The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-12-29
LACK OF HARMONY
CLAIMS THE CHIEF
Report Is Submitted To the
City Council
ACTION IS DELAYED

Authorities May Make Welfare
Worker of Present
Official
There are inuIca,ionss the Man
kato with lose the services OF a po-
las nights meeting or the city
council, TO whom reporT Of the
woik of that onicer was submitted
to the members OF the city council
by ChieI or Poitee Phil LANDMARK
II the, wishes OF Mayor w. A. Beach
are carried out, tne office OF ponce,
No.nan VIII be dispensed win, and
a welfare worker unler the direct
supersls ion Of the mayor Will be ap-
pointed TO WORK with the CLUB wo-
men and, othe4s OF tnds CITY VINO are
interested in welfare work. This
welfare worker, according to the
ideas of MAJOR Beach, should have
the backing OF the police, but noc be
yes.ed with police power. Owing tC
the ABSENCE of Councilman Ander-
son from the meeting last night
action on Chief landmarks report
as to the work OF the policewomaI
was postponed for one week.
Report of Chief Landmark
The report of Chief Landmark is
as follows:
Council of the City of Mankato:
Gentlemen: Your honorable mayor
has requested me to maze a report
on the work Of the policewomaI
since her connection with the regu-
lar police fo.ce of the city of Man.
kato in the msnth of November
1871. 1 hardly know what to say III
such a report.
From the stand point of arrests
l believe that Mrs. Sisler had si1
arr ests accredited to her. Two Of
these are the work of other afficers
as much as her own, but she was
given credit for them. One of the
arrests of woman was made OF
the order of the municipal cou1"
and accredited to her. One arrest
on the charge of carrying concealed
weapons was made by anther of
ficer and accredited to her. Her act
tual arrests are two for drunken.
ness, one for disorderly conduct
AMI one for operating a motor We
hicle without the proper license, OF
only one license tag. =
II Lack of Harmony
But an officers qualifications are
not to be judged by the number Of
arrests made. Some of the best of,
ficers make the fewest arrests. The
present policewoman has not affil.
lated in the police work as / should
like to have her. When work is as
signed to her there is a genera
feeling among the officers, includ.
ing myself, that her report is not tt
be accredited. There is not mar
on the police force that likes hel
personally and 1t has been absolute.
ly Impossible for me to get the mer
on the department to work In bar.
mony with her. This has necessi
tated rechecking of a large part OF
Mrs. SigleTs work, which is very
unsatisfactory. Where we find thai
an officers work is of that class il
is exceedingly unsatisfactory to as
sign work to them. In other words
1t is Of the utmost Importance thai
every officer on the force when as
signed to work to do, be coppetent
to go out and do'it, and bring IN ar
a. soutey accurate report and un-
biased report to my Office. Neither
the officers or myself have at any
time felt that Mrs. Sigler's reports
were to be relied upon.
This with lack of harmony
which is very essential in the de
partment which her work has Great
ed, makes me feel that her position
could be filed by some other officer
to better advantage, and that a
change would work to the good OF
the service. Respectfully, Phi
Landmark Chief of Police"
Report of Audit.
A report OF the audit of the city
books as made by Stirling, Rankin
Saul and Co., registered account
ants Of Minneapolis. was received
last night showing that the records
Ecpt by City Clerk r. w. Bates and
City Treasurer r. R. Thompson, as
usual, were found to be in very
good order, and that the auditors
obtained all information and expla
nations asked for. The report shows
that on November 80, there was
balance of SIPS, ALSO in the treas
ury and this was distributed among
the various funds as follows:
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