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Changes in Organization of City
Police Department Are Reviewed
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Sunday, Jan. 24, 1960
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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,
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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-
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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
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George W. Hardgrove, for
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at the Veterans administra
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has become a registered pro
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to William Mjogdalen, contact
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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.
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