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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1977
Page
3
In Sacramento the new parks director Russ Cahill plans mugger-proof design and enforcement. He supports armed, well-trained park rangers and hiring young neighborhood residents to deter hoodlums and create safe areas for children and adults.
Cahill urges open park layouts and psychologist input to reduce crime and dope activity in parks as Watts riot memories guide planning. Smyre cites rising park crime with limited fatalities and several gun draw incidents. rangers armed since 1972 report a strong safety record.
Smyre says use of a gun is only if a ranger is threatened with great bodily harm or death. Cahill argues for more than enforcement, urging neighborhood control and small land trusts that fund gardens and parks in west Oakland, owned by residents who monitor gardens for ripoffs. He cites his background as a ranger and deputy sheriff who once disarmed a parolee in 1967.
In the early 1970s Yosemite officials recall a riot at Stoneman's Meadow that spurred federal training for rangers. They say many officers lacked violence handling skills, prompting a shift to 12 week peace officer training and a focus on balanced law enforcement and nature protection.
Los Angeles Police Chief Edward M. Davis says the LAPD learned from past protests and kept a low profile outside the Century Plaza Hotel during a CarterLBJ dinner scene. He recalls 1967 and 1987 demonstrations and notes a restrained, polite police presence this time with 30 to 40 officers guiding marchers and traffic.
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