Show c. c V HIGHER PAY IS URGED FOR OGDEN POLICE OFFICERS OGDEN Jan 18 Chief of Police Jonathan Jones favors an Increase In salary for tor Ogden policemen In order Ordes' that they may enjoy standard living conditions according to his report for 1926 consIdered Monday b by the city commissIon In his report Chief Jones comments com com- In ments upon difficulties encountered by members of his department In enforcing the laws a handicap beIng being be- be Ing encountered according to the chief In an apparent banding together together to- to gether of the lawless elements to forestall enforcement The Tho traffic problem comes In for considerable comment In the chiefs chief's which states that the number of deaths from flom traffic accidents Is about double the homicides DUrIng DurIng DUr- DUr Ing 1926 tho police department made 2301 arrests for misdemeanors au and for felonies A total of 16 1015 and for for- was sas collected In fines Violation or of the liquor law was responsible for a little more mOIe than half the total fines or Fines for drunkenness amounted to while traffic violations brought the third largest amount 1974 A total ot of 26 persons were Injured Injured In- In In automobile accidents In 1926 the report states Of this number forty were taken to hospitals hospi- hospi I one killed instantly and five died Irl in hospItals There was one suicide one homicide one person person killed by a railroad train two were drowned one attempted murder and three were shot by officers |