WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)

Description

In this WSB newsfilm clip from 1963, Lowell Conner, director of the Georgia Department of Public Safety, responds to questions about the coverage of expenses related to a recent dispatch of Georgia state troops to Savannah, and how he plans on handling future requests for state police reinforcement.WSB reporter Don McLellan asks Conner who pays for the lodging and meals of state troopers when they are requested to assist a municipal police force. Conner replies that he can only speak for the past five years, and that the city or county making the request has "picked up the tab" for food and lodging, while the Department of Public Safety has covered costs related to transporting officers and equipment. McLellan reports about the defeat of a recent "local" bill that would reimburse the city of Savannah for the expense of lodging state troopers who were called in for assistance. He asks McLellan if Savannah officials initially agreed to pay for the food and lodging of the troopers; Conner answers "yes, they did the same thing. . ." and is cut off by a break in the clip. McLellan's follow-up question is incompletely recorded; he asks Connor if the agreement with Savannah officials was recorded in writing, and if such agreements are normally placed in writing. Conner responds "No, I've not had any agreement in writing from any official in cases of that nature." He adds that he and Savannah officials discussed a figure of approximately eighteen-thousand dollars, summarizes "all I can...

Record Contributed By

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia