Show I IOne IMPROVE TIlE THE POLICE POLICE l FORCE ORCE One wonders why John S Brans Bransford Bransford Bransford ford mayor of Salt SaIt Lake whose stand standing standing standing ing among the people of ot this community nl is excellent does not do something some something something thing to make tho police pollee department of this city effective It is a matter of common knowledge that Salt Lake is the th most poorly policed city in the United States in proportion to its size and aDd the number of its patrolmen The Impression has been general that Po Police Pollee Police lice Chief Barlow is too much of a mental featherweight to do anything with it But the Impression is more general that Barlow should not be made the scapegoat for tor police pollee depart department department department ment sins that his hands are tied The whole system of ot the city govern government government government ment of ot Salt Lake is by no means what it ought to be The people ople elect electa a chief executive then thon they permit the I city council to interfere In his busi busl business business ness nes to a great extent There a aIt ax x It patrolman that walks the streets of ot Salt Lake who depends d for tor his position position position tion upon his ability or his fitness Tor for forthe the place Some ward heeler or hang eron cron of a city councilman gets the place for tor tho to applicant through the Influence the he councilman as is able a le to exert and as the chief of of policy oll e must go to council for tor many favors and even eyen for tor justice he must listen to the members of at the council Instead of ot its powers being alto altogether altogether gether legislative as is the case under the charters of most cities the Salt Lake city council wields tive and powers Every member of the police pollee department depart department ment mant and every member of ot the fire de department department in Salt Lake ought to under undergo go a civil service examination before he is appointed When once appoint appointed ed the position should be bo held during good service and good behavior This would put it beyond the power of the petty politician to graft the city and the city policeman and it would ren render render der del it impossible for tor the police de do department department to enforce its x graft Such things as free meals and and free drinks in payment for lor the ignoring of infractions infractions of law l w would be impossible The civil service serice commission which examines these applicants would be named by the state It would then be bo impossible for lor the city government to control its I workings and to rush Tush favored but Incapable applicants through to places on the police force torce or in the fire lire department The civil service system is followed in several of the larger cities clUes of ot the country and has been found to give entire satisfaction satisfaction satisfaction tion But until something of that sort is done it is the duty of Mayor Brans Bransford Bransford Bransford ford to give gIe some attention to the po police police police lice department as it Is at present con constituted constituted constituted in Salt Lake There is some something something something thing radically wrong Either Police Chief Barlow Is ridiculously Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent and ought to be bo dismissed or there Is a system in operation that thai ties his hands The patrolmen care nothing noth nothing nothIng ing for tor his authority They do not re respect him either because he is incompetent Incompetent Incompetent or because he has no control over them It is Ie a problem to which Mayor Bransford could afford to give some of or his Valuable time Ume |