Evening journal., 1914-04-08
HARBOR SQUAD, MORE
MOUNTED OFFICERS

Following at lnNeSugduOn OF lue
local police department with a view /
Of improving the service, which was
ordered by City Council last Noyem- /
ber. John b. Taylor. former head of
the Philadelphia police department /
this morning presented his report to /
the Police Commissioners and to /
Councilman Weller Il. Stoycr. chair ]
man OF the finance committee OF
Council, which ordered the work done !
at "a cost of S2,5O0 The report was
presented i'm the commissioners room
at ten O'Clock. and before IL was
opened by President Bowers, Mr.. Tay-
lor stated that he would be unable to
remain, ass he had to return TO Phila-
dclphia
The report consists of ia pages
and IS in book form. Il was accom-
panied by two other books bound in
cloth and by some blue print maps.
The books were manuals on finger
tip Identification and the Bcrtillion
system The blue prints show the
present police precinct system and
the changes advocated by him. In
Showing these, Mr.. Taylor explained
that they would be hard to under
stand without notes and for that pur-
pose several pages of typeWritten eN-
plantations accompanied them.
Mr. Taylor said he had suggested
changes in the police system so the
street men aud Others would do hve
and seven hours duty instead of the
present eleven hour shift, and at the
same time one-third Of the force
would always be held as 9 reserve.
II was The opinion OF the COMMISSION
ers that Mr. Taylor had made an eN-
haustiye investigation
President Bowers after dlstrlbut-
ing comics of the reports and the
maps to the various commissioners
the Chamber of Commerce ana tle
local newspapers. started 10 read the
renort After reading for ten min
utcs, il was agreed by the Comms-
sioners TO STOP They VIII read the
reports themselves and meet at Ia
ter date to consider the recommends
tions
Before leaving for Philadelphia,
MIR. TAYLOR said he would return and
make clear to the Commissioners any
portion. OF the report and recommen-
dations the Commissioners might de-
sire. He said his arrangements OF
precincts, il adopted, would mean an
Increase Of forty-eight per cent, IN
the police force, equivalent to about
fifty-two men, and it would have
twice as many men on patrol duty al
night on the precincts as in the day
time. He said the streets that are
entrances to the city would be thor
ouehly policed at all times under the
plan he outlines. The principal rec
. concentrations of Mr. Taylor. are
summarized in the accompanying
box. Tie points he makes in th'
summary are explained in detail II
his exhaustive report.
Mr.. TAYLOR does not criticise indi
viduals His report is not an effor
TO "cet somebody's head judging
from tile way it reads, but he hai
made a careful analysis of condition
and sets forth his conclusions for i'm
proving the police department.
The changes Mr.. Taylor recon
& meuded would mean probably an ad
ditional cost of between $4,000 ant
$1,000 a year for the maintenance
of the Police Department.
Fifty-two mems salaries would b
more than $4,000 a year, not in
cluding purchase and maintenance o
the new buildings and equipment h
recommends.
The first part of the report is de
voted to an analysis of the Police De
partment its makeup, property an
administrative and other conditions
There are now 109 men in the dc
partment Under the head oteln
vestigation and analysis, he says:
"The objections ] shall make an
n the analysis which follows may seel
80 IfcnnEfffr
to take seriously to task those WI
represent the different branches
The service, but an organization