Records, 1929-1931 (inclusive).

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Records, 1929-1931 (inclusive).

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Correspondence of Leonard D. White, second chairman and treasurer of the Committee, financial statements, and minutes of the committee.

ca. 100 items.

University of Chicago Library

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University of Chicago Library

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Chicago (Ill.). Police Dept.

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Citizens' Police Committee (Chicago, Ill.)

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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...

White, Leonard Dupee, 1891-1958

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The Chicago Citizens Police Committee was active from 1929 to 1931. Its primary purpose was to investigate the Chicago Police Department. The results of the study were described in The Chicago Police Problems, which was published in 1931 by The University of Chicago. The Committee consisted of eight members who were selected from The University of Chicago, Northwestern University, The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, and The Chicago Crime Commission. The first Chairman of the Committee w...