Salt Lake Telegram | 1950-08-29 | Page 11 | Police to Study 'Ignored' Call

Police lo Study 'Ignored' Call. Police Chief L. C. Crowther Tuesday jiromlaed an immediate investigation of a complaint by a I Salt Lake mother that a call to police radio Monday night waa ignored. Mra. O. O. Jorgenson, 1705 Duwnington av., complained Tuesday that a call for aid Monday Mon-day night was "ignored" by po-! po-! lice officers when her 10-year-old daughter was "frightened by a gsng of youths wearing Halloween Hallo-ween masks" nesr her home. Th mother Mid her dsughter wss walking horn with another girl from a church ainging claw Monday evening when they were "frightened and scared" by a gajig of youths. "Most of the gang were wearing hideous masks." Mrs. Jorgensen Mid, "snd one wss wearing a large fur coat." She said she hesrd her daughter scream, and ah railed the police to ask for help. "The officer who answered the phone just laughed and Mid maybe it was hslloween," she ssid. Answering the complaint. Chief r-,p.ih.r "Bu.ry fll that I comes to our office is investigated. I All police radio dispatchers hsv ! been given specific Instructions , to Investigste all calls." - He Mid he wu investigating , Mrs. Jorgensen's complaint Chief Crowther Mid th department re- ceivea aeveral obvious "hoax" call each day. "But." he added, "whether th , calls ar obviously of the -hoax" type or not they are investigated."