Evening times-Republican., 1920-12-13
GILL TO BE PRESENTED IN LEG.
isLATURE FOR SPECIAL
POLICE FoECE.
WOULD REDUCE Loss IN
STOLEN AUTOMOBILES
Plan 10 to Establish Department.
Similar to State constabulary in
Pennsylvania and New York and
Canada's Famous Mounted Police.
Would More Than Pay Way.

Des Moincs, Dec. HS.-Iowa will
have q state constabulstry similar to
those in New York and Pennsylvania
and to the northwest mounted police,
II a bill to be introduced early in the
next session Of the legislature is
passed. Those who drafted it expect
that IL will cut down the loss in stol-
sn cars to q great degree. and will
lower theft insurance premiums more
than s2,ooo.ooo q year.
Tho bill is not complicated, and
merely outlines the personnel Of the
constabulary. its duties, md places 1t
under the direct control Of the COVER
nor.
One great feature Of the movement
Il Ia the freeing Of the mounted po-
lice from local restrictions. Con-
stables will have authority to make
arrests In any part OF Iowa They
will be free from llndrance from
peace officers.
Five Posts in State.
Five posts viii be established In
suitable scattered parts OF Iowa, from
which the constables will Operate.
The force viii consist Of about 800
men and officers. divided into five
troops. Each troop will consist Of
about forty privates alNi two or three
Officers. There also will bo corporals
And sofgeants In each troop, as In the
army.
The majority OF tho s,onstables will
be mounted on horses. for the sake
OF mobility and tho effect on the
morale Of the public. The force also
will have several speed squads, with
fast cars. Their purpose will not be
to catch spseders or tr,lffio violators,
hut 20 present Il formidable, we'll
equipped and unified organization
against tho bands Of gun men and
auto thieves that terrc1ixe Iowa.
Since they viii bo directed from
] the office Of the chief executive Of
the stats, and win keep in constant
touch with headquarters in Des
Noinss, they viii be able to ouell dis
orders and set on the trail Of orimi-
nails much more rapidly than the
soattsrsd Dollos systsHns, according
% those whe aso fosttning tho bill
The rooosds Of the New York.
T Rsnnsyivania and northwest mounted
police are pointed 10 - sufficient
accommodation OF thu measure. In
New York state, It was said
- psr cent. Of Ar7sstsd persons
wore convicted, chiefly thru the ef-
forts Of the mounted .polios.
The drafters Of the bill point out
With shame the comparatively small
number Of convictions to arrests In
America, 90 compared with other
ioouAtrisA In France last year about
t6 psr cent OF ArrtAts resulted in
,Oonv1ot1ou; In Nnyland about 80 Der
cent; In Germany about: 90 per cont
and la the United States . per cent,
4 was said.
|. Work In Canada.
n Canada several months ago
mesttus Of !. w. W'S. was held,
which the civil police were unable to
break up. A Srous' Of citizens, at
their wits snds, canO across two
former servipe men. returned from
Tran1A who had beerl In the north
wsG mounted police service.
Sure We can break 'em up" these
two boys sAid. They stepped into the
large hall whore the meeting was be
Ing held. drsw two 6nns apiece, and
inside five minutes hA dispelled tho
entire gathsrins.
Several years aso u half dozen
1snnsylvania uaountet police arrested
the ringleadsrs In . rsbellious min