page 4- -The Portland Observer November 14, 1990
Lee Brown ’A Rising Star’ continued from page
kr B row n’s i long and i distinguished
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Dr.
law enioreem cni career began in 1960
w hen he becam e the second Black can
didate accepted by the San Jose, C alifor
nia, Police Department. Alter a few months
on his jo b as a patrolm an, he decided two
things: that he w anted someday to be a
police ch ief and that to reach that goal he
w ould need more education and the
broadest possible experience.
In pursuit o f his goal, Dr Brown
earned a M aster Degree in Sociology
from San Jose Slate University in 1964.
He also earned a Masters Degree in Crimi
nology in ,968 and a Doctorate Degree
in C rim inology in 1970 from the Univer
sity o f C alifornia at Berkeley. His doc
toral thesis contained many of his ideas
for obtaining community involvement
in policing that he has successfully im
plem ented as C hief of Police in Houston,
Texas.
By 1968, however, as a San Jose
police sergeant. Dr. Brown had already
begun to prove him self to be an innova
tor and leader in his chosen profession.
As such, he developed the San Jose Po
lice D epartm ent’s first Police-Com m u
nity Relations Unit and also helped to
establish its first Internal Affairs Unit.
A fter eight and a half years on San
Jo se ’s police force, Dr. Brown decided
that his prospects o f becoming police
ch ief in that city were not very good.
Therefore, in 1968 he relocated to take a
jo b as Director of Law Enforcement
Program s at Portland State University in
Portland, Oregon. There, he established
that university’s criminal justice pro
gram , which received national recogni
tion as a model criminal justice curricu
lum. He achieved the rank of full profes
sor with tenure at this institution.
In 1972, Dr. Brown made another
geographical move to the nation’s capi
tal to assist in developing die then newly
created Institute for Urban Affairs and
Research at Howard University. In addi
tion to serving as Associate Director of
the Institute, he also held the academic
rank of Professor of Public Administra
tion and Director o f Criminal Justice
Programs. He, thus, added director, re
searcher, professor and adm inistrator to
his already impressive professional cre
dentials.
n c 1975,
t a _ n_
Two years later u in
Dr. Brown
returned to Portland to become Sheriff
and Director of Public Safety for
Multnomah County Oregon.In 1976, he
was appointed Director o f the Deport
ment ol Justice Services, which was
com prised of all o f that county’s crim i
nal justice agencies. This was the highest
appointive executive management posi
tion in that county.
Three years later in 1978, Dr. Brown
cam e close to actualizing his profes
sional goal when he assumed the posi
tion of Com m issioner of the Department
of Public Safely
in Atlanta, G eor
gia. He headed
that departm ent’s
five
bureaus:
namely, the Bu
reau o f Police
Services, the Bu
reau o f Fire Serv
ices, the Bureau
o f Correctional
Services, the B u
reau o f E m er
gency M anage
ment Services and
the Bureau of
Taxicab Services.
In that position ,
he gained national
prominence as the
Director o f the
Atlanta metropoli
tan Task Force on
Missing and Murdered Children. This
task force consisted o f some eleven dif
ferent agencies representing federal ,
state, county and city governm ents. It
was established to investigate the killing
o f children and young adults and took
place over a two-year period in the A t
lanta M etropolitan area.
After serving four years in Atlanta,
and approximately two months after
obtaining a conviction in the child m ur
ders case, Dr. Brown reached his profes
sional goal of becoming C hief of Police
in a major American city, Houston,
Texas. He was sworn in as C hief of
Police on April 19, 1982, by Mayor
Kathryn J. W hitmire. He is today well-
respected locally, nationally and inter
nationally for the outstanding job he did
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in this capacity.
A fter 30 years in law enforcem ent
Dr. Brown states that he is currently ai
the apex of his professional goal, is in
deed happy and looks forward to retiring
in New York. His overall happiness can
also be attributed to his family life with
his lovely wil'c of nearly 30 years, Yvonne,
and their lour beautiful children: son
Patrick, daughter Torri, and twin daugh
ters Robyn and Jenna.
O ver the years. Dr. Brown has been
active in many professional, civic and
com m unity organizations and has served
spondent to the United Nations Program
for the Prevention o f Crime and T reat
ment o f Offenders. He has served on the
National Advisory Commission on Crimi
nal Justice Standards and goals, served
on the National Commission on Higher
Education for Police, chaired the N a
tional minority Advisory Council on
Criminal Justice and was a m em ber o f
the Commission on Accreditation for
Law Enforcement Agencies and has been
involved professionally in numerous other
capacities.
Dr. Brown is currently President of
Robert Lamb:
“ Lee Brown has set
standards of excellence
that present and future
chiefs of police will
have to be measured
by."
Don Clark:
“ This man is a giant. He
is unquestionably the
top police officer in the
country today. ”
Don Clark
on numerous boards o f directors. In
addition, he has served as as crim inal
justice advisor and consultant to the
Community Relations Service of the U.S.
Departm ent o f Justice, the Police Foun
dation and other agencies and organiza
tions.
He has also authored many articles
and conference papers on police m an
agement, community relations, crime and
the crim inal justice system. He is co
author o f a textbook entitled The Police
and Society: An Environm ent for C ol
laboration and Confrontation, which is
widely used by criminal justice instruc
tors and students.
In addition, by Presidential appoint
ment, Dr. Brown represented the United
States for five years as a National Corre-
thc International A ssociation of Chiefs
o f Police (IACP), a m ember o f the N a
tional Organization o f Black Law E n
forcement executives (NOBLE), a par
ticipant in the National Executive Insti
tute sponsored by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, a consultant to the Police
Foundation and serves as a m ember of
the Com m ittee on the Status o f Black
Americans sponsored by the National
Research Council.
Dr. Brow n’s many honors and rec
ognition include his being selected as an
“ Outstanding Criminal Justice C om m u
nicator of 1983, Washington Crime News
Services, his being selected in may, 1983,
by the Federal Republic o f Germany as
one o f six American police chiefs to par
ticipate in a professional study tour on
policing in the Federal Republic o f G er
many and W est Berlin. During this same
lime he was presented the “ Distinguished
Alumnus Award for 1983” by Califor
nia State University at Fresno and its
Alumni Association. He has been awarded
the Honorary Doctorate o f Public A f
fairs by Florida International University
and and Honorary Doctorate of Laws by
John Jay College School o f Criminal
Justice. Dr. Brown also received the
“ Peace and Justice A w ard” from the
Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Non-
Violent Social Change.
Also notew or
thy, Dr. Brown has
been listed in W ho’s
W ho in Houston,
W ho’s Who in the
W est, Personalities
of the West and Mid
west, Directory of In
ternational B iogra
phy, Personalities in
the South, Com m u
nity Leaders and
Noteworthy A m eri
cans, W ho’s W ho
among Black Ameri
cans, W ho’s W ho in
A merica and W ho’s
W ho in the W orld.
Robert Lamb,
Director o f the U.S.
Departm ent o f Jus
tice’s Region X,
Com m unity R ela
tion Service, in Seattle, W ashington, and
a former highly decorated captain with
the Atlantic City, N.J. Police D epart
ment has this to say about Com m issioner
Brow n.” I have known Lee for twenty
five years. In my opinion, he is the most
qualified police executive in the world
today. His intellect, his know ledge of
police work, and his experience has set
standards of excellence that present chiefs
of police and future chiefs will have to be
measured by. In his role as a consultant
to Region X Com m unity Relations Sys
tem, the ideas he brought forth, and the
dialogue he established with the com
munity were instrum ental in com m uni
ties understanding our role.” Lamb added
that L ee’s career spanded an era when
law enforcem ent was virtually a “ white
establishment.” " I ’ve seen him in some
tough situations, but I have never seen
him lose his ‘co o ,’,” Lam b says. “ But,
I believed this can be attributed to the
goals he set for him self to be the best. ’ ’
Lamb also praises Brown for his strong
family ties and close relationship with
the religious sector. But he speaks es-
tatically when her rem em bers that in
spite o f the Com m issioners education
and status, Lee Brown has never for
gotten his “ Roots” .
Don Clark, Executive Director Port
land Housing Authority, echoes the sen
timents of Bob Lamb. Clark calls Brown
a “ Giant” in the law enforcement arena.
“ Lee Brown is the most educated, the
most knowledgeable, the most experi
enced, and the most respected police
man in the country,” Clark states.
The form er chairm an o f the
Multnomah County Commissioners, and
former sheriff o f M ultnomah County
has the distinction of having hired Brown
three times-as director o f the Law En
forcement Program at Portland State,
as Sheriff o f M ultnomah County, and
as Director o f The D epartm ent o f Jus
tice Services for the County.
“ There is some irony in this” ,
Clark gleefully states, “ because when
I hired him to head up the program at
Portland State, I was actually hiring
him to be my Boss! ’ ’ Clark recalls that
when he him self was hired for the Law
Enforcement Program at P.S.U., he was
told by adm inistration that he did not
have the academic qualifications to head
the department and asked him to con
duct a search and m ake recom m enda
tions. “ I interviewed candidates from
around the country but w asn’t satisfied
with what I saw ” , Clark claim s.” By
pure coincidence, Lee cam e to P.S.U.
to participate in a seminar. I picked him
up at the airport and after two days of
discussions, I knew I had my m an.”
W hile he refuses to credit himself,
it is obvious Don Clark was instrum en
tal in helping to launch the career of
Commissioner Lee P. Brown.
In any event, let us hope and pray
that the Bush Administration will add
another “ First” and launch Brow n’s
career even further
Facts About Literacy and Poverty
CHILDREN AT RISK
N um ber o f children living in poverty
has increased by 50% in the last 15
years
Nearly 50% o f children living in fam i
lies headed by a person younger than
25 are living in poverty
In 1988, one-fourth o f the firs, graders
entered school living in poverty
O ver 50% o f children living in poverty
enter school two or more years behind
their peers
Children who d o n 't have the baste de
velopment skills when they enter school
are 3 or 4 times more likely to drop out
in later years
Children learn more rapidly when they
initiate the learning and arc active p ar
ticipants in the learning
PARENTS AND CHILDREN
Parents are the child’s first and most
influential teacher
Studies have shown that the literacy
levels o f children arc strongly linked to
those o f their parents-purticularly the
mother
Parents who have books in the home
and read to theirchildrcn have children
who are better readers and belter stu
dents
W hen parents are involved in helping
their school aged children with their
school work, social class drops out as a
factor in poor performance
1 he home is a place where a complex
set o f messages are u.insm ittcd and
these messages dictate the value that
will be placed on the education o f a
child
Parents who arc involved in their chil
d ren ’s school have children who are
better achievers, have higher cognitive
skills, higher achievem ent lest scores.
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spend some o f their childhood in a
single-parent home
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have eighth grade or less education
75% of female heads o f household with
less than highschool diplom a are living
O ne in four adults in O regon has not
completed high school
One in twelve adults in O regon (1980
census) have less than an eighth grade
education
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tions inmates do not have high school
or GED credentials (1990 study)
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in poverty
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basic skills in written and spoken Eng-
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cipients do not have high school or
GED credentials (1990 study)
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termed illiterate (National Adult E du
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Oregon BASIS statistics, 1990) approxi-
ADLLIS AT RISK
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mately 35% o f our unemployed and
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o f all new jobs will require higher cdu- n’nth 8r«de equivalency. 60% of the
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force between now and year 2000 will
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Three-fifths o f mothers receiving AFDC
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Only 27% o f all new jobs will fall into
low-skill categories
By the year 2000, people with less than
a high school education will be able to
fill only 14% o f all jobs
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need to be retrained, the num ber o f
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