Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-28
INCREASE IN FORCE
Effort to Secure Additional Policemen
for Washington.
The SUPERINTENDENT'S ARGUMENTS
Area and Numbers Compared With
Those of Other Cities.
TIL L, A n n L A l. r + 2 O r 7

Soon after The reassembling of Congress
an effort is TO be made to impress upon the
members of the District committee the ne
cessity for giving substantial increase III
the police force. Major Sylvester, well
as the officials under him, constantly
handicapped. they say, because of the made
Quate force, and frequently they are unable
to assign men to special duty when re-
quests for such service made. In his
estimates two years ago Major Sylvester
asked for an increase of 300 men, and since
then forty privates have been added to the
force.
''To be consistent" said the major in his
recent annual report "the estimates now
provide for 100 or the balance of the origi-
nal request. These, or as many of them as
may be granted, should be of class ,. In
order that proportion Of the members of
class l. who receive a smaller salary, may
now. after several years of honorable ser
vice, receive the promotion originally con
templated when the classes were established
and the small advanced pay which attaches
thereto
Appended Is a statement showing the area
in acres of some of the large cities and the
number of policemen who patrol each, as
follows:
Baltimore, area, 24171 acres; police force.
SO Boston, area, y. 596 acres; police force.
1l31. Buffalo, area. 25,3+3 acres; police
force 665 Chicago. area. 1889 acres:
police force. 3O35 Cincinnati area, 20 $50
acres: police force. $50 Cleveland. area.
2o352 acres; police force, 245 Detroit, area,
Is $50 acres: police force 80 Jersey City,
area 5000 acres: police force 325. Louis
Vile area II 500 acres; police force, 81.
Niiv,aukee area II $40 acres; police force
2Ol. New York, area, 19690 acres; police
,olicc fnrna a2e e. I o,,is area 40 600 acres
police force 976 Washington, area, 4,32o
F0-I
Disposition OF Force.
The report shows the disposition of the
force and the number on the last day of
- e,,.
'he } ear DIS ioi.'"9- --.,
AT police NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. supeil'i'ehu-
ent one CAPTAIN and three lieutenants.
On patrol duty-Nine lieutenants 26 SER
.s, o. ,-.a..- 49, ro,,,ai,aar Of
Sa'i -, CO. $50 % i"I ~ ,o1,,nad g., +bis
.tu - ,sfra1 ~ aoots tbat &c where
IT., $500 &; ~ arfn,n,ad ~. Gatar-
no pd, ,o 81 VIZ, - pc, -, 1T oo -.
ives =, ',ileI ueot4i9' o. SIM 80 '
on annual leaSt, %. -o.,.
1ohIIHuiis' lht iel,"t saE ,,
~, ..,tari1ir,t ba,+s" 1,he,, p,e~s not ali
W. S''Nlte 49,? 800; -, - -. -,
engaged at one time, however, the system
throughout the dav and 157 during the
night. a ridiculously small quota for q ter
Tltor,aI area OF seventy square mics, EN-
;,,,rn,-,,,,,,,tS ana cnntaint,g y nnnn1a+ton
of nearly 800. 600 people A further deduc-
ton might be made to show the average
representation of patrolmen TO the square
III pr oG POP 10 eac
to the student and nIaces This in-isiiction
in a IamcntahIv weak attitude when com
nare5 with other r,unicfnaIitfes
1>h.rn &c No Ii-,oe;.ia,, - ,,roso,,. +,,o
Ga 70 indenendenf of everv fa5+n-a wbinb
contributed strength to the situation: but
IN n-Iar n ba n1,nris+art r. SEE 49,,
he taken ir.0 corsidaration W,h;ra tha,.
were not employed in natroIltnp dasnad
beats they served a good purnose l., caring
for several imnnrtant noints nd ,arrt,,aIs
These men ware on 7ltv eeb+ bo,,ra Lei
other tbar +boSa MISREPRESENTATION, es II. ito.is eacn;
wagons. but owing 10 the forra Seip. IN "
sufficient numerically but sixteen hours,
attention to posts was ohtainohI. 1aa,;na
them uncovered for EIGHT honrs ba,,alS
that attention which couid ha piyen ~. ~ ~
patrolmen within whose heat s,1cb nnsts
ware located In other u-oras fip,,. 49,
priyates so assigned covered rertain 10
tons but two-1hirds of tho t-ra 80 80
hours To complete the uork tu,,.pt,:' ai,ht
additional rriya+es y,nIIId 80 - eisll'
sary No more strfki,o evar,,,H -
adequacy of the force in nTnths. ia u
presented ''0 NC
esS III ffecincts.
The same weakness holds good In several
OF the police precincts. and pronar sacnr,ty
70 If a,,4 r,,,.. -. N'''e '"ii'S
Co-ur,-. "--N'i
,s-,,,,a.,,, 60. :; XVI me lou men
r.,or.. ''' - ''e'4iie ANNUAL
W., !. ;, ,
orc ra,,,t,a, '',"' siA pi''a'es
given area IN txe,1r,tf5,,r ne pa'iol o1
easy calculation to determine how mary
new beats could be established by the pro-
y, LILLE it u Sucn increase OF force The beats
sub11rban b:e,hwaTs - t,ielu o.he
night of June 30 after dadi,rtirr absn,,.ans
for various causes az roIIowe.
Privates-First prec.nrt ~. eooor1 ,ro
cinct is: third precinct u. fnrr,b ,ira,,p "a
Is; fifth prec;nct Is. siyth nrecirc+ -. 60.
enth precinct IG: eighth nrecfnrt .,t. ,fntb
precinct IL > 49, ~
About the first ct tho ,.aor r-bor, , WV
precinct will likely he In onsratfn,, 80 80
Rress should fail to nrn,.fda a oo,,nIar,o,,,
of officers and nriyates for u enn+dr. 49,
be drawn from tho rrscfr,.+s 80, ~
sted on the other had sto,,Ia ~ ~.
misst0ners recornn1anG s,,a il e Ill
the increase estimator gn, ,eo slaLl'
nor+iorrnsrt -. a. 80. tpi i,' ~ Yates, ap,
,oaan ~ o,,.;,,o =, TO-. - tI1lS'S "ouIu