Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1951 — Page 13

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“If we had those additional patrolmen,” Chief Rouls says, “we "could do the job of policing Indianapolis much better and easier. “I can’t get thre men because I "

man and his family,

“The other day a boy about 16 ™ or 17 came in here to deliver ajone or two sessions a telegram. I asked him how much court and don’t get paid

he was making and found out he

drew $35 the previous week. When he gets off at 7 a. trolmen take out their inTo pension payment, ir > afternoon or both in court. In

items, they take home $37.50.”

Several months ago, a sergeant

on the police force drew up a yearly budget. He earned $3400. He has two children and by the time he'd “existed” for the year, he'd spent $3361.48. This left $38.52 for clothing, furniture, improvements and recreation. “And then,” Chief Rouls says, “people wonder why my men want another job in addition to “A rookie cop on the Anderson police force earns $3400. In Hammond, he earns $3600. It just doesn’t make sense that our mien should be asked to work for $2400.” at

men, Rouls says he can’t get the right kind of men to apply for the force. “We had 119 applicants for the last class,” he stated “and man-

after all the tests and interviews were over. Sy “We screen our men very thoroughly. They have to take al physical, an aptitude test, appear, before our Merit Commission and! then go to our training school. | We drop applicants at every one! of those steps and manage to| make policemen out of about 1/10th of them. 5 “We've 690 men on the force! right now. That may seem like]

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By TOM HICKS

You think you have troubles. Chief of Police Rouls has 102

he needs to house his force. °

troubles. One hundred and one of |i patrolmen he needs to help police the city

don’t have “On top of this,

a man is working: the la! m, and may have to spend all morning

tween this he's supposed to some sleep.

for either employer,” Chief Rouls “But what am I going to don’t blame these men for getting a second job if they're Wage we can pay

“I don’t see how they can do it

said. do? I

starving on the

them, .

and. keep their health. A cop's fab isn’t ‘easy. He hax to know Hymn Datu: law, medicine and ractical anything u can think of, J ‘All Over Town’

“Going back to those 690 men,” he says, “over 100 of those don’t do. any patrol work. There are 105 men spread out all over town who don’t walk a beat or ride a car. They work in the courts, the property room, the legal department, the identification bureau, at General Hospital, the airport, Juvenile Aid and many other places. That's besides all the men in traffic and the detective bureau. “I need 66 motorcycle men: I've got_39. I need 24 cars on two of the three shifts. I've got 18. That'll give an idea of how under-manned we are. I don't know how we're going to take care of these new parking meters all over the city like the ones in Fountain Square and

Irvington. We have. —0e. than} or $b KL au Cit

We work three shifts and all these That sure isn't enough to keep a/men have to have vacations, we!

Some policemen have a second

Mr. Rouls

care of all the rest? their occupation.

almost 100 men in

But if they call them, have to go.”

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housed in the back of the bullding in what used to be the horse barn, as is the Police Laboratory. “We're about three-fourths through micro-filming all our records,” the chief says, “so we can squeeze a few more feet of space into the basement.

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