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Perhaps for that reaaon, the vagrancy leeue was dropped, even though no
perceptible change had been made. The newspaper fell happily upon the
resulte of the Alpha teete. Again lt seemed thet, with the frlenda he
had, Vollmer needed no enemies.
Tha audden furor over the results of the police intelligence
teats allowed the city council to harass the chief. When he eaked for
$25,000 to purchaae options for the seven nev stetlona, he waa given
$1500. Hia budget of $5.5 dllion wee reduced 20 percent without examl-
natlon. Hia requeat for 500 additional men waa reduced to 250, although
police offidda argued thet, beaed on popdation and area, 3000 extra
men actually were needed to provide adequate protection. At every turn,
it eeemed, consideretiona of economy were eroding the greet reorganization; even generd expendtures vere reduced to ridiculous levels. When
the chief jsller requested $100 to purchase clocks for the jails, council instructed him to go to e second hand store and buy $5 worth of
derm docks, rsther than burden the taxpayers with such absurd costs.
Polltlcd implications aside, the council's concern with the
rising cost of police service vas understandable. In the five yeer
period from January 1, 1920 to January 1, 1925, the number of department
employees rose from 732 to 2364, an Increase In excess of 320 percent.
Sdarles for dl ranks were Increased by various amounts; the important
item, patrolmen's wages, vere raised from $100-$120 to $170-$200 monthly
The annud budget, $1.3-million in 1921, rose to $3.9-dllion in 1923-24
The popdation increased about 40 percent, but the cost per capita of
the police department rose 80 percent, from $2.21 to $4.00, and wodd
have been higher had the reorganization plan been financed through tax
211
Object Description
| Title | The progressives and the police, 1973 |
| Description | Joseph Gerald Woods. The progressives and the police: urban reformers and the professionalization of the Los Angeles police. University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D., history), 1973. Published by University Microfilms International (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA), 1982. PART OF A SERIES: A critical component of the Commission's investigation centered on the idea that governance of the LAPD was shared between the Office of the Chief of Police, an administrative body, and the Board of Police Commissioners, a citizen body. To better understand the dynamic between these two entities, the staff of Heller, Ehrman, White, & McAuliffe researched the history of the Los Angeles City Charter, focusing primarily on its provisions regarding the distribution of power and the structure and organization of the LAPD. Included in the series are reproductions of reports, dissertations, article clippings, excerpts from city documents, and charter amendments related to the charter's conception and development over time. The series also includes several summaries of expert witness interviews regarding the effectiveness of this structure. |
| Creator | Woods, Joseph Gerald, 1930- |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of California, Los Angeles; University Microfilms |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California, USA; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date issued | 1973; 1982 |
| Type | texts |
| Format | 669 p. |
| Format (aat) |
doctoral dissertations catalog cards |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
| Series | Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe |
| File | The progressives and the police: urban reformers and the professionalization of the Los Angeles police, by Joseph Gerard Woods, 1973 |
| Box and folder | box 20, folder 24; box 21, folders 1-3 |
| Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
| Rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
| Repository email | specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | indep-box20-24 |
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| Title | The progressives and the police, 1973, p. 225 |
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| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | o o o Perhaps for that reaaon, the vagrancy leeue was dropped, even though no perceptible change had been made. The newspaper fell happily upon the resulte of the Alpha teete. Again lt seemed thet, with the frlenda he had, Vollmer needed no enemies. Tha audden furor over the results of the police intelligence teats allowed the city council to harass the chief. When he eaked for $25,000 to purchaae options for the seven nev stetlona, he waa given $1500. Hia budget of $5.5 dllion wee reduced 20 percent without examl- natlon. Hia requeat for 500 additional men waa reduced to 250, although police offidda argued thet, beaed on popdation and area, 3000 extra men actually were needed to provide adequate protection. At every turn, it eeemed, consideretiona of economy were eroding the greet reorganization; even generd expendtures vere reduced to ridiculous levels. When the chief jsller requested $100 to purchase clocks for the jails, council instructed him to go to e second hand store and buy $5 worth of derm docks, rsther than burden the taxpayers with such absurd costs. Polltlcd implications aside, the council's concern with the rising cost of police service vas understandable. In the five yeer period from January 1, 1920 to January 1, 1925, the number of department employees rose from 732 to 2364, an Increase In excess of 320 percent. Sdarles for dl ranks were Increased by various amounts; the important item, patrolmen's wages, vere raised from $100-$120 to $170-$200 monthly The annud budget, $1.3-million in 1921, rose to $3.9-dllion in 1923-24 The popdation increased about 40 percent, but the cost per capita of the police department rose 80 percent, from $2.21 to $4.00, and wodd have been higher had the reorganization plan been financed through tax 211 |
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