Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-21
THREE EXTRA
POLICEMEN
PROVIDED FOR
Special Meeting Of Council
Last Night Acts on
Resolution
PROTRACTED DEBATE
Present Resolution to Fix Salary of
New Civil and Police Justice at ST.
800-Bailiff at 500.

Following lengthy debate last
night city council adopted resolution
providing for the employment of three
extra policemen to serve from now til!
March 81, 1922. The principal part
of the debate was regarding the traf-
fic policemen going beyond the con:
fines of the city limits and some OF
the councilmen expressed themselves
as opposed to the policemen going pc
yond the corporate limits OF the city
of Alexandria in making arrests, TINS
being brought about by the aid re-
Gently given the federal prohibition
agents by the motorcycle policemen.
Embodied in the resolution was that
the board of police commissioners De
requested to arrange to have at all
times an extra officer at headquarters
capable of operating motorcycle and
"That it is the sense OF city counci!
that a member or members OF the po'
lice force assigned to duty OF traffic
policemen confine their activities
within the corporate limits except IN
pursuit of person or persons leaving
the city to evade arrest and the CLERK
send copy of this resolution to the
mayor and members of the board OF
police commissioners. ia,
The original application made by
the board Of police commissioners Tor
extra policemen provided that city
council furnish six extra pollcemen TO
serve till March 81, 1922.
The measure was finally passed by
a vote of 10 to 2. When the resolu-
.tion was read and presented for action
on the Recommendation Of the lolnt
committee on finance and police
Councilman Lawler. stated that the
mayor and police commissioners are in
control of the police force and ne said
he believed the city council lacked the
authority to direct the operations OF
the police force.
1t was explained by Councilman
Ticer that the resolution does not at
tempt to take from the mayor or
police commissioners, their iurisdic-
ton, this resolution simply beng a
request. President Burke also said 1t
simply was request.
Councilman McCaffrey said he
thought it was time to keep the Of
ficers within the city limits.
Councilman Sullivan expressed
himself in favor. of securing the sery-
ices of six policemen as asked for by
the commissioners.
Regarding the policemen going be-
pond the corporate limits recently
Councilman Sullivan stated that a
constable of Fairfax county had ask
ed for aid. ;,
Councilman Ticer declared that if
the members wanted to protest
against the members of the police for
going beyond the city limits to pass
the resolution. He said he was not
in sympathy with bootleggers and ne
felt that the government has plenty
of soldiers to help in such raids as
were recently made in Fairfax coun-
ty. Mr.. Ticer also cited the reason
why he asked for an officer who can
operate a motorcycle being detailed at
headquarters.
Mr.. McCaffrey thought that if the
motorcycle had heen where it should
last week Mr.. Herbert's house in
Rosemont would not have been rob-
bed.
Councilman Ruben said Alexandria
frequently gets calls from Fredericks-
burg. Va, to arrest persons passing
through Alexandria and he wanted to
know why. Mr.. Sullivan explained
that such persons do not always come
through Fredericksburg, and it is i'm
possible to catch them by the authori-
ties of that CITY.
Councilman beavers said that he re.
Gently called Commonwealth's !Attor-
ney Howard w. Smith on the tele-
phone regarding the officers going be.
wong the limits and Mr.. Smith tolc
him that the mayor has the right tt
allow the policemen to go beyond the
corporate limits of the citv.
Councilman Lawler said ne favored
the separation from the resolution OF
, the three paragrs ohs relating to the
handling of the police force. as it look
ed like council was meddling in thu
matter. and adopting the resolution
providing these features which sim
ply asked for the appointment O.
three additional policemen. Presi
dent Burke said the police of the cit!
should not be called on except II
cases Of emergency.
A letter from Corporation Attor
neyney H. Noel Garner to Councilman
McCaffrey, of the committee on po
lice, concerning the activities of po
1icernen was then read
The letter in part reads as follows
"The requirements of the Law
and the necessities OF th'
city, make it necessary tha
the city, within the actual phvsi
cal corporate limits thereof shall b
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