Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
S3,591,6O1 SOUGHT
FOR POLICE IN 1881
IN DISTRICT BUDGET
Increase of $5O5,651 Over
Current Fiscal Year.
Larger Force Asked.
100 NEW PRIVATES HELD
NECESSARY FOR CAPITAL
Captain and Sixteen Lieutenants
Also Favored-Armored Cars
Item Omitted.

Estimates of the sum required to run
the Police Department during the fiscal
year 1881 call for expenditures of So
591,601, an increase of S505, 651 over the
appropriations for the 1880 fiscal year
The estimates were made public by
Maj. Daniel j. Donovan, the Districts
budget officer, today.
The main items which call for in
creases are personnel, $280,826; erec-
ton of storage building, $155,000, and
new site for the first precinct station
S57.560.
Under his request for increased per-
sonnet Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superin-
tendent of the department, asked for
one additional captain, 16 ieutenants,
100 additional privateS, class /; so pro-
stationary detective sergeantS, class A,
and 80 probationary detectives of class
B. The captain asked for would be
assigned to the Traffic Bureau, where
the assistant to the superintendent in
charge now has the rank of lieutenant
Maj. Pratt plans to have the captain
on duty from 8 am. to 5 pm, and a
lieutenant from 5 pm. until m, and
sergeant from l am. until am.
Disposition of Officers.
Fourteen of the lieutenants asked for
would be sent to IA precincts where
lieutenants are now required to work
IA hours a day in spite of the law
limiting their work to hours.
The reorganization of the Detective
Bureau would be effected by adding
SO probationary detective sergeants
each per annum and 80 probationary
detectives of class B with $240 adj
ditional.
THE business of the Detective Bu-
reau," Maj Pratt wrote in support of
the item, sis increasing to such an
extent as to neceSSitate an officer of
commissioned rank being constantly
on duty. The assistant superintendent
in commad retains supervision over
said bureau during the entire "a hourS.
He has as his immediate assistants
an officer who, during his assignment
TO the Detective Bureau, holds the
rank and receives the pay of a captain
and Is on duty in the daytime
THE acting lieutenant is on active duty
from pm. until IL midnight and a
detective sergeant from midnight to
am. It is clear in the interests of
efficiency and effective service the man
filling this assignment should be of
rank comparable with the rank of those
on active duty in the various precincts
during the night. as they are constantly
called upon to render immediate decis-
ions in matters of grave importance"
The two other lieutenants would
therefore be assigned to the Detective
Bureau.
Privates Called Necessary.
The increase of 100 privates asked for
Is described as absolutely necessary"
as a result Of the continuously increaS-
ing demands for police service of an
effective character.
New plans for training rookie police
men which will be possible if the de-
partment secures the 100 additional men
are outlined as follows:
1T is the purpose Of this depart
ment to provide for a period of effec-
tive training of new appointees after
their assignment to patrol duty. Pri-
Yates are at first appointed for a proba-
tionary period of one year, and where
possible, are sent to the school of in
Struction for period of 80 days train
ing. The demands for police service are
so pressing that it is sometimes found
absolutely necessary to discontinue the
school of instruction in order that the
men assigned thereto may be utilized
for active duty.
With the increase of the force above
noted it is the purpose of the depart
ment to permit vacancies to accumu-
late to the number Of IS. Such num-
Der will be appointed as a group and
will Immediately be assigned to the
school of instruction for a period of
60 days, during which time they will
be thoroughly grounded in the funda-
mentals OF Government, constitutional
rights of citizens and other
fundamentals of their calling.
At the expiration of 60 days of in
tenSlVe training, it is proposed to as
sign them TO precinct duty for Is days.
They will return to the school of in
struction for examinations and further
instructions, the total training period
covering three full months"
Speaking of the necessity for an in
creased number of detectives, Maj.
Pratt said that in 1928, 1874 cases
were assigned to the detective bureau
for investigation. This made so much
work. he said. that many cases of
seemingly minor Importance were nee
essarily neglected. BY assigning the 30
probationary detectives asked for to
work at the bureau, more time could
be spent on assigned cases and addi-
tional special squads could be insti-
tuted to take care of certain classes
of crime and to maintain constant
patrol at night of night clubs, pool
rooms dance halls, etc.
Mai. Pratt asked for a three-story
garage building for storage purposes
which would enable the department to
keep in a fireproof building all lost,
stolen and abandoned property coming
into the possession of the department.
The building could be erected he said,
on land now owned by the District i'm
mediately west of the seventh precinct
station house, in Georgetown.
New First Station House.
The new first precinct station house
Is asked for having in mind the pos
sibility of the Federal Government
taking over the land where it is now
situated, on Twelfth between B and c
streets. Mai Pratt suggested land on
the south side of E between Ninth and
Tenth streets. to be purchased as new
location for the first precinct station.
The request for two armored cars has
been eliminated from the estimates, and
in its place the following language SUBJ
stituted:
The department is also DESTROYS OF
purchasing two or more high-powered
cars for use by the Detective Bureau
and prohibition enforcement squad
equipped, if possible, in such manner
as to afford the maximum protection
to the oficeres assigned to the duty
therein" Fourteen motor cycles, one
for each precinct as reserve vehicle
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