The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-06
Squad Achievements
 In First Year Take
 Nationwide Interest
Police Department Unit Performs Remarkable Serv. ices With 2O.Man Roster; Expect Greater Results;
 l,2SS Mishaps Investigated By Members

already established in the city's schools, .,.' ,.
 Additional facts of interest and statistical data are given weekly ia the newspapers to bring out the work being done by the accident prevention bureau and the accident Investigating squad in accident pre- ventive and reduction work. The purpose of this Is to bring before the public the benefits that are de. rived from the work be.ng done by this entirely new addition to the poe lice department. The educa ational work of the prevention bureau has proven its worth to the populace of the city rnd to the police depart ment as well. The public has bene- fitted In many ways and the police department has reached the point where the public Is really startiny to give the cooperation needed to carry on the work.
 Engineering
 The police, working alone, cannot make the streets and highways safe. but neither can the trafilc engi. neers. Through mutual coopera ton, however, they are gradually work. ing out a method whereby highway safety can be increased materially. The work being done in trafilc cn. gineerjng locally has greatly im- proved the city of Waterbury. The city has not had to go to the ex. pense of hiring an engineering for safety work for the man at the head of the police department, Superin- tendent Wln. J. Roach, is a man of sane and practical ideas in the line of traffic engineering. The recon. mendations he has suggested and put into effect have not been found lacking In any manner but have added greatly to the outstanding work that has been done in this city in accident prevention and re. duction. The laning and zoning o1 various sections of the city have eliminated hazards which in previ- ous years had Q tendency to cause accidents. The work of repaving several of the main arteries of tlle city have also improved the train: situation. A permanent cause of ac- cidents was eliminated with the re- moVal of the trolley tracks,
 To make traftlc engineering suc- cessful the public must understand the importance of the work being done. The problems confronted a,e decidedly related to safety but tS make the efforts attain safety the public must be sold on the idea ot using the repaved and reconditionc<l streets of our city in Q safe ana sane manner. The cooperation Cd the public is Q vital need and when 1t IS realized that the police depart. ment's aims are Humanitarian; to prevent accidents and thus protect life, limb and property, the work ot the department will be complete.
 Enforcement
 In pre-trafflc days, the police were called upon to contact just two small groups of people. One of these groups was the criminals of the community, who were known and recognized as such. In those days because there was O definite line of distinction between good and bad citizens, the duties of the police with regard to the criminal were well supported by the public as a whole. Tn dealing with the criminal the police were doing the popular and expected thing. With the coYn- Ing of modern times, the life of the policeman became more and more complex. At about this time when things were very oppressive, thcre arrived two groups of men, ono group headed by Lieut.. Kreml and the other group the Institute of Trafic Engineers to aid the situa- ton. From out of this came the poll icy of selective enforcement. Today, traf3ic officers search in their facts for those places and times where ac-