The Washington herald., 1922-07-03
SULLIVAN TO ASK
INCREASED WAGES
FOR D. C. POLICE
Declares Officers Need at
Least One Rest Day
Per Month.
PRAISES SERVICE
Plans to Lay Recommends
;tions Before Commissioners
For Better Equipment.

Increased salaries for Washing
ton policemen and at least one day
Of rest for them per month are the
recomme mendations which will be
made to the District Commissioners
by Maj. Daniel Sullivan, chief of
the Metropolitan Police. who last
night returned from the Interna-
ttonal Convention of Police Chiefs
in San Francisco.
While attending the convention.
Maj. sullivan discovered that wash
ington police are among the poorest
paid in the country and that theirs
are among the longest hours. They
receive but one day of every two
months. He stated last night that
he would try to eliminate from the
District police system the plan Of
keeping men for reserve duty at
certain stated intervals.
I'VE want to give the policemen
an opportunity to be with their
families and to give them time to
play. II we do so, an even more ef.
ficient police force will result, J
am sure" said Maj Sullivan.
Lacks Motor Equipment.
He points out that WASHINGTON
lacks a considerable amount of mo-
tor equipment. and stated that In
many large cities fleets OF high
powered cars were used by police
forces in chasing bootleggers and
auto bandits.
The following recommendations
were made by the San Francisco
convention and will be laid before
the District Commissioners by Mai.
Sullivan at an early date.
That heavy sentences should be
imposed upon dealers in narcotics
and that confinement cure sh ould
be given for drug addicts.
That all police forces should be
equipped with armored automobiles.
That the International Associa-
tion of Police Chiefs should be en-
larged to include continental Eu-
rope and It should cooperate with
the police bureaus of other nations.
Asks Radio Phones.
That precinct station houses be
equipped with radio telephones to
provide instantaneous communica
tion.
That all hrearm sales be licensed
and that records of purchasers Of
weapons be kept by dealers
That the convention should co-
operate with the Department of La,
Dor in trying to make the task Of
assimilating foreigners easy.
The convention went on record a.
favoring the establishment Of an
international Identification bureau
in Washington. This bureau, Mai.
Sullivan declares. will be a clear
ing house for the entire United
States and will provide a perma
nent record OF every criminal
caught" The Organization would
be under Federal control. probably
in the Department Of Justice.
Maj. Sullivan has been appointed
a member OF committee to work
out the details Of the plan. which
will be presented to Congress at
earliest possible date.
While out West Mai Sullivan
made a close study OF the police
forces there.
IT have inspected the police sys-
TENS of a dozen Western cities and
am in a position to state that Wash
ington's Is second to none. Our
traff1c problems here are fully as
great as in any city I visited and
I find that they are handled better
than in most cities and on a par
with any"
The police chief, In commenting on
the traffic situation. condemned the
practice of motorists of stopping in
the middle Of the street at crossings
when the policeman shifts his signal
to Stop" He asserted that he would
recommend to the Commissioners that
1t be made imperative for motorists
to stop at the building line.
Maj Sullivan said he would like to
see more cooperation between mo-
torists and traffic policemen and de-
clared that motorists will be better
off II thew do"