The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-12-07
M0THERLY LADY
FOR POLICE DUTY
City Manager Looking for
Woman to be Added to
Police Force.
TO PROTECT WOMEN
Plans Also Made for Employ
ment Of Expert as Supt. of
Parks of the City.

The police woman is coming to Ke-
nosha.
Not in any way cnagrinned by the
rather unsavory experience of the city
of Racine in adopting modern methods
of police management City Manager
Osborn announced this morning that
Kenosha is going to. have a police wo-
man and she is expected to start
"traveling her beat" the first day of
January.
"No we have not as yet selected the
lady for this position" said Mr..
Osborn and he put some emphasis on
the word "lady" ''but we can say that
we are not asking Racine to aid us
in finding the right person for the
position"
The new city budget contains an
increased appropriation for police work
and a good part of this is to be taken
over to provide for the employment
of the police woman and the proper
carrying out of her work. Chief of
Police Logan is in full accord with the
City Manager in the belief that it is
very necessary that Kenosha have a
police woman and the two officials
conferred this morning over the mat
er and arranged to take active steps
to secure the right kind Of person.
Wants "Motherly Woman.
"What We are looking for is a high
grade woman Of experience, woman
who has a. sense Of welfare work and
who can properly handle woman and
girl protection work" said the city
manager. "She should be woman of
motherly instincts who has common
sense and motherly interest in the
welfare of the people of her sex. She
is to be a regular member of the po-
lice department of the city getting
the same pay as a police officer of
the male gender and having the same
chance for advancement in the de-
partment. Her work will in no way
conflict with the work of county pro-
baton officer but it will undoubtedly
be of great aid in making such a
county department more efficient We
haven't the slightest idea who this
police woman is to be but we want her
to be the right kind of woman. We
appreciate that this. is an office in
which the right personality counts and
if the plan is to succeed we must have
the right woman"
A number of informal suggestions
have been made to the manager and
the Chief but as yet formal applica-
tions for the position are lacking.
Wide Field for Work.
The city officials see wide field
for work for just such woman. Her
of better protection of women and
girls and this will probably include
supervision of dance halls about which
there has been frequent complaints
in Kenosha. Several of the cities
of Wisconsin have successfully tried
out the plan of having women on the
police department. All of the larger
cities of the country now give over a
considerable of the work of department
to women. Here and there have been
failures of the plan but for the most
part it has brought great advantage
to the work of police departments in
handling the problems which center
about the protection of young girls and
children.
Superintendent for Parks.
The new program for city work will
also include the employment of "Su-
perintendent of Parks and park work.
It is planned to secure for this work
man with special preparation who
has had experience in the laying out
of parks and the carrying forward of
work for the improvement of park
systems. The man has not as yet been
employed but several applications for
the position are now in the hands of
the city manager.