Show Unprecedented Action Leaves eaves Board oars Joint Control Over Police Wallace Takes Job With C Condi Condition o n d i t tion i o n That Commission Will Determine Policies John M. M Wallace took office as mayor and public c safety ty commissioner commissioner commissioner com com- missioner of Salt Lake City Saturday an n action unprecedented jJ ty co rt S fc sJ ion on under which ish the entire city commission commission r retains retains sol nt ij of 1 of t the e. e police wa t M Mally r W Wallace's Wallaces l aI ally c es e's t e a of f th may mayoralty w wcO was was ws s cO conditioned l l l ne upon of the ther thed i d r ion follows Where r as it is th the d desire iJ of the he heb b bond board Id I'd Rf of of 1 C commissioners o ez of Salt e Cl Y Utah Ut Uta the pOli e de- de pi w. w nt of S Salt lt Lake y s ahall l be p r rated ted a d the poli policies ie les bf of li sam same same- d declared lared to be b under the j joint supervision r ision I of f the entire board er of bf Salt l t Lake a e City tl Now ow therefore therefore- b be it resolved r i that from and after this d dge e all of pf th the thet policies governing the police policed police d department of Salt Lake Lilke st and d d the he appointment of officers fco tOts tos s rye rye ryen in n that or q or to o b be re remoVed 9 d tie from and th the regulation regulation bf f the internal eternal af affairs a r of f th the tho police depart depart- m men 1 Sf shall i b ve f-ve ned and directed by y the of commissioners of S Salt lt La Lake te City ie as s a whole The resolution was officially sD p Commissioner George Georgeq Keys Dv-Keys q r and nd signed by Mr Wallace Wallace Wallace Wal- Wal lace lace lac-e arc an y t Recorder Ethel Mac- Mac dop It mal makes Sall all policies of the dep de- de p tm nto of public safety contingent contingent contingent contin contin- gent upon the he commission as tui a wh whole le and relieves the public safety commissioner of responsibility of matters ot of policy The resolution was explained by officials officials' as follows Mr Mr Wall Wallace ce In the first place Im I'm pot not bot going to go off half cocked and s a lot of things before doing tl but filet et Mt it be understood that w OIt l Column n Page age Pf Three BOARD RETAINS POLICE CONTROL Continued from Page One Im I'm not going to run that department department department depart depart- ment single Its It's the commissions commission's commissions commission's com corn missions mission's job to handle it All matters of appointments changes in personnel policy or anything anything any any- thing else will wiil be up to the entire board of ot commissioners As an individual individual individual in in- in- in Im I'm not going to appoint anybody Appointment of a chief of at police is up to the commission I dont don't know when it will be made Commissioner William Wiiliam Murdoch The resolution takes the responsibility responsibility or blame biame for affairs in the department off oft the shoulders of one man and places it in the hands of ol the entire commission It will serveto serve serveto serveto to spike nasty rumors that often arise concerning the public safety department head City Attorney Fisher Harris As Asa A Aa a matter of fact under the law the city commission as a whole has al always always always al- al ways been responsible for conduct of at the public safety department The resolution merely makes the matter one of ot specific public under under- standing |