Show Sail a t Like a e City ity Shamefully ame u y ea eat in Police 0 ice Protection ONlY ONE OFFICER HERE FOR 1160 I CITIZENS I. I L 1 Efficient Standard Is One I Policeman for Ever Every y Inhabitants J IT I S Salt Lake having hain less police V ft W rN protection por pot capita than any Jr Y Y other city in in the tho country or In Samuel C C. Park Purk com com- mif ioner of ot public safety and Chief Chiet of Folic 0 13 B. B T P. Grant Grint believe imm imme immediate stops dos should ho bo taken toward to increasing the force They plan to ask the city tomm commission sion for an appropriation which will sill in increase the tho force sufficiently to jho adequate protection to residents darin during the h heavy traffic incidental to the Panama Pacific exposi exposition tion Both tho the mayor aud and tho the chief chic arc are fortified for for- with reasons for advocating an au in in- in tho the department In the first lace they arc are prepared to show that t there are aro only ony three other important cities in the United States with a Po population u. u lation of ot more than in iu which t there thore arc are more people to every cry officer than Salt Lake E Et E cn en cn cil cities e of or population population population lation ranging from rom to in ID the majority ma of cases boa boast t of better better better bet bet- ter police protection than Salt Lake Inthe in inthe inthe the class clas Railroads Bring Throngs The geographical location of Salt Lake Lako with regard to the tho distribution of transcontinental traffic is also cited a aa as OD one of tho the needs of a n larger Jarger department Salt Lako Lake is ie acknowledged cd to bo be tho the distributing point for all aU central traffic trade to tho the Pacific coast const Whether tourists I arc are bound Lound for California points or points in tho the Northwest Salt Lako Lake becomes be boo bo- bo comes the natural di distributing point railroads from all parts of tho the Pacific coast here 4 Tho fact a t that Salt Lake Is the d 44 4 4 distributing point for tor all of or this 4 01 d 01 v traffic moans that tho the floating 4 oJ- I 1 population of Salt Lake Lako is z 2 I 1 greater than any other othor city Inthe in 4 h the Wc West Went t or Middle West with 4 01 r rr r ono one or two exceptions Being a n 4 2 natural distributing point the 4 i i t. city is 18 bound to attract Its ita 44 4 r 4 1 quota of ot the riffraff element 44 4 r r rd d 4 as well as the better class of 1 44 4 r 4 tourists The mayor and the tho 4 1 4 chief chie contend that this is e a lac- lac 4 I 4 4 tor to bo ho considered in survey survey- 44 4 4 t. ing the police department 4 4 With tho the Panama Pacific expo coming comin next year par the tho tradel through Salt Lake Lak and tho the floating population i is is hound bound to increase many mony times It i is impossible to pick lick up efficient officers t on n moments moment's notice according to Chief Grant Tho The men must be bo trained and drilled for weeks and Ind months be hI- fore they become efficient For thi this reason tho mayor and the tho chief chic contend contend contend con con- tend tho the increase to bo be made mado in the force for tho the exposition f should hould be made mado now bo so that tho the members of tho the Salt Lake Lako department will bo be efficient to a aman aman man whoa when tho the hea heavy travel starts All Needed Down Town According to Chief Grant rant the present department is is not strong enough h to meet the demands of 01 the con congested diM die of Salt Lake Whenever a call is ia had from the tho res residential part of tho the city cit it is necessary to call a n. man from tho the con congested congealed district and leave leavo cavo that thai unprotected or call can a n man who has al nl- already toady ready worked his shift Again it is pointed out oat that tho area arca in iu square miles covered cred by bj- tho the Salt Salt- Lal Lake Lako o police force is equal to that of ot tLc tie largest cities in in tho the Unit United States With on only ouo one central contral station members of ot tho the force are aro required to cover from rom two to throe three times as much territory au as in fn ot other or cities Until the city has a police which will permit of some fomo protection in inthe tho the district private n agencies will thrive on tho the f fears of ot residents Under the tho present system tho the police department ia is unable to provide patrolmen patrolmen patrolmen pa pa- for the tho residential sections As a result residents of tho the fashionable neighborhoods are arc glad to pay from 3 a ato to 15 a month for pr private prato ato service Need of or Residence Sections With an increase e in iu the department Mayor Park plans to provi provide e patrol patrol- I Continued ou page 2 2 SILT SALT LAKE UKE CITY SHAMEFUllY WEAK Continued from pane pace 1 1 mm men for some Borne of the tie residence districts With moro men added to tho ser ser- vice vicc vice saia DC nc ne awe we we can place tho the substation sub in rc regular ular ser ser- service vice vico with men constantly on dut duty We WA also would like to complete our patrol service service between the depots depot and Main street and extend the tho patrol service to the tho residence districts of the east side It is planned if we e can have o enough h men meD to place patrolmen on the principal principal pal streets running cast calt and w west s east of Main street Jt More traffic officers are needed to enforce tho the traffic regulations of ot the city Aside from the floating population and tho the other reasons for increasing the police for force e. e statistics tics on ou the permanent permanent perma perma- I nent Dent pO population of oC the principal cities of tho the United sited d States are aro point pointed cd as ns evidence of tho need of a larger lamer force here z I- I On the basis of ot 4 1 J latton bUon Salt L Lake kc provides one 4 4 I- I officer for every 1160 1150 44 4 4 tants The efficient apportion apportion- 4 4 meat ment according cording to police pollee ex- ex 4 r perta of ot the East is one to v r 4 oj- every Inhabitants New NewYork 44 4 4 1 York and San Francisco co go o un un- 44 4 4 der this mark and provide on one 4 ti tir 4 r officer for every and inhabitants In- In 4 4 habitants respectively Of or 44 4 4 fifty nine cities in the United 44 4 4 SUt States s having a population of ot 44 4 4 1 more than only three v 4 cities dUes have more residents to 44 4 4 each officer than Salt Lake La 4 In tho the samo gamo list only fourteen departments do de cover a lar larger er area than Salt alt Lake and this thi includes the bi biggest gest cities in the country Only Sixty Actual Aetna Men ren Tho The comparisons are aro based on figures figurea taken from the tho directory directors of police and prisons compiled by Major Richard Sylvester president of the tho International International Police ice association Mayor Park points out ont that the Salt Lako Lake fi figures are arc not the actual number of patrolmen in service Instead they include every member of ot the local department The number includes es one chief one inspector two captains three ser ser- ree dc desk k er sergeants three jailers jail ers five drivers two mechanics eight pain clothes men one ono janitor on ono one matron matron ma ma- tron five traffic officers and five motorcycle motorcycle motor motor- cycle officers With forty members embraced em em- braced in 1 these thelo branches of the service only sixty men for actual patrol duty remain The number has to bo be distributed distributed over three shifts T The Tho o 8 statistics l relating la in t to police pron protection pro tec aon in In the tho principal cities of the United United States of moro more than population follow a o 1 a 0 g 1 yom yo I I C Cit m it- it 30 00 n O g O. O CITY CITY- a c en 0 oh c Vii b 1 j 6 J Akron 67 1 12 1754 Albany 53 Atlanta 2037 20 25 1075 Baltimore 59 1073 3 I 11 62 52 1681 Br Bridgeport dg port J 7 14 iH Buffalo 76 Cambridge 17 7 65 76 75 ChIcago l O. O Cleveland 1006 Columbus 2 25 1 1 Dahab l a 16 1008 DI Dayton ton HI 21 Denver Den OOOO n I 5 1090 D Dea I Domes 90 10 54 4 1111 Detroit 94 41 Z Fall all River 11 Gd Rapids 1331 HI 17 17 03 Houston 11 J 12 30 0 II 6 J Jersey City 13 CIt City 69 Angeles tl J 1018 ilIe GOOl Lowell M. M Mu 14 14 Milwaukee lair ago 0 r. r Newark 35 61 Ow Nw B New Ii 5 New Orleans 58 1 6 1033 1030 w t York 12 2 Oakland O 6 61 1051 Omaha 16 4 24 Pat son N J- J JOCO 8 19 Pittsburg i 6 41 41 51 Providence 59 n Rea PH Pa 93 3 6 62 1097 I Rochester 21 St Joseph IOS 10 St St St. Louis Lous 1651 62 18 St. St Paul 64 Salt Jt Lake 45 1150 San Antonio 4 36 San Fran 42 Scranton 21 l. l 1014 Seattle RO 9 92 1125 Spokane SS 88 87 1170 Springfield l r. r 38 IS 64 Syracuse OO 17 7 Tacoma 28 28 1030 Toledo OOOO 28 25 1015 Trenton 9 Waton D C 15 69 9 Worcester O OG 32 n 25 Total A ern re 5 Covers six Fifty Square Miles Smaller cities those ranging rangin in population population lation from to provide more moro patrolmen per capita than toan Salt Lake A list i t of t o cities in all parts of the United States shows only nine where tho patrolmen per capita is s less Jess than it is in Salt Lake Only ono one city in tho the list has a larger ar area a. a in square miles mies than Salt Lake Salt Lake Lakein in tho the directory of and prisons is given forty five square miles of terri tern tory torr The Tho figures gures of tho the city engineer since the annexation of ot Forest Dale Date give six fifty square aguaro miles With one ono exception the cities in in this list do not have hae an Ln area in excess of twenty ono square miles The statistics bearing on cities of 50 to population follow Altoona Altoona Pa t T i. i li 1568 Allentown 42 6 1429 Atlantic City 12 Au Augusta usta Ga 96 IS 95 Je Bay City Mich r 3 35 15 5 1429 1423 Bayonne N. N J J. J J 6 69 4 4 9 2 Berkeley Cal Cat 32 32 10 1449 Binghamton N. N T. T T 6 57 67 10 1096 Brockton Mass Mans 74 74 Canton 0 O. 7 6 6 1 1486 1186 SC 90 lO 55 70 C. C 1000 Columbia S. S C C. 9 57 67 5 5 D' D port la Ja OOOO 46 45 5 9 1111 Minn SS Ii 78 66 NJ 1 12 El Paso PaM fi 52 6 I 61 Erl Erie Pa SO 80 75 1000 Eville Ind lad 85 50 Ft Wayne 69 8 1087 Pa Pat 68 58 71 7 1379 NJ 70 6 14 1 12 lI Tn 55 4 4 I Lawrence Mutt Mast JOt 7 Rock 37 17 1757 Lynn Muss Mass I 9 Ii 0 I Macon Ga GIS OOOO M 81 4 5 Manchester N. N H. H 72 30 1053 03 Mobile Ala 9 92 11 Norfolk Va Vu 03 93 1 62 61 P nI nl 56 89 Peoria Ill 86 6 97 1047 lOn Pueblo 11 n 12 14 1220 20 Ga Ga o SOlO 13 75 Schenectady 91 t 1 8 6 Sioux City bOOM 6 62 1164 1154 sommerville Mats Mass MOOt 82 S 4 42 Tampa 61 61 S 85 S' S 1125 Terre Haute 78 8 S. SOS Wilkes Barre 70 48 Del 3 3 1 2 Yonkers OOOO 21 1 Total Total Average 35 One Ono Officer for 1150 rom From the foregoing figures it i is seen Salt I Lako ko has one officer to every evory 1150 inhabitants Only three o of nine fifty cities of more than thun pop population lation havo have more inhabitants per officer Only nine nino of two cities citi's under have more inna inhabitants per officer While the efficient average is considered inha inhabitants to every cven officer the list of population cities shows an aver aver- I age of persons to to every 0 officer ill Cities under maintain an aver aver- 8 ago O of Tho rho average o for t the e cities rangin ranging rang rang- in ing in population from to I oo is 01 Oil or less than Salt Sal L Lake Ie This This means means that every officer in In Salt alt Lako Lake has hilS more person person to protect than the a. a average police poUce officer of 01 cities In 11 round numbers the po population 0 of f Salt Lako has bas increased d 2000 8 since n o othe the 1910 census During the same flame period on only fifteen members have havo been added to tho the department In Ina a appointing additional patrolmen Mayor or Park ark points out that overy every man would bo be available for actual service The executive e force necessary for a department depart ment of ho he declares would serve a department of members Men Now Overworked That the tho need of a a. larger Jarger department is pressing pressing is the belief bolio of Chief Grant c At tho pr present timo time we e have havo not enough mon man to cover tho the congested district dis dis- district said he CI ro 0 cannot give much much attention to the residence district If we have a a. call can in tho the residence district dis triet wo we are compelled to take a man manfrom manfrom manfrom from tho the congested district and leave Ica o that unprotected or call caB out a man who has already worked a shift Our men are constantly are working overtime o to meet these emergencies and tho they are arc not paid a n coat cent for their r extra work c They aro are minute men mon and even when oft ot duty have hae to keep tho department depart depart- me meet ment t advised advise as to their movements so that we can call cali them back in cas case of emergency F fr o Men urien in other branches of I tho the city service have two fifty J 4 oo 1 Sundays off each year They I J- J r have hav a half holiday on Saturday r ri oi i and they have every holiday J- J 1 that comes On these days our ouri I i men are busiest and have to toJ J- J work more than a regular shift They never havo have any time off 1 The They hey get nothing extra but r f r wor work At At this time timo of year the floating J population in increases increases re es as it applies to the riffraff AI element ment professions professional tramps trams like to hibernate in win ter They drop rop into a town and if the jail looks inviting the they will commit some petty offense hop hoping ng to cot et a sixty or ninety day sentence But we have stopped that to a groat e extent tent in Salt SnIt Lake As soon oon as they learned that we kept our prisoners at work on the roads all winter they thoy passed us br bv b Professional hobos do donot not want fo to I handle frozen rock although the they are not adverse to spending too the winter in jail The mane money lost to prowlers b by citizens citizens citi citi- zens of Salt Lake ape each year car n would pay for tho the in increase in the department and n the prowling would cease ccase If we e had the men to extend our service ee properly we could put a stop to this prowling There is another item of expense to bo ho considered and that is is' the tho money paid each year car to pr private agencies for pro pro- If this money was spent sent in brig ng the tho department cp to tote the right numbers there would bo be no need for lor or private agencies Can HCan the citizens of ot Salt 44 4 4 Lako spend their none money in a 4 41 oi I 1 better hotter way than to establish au an it v i I efficient police department 4 4 Street and sidewalk improvements Improve- Improve 4 J- J ments meats can wa wait waft it without working 4 oi J Jr r serious injury to the tho people 4 4 f l o But when residents become the r r 1 I victims of prowlers because of a J r f small police force torce their money is Is' 4 5 J- J gone gone forever j 4 14 Salt Lako Lake should have havo a force Coree which would n preclude the necessity or of callin out ever C 0 rJ member of the frequently Durin During tho Wizards Wizard's parade parade pa rade ado o every ery individual member of this department was on duty Many of the tho themen thomen men had worked a a. regular shift and many man had to come to work for a regu- regu regular lar ar shift hift later in the evening They re rev I eive cei no remuneration for fog this extra work Public Is Misled The average citizen kno knows s nothing about a policeman a-policeman or or the police department depart depart- ment 13 Ho He o learns earns all aU that he knows from the burlesque or burlesque motion picture He loses sight ht of the he fact act that someone is writing these I burlesques to make a living and ho is to look with scorn acorn on the tho average |