East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1951-03-29

the East Cleveland Police Depart
ment inaugurated four new proce-
dures during the year 1850. Each
in the months since, has proved
the worth of the expanded pro-
gram.
Included is the installation and
use of radar equipment to control
speeding; installation of the city's
first parking meters; campaign
against overloaded trucks; and, for
the department itself, installation
of new record system to quickly
provide data to facilitate the hand
ling of all police work.
A portable load-a-meter scale
was added to the police equipment
and al overloaded trucks have
been detected since June, the start
of the drive.
AS for the parking meters, the
1850 report states:
"On August 1st, parking meters
were put into operation on Euclid
ave-, Superior ave-, Hayden ave.
and Noble I'd. to provide customer
parking and to alleviate the all
day parkers. After five months
experience with these meters it
has been found that they have not
only provided customer parking
space, but have practically elimi-
mated the all day parkers, and in
many cases have increased revenue
for merchants In the latter
part of December parking meters
were installed in the Municipal
Parking lot (Hawley Park and en-
forcement began January, 1851"
A practically "round-the-clock"
study is made of traffic flow and
accident trends and one of the sig
nificant improvements was the re-
vamping of the traffic flow in the
Superior Euclid intersection. With
the eliminating of all left turns,
with the exception of Superior
southbound traffic desiring to go
east at Euclid ave-, the 46 acci-
dents for the first six months of
the year at this spot, was cut to
21 for the last six months Of the
year.
The city recorded but one traffic |
fatality in 1850, that of a 71-year-
old man on November 18th at |
Lakeview and Euclid ave. The vic
tim stepped off safety zone di- /
rectly into the path of car.
The paralyzing snow storm of
late November brought the full
force of the department into an
emergency service which continued
throughout the days and nights of
this history breaking storm.
Here are a few of the more in
teresting figures from the Police
Departments yearly report:
Total arrests, 3,104; parking
tickets issued, $500; liquor cases
tried, 161; traffic accidents, 1913;
traffic injuries to person, 1877;
property stolen, $14,679; property
recovered, $4,5O1; autos stolen, %;
autos recovered, 27. In the case Of
thefts and recoveries, autos or loot
may be found within one munci-
pality that is taken from another,
hence the unusual figures oftimes
listed in these categories.
In the listing of burglaries, lar
ceny, house breaking, etc. there
were 255 Petit Larceny violations
reported and 141 other cases under
the general heading.
Under the traffic violations there
were 453 cases of driving through
red light, 257 of operating truck
in no-truck zone, 472 motorists ar
rested for failing to make boule-
ward stops, 499 for speeding, 102
for operating a motor vehicle with
out drivers license, 20 for oper-
ating an auto without a muffler,
II for operating an auto without
tail lights, "A motorists who drove
left of beacon lights, 81 who had
improper license plates and 81
who were found driving while in
toxicated. Driving in careless
manner" brought visits to the
police station for 90 drivers.
During the year 272 cases of in
toxication were listed and IA dis
orderly conduct cases. There was
one suicide, eleven attempted sui
cides, 43 sudden illnesses, As sud-
den deaths and two accidental
deaths reported to the department.
AS police made their nightly
rounds of checking doors of bust
ness houses they found 1O7 inse-
cure.
In the Juvenile work of the de-
partment, three juveniles were ar
rested for felonies, and in other
juvenile cases 209 young people
were concerned.
The department maintains a
Golden Rule book in which the
names of juveniles brought in for
minor offenses are listed. A boy
or girl who is "Golden Ruled" re-
ports to Chief Weaver or one of
the officers at intervals. This plan
is followed rather than place the
name of teenager on the regular
police docket when the infringe
ment would not warrant such
stringent procedure.
In comparison of arrests and
fines in 1850 with those in 1949,
last years 3,104 arrests netted
fines and costs of $51 ,432. In 1949
there were 3,178 arrests with fines
and costs totaling $44,291.05.
In 1850 $500 parking violations
were listed and $9,611 was paid