The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-03
POLICE CHIEF NOTES
ABSENCE Or CRIME
IN CITY DUR Nc 1918
Cooi Order Attributed to Ef-
fic:ens System and Faith
full Officers.
CALLS ATTFNIION TO
RED LIGHT SYSTEM
Retiring Hea,. Praises Good
Judgment CT Metropolitan
Police Board.

The unusual good order of the city,
the new red light signal system and
the law abiding manner in which the
clty's saloons are conducted are com
mented on by Police Chief Gormon,
in his annual report TO the board of
metropolitan police commissioners.
To increase the efficiency of the
department Chief Gormon recommends
the purchase of at least one mOtOrcy-
Gle and an auto patrol and ambulance.
The report shows 91S arrests for
the year. compared with $40 for 1912
Half of the number who were placed
in the city Jail, 495, were charged with
public intoxication.
Statement of Chief.
Chief GOrmon's statement Of the
departments activity to the board is:
"To the Honorable Board of Metropol-
ital Police Commissioners
Gentlemen: | herewith submit to
vo'l report of work done by the police
department for the year ending Dec.
81. 1913. ] take pleasure in calling to
your attention the Quietness and order
which has prevailed during the last
year. | am proud, too, of being Chief
of Police in the best city of its size on
earth. ! want to mention in this re-
port the Fall Festival. In my opinion
from the la st thirty-f1ve years in crimi
nal work. it was the largest crowd
ever saw in city of its size and not
a pocket reported picked, but one fight
and only fifteen arrests for intoxica
ton.
""redit is due to the Police Depart
faithful to me in my efforts to make
the city a model one. They are entitled
10 their share Of credit for the excel
lent order we have had.
Saloons Are Orderly.
THE saloons, as I have said in for
mer reports, are above the average in
the way they are conducted. The men
conducting them are men Of some
standing, and their families are good
neiehbors and respected in the con- II j.
nifty in which they live.
Our Red Light: This I feel proud
OF as it is my own idea and put into
effect by the Home Telephone com
paDv This is the only city in the Unit
cd States that has one like it. We have
thirteen districts and three lights and
boxes to signal or call from Oh each
district.
/ tt Tue VI TIE uTpdl i
ment I would recommend at least one
motorcycle, dispense with the horse
and wagon ambulance and put instead
an auto patrol. After the first expense
it Wrul9 be cheaper and give better
service Than the horse and wagon.
Lauds Police Board.
For more complete information rel
atjve to the activity OF the department
during the last year, I respectfully re-
--. B.; to the tabuated reports which
follow:
e.: conclusion take pleasure in
Sp,4king of the Police Board. The
manner and style and good Judgment
in matters Of which they We're SUI
preme rulers. which they handled with
credit TO themselves and satisfactory
to all interests.
In conclusion I wish to thank all
officers and officials, both city and
county. fer the assistance rendered."
Respectfully,
Il. A. GORMON,
Superintendent of Police"
1874 Arrests fer Assault
Next TO intONicatiOn as the reason
for the most persons landing II. the
city Jail comes assault and battery.
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