Show MOTORISTS OBEY BOY PATROL offenders will be arrested and prosecuted by chicago police motorists who ignore the orders of members of the school boys patrol in chicago will be arrested on warrants and prosecuted in court commissioner att police william F russell says the commissioner declared that the patrol was by far the most effective agency yet devised for protecting school children and pledged the corn operation cooperation co or the police department to it after a conference with rep of the accident prevention department of the chicago motor club the club has fostered the patrol and supplied it with white sam browne belt and badges since 1920 every school la chicago both public and parochial has a patrol the members stand at intersections near schools and assist puella safely across the streets be given ono warning 1 I have assigned a patrolman in each of the 40 police districts to tn at least two patrols each day asserted commissioner not only will they see to it that the patrol members are working in accord ance with regulations drawn by the chicago motor dub but they will also ask the members of the patrols tor the license numbers of all automobiles which failed to stop la accordance with their upraised arm the owners of these vehicles will be given one warning by the police A record will be kept and upon a second offense a warrant will be sworn out charging the car owner with reckless driving and he will be arrested and prosecuted few persons realize the wonderful efficiency of alie school boy patrolmen are more than of them throughout the city they have made it possible tor hundreds of policemen who formerly guarded crossings near schools to be relieved of this work and go out after real criminals there la no question but that obese boys have baked a large number of their classmates from injury death motorists who disobey their signals two or more times will be prosecuted by the police department to the limit to enforce regulations dr charles J lunak assistant sir of schools Ech recently issued orders to all principals and schoolboy patrolmen to enforce the patrol regulations devised by the motor club B C delaporte director of physical education was recently appointed by the board of education as supervisor of patrols rev D F cunningham superintendent of thab parochial schools of chicago similarly endorsed the patrol movement the 40 policemen assigned by corn russell to inspect a mini mum of SO parola each day will be under the supervision of police lieu tenant james J scully head of the unemployed boys bureau of the police department the commissioners ac hon marks the first time that alie clil ago police hive h ive cupi arted the patrols a every manner |