TRANSFORMING LIVES: DOUG WHEELER CARRIES ON FAMILY LEGACY

Subject

Community Activist; Doug Wheeler; Seattle

Description

For more than 40 years, Doug Wheeler has been a force for progress in Seattle, especially in the Central District. In the late 1960s, he worked with the Seattle Police Department and King County Sheriff’s Department to study the effectiveness of caseworkers working inside of jails. Then, in the 1970s, he served as a grief crisis counselor for the National Organization for Victim Assistance and as a community mediator for the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office (KCPAO) under the direction of Christopher T. Bayley. That was a time of great distrust between the Black community and law enforcement because of Seattle’s notorious reputation for police corruption. 

Creator

by Beverly Aarons

Source

https://southseattleemerald.com/2022/03/22/transforming-lives-doug-wheeler-carries-on-family-legacy/

Publisher

southseattleemerald.com

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