The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-10-29
Philadelphia Has
More Colored Police
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police department, lauds his force of
Negro officers and says that he has
the best force in the country.
New York, the largest city in the
country with the largest Negro pop
ulation, has 1872 members in its de-
partment. OF the uniformed force
they have one police surgeon, three
police sergeants, 104 patrolmen, 8
policewomen, and patrolwomen. OF
the civilian force there are 3 crime
prevention investigators, 2 caretak-
ers, elevator operators, one auto
mobile engineman and one station
house cleaner. The police surgeon
in Gotham is rated as an inspector.
: 38 In Detroit
Detroit, Michigan, has 38 men,
bers in its department of police. Spe-
cial commentator was given the Ne
gro officers by Patrick O'Grady, su-
perintendent of police in that city.
lauded highly the outstanding off
GERS in the service. Detroit has 2
detective lieutenants, detective SER
geants, 80 patrolmen, 3 policewo-
men, and one police matron. (Offi-
GERS in the detective division are of
higher rank than those of the bureau
of police. That is a detective SER
geant is of higher rank that police
sergeant.)
Dete :tive Lieutenant Wallace Will
liams Joined the department April
10, 1910. He has received 2 depart
mental citations and 10 precinct ci-
tations for exceptionally good police
work. He also has proved to be one
of the city's best regardless of race
or creed
Among the new men who have
been outstanding in police work are
Patrolmen William Simmons and Err
nest Thomas, assigned to street pa
troll just last year. Both Joined the
department June 1, 1880, and since
that time have been given one de-
partmental and three precinct cita-
tions for exceptional police work.
Greatest Detective
From the City of Indianapolis, In
diana, comes wire from Chief of
Police Michael F. Morrissey, who
declares that he has the best detec-
tive in the entire country. To cap
ture nine murderers during the first
six months in the police service is
one of the most enviable records ever
made by any detective, regardless of
race. And from "Naptown" comes
this master sleuth George Sneed, a
Negro.
The chief says: Detective George
Sneed is regarded everywhere as a
good detective. He has been with
the Detective Bureau of this depart
ment fourteen years and perhaps no
member of the department has been
responsible for more important ar
rests in a like period of time than
he. During his first six months with
the bureau Sergeant Sneed captured
nine murderers. Chief Fred Simon,
of the Detective Bureau, asserts that
he has no better operative regardless
of race, than George Sneed.'
All told, there are George Sneed,
Charles Carter, Claude White and
Roy Kennedy. Four are traffic of
ficers and the remainder are patrol
men.
Colonel Joseph A. Cork, chief of
police in st. Louis, Missouri reports
there are 23 Negro members in the
st. Louis department.
In his statistics of the department
he says that there is one Negro lieu
tenant of police who is in charge of
nine patrolmen and two probation
airy patrolmen. All are assigned to
the Secret Service Division and work
in plain clothes. Ten patrolmen walk
beats in the thickly populated Negro
district of the city. One prison guard
is assigned to duty in the prison
ward at the Negro City Hospital.
From the far west comes a report
that Los Angeles with a Negro pop.
ulation of $4,000 has rs Negro mem.
bers in the police department. Nc
rating of these colored officers was
given. Seattle, Washington, with q
Negro population of 5000 has q Ne.
gro members of the police depart.
ment.
The writer has communicated will
several of the largest cities in the
southland. From the superintendent
of police in New Orleans came a mes
sage stating that there were no Ne
gro members of their department
since Negroes are not eligible under
the rules of the civil service commits
sion in that city. There are no Ne
gro police in Baltimore, Md.
In San Francisco, California, W,
are informed that there are no Ne