FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                  COPS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1995                                     (202) 616-2771
                                                         TDD (202) 514-1888

             CLINTON'S 'TOP COP' TO SPEAK IN ST. LOUIS MONDAY

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Joe Brann, the police chief recently
selected by President Clinton to lead the Administration's effort
to put more police on the streets, will be in St. Louis on
Monday, January 30, for the Midwest Conference on Community
Policing and Problem Solving.  The Conference is a gathering of
more than 200 law enforcement officials and community leaders
from cities and counties of all sizes throughout the Midwest.

     The community policing program is currently the subject of
legislative proposals by some Members of Congress who wish to
roll back the initiative, despite the law enforcement community's
strong support for its passage last year.

     Brann's address to the Conference, which will lay out a
justification for the program, will be open for media coverage
and he will hold a brief press availability following his speech.

     The following is his public schedule:

     Monday, January 30

     10:30 am  Address Midwest Conference on Community Policing
               Embassy Suites Hotel, 901 N. First Street, 
               Main Ballroom

     11:15 am  Press availability
               Embassy Suites Hotel, 901 N. First Street,
               Eads Room

     As Director of the Community-Oriented Policing Services
(COPS) office, Brann oversees the Administration's community-
oriented policing program, established by the Crime Bill, that
will help local law enforcement put 100,000 additional officers
on the streets of America.  Before being selected by Clinton to
be the nation's "Top Cop," Brann served as Chief of Police in
Hayward, California for 5 years where he implemented a
nationally-respected community policing program.  He has a total
of 25 years of law enforcement service.

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