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are asked Tor In order to give to lieu
tenants the eight-hour day now enjoyed
by sergeants and privates, and to as
sign lieutenants to command of the de-
tective bureau Is hours q day. One
additional captain would be assigned tC
the traffic bureau as aide to the assist
ant superintendent in command. Fifty
privateS would be assigned as proba-
tionary detectives, whose duties will be
described later, and the patrol force in
the outlying sections would be increased
The only recommendation made for
increase of the civilian personnel is the
employment of two stenographers to
take statements of witnesses and de-
| PENDANTS. In speaking of this the re-
| port says: Neither is the department
/! equipped with a suficient number of
| shorthand reporters to make accurate
| records Of the statements OF all wit
nesseS and defendants interviewed, q
| procedure the necessity of which Is
obvious
| The report recommends that all pri-
Yates be appointed on a probationary
| period of one year. The appointments
| should be made in groups of 80 to IS,
| and the appointeeS should Immediately
| be assigned to a reorganiZed school of
instruction for two months of intensive
training. Then they should be put on
street duty for is or 80 days, and re-
course, of which 10 days would be taken
| up in further instruction ,and 5 in ex-
aminationS. Those who showed apti-
| tude for police work and passed the ex-
| aminationS would be kept on the force,
and the remainder dropped from the
| rolls.
Proposed School Curriculum.
The curriculum of the proposed new
school is set out as: The purpose of
government; the constitutional rights of
citizens; the structure of the Federal
and municipal governments; limitations
upon the authority of peace officers; the
law of arrest; the fundamental rules of
evidence; court procedure: investiga-
tionS and reports; crime classification;
proper procedure under any number of
given conditions; complete study OF
that body of law and of regulations
coming within the scope of a peace on
GERS activities; first aid to the injured;
target practice and care of the revolt
yer; attitude toward citizens; rules and
regulations Of the department.; care of
the body, and such other related SUBJ
jects as may be essential.
AS to discipline, the report lists six
offenseS which under no process of
reasoning should be condoned." The
recommendation is that If any officer is
found guilty of violation of any one
Of these his dismissal from the force
should be mandatory. At present the
trial board has discretion in the matter
OF infiicting punishments, and there Is
no offense which carries with it auto
matically the penalty of dismissal. The
six offenses are:
Cd The drinking of intoxicants or
the taking Of narcotics, unless upon the
prescription OF a reputable physician,
on or on duty.
CD Malingering or feigning illness or
disability In order to evade the per-
Torrance OF duty.
CD Wilful disobedience Of orders, or
INSTRUMENTATION.
90 Gambling or Intentionally fire.
quenting any place where games Of
chance are permitted, or participating
in any game Of chance
60 CWillful failure to report prompt
ly to the major and superintendent of
police through the proper channels, or
direct, any disloyalty or suspected dis
loyalty to the United States or to the
District of Columbia, or to report
promptly any violation, by any person,
OF any part of the criminal code of the
United States, or the code of law, Of the
District of Columbia.
go Willfully and Intentionally max
ing an untruthful statement of any
kind in: any verbal or written report in
connection with his duties as ae:Adetro-
politan police ofEiceT. or in the presence
OF any superior officer; or making any
untruthful statement before any court,
or to any authorized Government on
cial, or before any police trial board, or
wtllful omission of any material facts
which should be included In any ON
cial report.
KA pnhaAfnnaw~,
The so probationary detectives would
occupy a place midway between the
present headquarters detectives and the
precinct detectives. They would re-
ceive, in addition to their pay as pri-
Yates, compensation at the rate of $500
per annum. Each would be assigned to
work with one of the older and expert
enced headquarters detectives, and il
their services proved satisfactory, would
be promoted to detective sergeantS, with
$500 additional annual compensation.
The report recommends employment
OF chemist at $4,000 per annum, to
analyze blood stains, powder marks,
and the like; and purchase of micro
scope to aid in the work Of iden-
tifying bullets.
The higher salaries recommended
are those incorporated in the Capper-
Zihlman bill on the subject, and range
from $500 for the major and SUPER
lntendent, to . minimum Of 81 900 for
priyates, as compared with the present
5000 and $1,000, respectively
The report renews the recommended
ton, made many times in the past, that
all police officers be clothed with au-
tnorlty to enforce the Federal pro-
hibition act
With reference to gambling, the rec
ommenoation Is made that q new law
be passed compelling the judges of
Police Court to issue warrants for ar
rest OF those violating the law If any
one policeman, or any two citizens.
make an afIidavit that there are good
grounds for believing that any prem
iseS Is being used for conducting gam
bling games.
Legal Safeguards Too Great.
In support of this the report states:
custom, practice, and procedure have
set up almost msurmountable obstacles
70 the effective enforcement of the
gambling laws, the Constitution itself
being bar to effective enforcement.
The department knows Of numerous
been established; the windows barri-
caded with iron bars and with heavy
opaque glass, making 1t impossible for
persons to witness what is going on
inside: the doors made Of heavy oak
timbers, heavily barricaded outside
and in, with electric bell connections
from the street to the keepers inside
the doors, in order to warn Of the ap-
proach OF any police officer, and yet
the presentation of such facts TO the
court has proven insufficient evidence
upon which to procure warrants, 1t
having been held that evidence to the
effect that gambling actually took
place within the premises was neces-
SarY. Too many and too great are