TABLE 45.-ORGANIZATION OF POLICE PATROL, RELIEF, AND RESERVE: 1907. One platoon, 8 a. m.-2 p. m. One section, 8 a. m.-7 p. m.. (One-half 7 a. m.-12 m. One platoon, 7 a. m.-3 p. m. One platoon, 8 a. m.-6 p. m. One division, 8 a. m.-7 p. m.. One turn, 7 a. m.-5.30 p. m.. One section, 7.30 a. m.-6.30 p. m... One platoon, 7 a. m.-5 p. m. One platoon, 8 a. m.-4 p. m. One section 1.30 p. m.-5.30 p. m. One section, 7 a. m.-3 p. m.. One section, 7 a. m.-6.45 p. m. One section, 7 a. m.-7 p. m.. Force divided into five platoons, one of which is always in reserve. Platoons advanced from one tour to next, completing the cycle in five days. Patrolmen are off duty every fifth day. Patrolmen on day duty allowed two hours for lunch. Sections transferred from day to night tours every two weeks. (Force divided into two platoons, one on active duty from 6 p. m. to midnight, the other from midnight to 7 a. m. Those serving on first tour at night are on duty during day, one-half in forenoon, the other in afternoon. One-sixth of entire force always on reserve duty; each man off duty one day in twelve. Platoons transferred monthly from one tour to another. Patrolmen are off duty one day in fifteen. The last division is known as the relief division, and in addition toits street duty is on reserve from 7 p. m. to 3 a. m. (The system in vogue is neither section nor platoon, but is on the order of the three-platoon system. Patrolmen are not shifted from one "turn" to another. As far as possible old men have day tours and new men night tours. Once in ten days each patrolman is required to sleep at barracks, thus making 10 per cent of the force always in reserve. Not reported. Day platoon permanently assigned to day duty, furnishing its own reserve. Night platoons alternate, each furnishing reserve during the other's tour of duty. Not reported. Of the patrolmen who do night duty, two or more are held in reserve at the central precinct station and one or more at each of the outside stations from 3.45 a. m. to 7.30 p. m. Sections change each month from one tour to another. Sections do not alternate between day and night tours, except under extraordinary circumstances. The sections exchange tours every thirty days. Patrolmen are assigned fourteen hours' duty every two days-eight hours patrol duty and six hours on reserve. From 8 p. m. to 4 a. m. a so-called shifting section is available for duty where most needed. GROUP II.-CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF 100,000 TO 300,000 IN 1907. One section, 5 a. m.-8 a. m. One section, 8 a. m.-5 p. m. One platoon, 7 a. m.-6 p. m.. The sections change tour every four days. The average number on reserve duty is 65. [Change of sections so arranged that tours overlap at hours when traffic is heaviest. Not reported. Platoons change tours once each month. Not reported. One-third of patrolmen to each section. City number. I TABLE 45.-ORGANIZATION OF POLICE PATROL, RELIEF, AND RESERVE: 1907-Continued. CITY. Unit of organization and tour of patrol duty. Relief and reserve duty. One platoon, 8 a. m.-6 p. m. One platoon, 4 a. m.-12 m. One section, 7 a. m.-3 p. m.. One section, 4 a. m.-12 m. One shift, 4 a. m.-12 m.. 1 One shift, 8 p. m.-4 a. m. One section, 7 a. m.-7 p. m.. One detail, 8 a. m.-4 p. m. One section, 6.50 a. m.-5.30 p. m. One section, 7 p. m.-5 a. m. One platoon, 5 a. m.-1.15 p. m. One section, 8 a. m.-4 p. m.. One platoon. 8 a. m.-6 p. m. One relief, 7 a. m.-3 p. m.. One squad, 8 a. m.-4 p. m.. One special watch, 6 p. m.-2 a. m. Not reported. Platoons do not change tours. One patrolman on reserve at all hours in each station house; each patrolman doing reserve duty about twice a month, in addition to regular patrol duty. Two shifts of equal strength. The traffic squad consists of 28 patrolmen, half on each tour of duty. Not reported. Not reported. Each platoon does ten hours' duty per day. There are 36 men assigned to day duty and 86 to night duty. The night watch is about equal, numerically, to the aggregate of the other two The day platoon numbers 27 men; the others 62 and 49, respectively. Five patrolmen, from each shift, detailed daily from patrolmen who do street duty, are held in reserve at each police station. Not reported. The day detail numbers 16 men; the others 25 each. Two reserve officers on duty day and night, working twelve hours. Not reported. The first section numbers 9 men, the second 9, and the third 43. One man in reserve at each station from noon until 10 p. m. First platoon is permanent; the second has two months of day duty, followed by one month of night duty; the third has two months of night duty, followed by one month of day duty. Two patrolmen on reserve at central station at all hours. Twenty men on day duty and 30 men on night duty. Each platoon is on duty twelve hours. Platoons transferred monthly from tour to tour. Not reported. No regular time of transferring from night to day tours, this being done at the discretion of the chief. Three men detailed on day tour, four on evening tour, and two on morning tour. Tours so arranged as to give one-half of force one day off duty each second day. One man on reserve in each of the two stations. Total number of reserves for the night is 60. No reserves in daytime. Sections change tours in rotation. The reliefs change tours every four months; first to third, a part of third to second, and a part of second to first, the first being sinallest of the three. Special watch on duty in outlying residence section. The watch on duty from 4 a. m. to 8 a. m. sleep at station 10.30 p. m. to 3.15 a. m. on reserve duty. GROUP III-CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF 50,000 TO 100,000 IN 1907. One platoon, 8 a. m.-6 p. m. One section, 7 a. m.-12.30 p. m. The platoon relieved at 1 a. m. return to duty at 1 a. m. the following day; and the men relieved at 8 a. m. return to duty at 6 p. m. of the same day. The two platoons alternate between day and night duty. One section on reserve during day and a whole platoon at night. The reserve duty is six hours. |