Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-31
MORE men and BETTER SALARIES
!. ENEEDOF POLICE FORCE, SAYsROsE

"A large prOpOrtl0n Oh the force is
required to handle traffic 1t seems
simple to me to see that this IL, some,
thing new, that trafffn mem ,were not
needed few years ago, and that in
estimating the increase of the force
traffic men should not, be counted.
Il they were not counted the. present
police force would be far smaller than
1t was many years ago ~ iss,ir a..
81 am going to do sall !, can with
the force" the sheriff continued. Il
am trying to stamp out gambling and
we are doing it to as large an extent
as has ever been done, believe. IN q
city with a large population of Orien-
tails, all inveterate gamblers. Opium
Using is at a minimum here and there
are comparatively few robberies."
Asked whether he thought the po-
lice and detectives were paid enough
salary to insure good men, Rose ans
wered:
Wants Larger Salaries.
mo, don't Not in all cases. Some
of the men get enough, but there
should be larger salaries in order to
get competent men for some kinds Of
work"
Some of the supervisors say you
have not complied with their requests
made in connection with police policy.
Is that true?' Rose was asked.
Supervisor Horner of the police
committee will tell you ! have always
done everything he asked of me, when
lit was possible" said the sheriff.
No other sheriff here ever stopped
gambling" he continued, although
some of them had, in proportion to
population and taking the handling of
traffic into consideration, much better
chances to do it than have. The city
has grown, but the police. force, has
not, and the money allowed for police
has not increased in proportion to the
growth of the town But at that, be-
lieve there is less gambling in Homo
lulu now than for years."
lmpervious to Criticism.
Sheriff Rose apparently thinks the
police department is doing the best
possible work with the money and
men at hand. and whatever criticism
has been made has not affected him,
it appears. ~.:.-=. -,
81 do not mind criticism" he re:
marked when the opinions which have
been voiced of the administration OF
his department were called to his at
tention. The police are not infallible
but there has been mass of mis-
directed criticism, misunderstanding
and false statement. An error made
at the supervisors meeting, for in
stance, was the. statement that = the
mounted officers do not make any ar
rests. 49,. ~. -. 49,: ....
THAT is wrong, and the blotter
downstairs will show it. Such things
as this are said because of miscon.
ception. The mounted men make ar
rests right along and then lose part
of their daytime sleep coming to
court as witnesses. and frequently
have to lose sleep day after day, be,
cause cases are postponed. The rec
.ords here will show that the loss of
sleep has not caused the men to be
lax about arrests, as was charged at
a recent meeting of the supervisors"
Rose says he has no desire to put
himself on the defensive or talk
through the newspapers. but at the
same time he has no objection to do
ing so. -
"The records and facts are here
and these offices are open to citizens
and officials he concluded, ''and it
is easy enough for anyone who wants
to get real Information, and not sim