Show IF x tf h 1 1 K d vi iii r Y 1 o VERNAL'S FINEST Members of Vernal City Police Dept leave She city cUy office ready for another days day's duty Left to right are Jack H Lent M T Pole Moore Earl J Lab Lab- Labrum rum Ray M Gee Cite and Police ChIef Claudius A Banks Bank Staff photo Cooperation and heavy W Work olk Load I Keynote Vernal City ity Police olice Work The following article ap- ap appears pears pealS in The Utah Peace Of Of- Officer 1 the monthly periodical of Utah law enforcement of of- of officers Cooperation Is the watch watch- watchword word of Vernal City Police Dept Not only cooperation with the public but also with tile the theother other law enforcement agen agen- Iles cles In the area such as Utah Highway Patrol and County Sheriffs Sheriff's Department and on occasion with the FBI EBI Certainly these agencies with similar functions are en en- en enjoying a measure of harmony In working together that has never been achieved before And this despite an increasingly increasingly heavy work load THE ACTIVITIES and im- im importance importance of Vernal City far exceed its population which is hovering around the mark It is the hub of a num- num number number ber of large reclamation de de- de developments such as Dam and Reservoir and also houses many workers on the huge Flaming Gorge Dam pro pro- project in Daggett County Attractions such as the museum a unique visitor cen- cen center center ter in Dinosaur National Mon Mon- MonI Monument I and some of the coun coun- coun country's try's best hunting and fishing lire are making the tourist industry ry here one of the biggest sources of income likely in inthe inthe the annual dollar million cate gory WITH THE tourists of course come Si a small percent percent- percentage percentage age of check cheik artists swindlers and other assorted small small- smalltime smalltime time crooks that keep the lo- lo local local cal police officers jumping but they are arc always equal to the task Additional training and better public relations have raised the status of these working hardworking family men to new heights Vernal I is the heart of Din an area that is rapidly becoming famous on a national scale At the visitor center in Dinosaur National Monument tourists may see I men working on the face of a cliff delicately away rock from the fossils of dinosaurs dead for millions of years cars BUSINESSMEN have seize seiz ed on a cartoon dinosaur sym I bob bol Dinah to tie it in with many commercial enterprises and visitors may purchase small plastic dinosaurs at nearly all retail outlets hotels and motels Vernal also is becoming known as a convention city with three major state con con- conventions held during 1962 for Utah Lions the American Legion and the Firemen's As As- socia Vernal City Police are pre pre- presently at a high point of train train- training ing and efficiency under the capable leadership of Chief Claudius A Banks Regular officers under his command are RayM Gee M T Pete Moore Jack H Lent and Earl J Labrum These men are equipped with a modern patrol car and other necessary equipment for fast action in cases of emergency em They also cheer cheer- cheerfully cheerfully fully serve at other otiler public publics s service functions such as al dir dir- directing directing traffic for funeral pro pro- processions cessions DUE TO THEIR efforts in cooperation with other agen- agen agencies dies cies and organIzations Vernal City rates as one of the most free crime cities In the Na- Na Nation tion |