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Show . . MOTORISTS MUST OBEY B0YPATR0L Offenders Will Be Arrested and Prosecuted by Chi-"""" Chi-"""" cago 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 rf Police William F. Russell snys: The commissioner declared that the patrol was by far the most effective agency yet devised for protecting school children and pledged the com-S com-S plete co-operation of the police depart- V ment to It after a conference with representatives rep-resentatives 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 10-0. Every school In Chicago, both public and parochial, has a patrol. The members stand at Intersections near schools and assist pupils safely across the streets. Be Given One Warning. "I have assigned a patrolman In each of the 40 police districts to In-, In-, spect at least two patrols each day," " asserted Commissioner Russell. "Not only will they see to It that the patrol pa-trol members are working In accordance accord-ance with regulations drawn by the Chicago Motor club, but they will also ask the members of the patrols for the license numbers of all automobiles which failed to stop in 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. prose-cuted. "Few persons realize the wonderful efficiency of the school-boy patrolmen. There are more than 10,000 of them throughout the city. They have made It possible for hundreds of policemen who formerly guarded crossings near schools to be relieved of this work and go out after real criminals. There Is no question but that these boys have saved a large number of their classmates from injury antf 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 superintendent su-perintendent of schools, recently Issued Is-sued orders to all principals and school-boy patrolmen to enforce the patrol regulations devised by the motor mo-tor club. E. C. Delaporte, director of physical education, was recently appointed ap-pointed hy the board of education as supervisor of patrols. Rev. D. F. Cunningham, superintendent of the parochial schools of Chicago, similarly endorsed the patrol movement. The 40 policemen assigned by Commissioner Com-missioner Russell to Inspect a minimum mini-mum of 80 pu'.nils each day will be under the supervision of Police Lieutenant Lieu-tenant James J. Scully, head of the unemployed boys' bureau of the police y. department. The commissioner's action ac-tion marks the first time that the Chicago Chi-cago police have supported the patrols In every posxib'e manner. |