New Britain herald., 1915-12-22
P45 Cops Keep Order in Rncle Sam s 204 Big Cities
] Of Census Reports on Commission Government, Police, Liquor Traffic and Water Supplies in
 Places of Over 3O,OOO.

1 where patrolmen are ungraded ana 1 receive $756 per annum.
 1 The longest term of service neces- | sary to attain the highest grade is found in Savannah, Ga. In this city 1 the patrolman serves five years at ] $9O0, five at $96O, and five more at l $1,O2O, and thereafter receives $1,0S0. In Terre Haute, Ind, and Charleston, S. C., the maximum rates of pay-$1,0S0 and $1,02O, respective ly-are reached after 10 years of ser- vice.
 Among cities of 100000 or more, the longest term of service necessary to attain the highest grade is found in Washington, D. C., where, after three years of service at $900 and five more at $1,0So. the patrolman finally receives $1,200 per annum.
 The most common length of daily shift or ''tour' is eight hours, but in some cities it is considerably greater. In 12 cities there are two daily tours of 12 hours each. In all but of the cities the night force is equal to or greater than the day force. In 13 cities there are short periods during the day in which no patrolmen are on duty. In several cases these gaps between tours are two hours in length, and in one case-Quincy, Mass.-there are no patrolmen on their beats or posts between a. m. and S:45 a.. m.
 In the 204 cities to which the re- port relates, the equipment of the po- lice departments includes 685 station houses; 14,671 signal boxes; 293 vehi- cles for use of officials, nearly three fourths of which (217) are motor driven; 559 patrol wagons, twothirds of which (373> are motor driven; "A ambu1ances, two-thirds of which (49) are motor driven; 2,596 horses; S95 motorcycles, 1,007 bicycles; and 64 boats. In 134 cities no bicycles are in use, in SS cities no horses, in "A cities neither horses nor bicycles, and and in 10 cities neither bicycles, nor ses, nor motorcycles.
 Appointment and Retirement.
 Public interest in the efficiency of police departments is doubtless re- sponsible for the fact that no fewer than 122 of the 2O4 cities of 3O,O0O and over, including all those of more than 100000, apply civil-service reg ulations to the appointment of pol1ce- men, 1855 provide some form of retire. ment and pension system, and still larger number prescribe age, height and weight limits. In 93 cities retired employees receive half the salary they were drawing at the time of retire. ment. A number of other cities pay a fixed compensation amounting to as much or more than this, while still others employ a sliding scale based on length of service.
 Police Women.
 Police women are now employed in 26 cities. Chicago nas 21; Baltimore Los Angeles and Seattle each; Pitts burg1, 4; San Francisco, Portland, Ore, and St. Paul, each; and Day. ton, Ohio, Topeka, Kans., and Minn- eapolis, Minn., 2 each. Fifteen other cities have 1 each. Their pay ranges from S625 per annum in Dayton to $1,2O0 in San Francisco.
 Methods of Regulating Edquor Traffic
 Prohibition by State law prevails in 17 cities of 3O,000 and over each in Georgia and Tennessee, in Kan sas, each in Oklahoma and West Virginia, Municipal prohibition is in effect in 15 cities-S in Massachusetts, 2 each in Illinois and California. and 1 each in Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Washington County prohibition has
 
 cities and parish prohibition has clos ed them in 1 Louisiana city. There are thus 35 cities in which total pro- hibition prevails. In addition, there are S-4 in Ohio. in Colorado and 1 each in Pennsylvania, and Illinois in which partial prohibition is in ef- feet through the operation of what is known as the district system, un- der which certain districts or sections Of the city may, by popular vote abolish their saloons. while other
 The largest city which has adopt ed prohibition and independently of state or county action in the matter is Cambridge, Mass, whose popula~ tion is estimated at between 110.- 900 and 1000. The largest city in which the saloons have been closed by state enactment is Atlanta, Ga, with approximately 1S0,000 inhabi tants.
 In 124 of the 169 cities in which saloons are licensed, they are limited as to number, and in 91 as to loca- tion; and in 28 cities, 16 of which are in Pennsylvania, there are no restric- tionS as to either number or location Tn some cities the limitation as tt number is definitely stated; in others 4,,1- 11 c. ~c ,s~s~ l.