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At the beginning of 1911, the South, West and Lincoln Park 

 forces numbered 152, 89, and 49 men respectively, a total of 

 290 men. Six months later, i. e., July 1, 1911, the date when 

 the Civil Service Law became effective, the rosters of the respec- 

 tive Boards showed 169, 115 and 59, a total of 343 men, an 

 increase which will add many thousands of dollars annually to 

 the already large cost shown above for 1910. 



DUPLICATION OF POUCE WORK 



The park police may make arrests for infraction of state 

 laws, city ordinances, and ordinances adopted by the Park Boards, 

 but only on property under the jurisdiction of the respective Park 

 Boards. They have no jurisdiction within territory under control 

 of the city. The park governments do not maintain lockups. Park 

 police take their prisoners to city police stations and the cases 

 are heard before the Municipal Court of the city. The city boards 

 park prisoners, but charges the expense against the Park Com- 

 missions. A recent court decision has awarded the latter a pro- 

 portion of the fines collected in such cases. 



All the large parks in the city and all improved boulevards 

 are patrolled by park police both day and night, with the excep- 

 tion that the West Chicago and Lincoln Park police do not patrol 

 boulevards after 11 p. m. 



City police in uniform do not patrol any of the large parks. 

 However, although the city has relinquished jurisdiction over 

 boulevards maintained by the Park Boards, the city police 

 continue to patrol all boulevards outside the parks in the same 

 manner as other streets, because the city police department 

 feels morally responsible for preserving the peace and pro- 

 tecting the lives and property of citizens living thereon, the 

 same as on other streets. The reason for this is that crimes com- 

 mitted on the boulevards are charged by the public against the 

 city police of the district in which the crime is committed. The 

 policing of boulevards outside the parks by park police, therefore, 

 causes a duplication of the policing thereon, and it is noteworthy 

 that a large proportion of the police force of each Park Board 

 is assigned to boulevard duty, over half of the South Park force. 



