| The Hudson
Institute is a private, not-for-profit research organisation founded in 1961
by the late Hermann Kahn. Hudson
analyses and makes recommendations about public policy for business and
government executives, as well
as for the public at large.
More than thirty years work on the most
important issues has forged a viewpoint that embodies skepticism about
conventional widsom, optimism about
solving problems, a commitment to free institutioins and individual responsibility,
an appreciation of the crucial role of technology in achieving progress,
and an abiding
respect for the importance of values, culture, and religion in human affairs. |
With
Police colleagues Lieutenant Timothy Halligan, and Sergeant Pete Mungovan
with the staff of the
Hudson Institute during discussions on Juvenile Conferencing Programme. At
rear, second from left is Dr. Edmund F McGarrell. Ph.D Director of
the Crime Control Policy Centre.
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Whilst
at the Academy I was fortunate to be invited to sit in on an `Operational
Planning Session' and Mobile Field Force `Tactical Deployment Briefing' attended
by Lieutenant Tim Halligan, Sergeant Pete Mungovan, Sergeant John Ball,
Sergeant Andy
Gillispie,and others from the Training Wing of the Academy |
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Arriving at the
International Guest's table at `Rotary One' Chicago
Athletics Association, 12
S.Michigan Avenue.
I was delighted
to meet former Secretary General of Rotary International Geoffrey Large
who was making up at the Club.
We had met some years earlier at Rotary House in
Evanston when Sheriff Mike Milas and I had presented Rotarian Geoffrey
(who is a former Policeman) with Honorary Membership of PoLEPFoR
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Attending
'Rotary One' in Chicago with the President and fellow Australian
in attendance (check out those Akubras!) |
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 Pictured with members
of Chicago Police Dept. 14th Precinct. Left to Right. Police Officer Carol Fox of the
Special Activities Section. Sergeant Joseph I. Blas, 14th Precinct. Commander Michael J.
Acosta discussing the pros and cons of Chicago's Alternative Policing Strategies. |
The Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS)
was implemented in October 1993. The Department
recognised the need for closer working ties with the community in general.
Their rationale for CAPS was a `Strategic Plan for Reinventing
the Chicago Police Department', as much a comment on the monumental `rethink' which
was about at the time.
The necessity for `reinvention' was couched in words by their
Superintendent; "Our new strategy is driven by the need to improve the way
we serve the citizens of Chicago".
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Rotary
Club of Port Washington, Wisconsin,
is 25 miles north of the City of
Milwaulkee on the western shore of Lake Michigan in Ozaukee County,
and would have
to be one of the very beautiful locations in the United States.
Port
Washington has a touch of the New England Lakeside village charm
and is described as the `city of seven
hills'. Driving around Wisconsin is to see the famous traditional red painted
barns and one of the few remaining covered timber bridges in the
State.
With colleagues from the Rotary Club of
Port Washington Wisconsin. Rear left is Police and law Enforcement colleague Sheriff Maury
Straub of the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Dept |
My
trip to Port Washington, and the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department in
particular, was to meet my old friends from the Rotary Club of Port Washington.
I followed up on the Peace City Project and made the reacquaintance of
Sheriff Maury Straub, who had succeeded PoLEPFoR executive member Sherrif Mike Milas. This
time around I secured items of my honorary Deputy Sherriff's uniform. I had
a wonderful reunion with the fine Rotarians of Port Washington
at the local hostlery and many discussions took place pertaining to the
possibility of introducing
Juvenile Conferencing to local Law Enforcement.
Pictured with 'my' Port Washington Rotarian collegue,
Sheriff Maury Straub, Ozaukee County Sherrif's Dept. I was honoured by his predecessor and
Fellowship founding Executive Member of the Police/Law Enforcement Professionals
Fellowship, Rotarian Sheriff Mike Milas, to have been appointed an Honorary Deputy
Sheriff-Lieutenant of the Ozaukee Country Sheriff's Dept.
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