Show State Roads Patrol Pledges Drive For Traffic Safety Utah Organization Follows Plan a Urged for Nati Nation n at War Wari i Superintendent Explains System An appeal by the International Association of Chiefs of Police for an emergency enforcement program to h halt lt a risIng rising ris ing fatality rate was answered with wit a pledge Monday by Superintendent Superintendent P P. L. L Dow of the state highway patrol that traffic safety efforts will not diminish because of the war Headquarters of the I A C CPa P at t Washington D. D C. C announced plans for emergency enforcement spurred by indications that the nations nation's traffic toll for 1941 will reach a a record of against last year Association officials said the program presented at a recent meeting in Washington of bar members members- traffic judges motor vehicle administrators and others would include intensification of ot two essential police functions functions- direction and control of traffic and punitive action against viola viola- tors 1 Aim of Program A major aim of the program Isto is isto isto to raise all enforcement indices to at least 10 The index is the proportion proportion pro pro- I portion of convictions for moving violations to the number of injury and fatal accidents The program was outlined be before before be be- j fore outbreak of the war with Japan As a II result of at the war palice police po pa- J l lice Uce functions may b be changed be because because be be- cause of ot defense duties However However How How- ever such changes will not affect traffic enforcement by the Utah highway patrol Superintendent Dow reported Governor Herbert B. B Maw has ordered establishment of a II new newstate newstate newstate state police system that would include in include include in- in clude highway patrol and all local officers police officers police sheriffs sheriff's men and marshals Duties of officers would be increased in increased increased in- in creased under the new setup but there would be no adverse effect on traffic work Superintendent Superintend nt Dow said The only occasion to pull men off traffic work would be an extreme extreme extreme ex ex- emergency he said If It If added work results more men l' l will be added 1 Emphasize Enforcement He said the I IA A C P program is our point of at view also and indicated indicated indicated indi indi- that alms aims of the program already have been accomplished by the Utah patrol by concentration on enforcement In November the patrol made 1007 1001 arrests of them for moving ing log violations an increase of more than per cent over the 00 arrests arrests arrests ar ar- rests including for moving violations in November 1940 he reported In October 1941 there were arrests of them for moving offenses Superintendent Dow said the patrols patrol's enforcement index for Oc Oc- t er was 11 based on convictions convictions for moving violations and 52 injury and fatal accidents Acci dent totals are not yet available for November but it is understood accidents have decreased which would cause the enforcement index index in in- in dex to rise 1 |