The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-06
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81 Men Has Not Been
Increased Since i8 A
SS8.
CHIEF EADs. L Or MORE /; /: [. MEN 1 :! !
While CityHas Grown ire 4 " the 20
lice Force Has Not ----.G onpaa'r'i--5s
sot, With Other Cities.

i VI rhn Board Of Police Comm ss!orers are
poutting the matter 81 the insufflcleti5t
number 81 tho present force straight UP
10 the city Council. and at n meeting
4 held on Tuesday afternoon drAtt TED the
following letter req uest Ing an increase '
4 oi twenty-five policemen IA .. /.
4 10 Tho Honorable Council o. the City Of
]! Richmond: Bsi' si,' ii. glSS 81
A VI Gentlemen -- rhe t3onrd 81 Police Cons
i,ssioncrs respectfully renew their re-
uuest for additional poll ". They re r.lzel
the absolrte ana imperative .ior
4 niore men Unless the irGr req uest u com y
piled with the city cannot % properly
! patrotlcd or the lives and property Of ite
i citiserls protected Y ear after year (sirce
4 1889 b this S board has como II FORE YOU
4 with 4 this request, ana year after year
your honorable body hns givet, II little
heed. " S#s ii Sayls d, 81 S VILE
rhe responsibility for maintaining law
ana order III this community rests Enpolii
tho Board OF Il Police Commissioners and
4 tho Police Department, and the bonrd de-
sircs IA 60 OF, record when II irtorms you
1 that tho Police Department cannot I ~
nish a eauate protection with Its pres 4
ent numb 81 358
Your honorable body has recognized the
material s advancement OF this city and
u readily responded along NIL lines except
Etection-ono OF the paramount subjects
that 81 tercst all VI eli items o. this COM
4 munlty. 35t 5ssSl Sss Iss
n view 81 thos,o facts, tnkssboerd re-
i Bpectfully REQUESTS that m ordinance BIO
adopted increasing the police force to ono
hundred and twenty-six men ian =
crease OF twenty < vo) &. 3}i 3gf
4 The board feels that you ure thoroughly,
conversnnt With police conditions here
i and that YOU will give this matter that
II earnest consideration which I tho board, y
press and public believes II demands.
353 Yours very fully, 855
\ BOARD OF POLICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
Has Not Increased. s55i
AS has been stated there has been no.
j increase In the number 81 ~ police since
1855. when the formulation 81 Richmond
a did not rench So 900 IS Now u TINT the
Il Ipopulatlon Is "a. In tho neghborhood 81
4 Eprotectlon Is imperative and requires the
ISprompt action 81 those who have tho vel
Il fare OF tho city In their hands. ID! 81 MI
4 s. Richmond has q police force, including
officers and me M o. q Of. OF these. n one
HIS not Mt for duty. three arc desk men,,
three are sanitary nspeetor re- and ny one 's
4 onI duty; at the Il Police Court rs cricr.3
4 This makes the actual Y force In crvice
4 ninety-three men--to protect q city OF
Il 400, 900 people. III e # 4yss
| III n Savannah there nre ninety seven
slfpolic emen to II protect a popula ton sofy
il. 900 \. Whining ton, Del. 18th q pop
Isulation 81 900 there are ighty-nine.
|police; inss Atlanta, With tpopulntl ton of,
81. 900 there are 1De pol Ice; In Da ton.
|Bwith $4,000 h population there are M 319
police; In Springfield. Conn. VI tn a pop
lsulatlenS OF $4,000. there are ninet y-threo
i|Spolice; In Trenton ri tn q popula ton &of5
|B72, 900. there ARE nine elk police and IN
i NASHVILLE. Il with Il Il populat lon OF $1,000,
there are 100 police .5 4. z 5s
Not Up With e others.
SO Il will be seen that r richmond has "a
II Emuch smaller force In prOporti Ions to It's
a popula ton n than any ctyS nnncd. and
3Itthis, too. despite the fact that the Grim
4 sinal clement Of Richmond Is large and
Il growing. SSs B a8lll i8 NJ
4 l' This is shown BY the statement that
lSwhile Dayton, q * city Off equal size MS
A Richmond, had 5os4 arrests IN so5 r lcll-
a gmond had 7,1e3 more than tWl Ice as ma ny
4 arrests as Trenton and Whining ton, and
Il more than three times az many arrests
q as Springfield ana Nashville. ,s3
Plea Of the Chief.
III hlssannual report for 1905 Il Chief Of
Police. Werner uses these words :, tl' 8 s5..3
u sf Nothing Is needed more than IN new
\ Bpolce and patrol station in the First
a District. Tho present station IS sunin-:
I habtable, and its aband has been
& recommended by both Dr. U C,,3SN w. r..
n Brock, police surgeon and Or. 7.
4 Oppenhlmer, president OF the Board Of
4 Health, on account Of Its IRE me able
\ sanitary :srects. III, 85S. e. H5#
4 Moro police arc needed No increase
has been made In this department since
Il 1885, and land then lying vacant and g
!. dreary waste is now occupied by hand
some residences and edinces. and II is
4 absolutely necessary now that II be prop
Y orly patrolled, S. would II respectfully
4 recommend that tho Sc twenty-fly addi-
4 $tional men be asked FOL to properly pa
!. troll these outlying sections,
The need OF matron at each OF our
II stations has been full ly demo nstrnted. and
A would respectively recommend that such
1 persons be employed to search and prop
I erly care for female prisoners. isgSE 3 +
4 B II would seem that the maintenance OF
1.-the Police Department on the part OF
a the City Council has not kept pace
with the rapid and substan tlal growth OF
the city, d 5j lss +. s5t
4 MICS MAY SIIIT0N