Evening star., 1954-11-04
Urged
ToSet Up Police
Youth Division
Winters Proposes
Merger Of Bureaus
Into New Group

division in the Police Depart
ment has been recommended by
Inspector John E. Winters of
the Juvenile Bureau, Commis-
sioner Spencer disclosed today.
Commissioner Spencer said
the report from Inspector Win
ters contains a number Of in
.teresting suggestions" The rec
concentrations, however, have
not yet been approved by. the
Commissioners, MIR. Spencer said.
He idicated formal approval will
be held up until several groups
of police personnel can be moved
into the same central Office
space.
Inspector Winters, recently
assigned to head the city's Juve-
nile Bureau, recommended that
the youth aid division be COM
posed Of the Detective Bureaus
old Juvenile Squad, the Women's
Bureau and personnel assigned
to the Police Boys Club. These
groups have been Jumped under
Inspector Winters command
already. -
More Personnel Asked.
He also suggested that the
Detective Bureaus one-man bi-
cycle squad be assigned to the
Youth Aid Division as well as
personnel assigned to precincts
as schoolboy patrol co-ordi-
natorS."
Inspector Winters recommend
ed that the division be COM
manded by a police inspector and
composed of the Juvenile Bu-
reau, the Women's Bureau and
a Boys Club Bureau, each to
be commanded by police cap
tain.
Commenting on the report,
Commissioner Spencer said, "Of
course he wants more personnel
like everybody else, but we're in
no position to give it to him
now."
Police Chief Robert v. Muir
ray, in a letter. accompanying
the report, said "there are many
worthwhile observations and
recommendations in this report
which are designed to bring
the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment as modern and up to date
in this very important field as
our present personnel viii per-
mit.''
He, too, declared, sit would
be most desirable when addi-
tional personnel is made avail
able, to increase the size of the
proposed unit as suggested by
Inspector Winters"
Patrol CO. -OrdinatOrs.
Inspector Winters urged that
schoolboy patrol co-ordinators
constitute a fourth section of
the Youth Aid Division to pa
troll all known juvenile hang
outs and help coordinate q pre-
ventive program.
Asking for more help, In
spector Winters said, "the per-
sonnel now assigned to the pres
ent juvenile squad is inadequate
to properly handle the proposed
expansion Of it's functions. An
increase in the personnel. as
may be approved by the Chief
of Police, is believed necessary
to assure efficiency. An in
crease in the personnel of the
Women's Bureau is also neces-
Sary."
Inspector Winters urged that
arrest records for juveniles be
maintained separately from
adult records in the precincts
and labeled Juvenile arrest rec
ord"
He also recommended crea-
tion of a co-ordinating commit
tee which he said could be des-
ignated as a function of the
Commissioners Youth Council" +"
Retention Of Fingerprinting.
Inspector Winters also urged
that Sfngerprinting and photo
graphing Of some juveniles be
continued. "The principal OBJ
lection - he said, appears
to be the alleged stigma attached
to the youth concerned. No
thought seems to have been given
to the stigma resulting from the
offense committed. AS the prac-
| tice is an essential element of
criminal investigation and has
manifested its worth on several
occasions in successfully clear
/ ing serious criminal offenses, 1t
! chniild hn contfnY1od oc dnno t.t .
ment policy"
He suggested, however, that it
be limited generally to offenses
amounting to a felony by
youths older than Is, children
| with a long history of delin-
| quency, or cases in which they
4 refuse to identify themselves.
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