Peoria
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Documents Tagged ‘police’
Meeting Dates Set For Police-Community Talks
Archive Entry Date: 03/05/1969
To allay black mistrust of Peoria's police, city leaders planned three-day retreats with blacks, police, and businessmen
‘Together In Peoria’
Archive Entry Date: 02/29/1969
Businessmen in Peoria showed a growing concern for race relations with an $85,000 pledge to Project TIP
Cop in Closet Sees Bribe
Archive Entry Date: 6/26/1961
Parker tried to “set things right,” but instead he lost his liquor license
Harold Parker Resolves His “Cop Trouble”
Archive Entry Date: 9/22/1959
Harold Parker fought the law in Chicago — and won