Show CHIEf or Of POLICE PITT ASKS COUNCIL TO 10 MOVE TH THI DISTRICT CHIEF PITTS PITT'S RECOMMENDATIONS i No o more saloons and aU all close at midnight f I An fl ordinance forbidding booths in restaurants y i. under rule Segregation of ot crime to bo be directly police Stronger vagrancy ordinance t i 1 r A 1200 a 6 year pawn shop O to prevent fences fencl'S t i 4 r t A high license for messenger service and all messengers over 21 1 The necessity of ot a detention home 4 f fc r. Employment of a L police pollee surgeon An increase In salary of patrolmen Mental and physical examination of patrolmen Better Batter street lighting to prevent crime Making the tho securing of ot search earch warrants easier Segregation rt of crime was waB the principal principal pal recommendation of Chief of oC Police Tom Torn D. D Pitt in his bis annual report filed f ith c-ith ith the city council last lut ni night ht Tho report goc ROCS oe into detail as to the methods of 51 segregation and also makes make a a. number of ot recommendation Chief Chiet Pitt asks that the city establish a red light district where the city shall own the land an and ana th the houses houles the care caro of ot the tho district to be directly under the tho supervision of the po police ce department and the tho board of health Tho The police would preserve order and the health department de do would care for the sanitary conditions condition City Olty Collect CoUe t Rent Tho The chief contends that the tho city should collect the rent for tor the cottages the inmates erected and also aleo license This be he alle alleges would prevent many of the m ram men n who Jive live off oft the earnings 8 of the demi class from carrying on their practice Further than that it would 5 segregate eRate th the drug The Tho red rell li light lightn bt district he says s1 should be surrounded surrounded sur rounded by a R hi high h bo board rd fence fener Chief f p Pitt tt further contends that there are enough saloons at the present time in in Salt Lako City and thero is no need for tor more Crime he as asserts erb is plotted there Rc Restaurants where liquor is 18 sold ho declares should houM not bo be alIo allowed to I have booths He says that gambling in Salt Lake Lako City has ar out but ut that a few poker games gamec are arc arci i still left On account of ot the law hoI ho I avers ayers he has thus tItus far been unable tb i convict tho players player I Report of ot the thc the Chief Chie The report of ot the chief in part reads as follows I I take pleasure In submitting to you OU a report of the Police D Department ending th the day of December r. r 1907 Al Although Although Al- Al thou though h my connection with this office has I been bean but a a. few months I r t eel ol that the department has b been en handled b by my pre pro lors to a good an ad advantage e in handI handt hand- hand I t IlIn ling line the tho criminal element clement In n a city o of ot I this thle with the smith email force torce at their command and although i 1 feel that the department has ne er b been cn systematically lY organized to get gel the best results I shall endeavor to so 80 reorganize it that all II cpm cpm- and conditions wilt will be reduced to a minimum and put it on a piano plane with any department In tho thc whole countr country I Iam Iam Iam am proud to sa say that the men have 0 responded re responded re- re most nobl nobly making no murmur of ot dissatisfaction at the overtime I have call called d on them to perform and have havo gone Kone ns nit hl high h hs as s six thirty elx hours hou without food boil or I J have been compelled to do this owing to my roy small force and tho the extra amount of crime crimo und and criminals durIng dur dur- ing the past two months However Howe at this writing wo we 0 havo have tho the town pr pretty tty well noli cleared of or the worst class of or crim mats and propose to keep it this thie way I desire at this time to make mako nome onie recommendation on different matters pertaining to this department nt and th the or ordinances ordinances or- or of or Salt Lake City I believe that there theN are ara enough In Jo Salt Lake Jake City at the pree nt time time- one hundred and thirty seven is 18 the num num- her ber This figures three saloons to every even regular patrolman I J havo endeavored to handle this proposition carefully and In my intentions are arc t to weed wod out those wh whip disobey die dis obey tho the ordinances anti and harbor crim crim- bale Curso Curse to Girl Gino Crime Crim In almost every Instance Is la plotted in some semo saloon 1 I would further advise lse that closing of ot 8 saloons at 12 p. p in m or 1 I a. a m. m would Improve our cl city t cr very much One Ono of the tho greatest st evils lIs in a city of or this size c is restaurants whom where IntoxicatIng ing liquors are sold Bold and enclosed booths are eroded in same ame This class cia of oC res ree- ree is nothing more or less than a place pIsco to debauch girls and Women Our laws are arc somewhat defective C on this point and lOd I question as to the ability of this department to handle those cases oases suc successfully but I certain certainly advise that an ordinance bo he l passed covering co theM particular particular par par- cases and that it bo be done quickly This Thill department can handle and m will handle the tho cases where any o owner ner and saloon owner arc are interested in both restaurant and saloon and anti cause CRuse them to open the booths either b by taking the doors off ort or b by tearing out one side of oC the partition PArtition I urge that the Council pass an ord ordinance nance relative to restaurants covering nIl all points necessary to protect th the young girls and women of ot this cH city from th their lr debauching Influence Prostitution Is certain certainly a n question hard to dispose of ot and being a a. necessary ary evil there Is on only I one ono way v a In which it could bo successfully handled which is as fol fob tol- lows s Now Tenderloin Let the city set n aside a n piece of ground of ot sufficient size to accommodate several hundred of these prostitutes Enclose same carefully with high fences build cottages or houses to accommodate these Inmates charge them rent license them and place them under control of oC the tho Po Po- lice Department HB as to their safety and confinement and to the tho Board of ot Health as to their cleanliness and sanitary u con con- In this way war ory o person caught soliciting and working on the streets could be handled b by tho the Police Department Department Department Depart Depart- I ment and run out of oC town or sent to tho the pIa place co where sho she belonged In this WOO way this department would be In tn complete complete com corn control of this element and also control the drug element clement and men who make a practice of ot living U with this tubs class of ot women However at this writing we weare weare weare are confining them as closely as possible to Commercial street and Victoria alie alley Ono great rent drawback to this department Is the tact fact that the street walkers and women women wom worn en who make it a business of or soliciting on the street are so hard to convict and can only b be apprehended after a thorough watch put on their movements mo for tor at nt least leasta a n week and all this must be done by detectives or plain clothes men After conviction and fine fino the they walk on tho the street again at the same business Our ordinance should provide pro to for I handling these women and a greater fino fine placed upon them or else elso a Jail sentence Re Regarding vagrancy Chief Pitt complains com plains that the tho ordinance is lame and that it would keep tho the entire force busy in running out of ol town under the j present conditions Conc Concern Concern- rn in lag ing gambling he says Am glad giRd to report that machine gam gam- bling such as taro faro roulette keno policy craps etc have ha practically b been n dim elim boated from this city We will sa say for your information that there are several overal poker games running here which are ir rn beI being being be be- I ing carefully c watched This department I Is aware of these facts but have b been cn unable to get Jet evidence enough to convict any one n a yet ot About the Gamblers Wo We arc are comp compelled lIed under our ordinance to see the mone money pass between tho the play- play ors ore and for your 11 0 information will say that these rooms have been visited time and time lime again I feel that the on only I way to eliminate this ovll Is to arrest the property owners who rent rooms to these people For this purpose I am notifying the property owners of or these conditions condition A number of the places havo have a charter granted them b by the Gov Governor and have ha havea haen a n regular membership This of ot course dO does 8 not give them the right to play poker but It does give them the right to have a club and prevent any anyone one from entering except those who are nrc members Consequently we are forced In n these cases to use search March warrants warrant ana b by the time fine entrance is effected there Is nothing do- do Ing tog Vigilance will continue in this line and every means employed to convict any one ono connected with these gomes games and andI I hope in tho the near future to b be he able to report that they have ceased altogether I Chief Pitt recommends that the tho li license Ii cense cease of pawnshops be bo increased to 1200 per pcr year so as to exclude tho the small shops where stolen pt perty is received and never reported from doing busin business s. es-s. 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Concerning liquor sein selling on Sunday ho he says This matter has been gone one into thorough thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- ough by this dep department and we hope in th the near future to stamp it out alto alto- ge gether then Messenger service tho the Chief alludes audes to a as follows I would advise adIo strongly an ordinance raising railing the license C of or m messenger service Ice l to a hll high h figure By ay this thin means we can eventually I stamp tamp out the employment of or children in the red-light red dl district of ot this city A new ordinance making a high license and preventing pre th the employment of or persons under 21 1 I years of oC age will cut do down n tho the m messenger houses to one or two and in this v way you OU can save hundred hundreds hundreds hun- hun dred of or boys bos For Boys and Girls I would especially urge the n need d of a detention homo for boys and girls In this thU elt city and It seems scorns to me that an ar arrangement ar- ar could bo M made b by consolidating at- at lug ing the city and the count county interests In Inthis Inthis inthis I this matter and a home homo be purchased At this writing thero there Is no po place for tor a 0 bo boy or girl except in the Jail Jal whether the they come committed or whether th they are homeless or d destitute No provision of any kind J Is made for tor tho the care of oC these thelle unfortunate children and I would advise that at nt an early date an arrangement be bo made mado whereby we will not be compelled I to place these thee children In Jail Chief Chic Pitt Pitt declares the department I is in in need of ot a regular police surgeon tOD I who would be able to give ti all his bis time timeto to the tho cases bro brought ht in The necessity of increasing the salaries SRI sal aries aried of th the patrolmen is ill urged and hope expressed d that action will be betaken betaken betaken taken at an early carly date It is suggested ested that a book of oC rules be printed setting ettin forth tho 8 special edal examination and requirements of oC patrolmen patrolmen pa pa- in the police department Chief bie l Pitt itt announces that through the labor of the U chain gang be lie will ill bo be almost able to complete the boulevard boule from the east cost aide side of the City Cit Creek to the City ten ter tery In tn a one oneS of ot the tho final anal clauses of bis his report re re- re- re port port Chief Pitt urges that tho the streets be bo better Jj lighted throughout bout the city as it would help the department in the suppression of crime I The report further farther shows a a. total of 65 Co persons em employed loyed on the tho police force torce that the salaries for or 1907 amounted to that thero there were 1 1543 43 arrests arrests ar ar- ar rests for tor drunkenness 1 I arrest for tor re reo fusing to pay hack back fare 3 1 l arrests ts for maintaining an an aD opium den and 3 were r arrested on the thc charge of murder There Thero were arrests during the year ear Out of this number fI j were convicted sentence was su suspended in 8 S cases case thero there were arrests made in in state cases and for other jurisdictions 1926 1920 were dismissed and anI discharged aud 73 cases are now pending |