The Washington herald., 1922-09-20
CITY
GETTING BETTER,
!. SAYS SULLIVAN
A1pual Report of Police
Chief Shows Marked
Decrease in Crime.
ARRESTS INCREASE
Less Property Stolen, How
gyer-Work Of Force Is
. Highly Praised.
ARRESTS INCREASE

70 Increase in major crimes sx-
peeysd ia follow the end Of the
Nepyft war failed to matsrialise, Re-
ecrdaua to MAJ. Daniel Sullivan.
raperintendeut OF police, who Monday
ftlods his annual report with the Dis
trict Commissioners,
Az Increase Of 4.+6s arrests over
the sprevious fiscal year is noted.
The arrests for the fiscal year just
endAs were 81 .O5T as compared with
be.sgs Tor the previous year, OF
ihsse arrested, I.33d were unable
10 xRd or write,
- Decrease In Thofts.
The police department reports
thatproperty stolsn during the year
hfnsIinted to SsOS,639.15 as COM
bare with s7s7.T7s.OI for tho prsvi-
eusllvsr,
The revival Of tho practice OF
drirfns the members Of the forca,
whksh AS abandoned In 1919, -
po!ntsd out by Major sullivan,
Ihstall=.ion Of the booth system
o. post ard patrol as n means Of
swing aided police protection to
the subur sections Of the Dis
triet was lTRuEurRtsd August ].
IsTpeCial'r Commendable was the
woFk Of tIv force during the KniSk-
erboCkrr disaster, according 10
Cafss sullivan. He expressed his
h22-e pi7tip1 20 the men and quoted
etHmoraatory letter from Ch!sf
Gorge = Watson, Of the Fire De-
I'a.tmeHt,
Few hoard Trials.
ffearinsz before the Police Trial
Bard. -hlCh Is the disciplinary
h~1agh 81 Tie department. numbered
iTs In IS % these cases the charges
were dismissed.
Du~luz tho year the Police Relief
~ citation paid out benefits total
lag s2O ss0.5O.
At the sud OF the fiscal year the
fo~p0 numbered. 92b, Of which $40
~A-e pFlvRtSs, IS were serEeants, 81
liaNtenaHts, i2 captains. J inspectors,
: assistant supsriHtsEdents. and l
sresg!ntendent.
During tho fiscal year there were
two deaths In line Of duty. Private
G. sOrse u. Chinn was shot by George
slott. alias 'Dsl' while attempting
tuE ilsDeTse a crowd Of dlsOrderly
mea ia Liuzer's court. Private Ed
maHd T.. Keleher died as the result
och collision with q speeding auto
mobile,
Recommendation Is made that the
EGrcpol'tRn Police receive a cloth
iIFS allowance.
To Speed New station.
In his report Major Sullivan
states that he hopes the new sta
t.su house. 10 be located in the
" nifty Of Seventeenth street and
Tsr0,g island avenue northeast, will
go be erected and in service.
TIE department recommended an
RAiitiOaa. appropriation for she re-
eGEsE.-Ct!GH Cf cell corridors So as
- eliminate old fashioned. gloomy,
80 ventilated and unsanitary cells.
1as Gay Of rest each week
4 vi aE 'eiEht-hOUr day" are again
ssOEEIy recommended.
N.Iu- Sullivan reuews the recon
~. --:ica made IN earlier reports
80 -n- strict 81 Columbia r.
- =; -as safe and possession Of
G-ad.y ar. dangerous weapons.
bl.-.s,i live yeI the detective bu-
- I'D -.S4@ arrests resulting
- .yv- convictions. sol dismissals.
AZ, - cases being nolIc pressed
s..-.-.s-loE i~ called To the cramped
g z.'c-s occupied 10y the traffic bu-
F=vsr Traffic Deaths.
-Dg-ir- the y.a- 1895 persons
-. d a~pl- -catf"u for permits to
- 'r-'u. vehicles Us jHiS mum
.zr -5.=-G We're approved The re-
-, s'gr-e -aI' 'uer- were fftv
tr &c deaths and rsJy seven serious
IT,. rs durIEE the fiscal year just
'sD''U-. as ""n,pIred with sixty
- killed ana seventy seriously
!'i.-~sd fo- fF- previous wear
quotations involving driving mo-
20 vehicles while intoxicated num-
'y--eI 2ef. There were S32 arrests
- -rL''Ilrr For obst-jIctiuE fire
~ ..-cs Jrsre 'yrre INJ The total
tn arrests numbered 25.916.
So F.-,-J q Criminal IuvcstiEa-
-" rh,.-- sVhoJ. measured and
7=""-u-irtsJ I.@pI persons. There
E -fg idcu'rgc,. rfprs made Dy the
&! - '-,t r-ih q. ~ the FER
ISL sy-teu - :IcrriEaatious were
- speatfrg q the House Of De
tAnrl"u Mai sullivan said. the
.IuH-e oT detention daily demon
Sra'es It's uzcfuluess to this COM
E-"#sty.'