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<br />If' <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I' <br /> <br />" <br />h, <br /> <br />~ 7, JO-i <br /> <br />,.~ ~';e=Q~' <br />~izens T~n ,,', <br />C~ 11f,.(fl.r <br />ityCouncl of' <br />.\ <br />Police Needs <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />While citizens living ort .Spdng: <br />lake Hills W(~t'C asking tOl' inorc <br />police sllpcl'vi~ion -to cOlltl'ol nighL- <br />time spc(:~der.':I and dl'ag racing in <br />this somewhat isolaled l'cl:ijdcntlal <br />.1 at'ca, Jas. W. Hill, a rC:-:lident of <br />1 the same i:11;ea was pt'oPQsing. ,tl1~t <br />the city increase ,its u, ni.fornwd po- <br />lice force to a "minimum ot oue <br />; 'officer' pCI' 1000 popula.tioJl, and <br />pny them not IC5H than ~300 p'CI' <br />month as a st.arting salary.. <br />. Half a dozen l'cskdcn\.s of; the <br />area a..ttendcd the dty COUl1Cil <br />meeLing Monday and made. ,'their <br />',requests and proposaJs. . <br />Mayor T.jl~'lOl' informed them <br />t.!tal the council wouLd give addi4 <br />llional study to meeting th~ prob' <br />lems, and said the city 'is now, in <br />pt'OC~S~ of hirillg, two additional , <br />J poUcc officel's, Pl'(!scntly lh(:l'c arc, <br />\ six regular uniformed police oW. <br />ecr::; not counting' meter readers <br />01' hight, watchhmcn. One llCW Qf~ <br />fleer wilJ be added bc!ore Feb, , 1 <br />and allOt/leI' soon aUcl'ward, Po::;- <br />sibly a third will' be a.dded befon:: <br />Feb. 15, acc(lrcling Lo City Man. <br />agel' B.' R. Fullct'. A pa.trolmaIl'S <br />salaJ'Y is $.100 per month and he <br />Is furnished uniforms 'by the city. <br />Hill, ,n l'etired Army lieutenant <br />colonel WllO had several4yc,lrs ex- <br />perience in klccurily both in Ilw <br />. At'my and wilh the FBI. Baid he <br />l'ealized the cit.y wa.s doing a gnod <br />job with its present ncrsonncl" but <br />suggested Umt with the l'eact1va.- <br />tiOIl of Camp Gary there would <br />be need fOl" additional police of- <br />ficers_ He thought tho time to con. <br />sider the need is noW-Hbe!orc we <br />wake up to the fact that we lh\Ve <br />an inadequate -force to deal with <br />the growing p(')pulatioJ1," <br />CHizens w.l1o r(~quc::ltcd ctoser <br />police tl'aiflc control on Spl'ing. <br />; lake Hills were told lhat 'it would <br />be helpful if licelise plate. num. <br />betB couln be :;:o.cc\J}'c(\ n11d l'c~ <br />potted to pollee. Citlz("n~ pl'omiacu <br />to coopel'C'l.te in this manner. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />, <br />. <br />