The herald., 1897-12-14
"THE FINEST"
Needs of the Guardians of
the Peace
THE D0INGS OF THE FORCE
MORE MEN, APPLIANCES AND
STATIONS WANTED
Signal System Badly Needed-Arrests
and Convictions-Chain Gang
Figures-Criminals

(h1of OF Police GLASS filed MS annual
r.,,or+ ~ tho 1,or,. done IN tho nolics
~
uepa' '"ien' uui i"s VIC se"' e''o'ie W.
Vemoer 81 1884, Win the city council
yesterday. 1t Is as follows:
herewith submit my annual report of
the no,,ce denartment for the fiscal wear
,,- >,,, % 200, s+., at,
e w.
opportunity u asain susses' Soiiie
much-needed ADDITIONS TO the force ana
improvements In the service.
The roster shows that the present num-
her Of the force. including the matron.
,s % on ircraoss ~ IN s,roe INV ,ost 70
rort Tha dataot,,a foroa and rao.ssar,,
details for be.douarter duties inclndin a.
oor,,ar No, sellers ,,,+roI ar,,or. 90
soraeants ~ ro,rIsr,e, 49, % No.,
40 u,a hova h,,+ go mon for ray,,I,r natroi
drty ord mic is ortiralv TOO sn,a,, q
foroa 70 ,ronor,,, ,rotact o,r naonIo Tha
raoor+,y onraxsd d;str;ots orc ant,tlad
70 noIica nrotection which with tho
,rasar+ forco a. 10 ;ronossih,a 20 e,i,,a
Tho ,nost ;,,nort.rt Question In nolica
mo++ors 70 ho cors,darad ~ +b;s +ir,a 10
:, t,,rthar ,,oroose of tho forco ord 7
racomr,and on incraasa of % MON .ra
,ho, h.lf ~ tho cold ru,,,har h, ,,,o,,,,tad
for d,,t, IN tho o,,axad d;s+r;o+s
Wa have Recently n,,rcbased forr mo
dium-sized horses for orr notro1 WAGON
which ore giving Satisfaction and ya
can now make Quick runs when anargen-
cies reouire We ara stab1ino and fead-
ing our own stock in the basement Of tha
notice buildine and have turned tba two
to the mark commission for . snrinklinp
team.
Our old patrol wagons are beine na,nt-
ed and repaired, which will make them
almost az good az new and 7 have mr.
chased a new covered patrol wagon.
which we will probably have in use nv
the 1st of January.
l also again recommend the building
and eouipping of branch police stations
one in the southwestern mart Of the
CITY. near the corner Of Hoover and
Adams streets and another in tho south.
eastern mart of the citv known az the
Vernon district The East Los Argejas
branch station Ia daily of great bsin ~
us and am SIRE that tho branch a+a-
tons recommended would he ,o,rd
equally henefciaI 10 tho denortuant T
tbink tho citv should n,,rohosa w.
Ground reo,,ired and erect tba naoesso ~,
buildings each of which sbouId con,,,y,
cells sufficient for the detention ~ ~
,r;sonar. orras+ad !, ~ roia 49,
until thew can he removed "a tho certro1
station The inheritance of tbeco h,.,,o,,
stations is we'll known to tho naon1a H..
inc in said districts and tho r,o++or
should receive vour concidar.to &c.,
tion
also desire r. .go,n rasnao.f,,,,,., ,ro
the adontion NJ nv recon,randat;ons oe
tho na.t two yeors th.+ ~ a1.rro,.;,
+ior 10 o+ 1eoe+ soooo ho ,,,odn az -,
nurnose of estoh,,shir. :. ,,oi;oo .,,,,,a,
system which shall consist ~ a roo;stor
in the centras oaica ord a. 1aost eet,,
boxes to he located in diffarer+ ,,.,.,r -
tho citv have f,,1l,, dasor;irod +,,a
mode of working of this svsten, in ~,
former renorts and hesa tho or,ornt
asked for and which T consider nooas-
sarv TO fully eo,,in such q svster, With
fftv boxes on the cost DC ha,-o &C.,,
II of eo,inrine inst such . syston, ,,.ith
FORTY hoxes in San Froncisoo ,,,,,iel,
cost $1,000 The annronr;otion os1,ad Gov.
vii, leave sooOo for tho odditiono1 ~
boxes which am SIRE would he anvil
to cover the cost of same An ,ya,1- VOC,
ula+ed cities +hrougbont +ha oo,,rt.,
hoya tbis sy.ten, ara ,,,o sho,,,, - !.
here
olso AGAIN reoor,,,ard +h,+ a,
rorco ha n.ssod ,rohi,,,t,,, 49,, IL.