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President Clinton with Lee Brown.
New Drug Czar Known for Community
Policing, Breaking Color Barriers
HOUSTON 1AP) ? A cham- _
pion of community policing. Lee P.
Brown has repeatedly broken color
barriers as both an academic and
law-enforcement official.
So it was hardly a surprise
that Brown, the first black to head
police forces in Atlanta and Hous
ton, was recently named by Presi
'<) dent Clinton as his choice for fed
<j eral drug czar.
Brown. 55. and a native .
Wewoka. Okla. served as police
t commissioner of New York for 2
1/2 years, after his appointment by
?i Mayor David Dinkins in January
1990. While in New York, he put
more officers on foot patrol but saw
the nation's largest police depart
ment become embroiled in a corrup
tion scandal. Dinkins last year
appointed an independent police
commission to investigate allega
tions officers took bribes and dealt
drugs.
Brown left the 29.000-mem
ber New York police force Sept. 1.
He said the departure was for per
sonal. not professional, reasons, and
said he did not expect to return to
pblice work. Brown also said his
departure was not influenced by the
corruption investigation.
He returned to Houston to
care for his ill wife, Yvonne, who
died of lung cancer Dec. 29.
Brown, who holds a doctorate
in criminology, has been a profeSSor
!j at Texas Southern University since
returning to Texas. As Houston's
police chief, Brown was credited
with easing racial tensions and
improving the police department's
image. When he came to Houston in
j March 1982, Brown was not only
the city's first black police chief, he
I Bulls Guard
"Opens
. i
Restaurant
j CHICAGO (AP) ? The NBA
i playoffs didn't keep Chicago Bulls'
| star Michael Jordan from opening
i his first restaurant with a party
1 recently.
The perennial National Bas
ketball Association All-Star guard
j said his first-round opponents, the
Atlanta Hawks, would be welcome
! at the three-level sports bar and din
' . ing complex.
"Those guys are certainly
welcome . . . unless they beat us,"
! he said at a news conference before
j the party, attended by more than 500
i guests. Not to worry, the Bulls
! swept the Hawks 3-0. Film stars
Mickey Rooney and Aidan Quinn
made an appearance, as did Illinois
' Gov. Jim Edgar. Chicago Mayor
! Richard M. Daley and comedian
! Jackie Mason.
Michael Jordan's: The
Restaurant opened to the public
| April 29. The menu features Jordan
favorites such as steak and potatoes
? his habitual pre-game meal ?
and macaroni and cheese, prepared
using a recipe from his wife. Juanita.
"Just like home." he grinned
between mouthfuls of both dishes.
The restaurant has dozens of
( items of Jordan memorabilia on dis
play. including shoes, jerseys and
\ game balls. Other sports collectibles
was the first black ever to hold a
rank higher than sergeant on the
city's force. He was hired by Kathy
Whitmire. Houston's first woman
mayor. He took over a white-domi
nated Houston police department
plagued by charges of civil rights
violations, brutality and low morale.
Brown remains popular in
Houston, and speculation has circu
lated since his return that he might
be considered for a political
appointment, possibly that of FBI
director. *
Brown's eight years as Hous
ton's police chief were preceded by
four years as the respected public
safety commissioner in Atlanta,
beginning in 1978. There, he spent
two years under pressure to clear up
a string of slayings of young blacks
which began in 1979. Wayne B.
Williams was convicted of two of
the killings in February 1982 and
Brown announced that 21 similar
slayings would be considered closed
as a result. t
Brown, the son of a migrant
laborer, earned his doctorate in
criminology from the University of
California at Berkeley. He also
established the criminal justice pro
gram at Portland State University,
where he was a professor from 1 968
to 1972. He directed the criminal
justice program at Howard Univer
sity in Washington, D.C. from 1972
to 1975.
v In addition. Brown worked as
a patrolman in San Jose, Calif., from
1960 to 1968. He later served as
sheriff _ the first black to hold the
post _ then director of the depart
ment of justice for Multnomah
County, Ore., from 1975 to 1978.
While in New York. Brown
instituted a no-questions-asked ,
"buy back" program in which peo
ple were paid for turning in guns.
The program was supported by
money confiscated from drug deal
ers.
Brown also has' worked on a
book on the concept he touts,
"neighborhood oriented policing,"
and briefed Clinton on the subject
last year.
"It's not just the number of
the police we have, but how we use
them." he said in an interview with
The Houston Post last November.
"The major tenet of community
policing is problem solving, not to
continue to focus on the same 911
calls day after day. year after year,
but to do something about it."^
"Any city that does not
embrace the concept of community
policing would be making a mis
take. 1 think it's the better way of
- uMng resource*, 1A he said. ? -
Last year, Brown addressed '
the platform committee of the
Democratic National Convention,
where he called on democrats to
solve the underlying problems of
crime.
"If I were a crime czar and I
had one decision to make about
what to do to deal with crime I'd
make meaningful employment a
national policy." he said. "I see that
big gap between the haves and the
have-notes as a police problem wait- .
ing to happen."
Brown, who stands 6-foot-2
and played college football at Cali
fornia State University in Fresno,
has fdur children ? Patrick, Torri,
Robyn and Jenna.
Michael Jordan pretends to have a tough time cutting a steak during the
opening ceremonies of Michael Jordan's Restaurant.
feature stars such as Magic Johnson
and Scottie Pippen.
The first-floor bar features a
wall of video screens, measuring 6
feet by 20 feet. The main dining
room is on the second floor, and pri
vate banquet facilities are also avail
able. Jordan said he wants the
restaurant to be a place where he and
other sports celebrities can go to
relax without being hounded by
fans. "You can speak to them, and
I'm pretty sure they'd respond," he
said. "But don't ask them for auto
graphs." Numerous other Chicago
sports personalities have started
their own restaurants or bars, includ
ing Mike Ditka. the former coach of
the Chicago Bears. Chicago Cubs
baseball broadcaster Harry Caray,
and former Bears running back Wal
ter Pay ton.
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