Evening star., 1946-10-23
CounfY5tudies
Police Petition
Fof Pay Boost
,180 in Montgomery
Also Ask Annual
And Sick Leove
By J. B. Zotmion

The Montgomery County commits.
sioners today were studying peti.
ton by members Of the county police
force asking that their salaries bs
increased to the level Of those ir
the District.
The petition. signed by about 13(
policemen, desk clerks and radio dis.
patchers, was presented to the boare
yesterday. 1t also asked that annua
and sick leave be the same as thai
given members Of the metropolitan
police force.
SiM,ers of the petition said theil
work. is identical with. that ir
Washington. The increased cost o1
living also was. cited in support oi
the request. The commissioner
took the matter under advisement.
DC. Salaries Cited.
Attached to, the petition was q
clipping from the July 13 issue OF
The Star listing salaries now paid
District policemen. It showed that
the lowest paid rookie in washing
ton receives approximately $500
more than a patrolnan who entered
the county police force after jan
uary /. "
Other salaries for Washington
policemen were listed in The Star
story as follows:
Captains. $5,o23.29; lieutenants
$4,278!42; sergeants, $3,87212, and
corporals, $3,668.97. Privates were
grouped under six grades with
rockies receiving $2,72o95. Top
grade privates receive $3,39811.
Salaries paid county policemen
were reported as follows by the
county controllers Office:
Captain. $4,000; lieutenants, 3d.
300:. l.sergeants, $1,000; corporals
$2,70o, and privates, $2,100-$2, AIS.
$500 Bond in January.
Commissioner Richard H. Lans-
dale said a blanket increase of $500
a year was granted members OF the
force last January, In addition,
automatic increases of per cent
after the first six months, 5 per cent
after the first year and another S
per cent after the second year were
authorized for new policemen last
April, Mr.. Lansdale said.
At present, he added, majority
Of the patrolmen in the county re-
ceive ST. 400 a year. Those entering
the force; however, receive a base
salary of $2,100 a year. All police
men receive a $500 uniform allow
ance a year, including laundry, Mr.
Lansdale asserted. They also get
13 days annual leave and Is days
sick leave, according to Chief H.
Leslie Carlin.
Although he did not sign the pc
tition, Chief Carlin said he thought
the work OF county policemen is as
"exacting" as that of District po-
licement. Capt. Earl Burdine. sta
toned at Rockville, said many of
the men are as well If not8 better
trained than Washington police
Civil Service Report.
The board also received a report
from Civil Service Commissioner Jo
v. Morgan covering the operation
of his department between October
Is, 1915, and October IA, 1916.
Mr.. Morgan said the county
merit system now includes 800 en-
ployes. He added their salaries are
slightly higher than those paid
State employees and also lower than
those received by Government
workers in the District.
Altogether 273 applicants for
county jobs have been examined
in So examinations, Mr.. Morgan re-
ported. He said 81 lists OF eligibles
have been set up from which IS
new county employees have been
appointed.
MI. Morgan recommended that
his Office, now located in small
room in the Bethesda County
Building, be enlarged 80 that the
activities and functions of this Of
flee may be carried out more eff
ciently."
. Asks for Annual Dues.
He also recommended that the
commissioners appropriate $100 as
the annual dues to the Civil Serv-
ice Assembly of the United States
and Canada, of which he is a
member.
He said a study is being made
preparatory to setting up stand
ards of performance in the various
classes Of positions in the county,
and plans for a police training
school have been perfected.
County departments covered by
the merit system, according to Mr..
Morgan, include:
Board of Assessment, civil serv-
ice commissioners office; county
accountants Office, the three county
commissioners Offices in Rockville,
Bethesda and Silver Spring; county
engineers Office, county super
visor's Office and the Health, Lat
eral Roads, Police, Purchasing and
Victory Garden Departments.