Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-16
SPEED UP SCHEDULE IN TRAINING
AUXILIARY UNITS OF The PATROL

the Auxiliary State Highway Pa
troll was made known today by
Everret Redding Captain of the
local county unit.
Captain Redding stated that ac-
cording to information received
from Major William Konold, Co
lumbus, Auxiliary Commander
for this district, training in this
phase of Civil Defense for the
60 members of the Madison Coun-
ty Unit will get under way with
in the next thirty days and Is
scheduled to be completed by
early summer. A Highway Pa
troll officer of the Columbus Post
will conduct the training course.
Announcement of the schedule,
test patterns for which have al
ready been worked out, followed
a conference of district command
ers of the Auxiliary Patrol and
regular Patrol area commanders
in Columbus called by Colonel
George Mingle, Superintendent of
the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
State Wide
The Auxiliary Patrol made up
Of members of the American Le-
gion, is established statewide on
a county basis. 1t was organized
at the inception of World War
III and has continued to function
as an auxiliary arm to the High
way Patrol throughout the years.
Members of this force have re-
ceived training in first aid, dis
aster and rescue operations, and
traffic control work for the past
eight years and is designed as
a highly mobile trained force to
assist regular Patrol officers in
any type of emergency.
Captain Redding said that un-
der the announced plan of OPP
GRAFTON, perimeter controls would
be established comparatively close
to a community while zone con-
troll might possibly extend as far
back as twenty. or more miles
from the disaster scene, making
it necessary to bring into action
not only the local unit but many
auxiliary units from surrounding
counties in order to effectively
set up traffic control around the
stricken area. He pointed out
that in some highly critical tar
get areas it might require the
services of as many as from 200
to 500 men to maintain proper
controls even by keeping the men
on duty for twelve hours each.
Determine Routes
Already several surveys have
been made by the Highway Pa
troll to determine what routes
must be taken over for emergency
vehicles, evacuation of injured or
homeless, or for any other rea-
son which would be determined
by the community. All control
measures arc being established
and coordinated with the plans
of the local and county author
tiles.
Captain Redding also stated
that at the Columbus conference
called by Colonel Mingle the aux
iliary district commanders and
supervisory officer of the State
Highway Patrol went oa record
to limit the total strength of the
Auxiliary Patrol to 5000 men.
It was felt, he said, that if the
Auxiliary Patrol, despite reduc-
ton in number caused by draft,
resignation and other factors,
could be maintained at the 5000
level, it would keep available the
largest potential auxiliary police
force in the nation. The present
personnel of the force stands at
$500 with at lease one unit es-
tablished in each county except
Lawrence County.
1t was also announced that the
dates of April z and 8 have been
set for the annual statewide
meeting to be held in Columbus
at which time, at this plenary as
sembly, further duties and respon-
sibilities of the Auxiliary Patrol
will be outlined.
Speakers will include Governor
Frank ]. Lausche, T. j. Kauer,
Director, Department of High
ways, Walter Anderson, Director
of the Bureau of Investigation,
North Carolina Department OF
Justice at Raleigh, North Carolina
and President of the Internation-
al Security Commission Of the
American Legion and formerly
associated with d Federal Intel
ligence Service that operated On
Il worldwide basis.