Citizens' Police Committee (Chicago, Ill.)

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Dates:
Active 1929
Active 1931

Biographical notes:

The Citizens' Police Committee, formed in 1929, analyzed the staffing and organization of the Chicago Police Department. The Committee studied contemporary manpower and administrative issues and made recommendations for departmental reorganization based upon its study. The Committee worked with the cooperation of the Commissioner of Police, W.F. Russell, and the assent of Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson. Prominent among the Chicago area business, academic, and community leaders who sponsored or served on the Committee were Northwestern University President Walter Dill Scott and John H. Wigmore and Frederic B. Crossley of the University's School of Law.

From the guide to the Records of the Citizens' Police Committee (Chicago), 1928-1933, (Northwestern University Archives)

The Chicago Citizens' Police Committee, 1929-1931, was formed to investigate the Chicago Police Department. The results of the study were published in The Chicago Police Problems.

From the description of Records, 1929-1931 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52247450

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Subjects:

  • Crime
  • Crime
  • Police

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Places:

  • Illinois--Chicago (as recorded)