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Gov Edmund Gerald Pat Brown Sr — Part 8
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yl arrests. were made of which!
Parker Lashes Back ir 16p3i were brought § to
coprt ‘and 1,437 released. to
f other jurisdictions.
Br r ‘own Controve rsy The: grand total of all ar-
rests in Los Angeles city in
. | Police Chief Parker lashedipare this reply as I will do’ 1959 was 229,109, of which
:Iback at the governor Tues-jit on the basis of his) 83% were brought to court,
i |day-in their continuing feud|(Brown’s) history in relation] Parker said. He said this
“lover law enforcement . and/to law enforcement and my} proved. that the. city has not
promised a. report . aboutjown.” been lagging in bringing -
_ {Brown's law enforcement ac-} Parker said he read the| cases to court. co
_: tivities that won’t be very|governor’s letter first in the! Parker also called atten-
.{flattering.. newspapers Tuesday morn-|tion to the narcotics arrest
Parker received: a letter; ing. The original document|record for Los Angeles city
from Gov. Brown with alarrived later in the day in|in 1960. He said there were rv a
statement that figures in the/the hands of the mailman.|5,845 narcotics arrests, with ee et ee,
‘letter are “patently false.” {Brown had released it in complaints filed against how coe
int know where. he Sacramento Monday. 170.45 o of doath 3 coms This
got his figures,” Parker sai compared with a complaint
after looking over the letter ets ‘in renly to the fg filing record of 59.7% in
iin which the governor’ of- ures presented by the gov-}? 1959, the. chief said. - —
fered figures io prove his aS"lern The feud, brewing..-for
” igertion that Los Angeles law months over narcotics and
enforcement isn’t the best. ft 2880 there were, 48,504 other legislation affecting po-
His - ,, figures are patently les County, of which 27,619! lice work, came to a head
fale ‘last week when Chief Parker
ise.” were brought two court and:
| The controversy, niet another 3,398" were trans- ‘and Sheriff Pitchess issued
statements criticizing the
|jcharacterized by restraint, ferred to ‘other eel governor for commuting the
‘Iwill get even more personal for action. The governor, i ceath sentence of a man.con-
in
cording ‘to Parker, said ogly!
‘jin he jmext ound, Chjef 14,308 were brought to co victed of killing a poriceman. |
“The} man had_ sufferedf:
intend to reply in great In Los Angeles. city ot breakdown while- in
” he said. “It ill 1959, a total of 27, 735 felony Dea Row previously
{take me several days to pre- had been under treatment in
_ ‘a mental instituti mental institution.
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