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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1974
THE CHANGED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC HAD RESULTED IN THE CREATION OF 1,500 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES WITH THE ACCOMPANY ING SUPERSTRUCTURE OF AREA COMMITTEES. SOME WERE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN OTHERS BUT, BY AND LARGE, THEY ALREADY COVERED A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE POPULATION.
+THEY HAVE DONE MUCH TO DISCOURAGE CRIME IN THEIR OWN AREAS, CONSTITUTE A NEW DETERRENT TO CRIMINALS AND ARE VERY WELCOME TO POLICE AND PUBLIC ALIKE,+ HE SAID.
SIR MURRAY WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE SUCCESS OF THE NEW METHODS AND ATTITUDES WHICH HAD BEEN ADOPTED. THERE WAS A HEALTHY NEW GROUTH. FIRSTLY AMONG THE PEOPLE AS A MEANS OF KNOWING EACH OTHER AND, SECONDLY, IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE, PARTICULARLY THE POLICE.
A NEW PATH COULD BE SEEN OPENING UP AND HE WAS SURE EVERYONE WOULD TAKE IT WITH CONFIDENCE AND PERSEVERANCE.
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