The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06
Chief OF Police ReinoId Issues a Re-
port Showing the Effects of Civil
Service on the Force
GAMBLING PRACTICALLY ENDED
Continued Arrests of Saloon Men and
Gamblers Have Forced Them to Lay
Aside the Games In Kenosha.

On next MONDAY evening the On1eI
of Police will send to the city council
his first report of the police Office under
the regime of civil service and the re-
port will be of great interest to the
people of the city, as it will show the
great good that has been done by re-
moving politics from the appointing IL
of police officers.
In the three months the force has
done more work than any police force
ever known in Kenosha. In other
years party politics played such pow
erful part in the police force and the
appointment of the men that it was al.
most an impossibility for the men to
do their duty. The officers we're otter
informed by powerful politicians as to
how their duties should be carried out.
Favored saloons we're allowed to run
wide open and favored gam bling dens
never let up in the rattle of the chips.
But this has been changed and it is
now almost impossible for stranger
to find gambling den in Kenosha.
Of course, it is practically admitted
that behind the closed blinds of some
of the places small games are in
operation, but they are being operated
simply because of the fact the police
have not been able to get any evidence
to raid them. The so-ca11ed big games
have all been closed up and hundreds
of dollars have beer turned over to
the school fund by the fines paid by
the gamblers. The saloons have been
kept under closer scrutiny than ever
before, and nothing in the way of a
political pull has been allowed to inter
fere with the enforcement of the laws
of the state and city.
Some of the dealers have attempted
minor attractions of the law, but they
have been promptly called to terms
and in every case they have respected
the officer and his dictates. The black
list has been enforced and more than
half dozen arrests have been made Of
saloon men who have been found
guilty of selling to habitua1 drunkards
and peoples whose names appeared on
the black list. Many of these men had
been immune from arrest in the past.
The work of the police force has
been done in quiet manner and little
has been done in clustering way.
Chief Reino1d has won his spurs by re-
covering stolen property and IN the
past few weeks he has recovered more
than hundred dollars worth of goods
pilfered from Kenosha stores and with
out any publicity.
Another thing that has beer brought
about by the civil service rules is the
perfect discipline that now prevails on
the force.
Respect of authority has made the
force compact army against crime.
The detailed statistics of the report
show that about the usual number of
arrests have been made and the usual
fines collected, but many arrests of a
petty nature have not been noted in
the report.
The city has been reasonably free
from crime during the,npast three
months and with the exception of a
couple of petty burglaries every GRIM
inal has been captured and brought to
justice.
The members of the FIRE and police
commissions are highly pleased with
the work of the force and the oonly re-
quest that is being made to the council
is the appointment of one new officer
to have charge of the Office during the
day. This request will probably be
granted.