The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-16

REDUCE THE ExPENEE no THE CITY O
] THE tFoLICE FORGE ABeU9 FIFTEEl
4 THOUSAND DOLLARS THE Z OF GANIzA
TIoN NOW AND AZ 1Es Will BE UNDEl
! THE NEW PLAN, &cafisc: r
.Atthe meeting OF the Board of Alder
| men held on Monday afternoon, Mr.. 4. w
Pickrell, Of Clay Ward, presented The fol
flowing paper in reference to the re6rgani
zation OF The police force !. which WIS reat
and referred to the Board OF Police Com
lmissioners:
PLAN FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF TIL
POLICE FORCE, WITH SCHEDULE OF. sALA,
RIEs PROPOSED AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
AND MEN DEFINED. g !. <. go
The police force 0; she city shall consist
Of Is 5'ss. & /, IS
chief executive officer t.,...............s 1900
lieutenant at; S1E
76 privAtes, each $733...... 554Se
so officers and nriyates ata total cost .sgs4so
ThsohRrer be- tffyftietl
into three reliefs, or night and day-po.
lice. The day-policc force to consist OF six
sergeants and fifteen pTivates-two SER
geants in each police district, one con-
stantly on the streets, and the other in
charge OF the duties Of their respective
station-houses the privates to be dis
tributed-sx in the First police district,
FIVE in the Second police district, and four
in the Third police district. The sergeants
shall rank in their respective districts as
first, second, third, and fourth SER
geants, numbering from the date OF
their appointments. The first and third
scrgeants shall be the day-ofiicers. and the
second and fourth sergeants shall be the
night officers, and the ranking sergeants in
each relief shall be in charge OF their rcspec-
tive districts in the absence OF the Chief ex.
ecutive officer OF the force.
The officers Of the force should be care
fully selected from the force by eXamina-
ton by the Board OF Police Commissioners
rs to their education, industry, and good
address. The day-beat men should also be
selected in the same manner.
NIGHT-roLICE UNDER SUGGESTED PLAN.
The night police force shall consist Of six
(6) sergearts and siXty-one (G1 private
policemen, who shall be divided into two
~ reliefs, one half TO be posted for duty
at O'Clock P. NJ, and will stand post until
12 O'Clock (seven hours), when the second
relief will be posted and stand until Z
O'Clock A. III. (seven hours), when the day
relief will be posted at o'clock y. H., and
perform duty until .5 O'Clock =. NJ. (ten
hours).
The night-police shall eXtinguish and
light all the Street-lampS belonging to the
city.
The chief executive officer shall strictly
conform to the rules and regulations pro-
mulgatcd by the Board OF Police Commits
sioners, and have them strictly enforced in
each police district. He shall be at police
headquarters by sunrise daily, and shall
make his rounds Through the whole city ut
least four times per month, and visit each
station-house and examine the roll-book and
criminal docket daily.
The first lieutenant shall act rs assistant
to the chief executive officer. BE shall per-
form all clerical duty at police headquar-
tcrs, attend the court OF the Police Justice
daily and call the criminal docket, and in
case OF the absence OF the chief executive
officer, he shall act in his stead temporarily
rs chief executive officer.
FOR pAY-DUTY.
Distribution Of Hen and 2Hcers to Each Police
First district, 2 sergeants and privates.......
Second district. scrgeants and prirates..
Third district, sergeants and priyatcs........
For active patrollingduty during the daytime.
FOR SIGHT-DUTY.
Distribution Of Men and Officers in Each District.
First pollce-district, sergeants and "a pri-o
Second police-districi, sergeanis and 10 pri-
Third police-dlstrict, sergeants and 18 pri-
Yates
The total number OF active patrolmen
for night, 81.
This force will be divided into two (2) re-
licfs, one half Of the above number to be
on active street-duty at one time, making
thirty (3O) beatmen in each relief and two
(2) officers.
HOW THE PRESENT FORCE IS WORKED AND THE
COST OF THE SAME FOE SERVICES RENDERED
THE CITY.
The ordinance OF the city provides that
the Doice force shall consist OF one chief,
three captains, ten sergeants, and seventy
beatmen-in all, eighty-four officers and
men.
THE PRESENT PAY OF TIE OFFICERS AND MEN
Chief of Police M o1 as;' e.c .......S 3S9G 3e99G
10 sergeants at 81, 900 each.............. 10000
70 Priyales at ss12.5o, or $3.50 per day. 63,s75
Daduct m Hi the cos cost Of the plan saggested es4st
A saving to the people off,. lO,99G
The addition of six more policenen...... 1880
Making total saving to the people off,. Sl5,37t
Note.-This system will allow the night
men to have seventeen hours of duty anG
seven hours on duty, but they will have tc
be exposed much more than the day-men
besides, they will have TO light and extin.
euish all the city lamps. The day-men vii
be benefited, because they will have all the
NIGHTS to themselves for rest, and they will
not be exposed to the same night blasts
| Therefore it is plain to be seen that the
| force would have much less duty to per
form than they have at present and thai
they would be as well, If not better, paid a
81 per dav, or $3.50 per year, than they are g
present at $3.50 per day, or S312.50 per year
I beg to suggest further that, instead o.
reducing the pay of the force as it nov
stands, the force be re6rganized unde!
the proposed plan, and the force be in
creased by appointing six more policemen
and three more sergeants, rs set forth in m.
foregoing suggestions.
The system will abolish the Offices Of th
three captains, which will in no way impai
the efficiency OF the force; and it will re
uuire that three more sergeants and frs
lieutenant shall be made.
Therefore, II 1t Is agreeable 10 the Com
missioners, the three captains could be ar
pointed as sergeants in their own districts
There Is no doubt but the very best me
can be gotten for the prices in this system
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