Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-30
URGES MORE PAY
FOR D. c. POLICE
Mr.. Brownlow Tells Senators
Salaries Here Less Than
in Other Cities.
DATA OFFER CONTRASTS
DATA OFFER CONTRAST:

Commissioner Brown1ow went be-
fore the District committee Of the
Senate today to urge increases in the
pay OF all privates and officers of the
police department.
Before meeting the committee Mr..
Rrownlow gave out statement deny
ing report that Maj. Pullman had
salary. He said:
! ANY effort being made to defeat
the proposed increases Of salaries for
members OF the police force will not
be maAesiaz2ss-a lid shHs&4se fGlsasstate-
ment that Maj. Pullman has recon-
msnded an increase IN salary for him-
sMAj. Pulman aid snot recommend
any increase In his own salary. He
did recommend to the Commissioners
members Of the force. Maj. altman
made no recommendations to Congress
whatsoever,
Commissioners Action.
...The Recommendations to Congress
were made by the board Of Commits
sioners Of the District Of Columbia.
The Commissioners believe that the
officers as well as the privates Of the
police force are entitled to an increase
intendent should have a larger salary.
They have asked Congress for an In
crease in the. salary Of every private
and every officer. personally have had
conferences with some of the leading
men In both. houses which makes me
-. Gel nF %, I~HA
ton.
What the Commissioners have asked
for is an increase Of the basic pay of
every private by $40 year, Of SER
geants and lieutenants Of $500 year
and Of captains, inspectors, the assistant
superintendents and the superintendent
of $500 q year. In addition to the
basic salary, all but the two assistant
and the superintendent
viii receive the bonus Of $40 year"
Submits Data as to Salaries. J
The Commissioner was fortified
with considerable data showing the
members Of the force to be vastly
underpaid, as compared with the po-
lice officers Of other cities.
The Washington chief of police.
ted. receives a basic salary of $4,000
q year, without the bonus granted
by Congress to other government en-
ployes. In Boston, the chief of po-
lice is paid $4,000 a year: in, Chicago,
5000; in Cincinnati. $4,000: in New
in St. Louis and New Orleans, $4,000
each. Even, Bridgeport. Conn, tops
Washington, paying its chief of po-
Inspectors of the Washington po-
lice force receive $500. exclusive of
the bonus. In a number OF cities
Brownlow showed, the police in
spectors are paid salaries ranging
from s2,50O to $4,000.
The same disparity in the compensa-
ton of officers Of other grades was
ures. Police captains here receive 81
600. exclusive Of bonus. Elsewhere
the amounts range from $2,220 to $3,-
900. with Bridgeport again leading
Washington by paying $4,000.
Lieutenants get $500 in basic sal
ranges from $1,000 to $4,000. Jersey
civ nays the top price OF 5000 and
New York $2.4so. Bridgeport's price
Washington sergeants draw ;1,4oo
per annum. basic. OF q number Of
Los Angeles pays the next
lowest price-$1,500. Chicago leads
with $4,000. Even Youngstown, Ohio.
pays 1880.
Suffers in Comparison.
The present basic salary of the
Washington police private is 1880.
The Commissioners would increase 1t
to $3.50, exclusive of bonus. Chi
Cages policemen make from $1.440
to $1,S00;- Boston's, from $1,100 to
$500; New York's, from $1,000 to
1850. San Francisco pays 1850.
Bridgeports rate ranges from $500
to $3.50.
How the police forces in the capital
are distributed for duty also was ex-
planned in detail by Commissioner
Brownlow today. He made public
chart showing the disposition of the
force for the twenty-four hours end
ing at am. July ~.
On that day the personnel Of the
department numbered 500, being
ninety men short of the full quota.
OF this number but 4s7 were on pa
troll duty. There were ninety-two on
short patrol. or fixed post duty. and
405 on regular beats. Ninety-three
men were on special duty details and
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