Hiring More thy City Notes Lad LaCk N In Police POlke fire Personnel Salt SnIt Lake City's police and fire departments are arc undermanned in comparison with departments in cities in the same population category But with this statement comes I i good news that the city is going I to hire more patrolmen and plans to employ some temporary I 1 firemen for the summer We Ilse are going to add a few men all the tune time Public Safety Commissioner Ben E Lingen- Lingen felter disclosed Despite the j I Editors Editor's note This is the fifth an in a serIes of articles dealing with salaries paid Salt Lake police officers and fire fire- men shortage of these public servants our departments at present arc are doing a good job Mr and Ind Chief of Police 1 L L. L C C. Crowther agree that Salt SIt Lake City should have approxImately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately police officers in comparison w with th cities of comparable com corn parable population Long Beach Cal has Tacoma Wash VasIl Sacramento and and San Diego Cities like Denver have and Ind Portland Ore Salt Lake City has never been up to the police strength quota r recommended commended by the International International International Association of Chiefs of 1 I Police said Mr 11 Crowther Total personnel in the police I I department now is including I clerks and firemen of all allI I ranks are in the fire department reported Mr 1 He lie Heald I said ald that when policemen or firemen firemen firemen fire fire- men are arc hired for temporary work the they are paid 1080 for a hour 12 shift According to national police standards Salt Lake City now has only manpower per 1000 I persons when the national average average average av av- avI I for cities of to I population is per 1000 persons The lowest city reporting reporting reporting report report- ing showed 1 08 manpower per 1000 and the highest city rePorted reported reported re re- ported per 1000 The per capita cost of police service in Salt Lake City is according to Police Mutual Aid Association figures The national average is and for average cities from to The per capita cost of police salaries in Salt Lake City according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the associations association's survey survey survey sur sur- vey is The rue national average average av tv is and for cities from to tion