| Show 1 r Salt Lakes Fakes P Police li e Department 1 T Salt Lakes Lake's police department Is now passing through a severe seeto test With the heavy tourist traffic that Is caused by the Pacific coast fairs there thero has been bean an influx of or criminals Into the city that has hns tried tho the patience and 1 skill 1111 of or tho the department department- Thousands o of crooks have havo passe passed through Salt Lake Lako since tho the first of or tho the year ear and many have tarried 1 in Salt SnIt Lake Ilke for periods of or varied length Considering tho peculiar conditions the crimes committed In Salt Lake have hive been comparatively few not more than one a 0 day on the average n considerably considerably con con- less Jess than Is tho the average of or orew New ew York or San Francisco which cities cales have contributed generously to the criminal population of Salt Lako Lake In Inthe Inthe Inthe the past six months Minor nor violations of or the law lat which y como come directly In tho rho routine of or tho the de de- de r. havo o been more or less Jess eliminated Chief Grant testifying In Inn f n I. I recent nt tn e Investigation tI asserted that tho the immorality of th the tho dt city had been practically stamp stamped d out oui sinco Jie he became became be be- came head of oC tho the department lie also pointed out that th there was little gambling and that arrests for Intoxication intoxication cation had fallen off otc because the tho offenses of offenses ot- ot tenses In that r respect had become fewer 4 A ATho The Tho department has long worked un under un- un der a handicap Its numbers are small and there Is Js a large amo amount nt of ot territory terri terri- tory ton to cover Chief Grant made repeated re repeated re- re tell requests for tor more men but hut it was not until recently that his request was granted Efficiency Efficiency- has been a a. record Some of or the members of or the force torce have ha been rewarded e for distinguished service I Patrolman St. St John was given shen a medal for shooting a highwayman St St. Johns John's achievement was a n. marvel mar mar- vel ot cI hf fast tast work A man was held vp lP by y two boys boya shortly before ml mid mid- ni night ht The Tho police were notified amIas andas and amI andas as the wn wagon on was rushing to tho the indicated In Indicated In- In spot pot St. St John noticed the time forms torms of or two persons running Ho lie jumped from tram the wagon In spite of or the tho speed at nt which It was traveling and taking tho the trail of or the fleeing pair or ordered ordered or- or dered ered them to halt One of the boys bos turned as I If to of offer offer ot- ot fer resistance St. St Joh John Johp fired tired the boy fell tell and dle died shortly after The rhe other made mado no res resistance isla nee and was held heM by br SL St John until help arrived The police police- department n now has Its Us new DOW quarters a great Improvement ement over the old cubbyhole which served for tor many years Late In 1914 1 the de department department de- de nl moved to the new public safety Garety building formerly the tho Y M. 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A property Here modern apparatus was Installed dealing and over every convenience for rOl with crime Is now at the tho fingers fingers' ends of the department Records of ot criminals second to none In the country countr are now on file tIo in the police department Tho The system system SS tem tern of or identification was as Installed shortly after the d department moved to Its new ne nehome home and the thumb print record record rec rec- ord orel system has become one of or the principal means of oC Identification of oC su suspected persons Tho traffic squad Is a n little moro more than two years old today It has dons don j good work although It t Is numerically Inadequate for the work that has fallen on tho the ponce with tho influx of or coast fair nil tourists At times limes the tho principal corners of oC the tho city fly resemble the busy corners of or the worlds world's great cities In tho the rush hours from all aU corners of the time countr country country coun coun- tr try como come dashing across the intersections intersections and with the flood of ot foot toot traffic traffic trat- trat fic nr tho the horse-drawn horse vehicles and the tho trolley cars tho time police pollee have h a busy time time- So far tar they the have acquitted themselves them them- selves es with credit however and there thero I has not been beon a serious accident at nt a street Intersection In the past six mUll ll The elastic speed law which permits autol s to drive at nt a 1 reasonable I added to tolie speed has to a n certain extent the lie troubles of ot the department Tho The officers of or the traffic squad In tho the In Ira- Ira I of or safety aro are compelled to force torce I motorists to drive slow slowly In the tho congested con COIl d hested sections but the they are obliged ed t to do llo It Il mostly by bluff as it is impossible Impossible Impossible Im Im- possible to get et a n. conviction under the l I pre present ent ordinance and attorneys agree that reasonable speed loaves the matter pretty prett much to the discretion of or orthe the drivers of ot motor cars cais Ono thing thins that has aided the tho men menon menon menon on tho the street Is the tho revised traffic ordinance or or- This specifies specifics beyond an any chance of or doubt what er e every driver of or a vehicle must do and defines the rights of or pe pedestrians Also it has eliminated tho the time old and dan dangerous custom of crossing the streets Formerly It was the custom of ot nearly nearly near near- ly Jy every evoy Salt Laker to cross Intersections intersections Intersections dla diagonally on ll When the new ordinance ordinance nance went into effect the tho police pollee had hada hadL a L busy time tolling the public that they mu nt Now New ow however t r tho the people have be become become become be- be come a accustomed to the change and cut their corners comers square SQ Tourists f on largo lame lar o eastern castern cities give gl no trouble trou trou- ble We aa ns the they are aro familiar with rigid regulations at home Tho Those e from tho the country to towns town n still give Iva a L little trouble but their respect and fear foar to for tho big bie town cop 13 fa ao so great reat that a a. wave of or tho the traffic guardians guardian's guard guard- guardians guardian's ians ian's hand them scurrying t back to tho the sidewalk Recently tho the department was under fire tire There was some criticism as to tho the methods employed b by tho the department department depart depart- ment In ridding tho the city of ot criminals Chief Chlor Grant and some of ot his men took tho the stand stunt In the tho In Investigation atlon that fol tot lowed Jawed The They practically denied dented the tho en- en tiro ure list of or charges The city cUy commission has had the matter under ad for some Bomo time out Jut so t far r no has been made 0 o |
