| Show I i Uinta In Indians ians Await Arrival o of Airplane an and d Messenger I cm Il SERVICE VI i I PLAN PlA SOUGHT IN r PROPOSED rO t t Systems of Other Cities I Serve as Precedents for forI as Divorcing Department I From Political Parties LAKE CITY is about to SALT fall into line with hundreds of other pro progressive ress resse e cities Civil service for the police may maJ be established established es es- at once and the the- thede department department department de de- divorced from politics for tor all time Many lany persons have been I under under the impression that legislative enactment was necessary to establish I civi service in any of the city's departments de departments departments de- de but this Idea is erroneous erro erro- I Commissioner Karl ScheId has with the assistance of City At Attorney orneY Will G. G F an ordinance which places the police ponce department of ot Salt Salt Lake under civil service and which it Is expected will meet with general enthusiasm i I The leading features of the 1 I I nance are the assurance a n policeman i I has of holding position I as long as he does his duty a pension pen pen- sion which comes with old age and a a. a a's as I s system of promotions which will gIve j i the officer an equal opportunity with his fellows for tor advancement TWO MEMBERS TO SERVE Under the proposed ordinance the city commission will select two members members mem mem- bers to act on the civil service burau burau burau bu- bu rau with tho commissioner of ot public safety These two members must be beI bewell bewell I well Informed on police matters they must be enthusiastic on 01 the subject of civil ehn service and amI they must serve I without pay A secretary will be appointed appointed ap ap- pointed who will keep the records and perform other duties connected with the tho civil service At stated intervals examinations will be bo held of oC men men who have applied applied applied ap- ap plied for tor positions on the force torce and II j I who come up to the designated standard standard stand- stand I ard A strict physical and mental I examination will be bo held but mennow men mennow mennow now In the d department will not be r I subjected to this thia examination NO POLITICS I The civil service rules will not apply apply ap ap- I ap-I I ply to the chief of oC police pollee nor to the Inspector No person in tho service I Io I o seeking admission shall be appointed appointed ap- ap ap 1 i pointed reduced or removed or in anyway any way favored or discriminated against I because of ot his hla political opinions or af- af af I at-I II No person in the service i I shall take tale nn any part in political cam campaigns cam I i I pal ns or affairs It f Is expected that the ordinance I I will be ready to present to the city commission within a a. few tew days There t I Iare I are several everal points which have not yet et been en definitely settled but there are I I abundant precedents in the ordinances I I of ot other progressive cities i I One of the clauses inserted in the I I I new ordinance which was suggested I b by Mr Tolland olland and which was as heartily heart heart- ily lIy approved by Mr Scheid after atter ox- ox ex examination I l. l was the tho establishment of a school chool for tor policemen Attendance at I this school will be mandatory mandator Among the suggested subjects ets are law ethics I and rt general conduct It Is possible that classes will be held every seven or fourteen days das according to Mr Sch Scheid Civil service has long been desired by the members of ot the police department department depart depart- ment Attempts have been made year after year rear to secure the needed action b by the state legislature but petty Jealousies among politicians and party politics have blocked always the progress ress reee of or the bill It Il- has Ilhas has had many fathers who were wre more or less Interested interested Inter Inter- ested In It according to the Interests who backed It SUDDENLY ABANDONED It has been suddenly abandoned on doorsteps dt At l strange hours only to have the recipient of the tho gift i hasti hastily y disclaim all responsibility In Jn Inthe i th the late meantime almost ever every city In the tho i United States of ot the tho size o of Salt Lake has adopted civil service According I to Commissioner ScheId the usual course of ot procedure has been to enact an ordinance placing the tho police pollee under I civil service and then when its Us advantages ad advantages ad- ad vantages bt became came apparent putting the tho theother theother other departments under the same rU rules rule Mr 1 Scheid ha has been at work on toe the proposed ordinance for tor a II con considerable time lie He has hns been In communication with many titles cities which have bave enacted such ordinances and has hall given the subject deep thought and careful at at- at |
