Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-08
NEED MORE POLICE
TO GUARD CITY
Chief Black Asks for Twcnty-four
More Men in Annual
Report.

IhN1lff fniiiNfN N'i'h 'i''N
creased IN this city, the report oi Chiet
of Police Black, Tor the year ending June
M. last shows a decrease IN the number
oi arrests for the IL months. llis report
and recommendation follow: Honorable
Board of Police commissioners
"C,cntlcmen-l have the honor 90
submit herewith my annual report Tor
the fiscal wear commencing July !, 1917,
and ending June 30, 1918. together with
such suggestions which IN my opinion
would benefit the service.
During tho year a members OF the
force were summoned before your honor
able body, charged with niractions OF
the rules and regulations, csulung m
two eases being dismissed, three rep
rimanded, one tined one days pay,
,hrec. three DAYS paw three. five days
nav. and nine discharged from the service.
aSix members of the force resigned
their positions and one captain. three
sergcants and eight patrolmen "crr
retired from active service and placed
upon the pension roll
In prcv GUS reports | asked that tho
hoard consider the advisahlliiN oi de-
,.ih,r one member nf the force rs 4
rermanent instructor IN the police school
al instruction, as the persons on whom
this dusy now rest have little ~ 40 time
10 properly prepare themselves for tins
work. The traffic squad should hc M
creased by the addition oi tive men,
these to hc placed Al the intersection ~
Front ami trench streets, Fourth
and French streets, Ninth and Orange
streets, Tenth and Orange streets,
and Eleventh and Market streets The
work of the Detective Bureau Is con
,tantlv increasing and would ask that
,hrc, additional men hc added 90 the
squad and that a bunk room bc httcd
Ip IN order that part oi the squad could
be- available for night calls
Il would ash that "A touring car body
he purchased tor the Ford chassis nov
used as a small patTo and that heavier
chassis bc purchased and The patrol
body placed on same, aS the FORD
hassls Is too hight for the work re
CURED OF Il.
PoLICf FoRC HANDICAPPED.
The force during the past year having
cen very much handicapped by the
ontInued shortage oi men, ] would ash
hat an effort be made 20 fill up the
,icnlctcd ranks also 70 increase the
number oi patIolmcn now allowed hN
law in order 60 take care oi the new
districts winch Will have 20 hc created
IN the new | mon Park and NaW asrt
extensions For thl> and the additional
men required III tho detective SquAl
and the traffic squad, - men viii 7,
required
ihc report shows tha, CITY CounU'
appropriated 20 the department thr
sum OF Sl67 600 and q tins amount
SI56. 24I a. has been expended leaving
a balance Of sl0.T5S 55.
The earnings OF the department are
collected. 3,537 4S. dog tax collected,
xS.4l7.7o; sale OF pawnhrokors books,
Ssi. so. sale Of meals, Sl54 20, received
from Gamewen Company, S3el 90, IN
sursnce premium returned. s33 25, IN
stalhng FIRE alarm boXes. sl25 sale %
old material. Slo0 20, overpaid salary
returned, $3.50; total, S27,972 81.
Value Of property tlrc and polir,
alarm and reporting system, $50 0oo
Office equipment, $1,000. fUrnIt Ire and
fixtures, $1,000, patrol wagons, $4,000
touring cars. $1,000. and motorcylc>
s.. 600. total $500
In conclusion Chief Black extends III
thanks T. the commissioners and Judges
and clerk Oi the city court the Juvenile
court. the police surgeons detectives and
patrolmcn for their kindness and falth-
fulness durng the past year
The report shows that a. tho present
lime the police department includes IT
persons, as follows: one chif, one
surgeon. two captalu, fourteen sergcant>
four dectectvC>, nlnetI patrolmcn, thrce
operators ;hrcc challffcurs ono stcnog-
rapher. one superintendent of the re-
porting system, one llneman two matron~
and one lanitor.
The total number N arrests for The
seal year va, 6635 rs compared uith
TOO for thc preceding year 0f thc
tot4l number vi arrests iIab were foI
drunkenness and 81 for larceny During
he year 33s men were held for the Fed
cral authorltles
riGHIs wERE HCaERors
During the wear fighters figured large
Il in the court tho records showing
10 arrests on charges of assault and
battery and o. men were arrested for
fighting % Tho streets
Fifteen arrests were made for murder
while l79 men, mostly youths. wcre
charged with playing Gratis
In the list ~ occupations gwen bv
he prisoners during the year 1923 were
laborcrS while POI were servants and
30 werc soldier Four were newspaper
reporter and l33 Carpenter Tao
hundred and eighteen were housewives
and two gave their occupations ~ artIstS.
OF the total arrests ,6lS were Negroes
snd 3.797 white natives of this country.
y were from Germany, 269 from Ireland
md 3S7 from Poland Italy ran third
with ri
The record, also show hat the greater
number 81 prisoners arrested were b.
tween 20 and 30 years, the total for that
age limit being 2 Isl
The color and sex records show tho
.rrests 10 have been Is follows White
.emales, 3Z9; white males, 1865, col
red females 25S. colored males, 800
For the fir,, time III three wears drunken
ness showed q decrease, the report show
fng the following records for the past
ten years.
1909. ! ,l9l 1910 1891; 1911. l.4l4
1912, ,46s, 1913 ,467; 1914, ,2S3; 1918
AS: 1916. 3 357. 1917. 27lS, 1913. ,596
Francis T. Green sergeant IF Detective
Bureau. in his report which accompanies
he report ~ Chief Black states that
llring the year hi- bureau caused the