The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-04-06
ONE man LOSES 8 DAYS PAY
Board, However, Acts in Executive
Session and Declines to Make Public
It's Work-Others to Get on the Car
pet.

Members Of the Kenosha Fire and
Police Commission in executive session
on Friday afternoon threatened whole
sale changes in the police and fire de-
partments on account Of the fact that,
the members of the two departments
are not living up to the regulations as
laid down by the commission and if
there is not a change in the conduct
of the paid men there is going to be a
shower of falling stars and helmets.
Members of the commission declare
that the men on the two forces have
openly violated the regulations imposed
upon them and that they have done it
in way to show that they have no
fear of the commission. cit is up to
the commission to make these men
either live up to the regulations TO the
letter or to fill the places of discharg-
ed men with men who will observe
these regulations" was the ultimatum
Of the members Of the commission and
the Chief of the Fire Department and
the Chief of the Police Department
were ordered to give this ultimatum to
the members Of their respective forces.
Many instances of laxity in duty, of
conduct unbecoming members Of the
departments, and of intoxication while
II7+x nd off Ios
the members of the commission by cit
liens and these will form the basis for
wholesale complaints to be started
against the police and fremen by the
members of the commission themselves.
Twice before this time the members
of the two departments have, been
warned that the wrath of the commits
sion would come upon them but the
commissioners claim that the warnings
have gone UNDECIDED and that the VIC
| lations of the regulations are more
numerous every day. One of the mem
bers of the fire department was on the
carpet at the meeting for violation
of the regulations and he was fined
five days pay but the matter was con
sidered in executive session and the
name Of the offending fireman was
made known only to the Chief of the
Department. The members of the com
mission held that it would be unneces-
sary TO hold this man up to the other
members of the department on account
of the fact that he had only gone a
little further than many others had
done.
This new order of the commission is
to be enforced and enforced to the LETT
ter. One of the commissioners in
speaking of the matter this morning
said: "We are not going to let these
men make monkeys of us any longer,
and if the men on the forces can not
live up to the regulations we shall in,
sist that they be dismissed from the
service and we will make an effort to
get men who can live up to reasonable
regulations. Policemen and fremen
have no business drinking on duty and
this has got to be stopped or the men
resign. If the commission is not able
to make these reasonable regulations
stick, we will get out of the wav and
let some one else take up the matter
and see if a new commission. can do
something"
Not a single name was placed on +he
eligible list as a result of the meet;no
of Friday and no examinations were
held. There are no available men for
police and fire positions but the secre-
tary has reason to believe that there
will be number of applications re-
ceived before the next meeting Of +ba
commission. The chiefs of the two do.
partments will have to wait for +bo
new men allowed by the council until
such time as these examination arc
held.