The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-12-08

pended pending a hearing before the
police and fire commission. This baar-
ing Is scheduled to come up on Friday
night Of this week. Formal complaint
against Hanaway has been made bv
Chlef Logan and it is now in the hands
OF the secretary of the commission. II
charges Hanaway with being intoxi-
Gated while In uniform and with failure
TO pull box on his beat.
Must Walk ChaIkline.
Yes, there is a shakeup of the police
department under way, and it is going
TO be shaken up and down until every
man on the force who fails to live nm
70 the regulations of the department.
mas been removed" declared Chief Lo-
gan THIS morning. 81 am personally
ready to file charges before the com.
mission against any member of the
Iorce who has failed in his duty or
whose personal conduct is not in keen.
ing with what would be ex5,ect = of q
man 10 8 sworn to enforce Tho law
1here will be no delay in the removal
Oh men who do not keep the spirit as
We'll as the letter of the law. The no.
ice force has definite things to do and
they must be done by sober painstak-
ing men who have intelligence enough
TO do them and who are ready to use
their intelligence. What we want. is
10 build up real police department.
1t is true that 1 demanded the resiena-
ton of Westbrook and that l suspend
ed Hanaway. Westbrook resigned af-
ter complaints made against him had
been laid informally before members
of the commission in my presence. He
was told to get off the force and he
promptly presented his resignation"
Commission to Back Up Chief.
1t is declared that the commission
stands ready to back up the chief To
the last ditch in his effort to purge
the police force Of undesirables. The
record of every man on the force is
being kept and while there is no sys-
tenn of espionage adopted in the office,
care is being taken to check up the
work Of every officer.
1.-THE great number of men serving
as police officers in Kenosha are GOOD
careful law-abiding officials" declared
the chief this morning, land it goes
against the grain with the rest of us
to have citizens report that men are
intoxicated while in uniform and dis
courteous to the people they are sup
posed to serve. I don't care how long
such men have been on the force, thew
must keep their personal and public
life clean or get off, 1t was only a
short time ago that l received a sub
stantiated report that one member of
the police force Of Kenosha had loaned
his uniform to friend and the friend
used it to get moonshine liquor. It is
not necessary to say that the star
which was worn by that man is await
ing the action of the commission to
fill the vacancy. have had reports
that men who wear the uniform have
not been clean in their personal life"
Forget Home Duties.
at has been limited to me that some
of the men-I won't say many-have
not been giving the proper care to their
families and they have allowed them
selves to be drawn into conditions
which might result in arrest for viola
tion of state laws. There is no place
on the force for such fellows. If they
can't walk straight themselves, there is
no reason to believe that they will be
of any value in teaching other people
to walk straight"
The shakeup is causing the usual
amount of sensation among the police
and at the city hall and the determin-
alton of the chief to purge the force
is being watched with a great deal Of
interest.