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f OR YOUR fNfORMATION COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION 1203 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA Report on Meeting with Staff of Bethlehem Center (located near Carver School) and Wesley House Centers (Southea s t and Southwest): on April 24, 1967 The staff who work with young people in these areas expressed . the following concerns: 11 That Police don't come 11 when you call them, or take so long that they are too late to help when they do ar r ive. That Police need special training to handle young people, That there should be some r e gistration and/or regulations concerning the possession of firearms and weapons. They spoke of increasing incidences of use of knives, etc. That laws r e lating to the sale of whiskey to minors should be more stringently enforced. That no more l i quor license s be a pproved for the area close to Bethlehem Center. They have opposed it at he a rings which they known about, but wonder where the he a rings are advertised. That mo re reh ab ilitative work be don e through the Juvenile Court. Te ndency to send clients home wi t hout much work - either a tti t ud e th a t nothing is wrong or th a t nothin g c a n be don e . Th a t people in the nei g hborhood are afra id to report som e o f t h e old e r yo u th, for fear of repri s als - both a dults a nd younger pe o p l e . a r e afra id. They h a ve ma d e v a r io u s cont a c t s with Police De pa rtm e nt, Juv e nile Court , etc . Th e y are still worried a bou t wh a t th ey fee l to b e a g ro wi n g "la wl es sness" and u s e of weapons, which they feel to be a pro b lem o f 11 Commun i t y Relation s ", How can community protect itself a ga inst peo p l e who in timid a te by threa ts, which a re not basis e nough for leg a l a ctio n or people who h a ve residents scared to swear out warrant against th e m? �