Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-22
COMMISSIONERS
MET LAST NIGHT.
Chief Goods Submits His
Report For The
! Year
MAKES SUGGESTIONS
Says Larger Force is Needed, Also
Two More Observation-Disclosures of
Force Want Increases in Salary.

Z The regular monthly nesting o.
The Board of Police Commissioners
was held last night. Only routine busi-
ness was presented. Charles 7. Goods,
Chief of Police. submitted his annual
report. 1t is as follows:
Gentlemen:
II herewith submit my annual re-
port for the year 1919, giving in detail
thc work performed, together with
some suggestions which feel will add
to the efficiency Of the department
and improve its discipline.
The year just closed has been mark
ed by distinctive advance in the
observance Of discipline by the rank
and file Of the department. This is
due to the conviction on the pa!s of
the members that you gentlemen, in
whom is vested control of the depart-
ment, will not tolerate derelicticn Of
duty. Not only are the men observing
the rules of discipline but there is q
general tendency on their part to
exert every effort to raise the Stand
ard of the department.. This condi-
ton cannot but help increase the
value to the force, and, with the men
realizing that their superiors arc de-
termined to see that the people shall
have the best possible measure OF
protection, there is refreshing and
apparent purpose on all sides to make
the department one of the best regu-
lated public safety bureau as we pos
sinly can have with the small police
force we have to do with.
! have givaa considerable thought
to the needs of the department as re-
CARDS its numerical strength, and l
would respectfully suggest that you
recommend nto City Council that they
consider the advisabiity of e4!arg-
ing the force by an addition Of ten
men we are urgently m need of same.
Outlying sections are building up so
rapidly that there is a constant and
merited demand for Increased prc:ec-
tion, at times, through illness and the
assignment CT patrolmen to plain
clothes duty in emergency cases in
which uniformed men would not be OF
service, under these conditions meE
in other wards are required to cover
double territory. This does not permi;
of adequate service, especially at
might, and the only remedy is to en-
large the department, to do justice tc
our citizens and the department we
should have. two plain clothes men
and also two motorcycle men, at all
times.
u recommend that two motorcycles
be added to the equipment of the de-
partments for. traffic duty only, l WI,
assure you that they will pay for them
selves within two months, and they
will add to the efficiency of the force
100 per cent, the old car should b.
kept at headquarters to run emergency
calls.
i recommend that this department:
will be equipped with a camera s.
that we wfll be able to take photo.
graphs of the most important arres
made, and also finger-print system O.
which will be of value to our depart
ment and departments of other cities
so many of these criminals are agaiI
at large, and Will no doubt rontinu'
their career here anu elsewhere.
! would be lax in my duty to tht
city, if did not again urge the nee
esssty of Police Signal and call VI
system, which is used by every cit.
with an organized, disciplined polio
department, and adds 100 per cent eff
fic!ency to the work of the organizs
ton. The urgent need of direct an,
prompt communication at all time
between the police station and til
men on the various beats, is demon
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