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Monroe Police Report Urges Modern Upgrades and Funding
A 1949 memo to Monroe officials by Mayor John Coon and Commissioners, with detailed study of comparable southern cities, urges hiring 32 more officers, raising salaries to set classifications, enlarging the force to cover a 50 000 population area, improving training, and procuring modern equipment including radios, vehicles, weapons, and records systems. It warns that current radio service risks closure if not isolated.
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John E. Coon
John Simmons
Frank Cline
Chamber of Commerce
Herbert Bailey
Albin P. Lassiter
Jack Howard
J. W. Cummings
Monroe Police Department
South Central States
Monroe
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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