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Melvin Belli — Part 6
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PLAYBOY PANEL
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agreed mainly to disagree with the other
panclists about not only the nature of,
the reasons for and the consequences of
the current crisis in relations bewween the
police and the public, but also what to
do about it. He shares the conviction of
many law-enforcement officials through-
out the country that recent Supreme
Court rulings in the civil-liberties field
are Landcuffing the police in their efforts
to maintain law and order in the face
of what FBI and metropolitan police
figures indicate is a national crime wave
of unprecedented dimensions. Neither he
nor the other panelists, however, agree
with those who feel that the police
should be given carte-blanche authority
to “stop and Lrisk” any citizen in the
streets. to enter and search any home
without a warrani, to use wire taps, hid-
den microphones and cameras. peephole
surveillance, lie detectors and other such
constitutionally controversial devices in
order co stem this alleged crime wave.
Citing such abuses as police brutality,
illegal invasions of privacy and unethi-
cal interrogation procedures. other pan-
¢lists fele that police power—far from
being inadequate to cope with crime,
whicit they denied is on the upsurge
has alresdy exceeded its rightful au.
thority and. in some cases, even the
bounds of the Constitution, and must
therefore be abridged rather than ex-
panded, As a deterrent to such violations
of individual rights, several members of
the panel recommended the establish-
ment of civilian review boards em.
powered to investigate comphiints of
improper law-enforcement practices and
to cuforce appropriate disciplinary ac-
tion, Feeling that such boards would
HE DY to further frustrate the police
in the performance of their duty, Pro-
fessor Tnbau and fudge Leighton thought
that) police departments should be al-
lowed to police themselves via internal
investigative agencies. Te was stiggested,
fiaally. by Mr. Pemberton, Judge Leigh-
ton and Dean Lohman that the quality
of Law enforcement must: be improved
bv adopting Gaining programs for police
recruits that would include schooling
hot ouly in the best modern techniques
of police work but in the scope of civil
liberties and the limitations of their own
- authority.
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feel iat the light and heat generated by
this exchange has helped not only to
confirm the complexity of the crisis but
to clarify the issues involved—and_ to
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