THIRTY-SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT 19 



REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF PATROL 



By E. L. MacaulaTj Chief 



The personnel set-up of the Patrol Department is substantially 

 the same as that in effect during the previous biennium; a chief at 

 San Francisco, two assistant chiefs, one at San Francisco and one at 

 Los Angeles, sixteen captains (one in charge of volunteer wardens, with 

 headquarters in San Francisco), ninety-six wardens, and two stenog- 

 raphers. 



The division of the State into patrol districts, each under the 

 supervision of a captain, has been continued with satisfactory results. 

 A recapitulation of the arrests and convictions, together with the fines 

 and jail sentences imposed, will be found in the appendix on page 114. 

 Compared with previous bienniums, it will be noted that the fines col- 

 lected have decreased materially, this condition being, no do,ubt, the 

 result of the various judges taking into consideration pleas of poverty 

 set forth by the defendants. In one month, out of 206 arrests, sus- 

 pended sentences were given in 57 cases, indicating that while the 

 judges believe fish and game laws should be enforced throughout the 

 State, in many instances they felt that a suspension of the sentence 

 was justified under prevailing conditions. It is gratifying to note, 

 however, that despite the fact that the average fine imposed is a great 

 deal less than in former years, throughout the State the courts have 

 not hesitated to inflict severe punishment in cases of commercializing 

 fish and game. 



During the past biennium three veterans of the service have passed 

 away, wardens I. L. Koppel, R. J. Sadler, and H. I. Pritchard. Under 

 the physical disability i-)rovisions of tlie new State Employees Retire- 

 ment System, Warden Webb Toms, of San Diego, retired from active 

 service on March 31, 1932. 



The ,1931 convention of wardens was held in April in San Fran- 

 cisco, but the 1932 meetings were held in smaller groups at Los Angeles, 

 Fresno, San Francisco and Chico, to enable the new commissioners to 

 get acquainted with the field men near their respective territories. The 

 smaller meetings worked out very well as all of the wardens present 

 had more or less the same problems and if the commissioners can spare 

 the necessary time it is suggested that a similar program be followed in 

 future gatherings. 



The number of state-owned automobiles operated by the Patrol 

 Department has increased to forty-eight. Closed cab pickups, with 

 open steel delivery bodies have been selected as standard equipment for 

 patrol duty, captains being provided with coaches or sedans, to enable 

 them to transport men for emergency work outside their regular terri- 

 tories. All the automobiles which have seen two years service have 

 been replaced with the exception of a few that have run lower than 

 average mileages. On the whole these cars have all given very satis- 

 factory service, particularly since they are obliged to operate on all 

 types of roads. Where a hunter or fisherman will take his private 



