HISTORY

 
NOBLE History

The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) was founded in September, 1976, during a three day symposium to address crime in urban low income areas. The symposium was co-sponsored by the Police Foundation and the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). The Joint Center for Political Studies (JCPS) coordinated this unprecedented event in which sixty (60) top-ranking black law enforcement executives representing twenty-four (24) states and fifty-five (55) major cities gathered in the Washington, D.C. area to participate. They exchanged views about the critically high rate of crime in black urban communities and the socioeconomic conditions that lead to crime and violence. They raised questions about relevant issues such as fairness in the administration of justice, police community relations, the hiring and promotion of black police officers, and the unique problems of the black police executives.
 
The Founding Members

1. Paul B. Adams, Roanoke VA, Police Department
2. Lucius Amerson, Macon County, AL, Sheriff's Office *
3. Frank Blount, Detroit, MI, Police Department
4. Larry Bolden, Las Vegas, NV, Police Department *
5. Charles Boone, Gary, IN, Police Department
6. William Bracey, New York, NY, Police Department *
7. Homer F. Broome, Los Angeles, CA, Police Department *
8. Lee P. Brown, Multnomah County, OR, Sheriff's Office
9. Willie B. Clayton Jr., Atlantic City, NJ, Police Department
10. Monroe Coleman, Omaha, NE, Police Department
11. James V. Dabner, Indianapolis, IN, Police Department
12. Roosevelt Dunning, New York, NY, Police Department *
13. William E. Dye, Champaign, IL, Police Department *
14. Reginald Eaves, Atlanta, GA, Department of Public Safety
15. . Rufus Evans, Kansas City, MO, Police Department Department
16. Joseph Fraser, Atlantic City, NJ, Police Department *
17. Vernon Gill, Washington, DC, Police Department
18. Charles Gittens, U.S. Secret Service, Department of the Treasury
19. James S. Griffin, St. Paul, MN, Police Department *
20. Julius Guillory, Opelousas, LA, Police Department *
21. William C. Helm, Peoria, IL, Police Department
22. Ben Holman, U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Services *
23. Willie R. Howell, Muskegon Heights, MI, Police Department
24. Frank Ingram, III, Savannah, GA, Police Department *
25. Burtell Jefferson, Washington, DC, Police Department
26. Johnnie Johnson, Birmingham, AL, Police Department
27. Sterling Johnson, New York Prosecutor's Office, NY, Narcotics
28. . Robert Lamb, U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service *
29. William Logan, Evanston, IL, Police Department
30. William Lucas, Wayne County, MI, Sheriff's Office
31. Kenneth Miles, Wilmington, DE, Police Department
32. Laurel Miller, Richmond, VA, Police Department
33. Thomas Mitchelson, New York, NY, Police Department
34. William Moore, Pittsburgh, PA, Police Department *
35. George Napper, Atlanta, GA, Bureau of Police Services
36. Doeg Nelson, Phoenix, AZ, Police Department*
37. Sam Nolan, Chicago, IL, Police Department
38. Tilmon O'Bryant, Washington, DC, Police Department *
39. Lloyd Patterson, Cleveland, OH, Police Department
40. Gwynne Peirson, Howard University, Washington, DC, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
41. Edward Rhodes, Alaska State Troopers
42. Fred Rice, Chicago, IL, Police Department
43. Bishop Robinson, Baltimore, MD, Police Department
44. Andrew L. Rodez, Benton Harbor, MI, Police Department
45. Joseph T. Rouzan, Los Angeles, CA, Police Department
46. Fred Ruffin, Philadelphia, PA, Police Department
47. Lloyd Sealy, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY *
48. Leon H. Smith, Trenton, NJ, Police Department
49. Leroy Smith, City of Miami, FL, Police Department
50. J.L. Sparks, Atlanta, GA, Bureau of Police Services
51. Leroy Swift, Kansas City, MO, Police Department
52. O'Dell Sylvester, Oakland, CA, Police Department
53. T.C. Tisdon, Shreveport, LA, Police Department *
54. Louis Turner, New Orleans, LA, Police Department
55. Mitchell Ware, Chicago, IL, Police Department
56. Atkins Warren, St. Louis, MO, Police Department
57. Edward Williams, Newark, NJ, Police Department
58. Hubert Williams, Newark, NJ, Police Department
59. Rodney Williams, San Francisco, CA, Police Department
60. Samuel L. Williams, Los Angeles, CA, Police Department

* Denotes deceased