Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-25

He said gambling must go out entire
IL: boctIegging must be subdued, anu
that the safe-cracking gang has gone Tar
enough.
There we're nothing Chief Kinney
missed. He said some of the patrolmeh
have been lax in reporting crime. Con
structive criticism was dealt out Literally
Particular stress was laid on speed
law violations which he took up separate
" with his traffic and motorbike men.
It was at the morning rollcall that the
chief put fire under the feet OF his men.
Arrest them.' was his Keynote tie
said action was what he wanted.
Alibi reports won't go in the future
Kinney declared. He explained that his
reference to "alibi reports was dl-
rected at patrolme2 who turn in a daily
record Of their districts by saying
Nothing doing"
REGULAR BOUNDS
MADE BY POLICE.
"There are some policemen who make
the rounds of their districts the same
each day." Kinney said. "These men
are the ones who hand in reports and
say: I visited Smiths poolroom at a
certain time and found no law viola
tions' The same men hand in similar
knows exactly what time to expect the
policeman to visit his place, and Of
course there is no gambling at that time.
Start in on your district at a different
place each day. Double back and keep
them guessing"
The chief ordered that all vehicle own.
ers who have failed to ebtain state and
city license be arrested. The same order
for all persons who have failed to OBJ
tain license for various licensed busi-
Less enterprises was made.
1--WE have given them enough warning
start making arrests today" he said.
! Special attention was called to the
moral condition in the city.
! "There have been at least seven reports
made to the police department within the
+ last few days about men, human vul-
} lures, who loaf around school buildings
/ with their automobiles just at the time
/ that schools let out and attempt tO lure
/ young girls into the cars. Many of ynu
Elen have children. You know what you
would do If some man ruined your
] daughter. / call on you to protect the
! young girls"
ORDERED TO WATCH
LOAFING YOUTHS.
'If you enter a poolroom in which
room there Is a dry beer saloon or res
taursnt in front and you find young boys
/ loafng in the restaurant or dry beer part.
take their names and addresses. We will
notify their parents.
"If you find high school students or
grade school students loafng about pic
/ ture shows, in stores or on the street
during school hours, question them. Get
their names and addresses, notify the
| principal of the school which they should
La nil Fy
their parents.
"Give every support and assistance you
can to the women of the womens police
department. They will be responsible for
any arrest they request you to make.
'There is a gang of safe blowers who
seem to have their headquarters in this
city. These men have made no attempt
TO rob local banks but go to small towns
within forty miles Of indianapolis to ply
I their trade. Find out about the guests
at rooming houses and hotels on your
/ district This gang must be broken up.
NOTHING TO REPORT"
THE CHIEF ALIBI.
"The alibi reports say there is moth
| ing to report but / have made personal
| inspections on many districts and I
find city property blocked. The city
attorney tells me that there are about
| twenty -tnree SulJS penolng against tue
city as the result of persons having
parked autos on city property, put junk
on city property or blocked the side
walks, streets and alleys in some way.
/ Get busy and warn an persons who are
blocking city property that they must
/ clear up the obstruction today
Ashes must not be dumped into the
street or cutters. When a citizen reports
/ to you that his home has been robbed, or
/ points out a 1Ouse suspected of being
a place where the law is violated, or
where gambling is permitted. report that
to the sergeant at headquarters at once.
Don't wait. The delay often makes #
| hard to make arrests.
There are no saloons. The time that
was required TO watch and investigate
| those places can well be devoted to other
police work. There are new problems
which present themselves to the police
men these days since the prohibition law
las become d fact and these new prob
lens are the ones the police must solve
and to solve them a policeman must be
alive and keep awake. Don't hand in
| alibi reports"