Guardian Angels

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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Produktbeschreibung

The Guardian Angels is a non-profit, international, volunteer organization of unarmed citizen crime patrollers. The Guardian Angels organization was founded February 13, 1979 in New York City by Curtis Sliwa and has chapters in 13 countries (in 140 cities) around the world. Sliwa originally created the organization to combat widespread violence and crime on the New York City subways. The organization originally trained members to make citizen s arrests for violent crimes. The organization patrols the streets and neighborhoods but also provides education programs and workshops for schools and businesses. In the beginning, New York City Mayor Ed Koch publicly opposed the group. Many government officials also opposed the group whenever they attempted to open a chapter in their cities. Over the years, however, as the novelty of the organization and controversy has died down, and as citizen involvement and outreach has increased, there has been less public opposition to the group by government officials.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786130651824
• ISBN-10: 6130651821
• Artikelnr.: 28599594