wbrk with George te, : the federal narcotics admin-. ’ istrator.” Brown said he was not criti- cizing chiefs of police in other incorporated cities in.Los An- ,geles County but was refer-. tring to the city of Los Angeles ‘proper and the unincorpo-” irated area which is iri? Pitchess’ jurisdiction. os ‘ENTIRE. PICTURE’ “And I’m not just refer- - Ying to narcotics enforce-'” ment,” the governor added: - “I mean the entire law en: forcement picture in the’. city and county.” After Brown commuted’ Walker’s sentence to life. in} ‘prison -earlier this: week, Parker issued a statement in which he said the governor’s action demonstrated his “soft. attitude toward: crime.”: Pitchess also criticized the commutation. “ur Southern Califor peafe officers, none wh were here. or he : the | testimony,. have segn °- fit again to criticize the gov: . ernor ‘for exercising clem-~ or. ia, = : eg ee mene oe cece wrese artes rpmertmrrer c ceeanre eee wee cperes tre ency power,” Brown said. “These are enforcement officials where we've seen ' th -highest’ ‘crime rate go upjand: up without an} de- in- eight , or. years.” . : ‘KILLER: “WAS INS! ¢ Brown’ said. all. the test mony: ‘showed Walker was in- " Bane wher he first was-put in ‘death’ row in’ 1949 and “all ‘Indivation's‘are this man :would :become insand’ again ao Anacrere x returned to death torture, WO “have. been | ‘not: ‘punishment, ” ito | use them sparingly for the jremainder of his term.