Medford mail tribune., August 07, 1953, Image 12

TWTLYI MTBTOHD (OBZOOlf) KAIL TMBTJITX
Friday, Xsfwt y. its
Grand Jury's Report Stimulates Interest
In Seal Report; Recom mendations Listed
The Jackson county grand
jury thi? week recommended
that citizens of Medford read the
Medf ord Police Survey prepared
in 1951 by Sgt. William F. Beall
Jr., of the Berkeley, Calif., po
lice department
The jury' recommendation
waa made in connection with its
investigation of the Medford po
lice department which arose out
of the death last month of a
Camp White member, after he
had been confined in the . city
jail.
Tew Available
There are only a few copies
of Beall's report available, and
since it is a volume 171 pages
long, the entire report cannot
be published to The. Mail Tri
bune. However, the most im
portant portion of the report is
the list of 100 recommendations
which Sergeant Beall made, and
which since have been adopted
by the city council as a frame
work for police department op
eration and organization.
The reoort is a comprehen
sive document, and in its 14
chapters covers the police prob
lem in Medford. summarizes rec
ommendations, organization, pa
trol, traffic, juvenile control, po
lice personnel procedure, rec
ords, property, communications,
jail procedure, quarters and
equipment, administration, and
contains an appendix including
manuals of procedure.
In view of the interest in the
grand Jury's report, published in
full yesterday, The Mail Tribune
nrints below Sergeant Beaus
100 recommendations, in slight
ly abbreviated form.
ORGANIZATION
1. The police department to
be reorganized according to a
logical plan consistent with rec
ognized procedures.
2. The work of the police de
partment to be divided into two
principal divisions: (A.) The pri
mary or operational division,
known as the patrol division.
fB.) The secondary or auxiliary
division, known as the services
division.
3. The present traffic division
to be abolished and traffic en
forcement handled as part of the
Job of all officers.
4. The chief to assume the
position of administrator of the
department.
5. The chief to turn over all
operation of the department to
officers to whom he will dele
sate authority and responsibility.
6. All police operational acti
vities to be under the direction
of the lieutenant who will func
tion as commanding officer of
pjtrol activities.
7. All police auxiliary activi
ties including records, equip
ment, property quarters, jail and
eommuniciations to be placed
under the direction of the serv
ices sergeant.
8. The city to be divided into
auto and foot patrol beat assign
ments. 9. Patrol officers to be respon
sible for the handling of all po
lice problems on their beats.
10. A complaint record sys
tem to be created at a central
location for receiving and re
cording all complaints.
11. A police personnel program
to be organized for the improve
ment of personnel procedures
and welfare.
12. The city to develop a plan
ned program for traffic control.
13. All traffic engineering
activities to be taken out of the
police department and placed
under director of public works,
including meters.
14. All traffic enforcement
activities to be the exclusive re
sponsibility of the police depart
ment.
19. Traffic education to be
the joint responsibility of the
police department, the schools,
and the Medford Safety Council.
16. A city traffic planning
committee to be formed for the
purpose of developing city-
wide traffic program.
17. Tha position of detective
sergeant to be established for
the purpose of supervising and
following up investigations of all
serious crime.
PROCEDURE
18. Candidates for employment
to provide a personal history
application and submit finger
prints. 19. A background investiga
tion to be made of each appli
cant at the time of employment.
20. Personnel records to be
separated from all other records
to be the responsibility of the
patrol lieutenant
21. A written set of police
rules and . regulations to be
adopted as departmental policy
for officers personal and official
conduct
22. A job rating system to be
considered as a means of grad
ing officers' work and ability.
23. All promotions to be made
on a provisional basis until reg
ular promotional examinations
can be given.
24. Police record activity to
be three types: complaint arrest
and identification.
29. An arrest card to be made
in duplicate for all arrests ex
cept traffic.
28. All police activity to be
recorded.
27. Daily summary reports to
be made each morning sum
marizing all police activity for
the past 24 hour period.
28. Monthly and annual sum
mary reports to be prepared.
29. A follow-up system to be
installed.
30. All found property to be
the subject of numbered reports.
31. The department to require
a receipt record ot ail private
property returned.
32. All property in the cus
tody of the department to be tag
ged, enveloped or labeled for
identification.
33. All firearms and other
weapons to be locked in proper
ty room or in officers' lockers.
34. A daily bulletin of all
police activity to be prepared to
provide current information and
assignment of work.
39. All patrols to be one-man
patrols.
36. Officers to be assigned to
beats on permanent basis.
37. Officers to be assigned the
responsibility of all police du
ties on their beats during their
shifts.
38. Officers to be required to
call into the station from a dif
ferent police call box at least
once every hour.
39. The present practice of
holding juveniles arrested at
night time in the city jail to be
discontinued.
40. The municipal court to
be given a regular office and
full time employee.
41. t The traffic court to be
held separately from regular
court.
42. Collection of fines and
bail to be taken out ot the po
lice department and placed in
the city treasurer's office dur
ing periods the office is open
to the public.
43. Collection money from per
sons arrested to be standardized
and bail schedules to be fol
lowed as set forth by the court
The police department should
immediately stop taking less
than the stipulated bail as a re
quisite for release.
44. The city to enter into
contractual arrangement with
ambulance and towing services.
49. Property receipts to be
given for all property taken
from the person of another.
46. The services sergeant to
keep records of property includ
ing the assignment of equipment
to individual officers. .
47. Equipment inventory
forms or ledgers to be main
tained.
48. Equipment to be inspected
Something for the Home?
CHECK THESE SPECIALS
New Gibson Refrigerator, 11 ft. Do Luxt....$250.00
Now LA H Electric Range ...$170.00
New Deep Freeze Refrigerator,
lift ft. De Luxe .......$250.00
regularly. Unsafe equipment to 86. The work week to be re-
New Westinghouse Tank Vacuum
New Royal Tank Vacuum
New Eureka Vacuum..... .
New Electric Universal Range
Electric Pfaff Sewing Machine .
Electric Adler Sewing Machine
Electric Singer Sewing Machine
$ 49.50
$ 60.00
.$ 60.00
$300.00
$225.00
.$225.00
.....$ 39.50
Electric White Sewing Machine $ 29.50
Also
Used Sewing Machines and Appliances
Too Numerous to Mention.
Sewing Machine Repairs on All Makes
OPEN EVENINGS
Davenport Appliance Shop
2101 West Main
Ph. 2-5144
be taken out of service until re
paired.
49. The present safe to be
moved to property room and all
valuable evidence or property
to be locked therein.
90. All Jail incidents involving
accident injury, violence, at
tempts to suicide or escape, etc.,
to be the subject of numbered
police investigation reports.
91. No prisoner to be placed
in the city jail if he is believed
to be injured or ill without first
being examined and passed by
a licensed physician.
92. Dirty mattresses and
blankets to be removed from
jail as soon as practical.
93. The jail to be washed
down regularly.
94. A manuel of jail opera
tions to be used for the safety
of officers and prisoners alike.
99. The present accident file
xo be consolidated with the com
plaint file.
96. The present complaint, ac
cident and arrest indices to be
consolidated into a single alpha
betical file.
97. An accident location in
dex to be established as an aid
to accident analysis.
98. State accident forms to
be used for accident investigation.
99. The present traffic arrest
tag to be revised to conform
with recognized traffic citation
forms.
60. The parking meter pro
gram to be revised: (A.) Depart
ment to be responsible for meter
enforcement only; (B.) Traffic
sergeant position now used for
meter repair to be placed back
in the department; (C.) Meter
enforcement officers to be used
for meters, downtown traffic en
forcement and control; (D.)
Meter officers to be relieved of
serving delinquent fine notices
61. City to provide return ad
dressed franked envelopes for
people receiving meter tags.
62. The traffic meter enforce
ment fine to be increased from
90 cents to one dollar.
63. The department to reacti
vate the junior safety patrol and
bicycle programs.
64. Selected personnel to be
permitted to visit other commu
nities and observe their methods.
65. A recruit training pro
gram to be established and quali
fied members of the police de
partment to participate as in
structors in training program.
66. A regular in-service fire
arms training course to be estab
lished on an annual or semi-annual
basis.
67. Officers to be assigned to
attend all local police schools
conducted by the League of Ore
gon Cities. In addition, officers
should be selected to attend
larger police training schools
whenever they are held.
68. Roll call training to be
considered as part of the in-
service training program.
69. A system of incentive
training to be established to en
courage self-improvement for the
Job.
70. The city to send one man
to the FBI school when time and
funds permit.
71. The department budget to
provide funds for the services of
a competent private investigator
if such services are within the
interests of the department and
city.
72. The department to prepare
a single budget instead of sepa
rate police and traffic budgets.
73. Consideration to be given
to the future building of an
identification record system
ADMINISTRATION
74. The chief, patrol lieuten
ant sergeant of services and
other officers as may be needed
to comprise the administrative
staff.
79. The staff to define and
commit to writing the authority
and responsibility of the ranks.
76. Responsibility for per
formance of work to be assigned
in accordance with rank.
77. Officers to be assigned to
shifts according to measured
need.
78. The chief to confine his
duties to the field of planning,
inspection, public relations and
coordination. At the present time
far too much of the chiefs work
is at the patrolman's level. The
city is paying too high a salary
for this type of service.
79. The lieutenant to be
charged with the responsibility
ox organizing, planning, opera
tional inspection and personnel
80. The sergeants to be
charged with the responsibility
of supervision, training, and
platoon Inspection among their
other duties.
81. The record keeping activi
ties of the police department to
be the responsibility of one per
son. 82. The principles of sound
business procedure to be applied
to the police department affairs.
83. The staff to be responsible
for the development of written
policy for the purpose of creat
ing consistent and uniform meth
ods of operation and procedure.
84. The personnel program of
the police department to be the
responsibility of the police de
partment staff, with the patrol
lieutenant in charge of planning.
89. Salaries to be raised con
sistent With salaries in industry.
duced to 44 hours.
87. A schedule to be develop
ed permitting each officer to
take at least one or possibly two
hoUdays a year, and eventually
compensatory holiday plan to
be developed for all legal holi
days. . .
88. Regular departmental
meetings to be held to discuss
current problems and create an
understanding for administrative
action. ,
89. When salaries and work
ing conditions have improved,
the city should consider a civil
service merit type of personnel
system.
90. The municipal court to be
completely separated from the
department.
91. The city administration to
work out a disciplinary system
with the Camp White authori
ties in an effort to reduce the
high arrest frequency of intoxi
cated members.
92. A public relations program
to be developed. The police de
partment in Medford is particu
larly fortunate to have the com
plete cooperation of the local
media of public information,
such as the press, radio and
service clubs. It is strongly urged
that the department make every
effort to cooperate with the rep
resentatives of these groups and
to continue the relationship
which has proven so beneficial
to the community and the de
partment alike.
93. The staff to enroll in a
course in police administration.
94. The chief and staff to take
the lead in developing a high
level, of law enforcement
throughout the valley.
99. The chief to be provided
with office space, outside the
operating quarters.
96. The present police quar
ters to be completely modernized.
97. Additional police equip
ment to be purchased.
98. The jail to be completely
renovated. (Detailed plans in
Chapter XII, "Jail Procedure.")
99. A police library to be
built.
100. The public pay phone to
y-( r
A'
:-.
(
ANkhoVtWorth of ..."
Comment On This and That
9f HARMAH W. NICHOLS
Uahed toss Nairn Writer
Washington (U.R) There's I match french horns and tubas
Harms fcicaois
WVlTING Phonmg yoa an fctri-;
tation to the Plumas County Fair -in
Quincy, Calif., Aug. 13-18, is ,
Terry Moore, fair theme girt.
Mother Charged With
Killing Infant Twin
McAlester, Okla. (U.R) A
21-year-old mother was charged
with murder today after admit
ting she stamped on her three
weeks old twins, killing one and
critically injuring the other.
Mrs. Juanita Santine told of
ficers she stamped them "with
my shoes on and then took my
shoes off then 'stomped' them
apain. '
In a signed statement to Sher
iff Bee Sanders, she said the cry
ing of the babies upset her.
The surviving infant was in
critical condition at a hospital
here.
be located in the lobby for pub
lic use and use of prisoners who
wish to make toll calls.
music in the air almost every
day of the year in the capital.
Right now,
we're in midst
of the "under
the -stars" sea
son. All sum
mer long, 'lov
ers of good
music can
hear a concert
every day of
the week, ex
cept Saturday.
They hear four
fine bands
the Army band, the Navy band,
the Air Force band, and the Ma
rine band.
The enlisted men in these
musical outfits perform on the
steps of the capital and at the
Watergate open air amphi
theatre on the Potomac river,
back of the Lincoln Memorial.
First Band
The famed Marine band was
authorized by Congress and
President John Adams in 1798,
and marched into Washington
two years later before the city
was the Capital. Washington in
those days was cooped up in
wooden buildings and the peo
ple found their way around by
following the cow paths.
The first concert was on Aug.
21, 1800. -
Music in the Navy goes back
a piece, too. Unofficially, Navy
bands date back to the 1800's.
Informal groups were organized
to tootle on special occasions and
to hypo the morale in those men-of-war
days. Officially, the Navy
traces its history back to the
days before World War I, when
a 21-piece band performed here
at official affairs.
Pershing's Baby
The present Army band is a
step-child of the outfit created
by Gen. John J. Pershing, Janu
ary 29, 1922. The talent was
drawn from the Army music
school.
Youngest of the service bands
is the U. S. Air Force group of
talented musicians. It was
formed in 1942, but in a little
over a decade it has risen to
with the other service bands.
The Ah- Force band may be
young in years but it has been
aiound. It is the only American
band to have played for a royal
garden party at Buckingham
Palace.
O&C Ownership
Should Be Settled
Portland (U.R) Represen
tative Harris Ellsworth of Ore
gon's fourth congressional dis
trict said today that ownership
cf the disputed O&C lands in
western Oregon should be
settled so that revenues from the
land may be distributed to local
governmental units.
"That is the purpose of a bill
which I introduced in the last
session, he said.
Ellsworth said chances for pas
sage of the bill when Congress
reconvenes in January are good.
Ellsworth stopped in Portland
on an indirect route to his home
in Roseburg.
WEATHER
, The UNITED PRESS
Northern California: Fair to
day, tonight and Saturday ex
cept fog on coast, clearing local
ly in afternoons; warmer north
interior Saturday; northwest
winds 10-20 MPH near coast.
e Sylvania Hoffman
e General Electric
BILL EDGERTON'S
4M)
Center
2739 N. Pacific Hwy.
and Howsrd Av.
Phone 2-4956
OPEN EVENINGS
32nd Annual August 12-13-14-15
JOSEPHINE COUNTY FAIR
FAIRGROUNDS GRANTS PASS
GLADIOLUS SHOW
OPENING DAY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12
The Second Annual Oregon State Show
GLAD FLOAT PARADE 10 A.M., AUG. 12
Coronation Queen Gladys VIII Wed. Eve.
Best Fair Ever Planned!
New Floral Exhibit Bldg.
4-H Clubs livestock
and Other Exhibits.
MIDGET RACES SAT. P. M.
Beautiful Gladioli at Their Best
Come! Bring the Family! Have FUN!
FREE ACTS
EACH NIGHT ON
BIG MIDWAY
DAVIS CARNIVAL
This dej
showed
onstration
le the way
to a better deal!
I'd been planning to buy a higher-priced car until
I found out all Chevrolet offered
and how much I could savel
vPS ' ' I V i
You're "tilting pretty" behind the wheel
Take this Bel Air model. First thing
youll notice is the rich-looking uphol
stery and appointments and roomy,
comfortable seats. Just turn the igni
tion key to start the engine and you're
ready to go.
You get mere power on lets gas
Here's all the power and performance
you could ever ask for. And along
with it comes the most important gain
in economy " in Chevrolet history!
That's because of Chevrolet's two
great high-compression engines.
Yen con see all around
Yoa look out and down at the road
through a wide, curved, one-piece
windshield. The panoramic rear win
dow and big side windows provide a
clear view in all directions.
It's heavier for bettor readability
You're in for a pleasant surprise at the
smooth, steady ride. One reason is
that, model for model, Chevrolet will
weigh up to 200 pounds more than
other low-priced cars.
You got greater getaway with
the new Poworglidt
Finer performance on less gas. That's
what you get with the new Power
glide. There's no more advanced auto
matic transmission at any price.
Even Power Steering, if you want It
You ought to try Power Steering to
see how easy driving can be. You can
spin the wheel with one finger! It's
optional, of course, at extra cost, and
available on all models.
Biggest brakes far smoother
easier steps
An easy nudge on the brake pedal
brings smooth, positive response right
nowl Chevrolet brakes are the largest
in the low-price field-extra large for
extra stopping power.
And it's the lowest priced tin
A demonstration will show you that
Chevrolet offers mora in the lowest
priced line in the low-price field.
'Combination ' of Powertlid automatic
transmission and HS-h.p. "Blue-Flam9
engine optional on "Two-Ten" and Bel Air
models at extra cost.
Let us demonstrate
all the advantages
of buying a Chevrolet now!
MORI FIOPLE BUY CHEVROLETS THAN ANY OTHER CARI
eui uMo-nsvuMm mm utaam m aoa
I Sajsjief"-ABC RcAej Motwortr
BARNES CHEVROLET, Inc.
227 EAST NINTH STREET
PHONE 2-0115