Evening star., 1947-10-15

property. name OF arresting off1cer
etc. The station clerk would write a
receipt for the property and forward
same to the property clerk, supported
by the prescribed property form.
Upon return of the receipted form,
entry could be made closing the
record. Property envelopes as well
as property forms should be pre-
numbered"
Mr.. Pilkerton announced that he
will confer tomorrow with Police
Supt. Robert j. Barrett to discuss
putting the proposed procedural
changes into effect as early as pos
sible.
Police Supt. Barrett said he had
not yet seen the report and did not
wish to comment. He and Mr.
Pilkerton will meet with Commits
sioner John Russell Young at 10
am. tomorrow in the District Build
ing.
Referring to the funds which
precinct clerks now receive from
estranged husbands for support of
their families, the report noted that
the auditors could locate no ofilcial
order requiring such money in
nonsupport cases to be paid at
precinct stations.
But it Is common knowledge,
Mr.. Pilkerton explained, that this
practice has been in existence for
many years and since, under exist
ing law, the Juvenile Court, can,
within its discretion, direct this
procedure, it would seem for pur-
poses of convenience that this
system be not disturbed.
Amounts Paid On Paydays.
The audit revealed than starting
from March %, 1947, many of the
nonsupport fund collections at No
4 precinct were not deposited with
the Juvenile Court on the proper
day, but were withheld until later
dates.
Usually the amounts withheld
were paid on or about a Police De-
partment payday, the 7th and 22d
of the month, and thus the defalca-
ton was covered" the report de-
clared. "The statements and ex-
plantations show that during the
period March 28, 1947; to September
S, 1947, inclusive, this withholding OF
collections and the making of i'm
proper deposits occurred 26 times. y
In many instances the records
sent to the Juvenile Court by the
precinct clerk were inaccurate as to
names and addresses, the audit dis
covered.
I'm order to avoid a recurrence
Of the foregoing, a new system
should be installed" the report rec
commended. "A pre-numbered trip
licate form should be printed and
issued to the various precincts Of
the Police Department in the same
manner as those for Municipal
Court monies.
Procedure Not Followed.
"These forms should be issued in
blocks of numbers, the auditor be-
ing advised in each instance of
such issuance. In accepting pay
ments, the precinct would then issue
the original receipt to the payer,
retain the first carbon copy for its
files and attach the second carbon
copy to the collection sheet for
warded to the Juvenile Court finan-
cial clerk in support of the deposit. "
In addition to the four cases in
which the audit could find no record
of return of property belonging to
persons taken to the station, there
were at least five instances in which
the prescribed procedure for han
ding lost, stolen or abandoned
property was not properly followed,
the report stated.
"All such property should be listed
on property forms prescribed for
that property clerk at headquarters
for proper dispo osition either as evi-
dence Or rsturntds tq the rightful
owner" the report ssalG .snaAll such
property is supposed to be returned
directly by the precinct only upon
special permission of the property
clerk. Yet, in five instances, inyesti-
cation disclosed that ais proaadure
was not fplloWed. & In EACH o these
cases, the.property was returned d.