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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1960)
I Changes in Organization of City Police Department Are Reviewed MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Sunday, Jan. 24, 1960 CONFUSING NAME Houston - Banana oil N not made from bananas at all, but is one of the by-products of the petroleum industry. OLD AGE Washington - John Adamt lived to be the oldest former president of the United States. His age was 90 when he died. NOW! You Can Give . . . 9 U A change in the organiza tional structure, a promotion and several personnel switches are the major results so far of Lt. William P. Beall's r review of the Medford police department two weeks ago, according to Chief of Police Charles P. Champlin. The full report of Beall's findings will not be available for several weeks yet, Champ lin said, but he made several suggestions and recommenda tions when he was here that have already been put into effect. Lieutenant Beall came to Medford at the request of Champlin and City Manager Robert Duff, who wanted to find out how the department compares to departments in other cities and to know what changes might be necessary in order to prepare the police force to meet the needs of a constantly expanding popula tion. Recognized Authority Lieutenant Beall, who is with the Berkeley, Calif., po lice department, is a recog nized authority on police methods and organization, and has helped other cities to reorganize their police depart ments He was in Medford once be fore, in 1951, to assist in bringing the department up to date in its methods and or ganizations at that time. Beall said he was lm- nressed with the police de partment's progress since 1951 and feels it is more than adequately meeting the needs of the population at present, but said that the organiza tional structure should be changed in order to meet the future needs of the city in the most efficent manner pos- sible. Not All Beall's Ideas Champlin said hat not all . of the new changes are Beall's ideas, but they have been dis- cussed with him in order to make sure they are worth 2 while changes and being made in the best way possible. S In order to give each of the '- department's three platoons the proper supervision in both the field and the office, .- i Z. promotion ana several switches in supervisory per sonnel have been made, Champlin said. Officer Jack L. Sanders, who has been with the depart ment for over four years, has recently been promoted to sergeant, Champlin said. He will now serve as one of the two field supervisors for the third platoon from 4 pjn. to midnight. Capt Clyde C. Fichtner has been switched from the sec ond platoon (8 a.m. to 4 p.m) to the third platoon where he will now supervise both in the field and the office with the aid of another sergeant. The first platoon will re main under the direction of Lt. Orlo W. McGee. Former Alignment Under the former platoon alignment there were super visory personnel, but none regularly assigned to the field. Now there will he at least one man on each platoon in the field at all times to su pervise the patrolmen and their beats. It has become necessary to have supervision in the field, Champlin emphasized, in or der that there will be some one on the scene to take im mediate command of any sit uation fiat might arise and be able to radio back to the sta tion just what the situation will require in the way of manpower and equipment. One patrolman has no more authority than the next, he pointed out, so it is difficult for one of them to take charge and direct the others. Another Benefit Another benefit of having field supervisors is that re cruits can travel with them in order to get the knowledge and feel of the job before go ing out on their own. A recruit now trains for about six weeks with four hours each day spent in the field with the supervisor and the other four ' ours spent studying. A patrolman has been switched from the first to the second platoon, Champlin said, in order to give the day shift an extra patrol car. He said the second platoon has needed the extra man since the identification bu reau was created in 1957 re quiring the full-time of one -f the second platoon's patrol man. After Consultation It has been a question, Champlin said, of which of the other two platoons could best spare the man and after consultation with Beall it was decided to take him from the first. Champlin does not antici pate any need for additional personnel, except possibly one additional girl to work in the communications office to release the sergeant now there for field duties. He said the department will attempt to utilize the ex isting manpower to its maxi mum capabilities before ask ing for any increase in per sonnel. A major change has been made in the department's organizational structure, Champlin said, which will gear the department's serv ices to a growing community. Structure Can Expand The structure, the need for which was pointed out by Beall, is such that it can eas ily expand, serving as a basis for future growth of the de partment. The major change in the structure has been the crea tion of three separate divi sions, the patrol division, the detective division, and the services division. These divi sions have in effect been in existence before, but their duties were not so clearly de fined nor were they classed as separate divisions. Under the old structure men were assigned specific duties, either patrol, service, or detective, which were of ten geared to the capacity of the individual, himself, now the new structure does the reverse, assigning men to spe cific duties m a specific divi sion. Chain of Command The chain of command in all divisions has been better defined, with the head of each division being directly re sponsible to the chief. A fourth division, the per sonnel and training division, is planned for the future, Champlin said, when the de partment has grown to such a size that some men will be re quired to devote full time to personnel problems and the training of recruits. Several significant changes have been made among the detectives in order to make their divisions more effective in performing its specific functions. Detectives have been re lieved of all patrol duties and leave all preliminary investi gations, except in vice cases, up to patrolmen. Review Cases Detectives will now review each case and determine if it j will require additional inves- j tigation or not, conducting such investigation if needed. This change will relieve the detectives of a lot of minor and trivial investigations so they can devote more time to those cases of a more serious nature, Champlin said. Another change is that there will now be a detective on duty each day of the week, whereas they used to be on duty only on weekdays. This change will seek to eliminate the present Monday morning backlog of work for the de tective division. An extensive resurveying of police beats is being con ducted by the department at present which will take about three months to complete, Champlin said. Redefine Boundaries When it is completed, the department may find it neces sary to redefine the boundar ies of the various beats. Indi cations are that some beats now have a larger work' load than others, overworking others, which is not a good utilization of personnel, Champlin explained. The redefining of boundar ies may also be necessary in order to provide the neces- Hop to It For: -J Top Value j Top Trade yf Top Choice On NEW or USED CARS 2nd Big Week "OPPORTUNITY DAYS" at Your Volume Dealer COURTESY niicuom et wiikinuiiki r 9th & Bartlett Medford See our ad in classified sary protection to each area of the city, he said. Some may now be getting more than others, he pointed out. Another change that has al ready taken place, Champlin said, is that foot beats on the first and third platoons have been eliminated and instead are being covered more effec tively with the addition of an other patrol car on each pla toon. The theory behind this change, Champlin pointed out, is that it has been proven Ex-Valley Man Now Registered Engineer George W. Hardgrove, for mer assistant engineer officer at the Veterans administra tion Domiciliary, Camp White, has become a registered pro fessional engineer, according to William Mjogdalen, contact officer at the veterans admin istration center, Fargo, N.D. Hardgrove, who is engin eering officer at the Fargo, N.D., VA center, received his registration following written and oral examinations which were given by the North Da kota state board of profes sional engineers. He is resident engineer on two construction projects at the Fargo VA center. that a man in a patrol car can cover a larger area and be of greater service to the commu nity than a man on foot. On Foot Inferior A man on foot is inferior to a man in a car because he cannot be assigned to specific cases and it is difficult to con tact him while he is on his beat, the chief explained. A man in a patrol car is always within radio contact and can easily be deployed from one place to another. Beall made several sugges tions to the department con cerning time-saving practices in filing and reporting proce dures, Champlin said. The department is already working towards coordinat ing some of the various files and eliminating much of the duplication in the preparing of reports, he said. They are looking toward the simplification of reports, especially those of a routine nature, so patrolmen will not be spending as much time be hind desks and typewriters as they are now. Concerning Beall's com ments that the police depart ment needs new quarters and a new jail, Champlin said this is definitely the case and pointed out that the depart ment is now working in the same space as tney were when there were only 14 per sonnel although the depart ment has grown to 40 persons. BREAKFAST GUESTS President Eisen hower poses with a group of new GOP sena tors and congressmen to whom he played host at the White House Thursday. Left to right, front row, are Sen. Hiram Fong, Ha waii; Rep. 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