Show fo h L r RE SERVICE NEEDED I h E FOR POLICE DEPARTMENTS lr l- l We W believe V. V m most st members of the Utah legislature want l nt to 10 ve tiie people of the hc sta states state's t e s largest argest cities proper police tt T THE C CITIES IrA HAVEN'T VER VENT T 1 THE HI PROPER PRO PROTECTION Ys THE PRESENT POLITICAL SYSTEM I. I F 0 In Lake ke a an efficient honest policeman can be dis dismissed t will of a police chief chie or a ma mayor or An Any power power- a nY tI me at tithe t poli o ian may imay InlaY at his whim demand the dismissal of a good officer r b because cau e that outer officer has las offended an influential person P ETh ls sy system i destroys s the efi efficiency and strength of the c c department the cities of Utah need is a civil servit e la law 4 Hiatt at atwill will r remove n eve the th the c curse r e of political and influential interi interference r ri from i if If t t c city ad ministration administration on can name the civil call service commis- commis s J and remove them at will the evil will remain To be ef cf- f the J civil vil service se ce ce commission should be named by the he voters a thc thep tills II or r Ky DY the ithe state administration y Ad jd when 1 a man is named as a member o of the police depart wen went f t t. t j 9 no p power over on earth should be bi to remove remove Kim a t good goodan an and sufficient cause That ca cause case se should b be bep bev e p roved v d in an open hearing v k Merit Mit r d Should a Insure Him Hun His Job Jr 4 A policeman n to be worth anything to the city ought aught t to know a. a ol that ly Y that 89 so long ong as he honestly and fearlessly discharges certain certain- of protection and sure of holding his posit h duty he is t i. i Nomen in D can do good work as an enforcer of the law if he heN heh N h ee tO fi ask whether the man roan violating the law has influences i lof f him t A Jf hi I the policeman e olice al has t to H stand in in with a man mall higher up what incentive l fias as he fie for being honest and fearless I 1 r t ONE IA WAS RECENTLY DISCHARGED FROM l SALT I AKE MAKE DEPARTMENT AFTER A RECORD OF SPLENDID f SERVICE TO THE CITY HE DEMANDED DEl AN iN EXPLANATION TI BUT NONE WAS VAS GIVEN 1 i His co companions anio anions on the force learned another lesson through th that td dismissal THEY THEY WERE VERE REMINDED REl AGAIN THAT THEY TIrEY MUST STOP OP AND ND I INVESTIGATE THE STANDING OF AN OFFENDER OF g F FENDER S k ERIBE O E ATTEMPTING 4 TO PROSECUTE HIM r. r a P Pull Was Worked rr TW Toting yo n-g n men forged c checks in this city If they 11 had ad been friendless and without well to do relatives back lack of or them they could ha have vo felt certain ertain of going to the penitentiary BUT THEY HAD HAT RELATIVES WHO VilO HAD HAD INFLUENCE WITH HIGH AUTHORITIES IN TIlE THE CITY Because an honest policeman tried to do his duty and enforce the law regardless of of pull pull JJ he lost his job v I WHAT 1 r IPAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD A lI FAMILY TO Y J TO SUPPORT ANI AND KNEW V THAT SUCH SUCILA A TIlING THING WOULD HAPPEN HAPPEN HAPPEN HAP HAP- PEN TO YOU II IF YOU DID YOUR DUTY AS A POLICEMAN You would probably think that your first dut duty p was to your family y and y you would see that only p the thc poor and th the friendless were arre arrested ted You would probably figure that if the city didn't care about an nn honest enforcement of the law it could sacrifice position e especially when sudi sudia sueila not expect you OU to your a sacrifice would do lo no good Wo We appeal to the legislators from all over the state to help thc the cities free their police departments from the curse of pe petty t politics poli poli- politics tics and crooked influences Was Wi Mayor Correctly Quoted I Give dh us IS a civil service law that will encourage honesty and nd impartiality among our police departments in Utah If Mayor layor Park is quoted correctly in what he said to t the le lee senate e ate committee when he opposed ed the civil service law the legislators legislators legis legis- ought to realize the danger and disgrace of the present system The mayor was quoted as saying that if all th the themen men di dis dismissed dismissed dis- dis missed from the police department had had lead public hearings someo some of o them would now be in the penitentiary Wo We would like to ask why Mayor Park Parle didn't do his duty by seeing that they were sent to the penitentiary 1 Itt It is outrageous to reflect such discredit on the innocent men who who have lost their places without any reason being made public |