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Show Boost in Traffic Force Asked H NEW OFFICERS JEEIUSJJEEDED FOR EFFICIENCY Adequate S. L Patrol Would Enlarge Motor Unit The police traffic department need 14 more men eight of them for motorcycle duty to adequately patrol and enforce traffic regulation! regula-tion! In Salt Lake City. This was the assertion Tuesdsy of Chief Traffic Sergeant Harvey C Pelrce, who explained that four additional men would be required for "full efficiency" In handling of downtown traffic, beside the eight required to bring "peek efficiency" to the motorcycle division. The ether two needed would be for process proc-ess serving. Chief of Police William C. Webb backed up Sergeant Peirce's assertion asser-tion that more men were needed for traffic work. " have ashed r-tnm. said. Chief Webb did not Indicate how tha Increass could be effected. Many Factor Seen "There r many thing ta be Ironed out," he asserted. "An Incress In two-car accident her the last fsw weeks has Indicated Indicat-ed a lessening of enforcement," Sergeant Pelrce reported. "At the present time, 11 men working In two hlfta, are patrolling more than 500 miles of streets wlthia the city limits, "Twenty men would nave their hands full in doing the Job the way It should be dine." Transfer of Patrolman Let Rosen to the radio car detail and retirement retire-ment on June 1 ef Patrolman Joseph Jo-seph P. Emery shortens the traffic bureau list below the winter level, be reported. Here's the situs tloa la the department de-partment at present: Twelve men en motorcycle duty. In two shifts ef eight hours each. Ths first shift starts at I a. m. and nd at 4 p. m. Suiting st the latter hour, the second group works until midnight. Sergeant Pelrce recommends ths motorcycle division be Increased by eight to 10. For summer teaffio conditions, con-ditions, hs probably will start one group at T a. m. and split ths shifts throughout so that some men would be on patrol duty until X a. m. The shifts would be "staggered" so that most men would be on duty at hours of heaviest traffic. Th downtown traffic patrol of four men I adequate, he saye. This division uses three-wheeled motorcycle motor-cycle and have th duty of keeping downtown traffic moving. The foot patrol of seven men should be stepped up by four. These men direct traffic at downtown Intersections, In-tersections, regulate pedestrian traffic traf-fic and check parking meter violation, viola-tion, a well a routine police work on their beats. Two mors men are needed for th crving of ubpena and warrant. war-rant. "It will take th full time of three men two more than previously assigned as-signed to serve the number of warrants war-rants and commitments Issued through police court," he said. Handle A ed deals Th itx-man traffic Investigation detail, working in three eight-hour shifts, bandies all accidents in which an Injury or property dsmsge of $30 or more is recorded. Sergeant Pelrce believes the detail adequate for present needs. "With more men In the motorcycle snd foot patrol divisions, it will be possible for ths polios department to enforce regulations night and day," be (aid. "I am convinced enforcement, more than any other singl thing, i responsible for reduction of accidents. acci-dents. But ths enforcement measures meas-ures must be constsnt." Hs said "blocksdea" would soon be resumsd and stated his belief uch enforcement measures helped rid the streets of "dangerous drunken drunk-en snd reckless drivsrs," ss well as aiding In accident prevention by means of check-up on light, brake and other mechanical testa. |