Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-09-11
POLICE


mended an outlay Of $55.4SS
to continue and expand the
Police Canine Corps.
1t was explained that. on
the basis of informal approval,
police set up 20 man-dog teams
and temporarily absorbed the
cost. The fund increase was
requested to get approval and
funds for so teams. The money
would go into paying the SAL
airy of the civilian trainer,
giving policemen assigned toI
the teams extra pay. buying
two automobiles for patrol,
feeding and giving veterinary
care to the dogs.
OF the ITO additional men
recommended for the force.
10 would be used to staff a
radio patrol wagon for the
fourteenth precinct. Since the
precinct was established in
1948, it has shared a radio
patrol wagon with the elev-
enth precinct.
The budget request explained
that nontraffic arrests have in
creased in the last 10 years in
the fourteenth precinct from
1929 to 1892 and that the
wagon shared by the two pre-
cincts has to cover an area
10 miles wide at its extreme
ends. The department said It'll
has become increasingly nee
essary for fourteenth precinct
scout cars to haul prisoners
and others because the one
wagon was otherwise occupied.
& Attack on Speeders
In an expanded attack on
speeders, police. want another
radar unit. The department
explained that it began using
traffic. radar during the last
year and found its one radAr !
unit very effective IN educing
the number of speed violators
in areas where it is being used.
The $4,000 requested would
provide funds for the purchase
Of a second radar unit and
two automobiles for use with
the two units.
A request directly attributa-
BILE to the crime rise was a clerk
for the pawn office Of the de-
tective division. 1t was ex-
planned that with an increase
of approximately rs per cent
in larcenies here during the
last three years, the work load
of the pawn Office has increased
to such an extent that police
men have been taken on other
duties to- work in that ONCE,
comparing descriptions of Stol-
en- items with lists obtained
from pawnbrokers and second
hand dealers.
Among stable increases re-
quested was $203, 900 to change
the police radio system to con-
form to the new narrow chan
mel spacing required by the
Federal Communications Sys-
tenn and $780, 900 to Offset in
creased costs Of policemen's
pensions and relief.
The budget estimate also in
cluded a request for authority
to buy two traffic enforcement
automobiles to replace 10 traf-
fic enforcement motorcycles.
The department said reduc-
ton in the number Of motor
cycles was recommended be-
cause motorcycle patrol is haz-
ardous to the patrolmen, it
costs extra pay, motorcycles
cost approximately "a per cent
more than automobiles and.
for safety reasons, are assigned
to a single of1cer who patrols
only 40 hours week. Auto
mobiles, on the other hand. are
available for use by different
officers during all 100 hours Of
the week.
Fire Budget o. KID
The Fire Departments budget
as approved by the budget Of
flee also was made public yes
terday. The budget officers rec
commended a budget Of $l1, $780,
900 for operating expenses,
which was only $4,000 below
the department request and
$4,000 above the current
budget for operating expenses.
No additional firelghtine
units or increased personnel
we're requested but some money
was d0AC0 W O4AdIASC tAAC oSAACA-
ule Of equipment replacement
This included replacement OF
five instead Of four bumpers a
year, replacement of hose after
eight rather than 10 years
service and replacement Of one
emergency trouble truck year
The budget advisers cleared
a request for $267 900 to replace
the present home of Engine
Company No. 8. The present
structure was built in 1889 ano
designed for horse-drawn fire
trucks. The new building will
be on C street Sc. between Fiji
tenth and Sixteenth streets
Also recommended was an
outlay of $4,000 for additional
land beside the present home Of
Engine Company No. 10, In
preparation for building a new
two-story structure at the same
location in the 400 block OF
Eighth street Sc.