Evening star., 1941-07-15

.Wants20O More
Police for Beats
To Be Recommended
If They're Assigned to
PotroI, Schultz Says

be recommended for the Metro
politan Police Department providing
they are assigned to patrol beats
where people can see them," it was
revealed today by Chairman Schultz
of the House subcommittee which
last week completed an investiga-
ton of the force.
"Our subcommittee wants the
officers to walk their beats and not
ride around in scout cars" he de-
clared. 1T wants them to make
contacts with people on their beats
so they will know the people and
the people will know them.
I'VE want them to walk the beats
eight hours a day. A mail carrier
has a pack of 40 pounds and walks
his beat for eight hours every day.
A policeman only packs gun and
baton, and there is no reason why
he can't walk his beat eight hours
a day"
Representative Schultz also re-
vealed the subcommittee would
recommend that officers now as
signed to enforcement of the
alcoholic beverage control law be
assigned to foot patrol duty and
that the overloaded" staff in the
hack inspectors Office be reduced
so that more men would be available
for regular police duties. He said
civilian employees with police powers
should be assigned to check up on
A. B. C. violations.
Insists on Uniforms.
And furthermore. he declared
I'VE will recommend that every man
on the force. from the major and
superintendent down, be required to
wear a uniform while on duty.
except those men assigned to the
detective force. We want the people
to see them and know they are
policemen. 1t will have a deterrent
effect on crime. especially when they
get out on the streets where they
can be seem
Mr.. Schultz also declared the sub
committee would recommend that
policemen be courteous" at all
times, and that those who had that
characteristic, plus efficiency and
experience be given promotions
rather than the men who could pass
a civil service examination showing
they know how long it takes a
starting to fly from the White House
to the Department of Justice"
The Civil Service Commission
emphasized last Saturday that the
examination contains no such ques-
tions about starlings. The queries,
prepared by the Police Department
apply only to the knowledge of
policemen concerning the regulations
they are required to enforce
The subcommittee has called on
the Commissioners and Corporation
Counsel Richmond B. Keech, to
draft q bill that would scrap the
present law requiring police officers
to take civil service examination
to qualify for promotion. In its
stead, Mr.. Schultz said. police Of
ficials themselves would be given
authority to advance officers on the
basis of a showing" that they pos
sessed an "above the average" OF
police intelligence, coupled with
other points such as courtesy and
experience.
Change in Age Limit.
Although the subcommittee has
decided that all members of the
force 60 years of age and above be
automatically retired. Chairman
Schultz said a modification would
be made in the final report that
some of the men above so who are
'meritorious' be allowed to continue
on a year-to-year basis until they
reach 65.
The subcommittee yesterday. as it
started to draft a report for the
full District Committee on the re-
suit of its investigation, decided
that in the future men appointed to
the force should be husky and have
muscle-men who are at least feet
10 inches tall and weigh a minimum
of ITS pounds. Present physical
standards prescribe minimum
weight of $50 pounds and a height
of feet inches.
Chairman Schultz said some OF
the men now on the force ARE en-
tirely too small to be effective"