Show Maybe We e Need NeedA A Police Reserve Should the Korean situation develop into a full scale war with the tion of national guard and reserve forces Salt Lake City might be hard up for an effective police to maintain law and order According to Chief Crowther 46 per cent of the departments department's departments department's departments department's depart depart- ments ment's personnel are members of military military military mili mili- tary reserve units and subject to call into the armed forces in an emergency Just what we would do in such a case is uncertain Chief Crowther questions the advisability of hiring temporary officers officers officers of of- because use of their lack of experience He says it would take at least five months to train them for the job He thinks the best answer might be to increase increase increase in in- crease the work time of remaining officers officers cers to 12 hours a day paying them extra Such action however has its definite drawbacks because no man can give his best service for such an extended period Salt Lake City would be paying high for much less efficient police pro pro- Actually maintenance of law and order on the home front is almost as vital in time of war as winning victories on the battlefront It would not be in inthe inthe inthe the national interest to drain the city's police department of its man power to such an extent extent and and we doubt if defense strategists would do it if they were apprised of the situation The possibility does emphasize how dependent we are for efficient police service in Salt Lake City on a relatively small group of trained men Maybe we could take a leaf out of the book of the military services and organize a police reserve which could be called into action in any any emergency when there was need for extra police protection or for substitute police officers |