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Crime LinksFROM PAGE ONEprcsedurini sessScDr, leade at Te_ __ proaetwo city detectives were actual-ly operating a lottery. ]..‘‘A plan to infiltrate this oper- I11: ation was discussed with the io-G et'cncal prosecutor, but he declined to cooperate and immediately!1™^. disclosed .the' plan to eiiy offi- a“nc cials. ■ |cc°r’As a result,, he added, “po-. lice payoffs were made with al . great deal more care and en-!30^ forccment efforts correspond-[j i ingly made more difficult. Ef- ^ d forts at cooperation continue to be made sporadically but unsuc-cessfully. 3ri one o*f the latest ir-joint raids, the lottery operators told the searching officers they!, were expected, rf cIn Columbus, Capt. Robert puTaylor, vice squad chief, denied j?fso. any connection with crime fig- j SI ures. ldePl“I am absolutely not taking C1 any money irom anyone. I do. ^ not want to dignify their jT rannrtf fr\r* im' I 1•sElt;Insi1%NinMJcwlldo*r:charges. I cannot speak for anyone else. But if an officer is taking'ho will be prosecuted.’Mayor Maynard Sensen-brenner called for a full report from Columbus Safety Director! Cc Fred Simon and Police Chief! ^ Robert K. Baus.Changes Claimed I’ve got confidence in my police department and my safety director,*” Sensenbrcnner said.‘‘If. I find any evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the police, well get rid of them.In Nashville, the Tennessean quoted Henry Petersen, head of the organized crime section, as saying Wilson’s testimony referred to the situation in the past and did not reflect on current Nashville officials_Gilbert .S. Merritt Jr., who resigned recently as U.S. attorneyfor the. Middle Tennessee district, told the newspaper • that there is no question” that “the old Nashville City Police Department in the early 1960s was corrupt.”But as the result of a number of federal cases against police officers—one of whom was a former police chief—and a number of cases against casino gambling houses, the situation has been vastly improved,”Merritt said.Charles Anderson, svho succeeded Merritt in the post, said he.has seen no evidence of police corruption but added that cooperation could stand improvement” at all levels of enforcement.ILigt!hvc
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Avalanche Journal

Lubbock, Texas, US

Wed, Jun 04, 1969

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