The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-06
INTERESTING FIGURES
AS TO PRESENT FORCE
Captain Ainslic Shows that Only
IS Of the 1o1 Men Are Avail
able for Field Duty-Slnall
Increase in Force in Past
Fifteen Years - Little
More Than One Year.

Ii the Recommendation Of the subcom-
mittee on finance OF the C4 Council,
having charge OF the matter Of increas-
Ing the police force, shall prevail. the
annual budget, shortly TO be made UP,
will allow an appropriation sufficient TO
employ ten additional men, who VIII
likely be- put on duty about March 1st.
The subcommittee is composed OF
Messrs. j. p. Wood an dS1arx Gunst,
from the Board, and T. n. Elicit from
the Common Council. and they have
agreed to recommend the increase to the
Committee. which will, at It's next meet
ing. in all probability, recommend the
ordinance to the Council for adoption.
While the Increase named does not. IN
the judgement of the Police Board meet
the public necessity, yet the members
of the board are grateful for this much.
and will undertake to distribute ana
utilize the new men to the best posi-
tle advantage.
The board. led BY Messrs. Ainslic, Man
ling and Landerkin, composing IN
Committee on Organization, has maze
strenuous efforts to secure tWelllS-iNe
men additional, and the members con-
tend that viewed from every standpoint {
the force. should bos enlarged 70 that
New Patrol Wagon.
s1n addition 10 ten men. the subcommit-
ton recommends an approximation SUI
ficien. to purchase and maintain another
nntroI wagon to be used exclusively IN
thn ISjrstI District. At present there IS
hut one wagon. and 1t is subject 10 eau
In MI parts of the city, from tulton 70
ihe Lee District The new blood receN'.
~ in iccted into the Police Board mas eo'u
from the very start. and increases siha
,eorr,nizatson schemes and broader
powers have engaged the a'teii'''h ~
the body for SOME time.
In the matter of the Increase. captain
Gorge Ainslie has been the snof''snan'
,na lie has presented his contentious " q
no subcommittee in n most vigorous anu
ir,su,pant manner Tle demonstrated py
fortsS and figures that instead OF one
hundred and one available men on INC nc
rr,ce. which Is the numerical strelih str ei' -;
there ar. only eighty-cight for actual
field duty.
| csntain Ainslie reaches his conclusions
t,,is way. He saws there is one chiet.
fou- sanitary officers, four detectlVes. one
Police Court officer. one clerk. one de-
tailed man at headquarters. and one
h;ipd man on the pay roi' making , ,hir-
.tcer not available for nctiVe iieiu, wy .
MI. of whom are Included IN III" total OF
que hundred and ore
AS to Districts.
raptain Ainslle goes further. and shows
hv figures that these eighty-eiEht meh'
includlne officers. are divided as follows VS.:
wrist District, %; Second District, ~;
Third District, 30
Under til, present plan therc nre iess
Ns''S'' p,~,,ar n 1lltE IN
The entire city at night. the average being
sever or eight to each district.
There ore no strings tied to the recon- &c +
~ T,ouncil adopts it the ten. additional
.ner mn will be used as the board shall see
Fir. III is understood that the body does
not not feel TINT there should be any mounted
officers until there is a turthsf lncrenne ~, .
sn'all of the men will be put Or foot. The
heard has not worked out any rsorsanlE2a- w, q
Ia, scheme, pending the Increase asked
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