Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-31
POLICEMEN WILL
GET PROMOTION
VACANCIES OCCUR IN FORCE
OF DETECTIVES
Faithful Men Get Reward for Ser
Vices-chief Auble Points to
Urgent Need of More
PatroIemen

Several changes and promotions are
imminent in the police department..
according to high authority.
AT the present time there is one va
cancY in the detective force, caused by
the retirement of Detective Sherin. There
VIII probably be another, as Detective
smith is suspended in charges, which,
II substantiated will insure his removal /.
say the pocile commission
AT the preesnt time there are three
very efficient acting detectives. Pa
trolmen Mccain, Mcnamara and Nc
Kenzie
Ihese three men are young, energetic
and have clean records. Sam" McKep-
zle was on the patrol wagon for some
tllne and was the last patrolman de-
tailed to the detective department.
McNamara is his present working
partner and the two young men have
neen doing lot of faithful work, say
their supporters. Mccain was the of
f1cer who cornered r. c. Beggs, would
be' wife murderer and saw the man
shoot himself to avoid arrest
captain Flammer has had good line
on the work of his men and will prob
ably appoint two regular detectives
from athe list of acting detectives.
More PatroIemen Needed
There are two vacancies in the lists
of patrolmen caused by the dismissal
of Patrolmen w. A. King and H, H
Babcock.
At the present time there is no eligible
list of applicants for police positions.
Before the Fiesta, fourteen men, taken
from the eligible list were ap-
pointed as regular specials" and they
are now doing substitute duty
From this list the two vacancies in
the regular list will be filled. A civil
service examination will be held about
the middle of June and a number of
young men who would like to get on
the eligible list of patrolmen will un-
doubtedly take the examination.
The crying need of this department
is for more men," said Chief of Police
Auble. Il believe we have the best
department in the country and my men
are doing splendid work. but we need
more men to cover the larger territory
"Cities the size of Los Angeles have
twice the force we have and then think
thy need more men. But this depart
ment is attempting to cover big city
with the same number of men that we
had when the city was much smaller
THE patrolmen have too long beats
at the present. In the business districts
the shortest beat is six blocks. A
burglary could be committed in a store
while a patrolman is walking that dis
tance."
TT is not for myself that I wish more
men," continued the chief, thoughtful
ly, but for the better protection of the
city, at least one hundred more patrol
men are needed.
You must remember that with about
16S patrolmen there have to be diff
ferent shifts. A man can only work
so long on his beat.
Il hope that a long list of applicants
for positions on the force will take the
civil service examinations, as there is
no eligible list at the present time.
Il don't know when we will get the
increase we need, but in the interests OF
the city, l hope before long the APP
preparation will be increased so as to
provide for a larger force"
From another source it was learned
that a strong effort is being made by
property owners to bring the attention
of the need of more patrolmen to the
police commission and the city council
Inspector Morrissey of Boston, who
has been i'm the city several days, re
marked yesterday that Boston with a
population of about 100000, has more
than 1900 patrolmen on duty, "a far
greater number to the population than
is the case in this city.