South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-29
LANE URGES FORCE
OF 100 POLICEMEN
FOR ACTIVE DUTY
Board of Safety Has Informal
Discussion of Budget for
Departments.


for the police. FIRE and electrical de-
partments was the principal sub
ject brought before the board Of
safety AZ fits meeting last night.
4 part OF the budget, pertaining
20 the minor funds for the police and
fire departments. has been changed
using last years budget as a basis
Several OF the appropriations have
been unchanged and the more i'm
pOrtant items are expected 20 be
completed next week when the mem
bers OF the board and the heads Of
the various departments under their
control viii confer and decide upon
the amount OF Appropriation needed
Chief OF Police Laurence J. Lane
was given an extension OF time be
for making any definite recommen-
datious. However, the chief inn
pressed upon the board that he is
in urgent nee1 OF more men for
traffic duty. detective duty and also
patrol duty. besides the need Of a
new patrol wae pa. Although the
personal OF the police department
now numbers 80. at least 10 OF these
are connected with vsrioue other de-
partments in the city hail and can
not be looked upon ts performing
active police duty. According 20 the
chiefs plan the city wlII have at
least 100 men engaged actively in
police duty, regardless Of those con
nected with other departn ents and
paid out OF the police sal-ry fund.
More Men Needed.
Tho rvea4aef ~ nrasanf
time ina the chiefs estimation is
men for traffic and patrol duty. al
though il is his plan 20 increase
every department 10 keeL, abreast
with the expansion OF the city. The
appropriation for salaries for the
police force will be sufficient this
year. il is believed. but with the ex
pansion of the force. next years ap-
preparation must be considerably
greater than for the current year.
The 1921 budget for the police
and fire department fund has been
found 10 be entirely too small The
amount granted in the budget for the
current yeaT was about half the
amount spent the previous year.
More than $4,000 has already been
secured from the city's general fund
to take care of necessary expenses
OF the departments but the lack of
funds is claimed TO have resulted !
in a serious running down of de-
partmental equipment.
Budget insufficient.
The appropriation for salaries for
members Of the fire department this
year Will be insufficient by about |
$4,000 The total amount appro-
priated was $1S400G and on the 1
basis of the same number of men on /
the force next year. the salary &C
count for the fire department will be
$2OS. 600
Al the present time the only |
equipment that is considered essen
tial and which must be included in
the budget is "a new fire truck for
the River Park station. which will |
cost Approximately $4,000. No ad-
ditional purchases Of fire apparatus
for the city stations are understood
TO be under contemplation.
Supt. Of Police and Fire Alarms
Thomas Beaning. appeared before
the board. requesting their consider
alton in making up the new budget
for a new electrical headquarters
with new and up 10 date police and
fire alarm systems. Mr. Beaning
gave a detailed talk. pointing out
the necessity of providing a more
modern system.
Although both the police and fire
have experienced many
modern changes, Mr.. Beaningl
pointed out, the same alarm system
that was first used in 1898 is still in
use at the present time, with no
modern improvements Although
giving fair results. the electrical de-
partment is constantly called upon
to make repairs.
Beaning has requested that the
board consider new headquarters
for the electrical department. in n
separate building from the police
and fire stations as Underwriters
have requested. \ new police and
fire alarm system with fash lights.
call bells and good telephone and
operating boards are included in his
recommendations.
A new Deluxe Henderson motor
cycle, delivered Thursday was Off
ciaIIy accepted by the board last
night. The new machine has been
assigned TO Motorcycle officer Roy
Poure, night emergency man sta
toned az police headquarters The
motorcycle patrol system with two
officers patroling the outlying sec
tions of the city. is expected to be
placed in operation next week. The
purchase OF additional motorcycles
for night patrol duty will depend up
on the result OF this experiment
fostered by w .. Davies, president
of the board.