The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
They Claim That the Men Infringe on Their
 Territory.
Board of Supervisors to Be Asked to Remedy the Exist
 ing Condition.
ROTTANZI IS FAVORABLE
The Police Commissioners Also Re- quested to Take Some
 Action.

The special officers appointed by the Board of Police Commissioners are de- termined to wage war against the so- called private detective agencies. At the next meeting of the Board of Su- pervisors Attorneys Sweeny and Tread well, who represent the special officers, will endeavor to have the following or dinance adopted:
 Section l. It shall be unlawful for any person to represent himself to be a special officer or wear any badge or use any signs. badges or devices used by special officers, or any device whereby he may be taken for special officer, or use any badge which may be construed that the wearer is a special officer, unless he Is authorized to do so and IS a special officer of the city and county of San Francisco and regularly appointed by the Board of Police Commissioners.
 Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any per son or persons, corporation, organiza- tion or detective agency to ask for, so- licit demand. collect or receive or cause others to do so for his or her benefit any money or valuables upon the pretense of guarding or protecting the said person s property from whom the same shall be under the guise that they are special policemen, duly appointed by the Board of Police Commissioners. of the city and county of San Francisco.
 O. any of the provisions of the above sec tons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than S5O nor more than $500. or by imprisonment in the County Jail not less than fifty days nor more than six months.
 Supervisor Rottanzi will father the ordinance. He is bitterly opposed to private watchmen representing them selves as special police officers, and will do all in his power to have the proposed ordinance passed by the Su- pervisors. The Judiciary Committee of the Supervisors will meet to-day and consider the proposed ordinance.
 It Is claimed that the men employed by the several private detective agen- cies have been representing themselves as special policemen. and thereby get ting the business which should fall to the specials appointed by the Board of Police Commissioners.
 The attorneys for the regularly ap- pointed special officers will also submit to the Supervisors the following amend ment to the Political Code passed by the Legislature in 1883:
 Upon the petition of any person, firm or corporation to appoint a special officer to do special service, to be paid for by such firm or corporation, specifying the boundary or locality at or within which he is to act as such special officer, which boundary or locality shall be described in the warrant of appointment, provided that no special officer shall be appointed to act in the Chinese quarters, and pro- vided further that all special officers shall report daily to the Chief of Police and be subject to the ordinances in case of emergency, and in no way shall such officers be paid by the city and county.
 At the meeting of the Police Commits sioners tonight Attorneys Treadwell and Sweeny will give notice of their intention to aim the first blow at pri- vate detective agencies.