The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-14
SMALL WONDER PEOPLE
CLAMOR FOR CROUL
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(crooks) all know that they're getting
II and they stay away. Tow.lee-do Is
the place where the good crooks all
quit hitting the main drag. The pass.
word Is Nix on Detroit with them ny.
Tag sQuadrons and motorcycle speed
boys to get the house worker, thur
Klar), and the same boys, added to the
traffic squad on the corners. to make
pickett And they all know that the
police here are up on their toes aid
that every good crook that has driftea
IL here has been made (arrested ard
recognized. and shown his record)
before he had chance to do q thing.
What chance has crook got, nov,
talking plain common sense? De-
troiters don't have to get up and yell
and take chance on being shot when
a burglar gets In the house They
Jus, call headquarters when they hear
tie burglar and In couple Of min.
Iutes, up sneaks guy on motorcycle
and n whole wagon load of cops Ia
ore OF those flying squadrons and thsy
get Mr.. Burglar right on the job "
At which point Capt. Palmer inter-
jected, with pardonable pride in the
department: Yes, we got 100 OF them
en- the job that way In the last year"
Sure" Doolev continued. ''Anu.
meanwhile. the fiy-cops (detectiyesj
are looking everybody over and max
ing the crooks that are just walklng
the streets, before they get a chance
to do anything.
Dips Have No Chance.
Then take the dips. Downtown
cars and streets are the best place TO
work. And you are working with a
traffic officer on each corner; you've
got to figure in the man on the beat,
who is strictly on the Job In this tow !,
and there are always a pair OF plain
clothes men roaming In the vicinity,
As soon az somebody yells thief.
you've got to run for 1t, and then IN
less than a minuts you've got flying
suadron and motorcycle minute-msn
on your trail"
Mr.. Dooley has the sitrlatl' II
"sized up" In a way TO prove that he
is an observing, and not rash OF IN
experienced person.
The same public that Is clamoriEg
for Commissioner Crouls reappoin.-
ment knows that such bug-bears TO
the crooked fraternity are in constant
service, and they know. also that
these are innovations under coinmis
sioner Croul's regime.
But there are q great many other
things just as important TO the gen
eral public, and giving more geneta,
Ell ia "A Na1l n.
tims to pick-pockets and burglars, but
never a one fails to receive some bens
iit from some innovation.
For instance there are the nine auto
patrols, equipped as ,ambulances and
flying frst-aid stations. Commissioners
croul bought the first one out of his
own personal funds when he took o.
fee, TO prove that they are a 20 ID
thing. The proof was SO satisfactory
that the board OF estimates voted the
next year TO buy seven more and r.
pay Croul for his $4,000 investment.
Now there are nine patrols and SIX
dying squadron autos, including the
Bclle Isle general service auto. Each
year, 1900 persons are conveyed 10
hospitals, to their homes, or to doc
tors Offices by these autos, and ths
runs are made In Just the time neoes-
sary 60 telephone headquarters, crank
the big auto, and whizz TO the spot
through streets cleared -of traffic by
q shrieking whistle. The men on the
autos are trained In first-aid measures
too And the machines carry jacks
for raising cars, and other implements
for emergencies.
MInute-Men On Job.
The "minute-men," three to each
station, working in eight-hour shifts,
are another innovation under Crout.
II you call for policeman. you done
have to argue and convince anybody
that you need one. One Is at your
door almost before you can hang up
the receiver. Three minutes Is the
longest elapsed time oil any run
] ecorded and there are q thousa Z
such runs every month. Many of the
runs are made in minute and Less
but the men are districted so that NJ
rim will take more than three min.
utes, though these minute-men cover
40 square miles OF territory.
Every man on the force has been
thoroughly Impressed with the CON-
missioner's logic that 80 per cent OF
police work Is constructive, or hep
ful. instead of otherwise. The traiiic
SQUAD Is the biggest exempllfcation II
that logic. II Is there to help teamster
and pedestrian and car crew. And
that institution has big branch thst
is new and not yet thoroughly ap.
preciated.
During the hours when children are
going TO or coming from school, morn.
Ing, noon and afternoon, the danger-,
Gus crossings near schools are guard.
ed by men on day duty, temporarily
impressed for trafic duty. There are
10 men on dnty at Bethune statlos.
Evers one does trafic duty to pro-
toct the school children. And the
people In that district are petitionir,g
for more men TO guard other crossings.
The regular trafic squad has grown
to Sc men, and more could be used tn
advantage.
The best eaulppe Bertiilon bureau
In the country, under Lieut.. Fret
Quackenbush, II another thing OF
which the l,cal force can be proud.
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