Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-06-12
jim KEETON AN EFFICIENT CHIEF
OF POLlCE-HAS A GREAT RECORD
by JOE 4. POPE

~ WI y" w 70
Amarillo has had many good officers,
end the thinking citizens attribute to
each and all of these their due place
IN the sale of usefulness. That com.
inunIty that unthlnkingly olassIfics It's
police officers with those unfortunate
eases wherein grating. in.fficiency and
crime have been discovered In the more
populous cities among the police force
do good. competent and conscientious
men an injustice.
During the pas, few years Amarillo
has had at the head NJ her police dc.
i,ariment q seasoned officer In the per.
ron of Jim keeton. Mr.. k.cton has
been n police officer for many years.
u term suificiently long 10 he schooled
IN the peace officers art. lie brings
a. his task IN police chiefs NJ this city.
u knowledge gathered from many fields
rnd varied experiences. Win the
flight NJ years. the fallacies OF his
earlier desires and ambitions. the false
estimates VI standards and grades Of
men have fallen away. Swept clean OF
all desires except 10 serve aii the peo'
pie, Jim keetnn ranks with the abiest
ana heat officers Of the southwest.
This In not To any that keeton has
always avoided the errors into when
officers frequently fall. especially IN
their younger years. u In merely 10
say that having seen the point hiddeh
beneath the charming lure of impctu
osity. through painful experiences NC
like all worthy officers. avoids repeu
tion at ihose things that tend 10 IN
validate otherwise efficient efforts
Fearless, courageous. wise In the ways
az men ot the world. daring 10 do his
duty In face Of all opposition, Jim kee'
ton makes for this city an officer IN
whom all may take pardonable pride
\, may be said of the keeton regime
tina, no, since ms beginning. has there
Lven a burglary " any consuerVin'e
magnitude. lie has 10 directed ms men
M to safeguard property against app,e'
liable loss at the hand of burglars I've
nor. than any other one agency dur.
inx ,ha, reriod when "crimc waves
wer. sweeping the United States dis
ne,i.d the clouds threatening To de-
lug. Amarillo with y flood III crime
inc,plent movements. pointing to ser
i., cf raids, were quietly hut eitecu
y,ly mined In the hud. They never
cam. IN iu,, flower. Jim kecton never
WAS under the necessity OF interview
ing" the same wouldbe'crimewaNep'o
mo,or. The second time, The once over
nroy.J an ample sufficiency' Tor u'
.mhryonic crin,r.waver. A few w"fu'
of in,her,y advice from CHIEF kee,"'
nroy.d quite enough ~ conversu"'
Ia o,,se, desires expressed ana silently
entertained. The near cr'me'weN''
was soon on his way TO more p'"nns
ms f,.,ds, or had ~ changed his "hh'
us TO be entirely out Of the NOTION "
aoing anything desperate whcn Ns'."'
Rad reached the amen stage OF '"'
conversation. -.
M course, there are those who nav
NO, N wrl, defined appreciation ot w
uro,.c,lcn youchsafed through the We
yrnu,.,ea police department whose pei
snnnrl represents sosid wall 81 Fellow
who arc Willing To invest the hast uso
az their ilfV'a blood. ~ that eSt'en'
n.a sure Ia necessary, To protect IN
lives ana ptotsetH We WV ~.
src some who belleve that all r"ne'
man represents n the ultra hard b"'le
nsp~c, such 10 not the case. Tor u
meath the drab ccats IL the police OF
GERS are hearts tender while hrav'
They ARE the most propelling men VII
while hardened TO their tasks ,hroos
rpa,ac, with the pervcrsc natures
earth, are none,helcss tender and syn
pashs,sc. Il might be a revelation
many To know that the bls. hraN
handed pclice officers take the kcenc'
and k,ndllest interest In tender chill
h.ssi, Chief keetcn himself has sas
srrd from the Juvenile lie often iett
scat a, the mercies ~ the tide, IT,,
fellow aud has made him his legal hel
swing him his name. and loving him
full, gracious measure generally sn
pcs~d TO he known only To the na'"r
yar~nt,
Countless Instances of ,enderne
have heen shown. wherein the hts, har
sn~d men on the force havr cndanser
their llv~s. endured personal discomf"'
gene the extra mllea" 10 thu, ,hose 'c
aide To endure the hardshirs Ia whb
they themselves arr innur~d. n,lEh'
SPARED. u u = fortunate fac, u
,rlsc~ ofsscers are Just human he'nl
Into whose hands have h~en rlac,si u
ssreeahle tasks. along with those w