Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-20
owing number of officers:

waiaIua. one deputy and three off.
Icers at 5000 each. -
One police surgeon at 5000.
Wahiawa, one special officer at
lS75.0O. ~.
KolauIoa. one deputy and three Off
GERS at 5000 each. =. ~
4 tThis includes the territory from
,Waianae to Kaaawa)
Kolupoko, one deputy and four Of
Ulcers at $1,000 =. RI. ,.zt>> i. 2
Eva. one deputy and six officers at
! $1,000. - -.
One police surgeon at $4,000.
fThis includes the district bounded
by Haiawa, Waterfowl and waianae)
The following policemen are en-
ployed by the various plantations:
Honolulu two. Oahu two, Eva two,
Wainae two, Waialua two, Rahuku
lone.,-
Your committee Is or the opinion
that there are more officers in some
districts than Is necessary. For in
stance. in the Waialua district, there
lis one deputy and three officers IN
addition to which the plantation en-
ployes two policemen. In Wahiawa
district. there Is but one officer. We
cannot help but think that either Wa
ialua has too many. or Wahiawa has
not enough. II 1t is only necessary
to have one man to police Wahiawa
district. with the floating population
from Schofield Barracks and sur
rounding districts, then 1t Is not neees.
sary to have four men in the Waialua
district, and as the WaiaIua planta-
ton considers two men sufficient for
their plantation. we fail to see what
can be found for four men to do in
the rest OF the district @E
We would make this same criticism
in other districts. For instance. the
Waianae district employs two police
lmen and the plantation has two. II
the district of Kaimuh does not
need to be policed In the day time
why should a district as quiet as Wal
amaze need a policeman on duty dur
ing the day.
We find another instance in which
the City and County of Honolulu Is
losing conside rable revenue For In
stance, the board Of supervisors APP
point an inspector Of 'ehauffeurs. He is
supposed to be subject to the sheriff;
however, you can readily see from the
fact that he is not appointed by the.
sheriff his jurisdiction amounts to
simply receiving his report
From January /, 1913, to and includ-
ing March 81, 1914, S22 licenses were
issued by this officer, the fee for
which Is $500 each. This fee. goes to
the inspector, he therefore, receives
during the fifteen months s24e6.00,
which was net to him, as all applica-
ton blanks, cards, ETC.. are paid for
by the police department from the in
cidental account. As above reported,
our police department employs two
motorcycle men at $4,000 each, they
furnish their own machines and their
business is to look after automobiles.
The inspector of chauffeurs is receiv-
ing as much compensation as these
two officers get The two motorcycle
men work on an average of from ten
to twelve hours per day, and We
should say that the time consumed by
the inspector of chauffeurs in the dis
charge Of his duties would amount to.
one-half hour per day 1t has been
charged and justly so, that this Off
Ger sometimes issued cards without
having. seen the applicant. someone
having vouched for his ability to drive
an automobile. 5.s
This is undoubtedly chargeable to
the board of supervisors, as on two
different occasions our sheriff recon-
mended to the board Of supervisors
ment. They, however, ignored his rec
ment, they, however, ignored his rec
ommendation. It would seem that in
view of the fact of a shortage Of
money in our city treasury, that 1t
would be good business for the super
visitors to make this change. 1t would
not only assist the employees OF the
police department In discharging their
duties, but would also add materially
to the income of the city. II, for in
stance, this was in the hands of the
police department, the deputy sheriffs
in the country districts would know
who had licenses and who did not
have licenses; as it Is now, no one is
asked to take license and unless he
of his own free viii applies to the
examiner Of chauffeurs he does not
need one. We would suggest that
this club strongly recommend to the
board of supervisors this change.
Another matter called to orr atten-
ton by the sheriff was that Of their
present building. He showed us where
II would be possible to erect build
ing over a part of the present jail
yard, to provide for an emergency