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Brown Levels New Blast at Pitchess and Parker - Suggests They've Been So Busy Critisizing ~ Others, They Neglected Their Own Jobs ~~ Times Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO — Gov. Brown Monday renewed his contention.:that. Police Chief Parker and ‘Sheriff Pitchess are not doing a good job by sending them his own crime statistics: designed to prove the point. - oo But the Brown data does not jibe with figures for iden- tical areas released by Par- ker and. Pitchess Friday when they vehemently de- nied the governor’s charge of being “political peace of- ficers” who “are obviously not doing a good job.” .... Which of the two sets of statistics is correct is not de-| batable, according to Brown,! who said flatly, “I do not in-' ‘tend to argue further’ the isubjects covered.” “ - Crime Rate Boost One of the primary rea- sons why the information can not even be compared is that the governor did not in- clude population increases while the two local law en- forcement officials did. Also, Brown dealt with the percentage of filings on actual arrests but Parker and Pitchess concentrated on the crime rate increase for , Tos-anigeles arg othonmet- {fopolitan areas. Both, men asked Bro for a copy of his controversi- al ptess conference remarks that touched off the feud and: he complied, adding a new verbal broadside. a He said, “I hope... that my (prior) statements have called your urgent attention to your. primary _responsis_ bility of providing better leadership for law enforce- ment: in Los Angeles City and County. ‘You’ve Been Busy’ “Jt is true that. you have ‘been busy: You have been telling. judges how to con- duet their courts, legislators. how to write laws and the ‘governor how to exercise his ‘constitutional powers. of clemency. ; | “As a result, law enforce- ment in the areas under iyour control seems to be suffering from negiect, from a lack of the kind of active on-the-job . leadership the many splendid men on your forces. deserve. - . "I-hope..the attached stae tistics ‘will-lead you to exam- ine whether you might not iaiéeason to be sti of your own efforts as you. L@S ANGELES THES DATE. #2 ¥-&1---- LOS ANGELES. CALIF. EDITOR Witte? OMY Le@S ANGELES FIELO piv Name teenie se th le cl aa em en a ae cae SION