Evening journal., 1914-04-08

ing at a patrol box after making a
report, slovenliness and lack Of neat
ness. etc.
"In such case where the chief Of po-
lice has inflicted punishment he should
be required to submit % the Board
Of Police Commissioners a report ex-
planning his action and setting forth
the facts. This recommendation is
made with the thought of placing in
the hands of the chief authority for
maintaining discipline and at the same
time relieve the Board of Police Com
missioners from spending their time
with the consideration of cases which
are Of trivial nature.
The chief of police should also be
given authority to suspend an offend
ing member Of the department with or
without pay pending trial, submitting
his report TO the Board of Police Com
missioners for their approval.
"A carefully written record should be
made of each complaint received eith-
er at the office of the Board of Police
Commissioners. police headquarters or
district station. and a numbered jacket
system be employed for preserving
these complaints and the investiga-
tions and reports thereon.
A reranking OF the officers in your
| department should be attended 10 as
soon as possible. The importance of
| this TO proper police service must be
obvious. The ranking should be as fol-
/ lows: Chief of police, surgeon, captains
of police. chief clerk, detective sergeant.
detectives, street sergcants. house SER
gcants, patrol sergeants. Other clerks
should rank as house sergeants.
The rank of the surgeon should be
that Of captain of police, and he
should be provided with a uniform for
use while on duty. lie should have
designated hours at his Office at head
quarters and there maintain all his rec
ords. submitting to the Board of Police
Commissioners through the chief OF po.
lice report in detail in cases of illness
or injury. The surgeon should be re.
quired to be present at all fires Of two
or more alarms; be present at large
public demonstrations and subject tC
instant call for serious accident.
Recommending detective system
Mr.. Taylor says;
"If there is a single unit Of more
value than another in the complex anc
diversified machinery of a well organ
lied police department it is the detec
tive service. This branch of the service
should be completely organized, de
tective sergeant carefully selected anC
placed in charge. At least two detcc
tives should be as carefully chosen an,
the entire service assigned for duty di
rectly under the chief Of police and ac
countable to him and TO him alone. Ih'
division of detectives should also have 1
clerk. photographer and statistician. IL
this division should report daily thl
special policemen recommended for eacl
OF the district police stations
"I have recommended the appoint
ment Of but two detectives as nu
cleus of the detective force for III
future in your city. and, therefore
these two men should be selecte
with the utmost care. No man @
more than forty years of age shoul
be considered for detective service.
Il recommend the adoption Of tn
two platoon system for street ser
vice This sytem. coupled with III
fifty-two beat system Is the best 70
efficient service. considering th
size and population of your city.
The two platoon system change
the hours Of duty for street sergeant