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Spelman Spotlight
March, 1981
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Police Work Around The Clock
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groups. Asa means of aiding the efforts of
the Atlanta Police Department there has
been a reward fund established which
is receiving continuous donations,
volunteer weekly searches, and non-stop
meetings, briefings, interviews,
questionings, and surveillances.
Ms. Beverly Harvard is an assistant to
Public Safety Commsssioner Lee P.
Brown. Her desk is continuously
swamped every day with new materials
concerning the cases of the missing and
murdered children. Not unlike most of
the people working closely with the cases,
she is overworked. There is not enough
manpower to handle the immensity of the
problem. “We are in the process of
developing a program whereby we can
utilize persons willing to help,” said Ms.
Harvard. “We get people calling us up all
of the time asking what they can do to
help,” she stated. Yet, Ms. Harvard
points out that there is only so much that
the Police Dept, can allow civilians to
assist with, due to the fact that there is no
suspect and therefore no one free from
suspicion. “We have to scrutinize
everyone,” she said.
Ms. Harvard expresses deep concern
that the public realize the complexity of
the cases and the around-the-clock effort
on the parts of the people within the Dept,
of Public Safety. Everyday at five o’clock
we meet to make sure we are doing
everything that is humanly possible,” she
said. “We are in the process of
brainstorming everyday.”
As an addition to the problems already
faced by the Dept, of Public Safety, they
receive an average of four to five missing
reports everyday. Having to discern as to
what is important, the department must
still send someone out to take a report on
each individual call. Much needed
manpower is taken up within this process
alone, since many reports are from
anxious parents who panic if their
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children are even a few minutes late
getting home.
I here is still a problem with children
being out alone, according to Ms.
Harvard. “You can’t just say it’s a lack of
concern on the part of the parents . . . It’s
for some reason” (that the children are
out), she added. Many lower income
families have a single parent who must
work at night and who cannot afford to
stay home and supervise their children.
Also, the only money that many children
have is that which they make by doing
odd jobs within the community. “Kids
trying to make a buck are not going to
stop. They have to survive,” stated Ms.
Harvard. The curfew requires, again,
more manpower. Therefore, it is difficult
to enforce.
Despite the complexity of the cases,
and the lack of evidence, Ms. Harvard
shares the optimism of the Task Force
Members, who believe they will catch the
murder(s). "It's not a matter of‘if,’ it’s a
matter of ‘when’,” says Ms. Harvard.
Until that much hoped for day . the entire
Atlanta Police Department and its
subdivisions would like for the
communities, cities, states, and entire
world to know that: “Everything
humanly possible is being done.”
THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK.
ANNOUNCES
STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST
as part of the 1981 Human Service Summit Conference
Topic:
Rules:
Winners:
“The Future of Human Services and Minority Communities”
The contest is open to all students enrolled full-time in
social work programs at any post secondary institution in
the state of Georgia.
Entries should be no more than 10 pages, typed and double-
spaced^and may be on any aspect of the official topic. To
be considered, essay must be received by 5 March 1981.
All entries become the property of The Atlanta University
School of Social Work.
A winner may be selected from each participating insti
tution. Winners will be notified by 5 April 1981.
A monetary prize as well as a plaque will be awarded each
winner during the Summit Conference. Additionally, win
ning contestants will have an opportunity to share highlights
of their essays at the Conference Banquet on Friday, 17
April 1981.
For
Additional
Information
Jualynne Dodson
School of Social Work
The Atlanta University
223 Chestnut Street, SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30314
The Adanta University School of Social Work’s Second Annual Human Service
Summit Conference will be held April 16-18, 1981 on the university campus
and at Paschal’s Motor Hotel. The conference theme is “Poor and Minority
Families: A Continuing Challenge to Human Services.” The purpose of the
Summit Conference is to facilitate dialogue and collaborative activity among
human service educators, consumers, advocates, providers, and legislators.