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-IDR YOUR INFORMATIOll COMMUNITY RELAT I ONS COMMISS ION 1203 CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA Report on Meeting with Staff of Bethle hem Ce nter (located near Carver School) and Wesley House Centers (Southea s t and Southwest): on April 24, 1967 The sta f f who work with young people in these areas expressed the following conce r ns: II That Police don I t come" when you call them , or take so l _ong that they are too late to help wh e n they do a r r ive. Th a t Police need special training to h a ndle young people. Th a t there s hould be some r e gis tra tion a nd/o r re g ulat i o ns concerning the possession of firearms and weapons. They spoke' of increasing inc i dences of use of knives' etc. That laws r e lating to the sale of whiskey to minors should be mo re stri n g ently enforced. Th at n o more l i quor licen ses b e appro v e d f o r t he area c lo se t o Bethlehem Center. They h a ve opposed it at hearings wh ich they known about, but wonder wher e the he a rin g s a re advertised. Th at more r e ha bili ta tiv e wo r k b e do ne th r o u g h t he Ju ven i le Co u r t . Te n den c y to se nd clie n ts home wi t ho u t muc h wo r k - either at ti t ude that n ot h i n g is wrong o r tha t n ot h i n g c a n b e d one . That peop le in the nei g hborhood are afr aid to report some of t h e old er yo u t h , , fo r fea r o f r ep ri sa ls - bo t h adults a nd yo un g e r p e ople . a r e a f ra i d . Th ey ha v e ma de v a rio u s cont act s with Pol ice Depa rt me n t, Juv e nile Court, etc . They are still worried a bout wha t th ey fee l to be a gro wing "law l es sness" and u se of weapons, wh ich they fee l to be a problem of " Co mmu n i t y Rela tio n s", Ho w c a n commun i ty p rotec t its elf against peop l e who i n t im i d ate b y t hreats, which are not ba sis e nou g h fo r l ega l action or pe o ple who h a v e reside n t s scared t o swea r out warra n t agai n st them? ·' �