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or 80 men, being thus employed when inquiry was made in June 

 of this year. 



An example of duplication of work on the boulevards by 

 park police is to be found on Jackson Boulevard from Michigan 

 Avenue to the river. The city police department patrols this 

 boulevard the same as other downtown streets, and also has 14 

 men of the traffic squad doing duty thereon. This is deemed 

 adequate by the city police officials, and yet the South Park 

 Board has had several park police on this same boulevard since 

 it was taken over from the city. Inquiry during 1911 disclosed 

 8 park policemen thereon in addition to the city force. The 

 salaries of these 8 men aggregate $8,800 per year. 



OTHER CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO EXCESSIVE 

 COST AND INEFFICIENCY 



Not only are boulevards patrolled by the city police both day 

 and night but most of them are exceptionally well lighted at night. 

 The main use for park police on the boulevards, therefore, is to 

 regulate traffic, especially speeding motor vehicles. It has been 

 demonstrated in many large cities that police assigned to this 

 duty should be equipped with motorcycles, and that if they are 

 so equipped fewer men are necessary. The following tabulation 

 showing the policed boulevard mileage in each of the three park 

 districts, the approximate number of men assigned thereto, and 

 their equipment, indicates clearly that sufficient use has not been 

 made of motorcycles : 



Miles. Men. Motorcycles 



South 23 80 2 



West 25 40 10 



Lincoln 9^ 14 2 (and 5 bicycles) 



A Study of the police conditions within the parks indicates 

 that greater efficiency might be had and at less cost by also 

 equipping some of the police in each of the large parks with 

 motorcycles. These machines are relatively inexpensive in first 

 cost, and those used by the city police department showed an 

 average cost of only $8.50 per month for operation and main- 

 tenance during 1910. In speaking of the work of the motorcycle 



