Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-28 | Page 6 | We Get More Policemen

i i We Get More Poi Policemen men DECISION to add eight more men t to the poa police police po- po a- a alice lice department and the proposal to have havethe havethe havethe the city commission authorize the the- thead ad addition of ot four to six more is an excellent move I For some time Ume the police department has hastA tA been undermanned even on the basis of its I former strength And despite the addition of r iz 42 12 more men it will still probably not have haver r c as large a force as would be desirable from the standpoint of or per cent enforcement of criminal vice and traffic laws We can undoubtedly un un- un- un use more new policemen The new rookie patrolmen will be given three I months special training and for nine months months' alter after that will be e. e probationary p officers officers cers cots at a month salary If In IiI many occupations it If is customary to give adequate training by hiring apprentices on the bass js of one apprentice to so many experienced men The apprentices work on probation proba proba- lion tion learning the trade or occupation for anywhere anywhere anywhere any any- where up to five years at lower rates of pay then become fully paid skilled workers Police Polite work requires sp special cial skill and traming train tram ing just as much as-much much as mos or occupations It is therefore to have the new officers go through an an intensive period of training