| Show I LAUDS TELEGRAM FOR OR ff STUDY STUD V Experts Expert's Review Of Denver Plan Gains Attention 11 BOB HALE Commending The Telegram t jf T recent traffic safety tIes udes es in Denver Mayor Ab bins ns Friday took note of r made in n that city short- short t. t ped some admitted I here and moved for tX The mayor familiar with the Dover nr system because of perd per- per d observations there th re conceded for Denver safety lessons Silt WI Lake City to learn and de- de bed the neighbor city as the thein test lest in hi the far west in safety in Denta Dene Den- Den I Telegrams Telegram's studies ta e indicated success of the pro- pro Wn there and th that t it its top rankle rank rank- le t by ty the National Safety coun- coun min 3 in traffic law enforcement re replied re- re plied from work by police and fee judiciary and the close cooperton cooper- cooper i ton on of both plus both plus uniformity of penalties for traffic f fic fI offenses f byor Jenkins called for three cs In Salt Lake City 5 L I. Closer relations between the theT el ci T judiciary and enforcement f r 1 I A up step-up in enforcement wk rk ri particularly in pedestrian io violations I 1 More Mor uniformity in penalties penal penal- ti ties tia wl which cl he said should not tf be for or revenue raising but high cough to hit the offenders offender's pock- pock Meanwhile Judge Frank E. E oss of police court who Who Who- who who-is is pre pre- ding emlo in iQ the he crimi- crimi tal division at the city eity and county I hiding wilding offered f full ll co cooperation iii nh ih enforcement nt agencies Critical of judicial backing of efforts M Mayor Jen- Jen Jenins ins ks called for lor less discrepancy ud OO more more- uniformity in penalties penalties' ud d asserted that without judi- judi on PI Pate Pae e Fourteen I Column Three MAYOR MA LAUDS SAFETY STUDY Continued from P Page g One cial backing an officer is discouraged discouraged discouraged aged from making arrests Rapping at suspended sentences he said that turning an admitted violator free just makes him laugh at police work He was critical of a recent court po policy cy of fining admitted stop-sign stop violators violators' 1 because that was the penalty as assessed assessed assessed as- as careless drivers Traffic officers may ay have issued is issued issued is- is sued tickets wrongly for careless driving when they should have issued tickets for specific violations violations violations viola viola- but two wrongs dont don't make a right he asserted Invites l Ie Meetings Mayor Major Jenkins proposed that the judiciary and traffic agencies should meet together on common ground and said tl at l the j future future he would woula invite judges to meet with the city traffic commission in dri regular sessions I believe the Denver uniform scale of penalties s for their cafeteria cafe cafeteria teria Lena court is good and the scale reported by The Telegram in its studies reflects good judgment t. t he said Noting that strict enforcement in Denver shows its effect in traffic c control observance notably in the case of pedestrians Mayor Jenkins said he had ordered the police department department department de de- to pay more attention to jaywalking something that is rare in Denver particularly in the downtown section Relayed to Officers The orders orders' have been relayed to officers reported Captain Sherman Falkenrath head of the police traffic traffic traffic fic division I believe arrests should b be made for pedestrian violations he said Here again we need court cooper cooper- and I believe a jaywalker who whey admits guilt or is convicted should be pe e fined not a large amount but enough to in make ke him realize the seriousness seriousness seriousness se se- of his violation Judge Moss contended that the judiciary always has had a policy of cooperation He said he would welcome mee meetings with the traffic commission however and that we should improve cooperation and exchange exchange ex ex- ch change ideas ideas' all we can Confers Often I can say that I l' confer often with Chief Reed E E. and Captain Falkenrath and that our relations always have been fine he add added d. d Judge Moss reiterated his opposition opposition opposition to the careless driving ordinance on gr grounds the court has n no jurisdiction under it but blit conceded that that- the differences could have been obviated by open exchanges of ideas at the outset when the ord ordinance nance was first con- con Judge Moss declined to regard widely varying amounts assessed in traffic fines in the past as discrepancies discrepancies and said his belief is that penalties have t to vary acc according to cases I have fined speeders as high as 50 and as low as 5 for this reason reason he said My policy is against a a. straight line fine It would be easier for the judge to follow a straight line fine policy but if it he did did there would be no need for fora a judge to hear cases Present scales of bails balls for movIng moving moving ing violations required in Salt Lake City's variation of the Denver cafeteria cafeteria cafeteria cafe cafe- teria court were worked out by byall byall all four city judges on on the basis of past experience and information from other cities he said |
