Dec 19, 2014
East Patrol campus named for civil rights leader
East Patrol campus named for civil rights leader
The campus of the new east patrol station, but not the station itself, will be named after Leon Mercer Jordan.
The city council approved the name unanimously Thursday, citing Jordan’s work in civil rights.
Some had advocated naming the station after him, but that would have broken the tradition that police stations not be named for anyone.
Jordan was former police detective, a three term state…
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