Show CHIEF PAYNE INAUGURATES NEW SYSTEM First Order Curbs Pra Practice tice of Holding Suspects on Open Charges Carrying out his asserted plans to rid the police department of inefficiency meW and to reorganize the system of criminal investigation and apprehension hension Chief of Police W. W L. L Payne Monday issued three sweeping mandates mandates man man- dates 1 Restriction I-Restriction of ot the general practice tice of arresting and holding suspects on open charges 2 Establishment 2 of a rigid economy econ omy program in the public safety building I 3 Elimination 3 of employment of ot private mechanics to repair police automotive automotive au au- au- au equipment Of the three communications sent 0 to all members of the department Chief Chic Payne characterized as most Important the one relating to imprisonment of citizens on open charges PRACTICE STOPPED He instructed officers to cease the practice and to book persons on charges of which they are suspected If there is not sufficient evidence to place an immediate charge against a suspect Chief Chic Payne said officers may book a man on open charges but that thata a detailed report of the case must be forwarded to the officer in charge immediately im im- im- im mediately The order was expected to eliminate eliminate nate a number of unjust arrests and to relieve the objectionable practice of holding a person in jail for 24 hours before he is released 1 I Chief Payne pointed out the order was not expected to to interfere with the work of f the police detective bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau whose members frequently book prisoners on suspicion when they have not yet gathered sufficient evidence evidence evi evi- dence to bring a formal charge He instructed detectives however to use discretion in booking prisoners on hold charges I CUT EXPENSE Another of the communications warned members of the department to observe care in using electric lights in the public safety building By reducing reducing reducing re re- re- re incidental costs of the building building build build- ing such as electric light bills the chief pointed out that funds could be bemore bemore bemore more properly allocated to the real I purpose of the department department catch catch catching in ing criminals and curbing crime Another saving that is expected to release funds for actual work o of the force torce will be effected through aban aban- of the practice of having police police po po- po lice motor equipment repaired in private vate ate garages Through an arrangement with Fire Chief Chie Walter S. S Knight Chief Payne said all nil police equipment will be repaired repaired repaired re re- re- re paired in the fire department garage in the future Thousands of ot dollars were spent annually annually an an- in former years by rotating the police department repair work through various private garages also causing much dissension among ga garage garage ga- ga arage a- a rage owners who often charged favoritism fa a. a in awarding the repair con can tracts |