The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-07-09

isn't going 10 get the i64
additional men he thinks
his department needs"
Your hearing is good"
the mayor replied. "He
isn't. Not that l blame
Lang for wanting more
men. tho. His department
is too small"
How. then. Ia the city to be po-
licedf"
Better than In the past. l hope
and believe"
But how The city Is growing.
True. at the rate. probably. OF
10000 a year. hut YOU must re.
member that next year there will
be no saloons. Without discussing
the saloon business. you know and
! know that II man keeps on
drinking he sooner or later gets
drunk. And when he Il drunk he
wants 10 fight. The police get
more calls 10 the saloon district at
Second and Washington. and Occi.
dental and Washington than TO all
the rest OF the city.
Lose $3.50. 600 a Year
When the saloons are closed.
We can take officers away from
that district and pu, them else
where"
Then you believe that. while We
viii lose money by closing up the
saloons"
Our income from saloon licenses
is more than $3.50. 900 n year" said
the mayor.
Exactly. We lose $3.50, 600 n
year by closing the saloons. and
Wa make II up. In part at least. by
saving In the cost OF police protec-
I ton ="
Il think &C" said the mayor.
It's conundrum. OF course. Some
people don't agree with me. They
think We will need big force 10
keep the blind pigs down. Well.
there Will be blind pigs.' But IN
my opinion a uniformed officer IL
OF no use In finding thcm. He II
too obvious We shall need a
small. but efficient. secret service
and stool. pigeon system. Half q
dozen detectives will be worth 4
regiment OF uniformed men in
finding blind pigs"
Discusses Police system
Where do you suggest putting
the men who now patrol the IA.
loon dissrictsF In the suhurbs"
mo"
But you yourself have said that
you have seen a policeman Just
twice in 10 years In the district
where you live"
That's true. Seattle Is not and
never will be properly patrolled by
the police. Consider. We have
between 5000 and 5000 miles OF
streets Suppose we gave each OF.
ficer a beat three miles long. Can
an officer keep his eye on n three
mile beat7 We would need 1000
policemen on beats. instead OF the
200 we now have. II can't be done
We haven't the money. so why
talk about patrolling the streets ?"
Where. then, would you put the
men released from the saloon dis
trictr'
In the traffic squad. We need
more men there"
And leave the residence dis
tricts unprotected"
Advises Use OF Motorcycles
II have already explained that II
II impossible to patrol the resi-
dence districts. For purposes 9th
er than thief-catchlng. we must
have a few police In the suburbs
The man on the beat does the best
he can But the burglar. II he In
any sort OF a burglar. waits until
the man on the beat gets by the
house he intends 10 rob. He knows
he has one, two or three hours to
| work"
Again. then, how are the resi-.
dence districts to be protected"
Motorcycles" said the mayor.
Did you ever have occasion TO tel.
ephons headquarters for motor.
cycle cop7"
I recalled. then, the experience
OF man | know who teiephoned
L AIOu A&Ao BtAANObA thah ho bt~fh u
burglar rummaging around down
stairs. In five minutes two motor
cycle cops were at the house. one
in front. one In the rear. They
caught the burglar.
Man on Beat UnscononnIo
That's the answer" said Mayor
Gill. "A motorcycle cop can get to
the city limits IN 10 minutes in the
nighttime when there IL no traffic
10 delay him. You can get him to
your house in half or third OF the
time IL would take you to search
the neighborhood for the man on
the beat. Probably you wouldn't
find him anyhow.
"A man on suburban beat II
uneconomic. He spends his time
walking around. The motorcycle
cop is economic. When he has
caught your burglar. he hurries
back to headquarters and is ready
for the next call"