The herald., 1894-01-01
THE CITY AND ITS POLICE FORCE
The Way the Peace of Los An
geles Is Guarded.
A Well-Drilled Corps of Stalwart
Officers.
some Points From the Annual Report
of Chief of Police Glass
HoS the Force Is
Made Up,

the annual report OF O1lof OF f0llCe
Glass made to the city council few
weeks since:
The roster shows that the present
number of the force, including the
matron, is 83, and there is one vacancy
That caused by the dismissal OF Sergt.
s. G. Morton. The filling of this va
cancy will give us total of "a officers OF
all ranks. Headquarter duties require
the services of the chief. captain, secre-
tary, three clerks, bailiff, two jsilers and
two drivers Of the patrol wagon. Three
sergeants are required--one for each
watch; five men are detailed for detec-
tive work, and three are stationed at
street crossings. Deducting the head
quarter officers and men on special de-
tails, and we have six mounted officers
and 5S footmen, to be divided into three
watches for actual patrol duty in this
city OF large population and
magnificent distances. I" The
greater number of these Off
GERS must be kept in the business
part of the city, so that in the residence
portion an officers beat embraces at
least square mile of territory, and it is
simply impossible for an officer to prop
erly guard such large area. Ten of
the patrolmen included in this roster
have very recently been added by your
honorable body and are appointed for
only four months seryice. l earnestly
recommend that this addition be made
permanent, and that the force be still
further increased by the appointment of
10 more patrolmen, and at least six
ma fad pH
are almost hourly needed to give prompt
response ocalls for aid from long dis
tances from the station, and they can
patrol the hilly portions OF the city in a
more satisfactory manner than it can be
done by footmen.
In the tiscal year just closed one Of
ficer has died, two have resigned and 20
have been dismissed, and the filling of
the vacancies thus caused, with the in
crease of 10. gives us total of 33 new
men in the course of the year.
The chief says that he believes that
the officers of the department will COM
pare favorably with any in the country
in regard to moral and physical ouslif-
catione, and are worthy OF better pay
than they receive The pay of police
officers is smaller than in any other city
on the Pacific coast, and of the detec-
| tives but little more than one-half OF
the salaries OF police detectives in some
of the other cities, and the chief recon-
mends a substantial increase.
The police force, the chief holds,
I shapld be nastropolissn, Bat, fall taas.
lit should bs brought as near to it as
the existing laws will permit, and pol
itics and the political beliefs OF the Off
GERS should have nothing to do with
appointments and removals.
He recommends that the city furnish
all officers their full equipment of arms,
and believes rifles should be included,
and the officers thoroughly drilled in
their use.
The old city hall comes in for the
usual criticism, and the chief calls at
tention to the wrong of crowding pris-
oners of both sexes and all ages within
the narrow limits of the old Jail and
sewage contaminated cells, recommend
ing the sale of the old building and the
erection OF suitable Jail.
The report states that the East Los
Angeles station has been great con-
venience, and recommends the establish
ment of q branch on Washington street,
at some point between Main and Figue-
roa streets.
A system Of police telegraphy or police
telephone boxes or stations lie urged.
During the year 1880 dodgers were ac-
commodated at the city prison. $50 per-
sons medically treated, 80 insane per-
sons apprebended, 81 lost children re-
stored to their parents, 3077 arrests
made for crime, OF which 1890 were con-
victed and 80 cases are pending. OF the
arrests 1875 were for drunkenness.
There were go convictions~of felonies.
The detective department has. out Of
$25, ,692 stolen property, reported recov-
cred $11, ,14l.
The chain gang performed 6952 days
of work and 80, l56 meals were provided
for prisoners and dodgers. The saving
by prisoners doing the cooking was
$1327. 15.
The report takes up the question OF
gamblers and says that during the year
there has been large influx of these
men. Thegang had made but one At
tempt to open g room Tor gemi-public
playing OF prohibited games, and they
were promptly arrested.
The chief says fantan has been almost
entirely suppressed. There has been
marked increase in the playing OF poker
and other games not prohibited by the
law, anu bucT6 are uOW AO 1888 tIdu ~
clubrooms in the city, most of them at
the rear of balloons or cigar stores, the
revenues from which pay the coatly de-
mands of from rs to 100 proprietors.
Moet of their ill-gotten money il OBJ
tanned from young clerks and other en-
ployees.
The chief says he does not think there
is such thing as an honest gambler.
He will use every possible legal means
to suppress this vice, and every gam
bier arrested will be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law.
The sale of Louisiana and Mexican
lottery tickets is decreasing, but Chinese
lottery is as great as ever. The chief
recommends an ordinance making the
possession of lottery ticket a misde-
meanor.
He also calls. attention to the necee-
sity of amending the license ordinance.
Some saloons whose licenses were re.
voked ere running under restaurant
licenses, and are selling with sandwiches
and lunches large quantities of LIQUOR,
Many saloon keepers have fitted up res
taurants with their places to enable
them to sell liquor on Sundays, and the
courts have decided that the parties can
sell liquor with meals, and that a sand
wsch is meal.
The chief says he will use all legal
means to enforce the Sunday closing or.
dinance, but it becomes farce if the
saloon keepers can open small restau.
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