Show SHERIFF PLANS FLYING FORCE FORGE I TO FIGHT CRIME GRIME f Would Enlist All Pit Pilots ts of Private Pravate Airplanes Airplanes' as as' as Aerial Deputies s Combating crime from the air au by by byuse by byuse use of speedy planes planet loomed as a new police weapon in Salt Lake county Friday as M Sheriff S S. S Grant Young announced preliminary plans to to organize organize or or- a squadron of flying deputies deputies deputies ties among owners owner's of private planes plane Such volunteer pilots commissioned commissioned commis commis- as special deputies would aid the regular deputy sheriffs in times of emergency under Sheriff Youngs Young's proposal Letters will be sent soon to ea each h flier mer In this region region- who owns own his his' own plane plan to determine whether a group of pilots would be willing to volunteer er for fot such uch a flying police squadron Sheriff Young said Will Explain Details Los Angeles county pilots already are organized and I I am am confident s such ch a move would be of tremendous I Ivalue value in Utah be because ause so much of the country is isolated If the pilots pilots' are willing to cooperate cooperate coop coop- erate crate I will give a dinner and explain explain ex ex- plain the details of the plan While not a pilot himself Sheriff Sherif Youn I. I an aviation enthusiast and had considerable experience as an observer in army planes while training training train train- ing lag in California with the staff of ot the Fortieth division of the national guard The sheriff sherif is a lieutenant colonel in the guardI guard I 1 am confident that use of their planes to aid ald police and deputy sheriffs sheriffs sher sher- iffs iUs in times of emergency is an activity activity ac ac- ac- ac which will appeal to the type of men are pilots Sheriff Sheri Young said Pilot Enthusiastic Winston Pat Ellerbeck 35 F F street whose hobby is piloting b his own plane when informed of the proposal agreed to it heartily I feel quite certain that nearly all i if not all aU of ot the men owning planes in this region will be glad to volunteer volunteer volun volun- teer to aid the deputy sheriffs Mr Ellerbeck k said Such fliers working without pay would be called only on rare occasions occasions occa occa- perhaps but the important thing would be to have them organized organized or or- Sheriff Young Xoung said In a crisis then we would be able to reach the fliers immediately and know they could be depended upon to work with us u Would Choose Commander Suppose a couple of eastern gangsters gangsters gang armed with machine guns robbed a bank in the county and fl fled d dby by automobile Police in small Utah to towns tonis ns arc are not equipped to meet criminals crim in carrying machine guns and deputy sheriffs probably would be unable to overtake th the fugitives by v automobile An airplane airplane however could carry a deputy sheriff armed with a machine machine machine ma ma- chine gun and fly past the fleeing robbers so ro that the weapon could beset be beset beset set up on the road ahead of or the fugitives fu fu- Sheriff Young pointed out that such a volunteer air corps would be valuable in aiding to in locate persons lost on Great Salt lake or In the hills The sheriff would have the volunteer volunteer volun volun- teer corps choose a flight commander and perhaps two lieutenants who would be in charge of ot monthly meetIngs meetings meet meet- ings at which plans to meet various types of ot em emergencies would be dis dis- 4 c cussed d. d |