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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Frances Perkins, Secretary
B U R E A U OF L A B O R ST A T IS T IC S
Isador Lubin, Com m issioner (on leave)
A . F. Hinrichs, A ctin g Commissioner
in cooperation w ith
W O R K PROJECTS A D M IN IS T R A T IO N
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Salaries and Hours o f Labor in
M unicipal Police Departments
July 1, 1938
VOLUM E V
South Atlantic Cities
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Prepared by the
DIVISION OF CONSTRUCTION AND
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
H E R M A N B. B Y E R , Chief
B u lletin ?*lo. 685
U N IT E D ST A T E S
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W A S H IN G T O N : 1941
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F
rances
P
e r k in s ,
Secretary
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Is a d
or
L tjbin,
C o m m issio n er
A. F. H inrichs,
(on leave)
A c tin g C o m m issio n er
Ary ness Joy, Chief, Prices and Cost of
Living Branch
Donald Davenport, Chief, Employ
ment and Occupational Outlook
Branch
N.
Henry J. Fitzgerald, Chief, Business
Management Branch
Arnold Tolies, Chief, Working
Conditions and Industrial Relations
Branch
Sidney W . Wilcox, Chief Statistician
Hugh S. Hanna, Chief, Editorial and
Research
C H IE F S O F D I V I S I O N S
Herman B. Byer, Construction and
Public Employment
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Charles F. Sharkey, Labor Law In
formation
J. M. Cutts, Wholesale Prices
W . Duane Evans, Productivity and
Technological Developments
Boris Stern, Labor Information Service
Swen Kjaer, Industrial Accidents
Lewis E. Talbert, Employment Sta
tistics
Stella Stewart, Retail Prices
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tion
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Statistics
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look
Wage and Hour
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STATE, COU N TY, AND M UNICIPAL SURVEY
Jesse M. H adley ,
n
D irector
CONTENTS
Page
Summary-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Employment and salaries:
Range of salaries---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Salaries in various occupations_______________________________________
Types of duty for patrolmen---------------------------------------------------------------Comparison of employment and salaries in various occupations______
Comparison of size of departments and per capita salary costs_______
Hours and working conditions:
Platoon systems and hours of duty___________________________________
Promotion of patrolmen______________________________________________
Vacations with pay___________________________________________________
Items supplied to uniformed force____________________________________
Appendix:
Table A.— Cities covered by this report______________________________
Table B.— Number of employees and annual salaries in cities of
100.000 or more, by occupation_________________________
Table C.— Number of employees and annual salaries in cities of
50.000 to 100,000, by occupation_______________________
Table D.— Number of employees and annual salaries in cities of
25.000 to 50,000, by occupation________________________
Table E.— Total salaries and total number of employees____________
Table F.— Average hours and days on duty by occupational division-
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Letter o f Transmittal
U nited States D epartment of L abor,
B ureau of L abor Statistics,
W ashington , D . C., June 15, 1941•
The Secretary of L abor:
I have the honor to transmit herewith the fifth of a series of nine
reports on Salaries and Hours of Labor in Municipal Police Depart
ments. This report covers cities in the South Atlantic States.
An explanation of the purposes of the survey was given in the preface
to volume I, New England cities.
A. F. H inrichs, A ctin g Com m issioner .
Hon. F rances P erkins,
Secretary o f Labor .
v
B u lletin
T^o. 685 (Voi. V)
o f the
U n ited States B u rea u o f Labor Statistics
Salaries and H ours o f Labor in M unicipal Police
Departments, South A tlantic Cities, July 1, 19381
Summary
The 39 cities covered by this report2 had approximately 7,000
police-department employees on July 1, 1938, with annual salaries
amounting to $14,000,000. Baltimore and Washington, with 1,900
and 1,480 employees, respectively, accounted for almost half of the
total number of employees and for over half of the total salaries.
On the basis of the United States Census of Population for 1930, the
3,700,000 persons in the 39 cities were provided police protection at
an annual salary cost of $3.78 per capita.
In general, the salaries in the large cities were the highest. The
salaries of heads of departments for the group of largest cities, for
instance, ranged from $3,600 paid in Norfolk to $8,000 paid to the
superintendent of police in Washington. The $3,600 paid to the
chief in St. Petersburg was the highest salary paid to any employee in
group III.8 More than three-fourths of all salaries were between
$1,650 and $2,450, this concentration being greatly influenced by
the salary rates of the largest cities.
Patrolmen, who comprised more than two-thirds of all police em
ployees, received salaries between $1,150 and $2,450. All of the
3,049 patrolmen receiving $1,850 or more per year, which number
represented 64 percent of all patrolmen, were in group I. Eighty
percent of the patrolmen were classified as first-grade, and 28 out of
the 39 cities provided for automatic promotion of patrolmen from the
lowest grade to the next higher grade after a specified period of
service.
Approximately nine-tenths of the police-department employees
worked 8 hours a day. In addition to the time off which most of
the employees received periodically, three-fourths of all employees
were given paid vacations ranging from 7 days to 30 days.
1
Analysis and presentation of data by Gerald M. Whitright and M. F. Thurston. Editing and tabula
tion of data by Mahlon B. Buckman. Carol P. Brainerd, technical adviser.
8Includes all cities in the South Atlantic region with populations greater than 25,000 in 1930, except
Savannah, Ga. (85,024), and Clarksburg, W. Va. (28,866), for which data were not available. See appen
dix table A for a complete list of cities covered by this report.
1 The cities have been divided on the basis of the U. S. Census of Population for 1930 into 3 size groups, as
follows: Group I, cities with a population of 100,000 or more; group II, cities of 50,000 and under 100,000; and
group III, cities of 25,000 and under 50,000. Baltimore, the only city with a population of more than 500,000
in 1930, has been included in group I because data for Baltimore did not vary sufficiently from data for
other cities to justify separate treatment.
1
2
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Employment and Salaries
Range o f Salaries
Employees in the nine largest cities accounted for about threefourths of all employees; consequently, the salary rates in these cities
influenced the general level of salaries for the region. The pre
dominance of high salaries in group I is evident in the accompanying
chart. Eighty-three percent of the employees in cities of group I
P E RC EN TA G E DISTRIBUTION
OF SOU TH A TL AN TI C
P OL IC E DEPARTMENT E M P L O Y E E S
BY SALARY GROUP AND SIZE OF CITY
POPULATION
OF C IT IE S
PER CEN T OF EM PLOYEES
0
40
60
ALL CITIES
2 5 .0 0 0
A DU D R
N NE
5 0 .0 0 0
5 0 ,0 0 0
A DU D R
N NE
1 0 0 ,0 0 0
1 0 0 ,0 0 0
OVER
UNOER
$ 1 ,5 5 0
$ 1,550
$ 1,8 5 0
$1,850
U.s. D P R M N O L A R
EA T E T F &O
• R A O L B R STA
UEU F A O
T^TIC
S
A DU D R
N NE
A DU D R
N NE
$ 2 ,1 5 0
$ 2,150
AD
N
OVER
received salaries of $1,850 or more, whereas only 14 percent and 9
percent of the employees in cities of groups II and III, respectively,
received salaries above $1,850.
Of the 116 employees receiving $3,050 or more, all but 10 were in
the largest cities. The $8,000 paid to the superintendent of police
in Washington, in group I, was the maximum salary for the region.
Highest salaries in the other population groups were $4,000 and
$3,600 paid to the chiefs in Macon and St. Petersburg. Minimum
full-time salaries in each of the 3 groups of cities were between $450
and $550.
3
SOUTH ATLANTIC CITIES
T a b l e 1 .— Police-department employees in South Atlantic cities classified according
to salaries and size of city , J u ly 1 , 1988 1
Number of employees
Salary class
Percentage
City group 2
All
cities
III
II
I
All
cities
City group i
I
III
II.
3 6, 998
5,070
1,129
799
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Under $1,050. __________ _
$1,050 to $1,149
$1,150 to $1,249_____________
$1,250 to $1,349_____________
$1,350 to $1,449_____________
72
3
127
70
263
4 24
3
85
21
31
*23
«25
3.1
12
33
112
.5
.1
1.7
.4
.6
2.0
30
16
120
1.0
(7
)
1.8
1.0
3.8
2.7
1.4
10.6
1.5
4.1
14.0
$1,450 to $1,549_____________
$1,550 to $1,649_____________
$1,650 to $1,749_____________
$1,750 to $1,849_____________
$1,850 to $1,949_____________
280
368
834
525
476
30
73
242
330
383
110
121
441
115
69
140
174
151
80
24
4.0
5.3
11.9
7.5
6.8
.6
1.4
4.8
6.5
7.6
9.7
10.7
39.1
10.2
6.1
17.5
21.8
18.9
10.0
3.0
$1,950 to $2,049______ _____ _
$2,050 to $2,149_____________
$2,150 to $2,249_____________
$2,250 to $2,349_____________
$2,350 to $2,449_____________
367
1, 766
170
99
1,118
314
1,740
164
92
1,1C5
36
18
4
5
6
17
8
2
2
7
5.2
25.2
2.4
1.4
16.0
6.2
34.3
3.2
1.8
21.8
3.2
1.6
.4
.4
.5
2.1
1.0
.3
.3
$2,450 to $2,549..... ........... .
$2,550 to $2,649_____________
$2,650 to $2,749..... ........... ...
52
57
32
68
67
47
55
26
68
67
2
2
1
3
.9
1.1
.5
1.3
1.3
.2
.2
.1
.4
5
.7
.8
.5
1.0
1.0
$2,950 to $3,049_____ ______ _
$3,050 and over......... .............
68
116
64
8 106
2
*8
2
1.0
1.7
1.3
2.1
.2
.7
.3
.3
All salaries________________
$9,760 t.n $2,849
$2,850 to $2,949
10 2
.8
.6
1 For a more detailed analysis of data, see appendix tables B, C, and D.
2 This and the following tables include data for 39 South Atlantic cities, grouped on basis of the U. S.
Census of Population for 1930, as follows: Group I, cities with a population of 100,000 or more; group II,
cities of 50,000 and under 100,000; and group III, cities of 25,000 and under 50,000.
8 Includes only regular, full-time employees.
4 Includes employees with salaries ranging from $468 to $945.
* Includes employees with salaries ranging from $548 to $900.
6Includes employees with salaries ranging from $521 to $945.
7 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
8Includes employees with salaries ranging from $4,171 to $8,000.
9Includes employees with salaries ranging from $3,060 to $4,000.
i° Includes 1 employee with salary of $3,300 and 1 with salary of $3,600.
Salaries in Various Occupations
The distribution of employees in various occupations and divisions
according to salary is shown in table 2. The salaries in each of the 2
groups of smaller cities showed a remarkable similarity in range and
level. The salaries in group I, in contrast, were more widely dis
tributed and at a higher general level.
Of the 39 chiefs, 23 received salaries of $2,950 or more. These
included all 9 of the department heads in group I, 10 out of 13 in
group II, and 4 out of 17 in group III.
Eighty-three officers held the rank of captain. The highest salary
rate for captains was $3,650 paid to 13 officers in Baltimore. Wash
ington’s 15 captains each received $3,600, which was equivalent to
the highest salary for chiefs in group III. Groups II and III each
had 16 captains, the majority of whom received between $1,750 and
$2,150.
3 2 3 4 4 8 ° — 4 1 ------- 2
4
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
The distribution of the 190 lieutenants and the 399 sergeants fol
lowed the same pattern with respect to population groups as that of
captains, except that the lower level of salaries in each case was in
keeping with the rank of the officers.
The fairly even distribution of the 532 detective-bureau employees
over a wide range resulted not only from variations in situations in
different cities but also from the number of different official ranks
within individual bureaus, this being particularly true in group I.
The distributions of policewomen, fingerprint employees, radio and
telephone operators, and 758 miscellaneous workers are also shown in
table 2.
T
able
2
.—
Police-department employees in South Atlantic cities, classified according
to salaries and occupational groups, July 1, 1938 1
City
All group a All
cities
cities
III
I II III
City group a
Salary class
All
cities
I
Number of cities re
porting indicated
occupations______
Assistant chiefs
Chiefs
All occupations
II
City
All
All grp.2 cities
cities *
II III
I II
I
13 17
39 9 13 17
13
5
4
4
39 9 13 17
13
5
4
4
9
Under $1,050_______
$1,050 to $1,149_____
$1,150 to $1,249.___
$1,250 to $1,349_____
$1,350 to $1,449..........
72
3
127
70
263
24
3
85
21
280
368
834
625
476
30
73
242
330
383
110 140
121 174
441 151
115 80
69 24
367 314
1,766 1,740
170 164
99
92
1,118 1,105
36 17
18 8
4 2
5 2
6
7
5
i
4
3
3
1
1
2
5
4
1
24
I
II III
9
7
8
83 <51 16 16
120 112
$1,450 to $1,549_____
$1,550 to $1,649_____
$1,650 to $1,749_____
$1,750 to $1,849_____
$1,850 to $1,949_____
4 3 1
11 10
City
group a
30 12
16 33
31
Captains
City
group a
All salaries................ 6,998 5,070 1,129 799
39
Inspectors
$1,950 to $2,049_____
$2,050 to $2,149_____
$2,150 to $2,249_____
$2,250 to $2,349_____
$2,350 to $2,449_____
$2,450 to $2,549_____
$2,550 to $2,649_____
$2,650 to $2,749.........
$2,750 to $2,849..........
$2,850 to $2,949..........
$2,950 to $3,049_____
$3,050 and over_____
52
57
32
47
55
26
68
64
106
116
See footnotes a t end of table.
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
2
I
1
1
2
1
1
7
9
4
7
7
7
4
3
1
3
3 "I
3
1
1
67
68
1
68
67
23 25
2
2
1
1
9
4
2
2
4
2
19 9 8
3
3
4
1
2
8
9
4
2
2
4
4
1
9 9-
29 29
3
2
7
4
5
SOUTH ATLANTIC CITIES
T
able
2. — Police-department employees in South Atlantic cities, classified according
to salaries and occupational groups, July l y 1988 1 Continued
—
Lieutenants
Sergeants
City group 8
Salary class
All
cities
I
II
III
Number of cities re
porting indicated
32
8
occupations______
13
All salaries............. .
190 124 8 44
Under $1,050_______
$1,050 to $1,149_____
$1,150 to $1,249_____
$1,250 to $1,349_____
$1,350 to $1,449_____
$1,450 to $1,549..........
$L550 to $1,649_____
8
3
$1,650 to $1,749_____
$1,750 to $1,849_____
10
6
$1,850 to $1,949..........
16
15
$1,950 to $2,049........ .
20
14
5
8
$2,050 to $2,149_____ ‘ 13
1
1
$2,150 to $2,249_____
6
6
$2,250 to $2,349_____
$2^350 to $2,449..........
15 15
$2,450 to $2,549_____
$2,550 to $2,649_____
24 24
$2,650 to $2,749_____
4
$2,750 to $2,849..........
4
$2,850 to $2,949_____
36 36
$2,950 to $3,049_____
34 34
$3,050 and over_____
III
35
8
12
291
53
5
4
8
10
3
4
48
25 ” 5
23
1
21
14
25
9
7
6
43
43
11
11
9
10
11
II
5
35
1
I
3
13
10
35
4 30
1
206
103 103
9 84 101
194
266
39 95 132
651 211 352 88
367 259 63 45
304 304
213 213
1,537 1,537
105 105
60
60
830 830 _
58
Fingerprint section,
all occupations
1
2
City group3
13
13
2
I
III
II
2
26
37
7
15
13
3
1
10
9
9
18
115
6
3
16
4
2
7
7
3
1
2
1
2
2
1
4
2
8
8
3
3
14
2
2
II
I
8
13
113
16
83
6
16
34
28
12
22
12
11
18
1
20
21
11
1
1
29
62
12
8
5
20
5
4
3
5
4
1
2
5
16
3
3
3 ~’ _6
’ "*7
3
5
3
6 ” 5
1
3
4
3
3
1
1
2
18
1
1
39
3
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
1
1
1
I
38
758
63
3
103
32
40
46
50
45
63
71
15
141
II
9
547
19
3
79
13
138
20
24
15
26
13
58
60
6
140
2
6
3
i For a more detailed analysis of data, see appendix tables B, C, and D.
1 in group III.
17
7
40
1
1
2
2
6
1
7
18
7
40
1
1
2
1
1
6
2
City group3
2
2
13
All others
III
79
5
39
1
2
3
See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
3 No employees in this occupation in cities of group III.
4 Includes 1 captain from women's bureau.
8 Includes 1 lieutenant from women's bureau.
6Includes 3 sergeants from women's bureau—2 in group I and
9
336
All
cities
2
18
III
19
47
27
52
3
34
City group3
All
cities
4
2
1
2
18
17
72
41
50
61
34
55
4
39
23
Operators, radio
and telephone
' 1
1
1
38
532
II
12
1
1
I
29
62
58
1
1
II III
12
2
1
14 14
151 151
9
9
III
3
3
City group 3
All
cities
15
9 13 17
39
55 4,781 3,568 711 502
All
cities
I
10
II
6 399
All
cities
40
I
11
City group3
Salary class
City group3
All
cities
22
Policewomen
Number of cities re
porting indicated
occupations______
All salaries.................
Under $1,050 _____
$1,050 to $1,149____
$1,150 to $1,249..........
$1,250 to $1,349_____
$1,350 to $1,449_____
$1,450 to $1,549_____
$1,550 to $1,649 ____
$1,650 to $1,749 ___
$1,750 to $1,849
$1,850 to $1,949
$1,950 to $2,049 ___
$2,050 to $2,149
$2,150 to $2,249
$2,250 to $2,349 ___
$2,350 to $2,449
$2,450 to $2,549
$2,550 to $2,649 ____
$2,650 to $2,749
$2,750 to $2,849 ___
$2,850 to $2,949
$2,950 to $3,049 ___
$3,050 and over
City group3
All
cities
Detective bureau, all
occupations
Patrolmen
2
6
III
20
15
9
13
19
15
25
1
1
0
8
1
1
1
16
73
24
9
3
3
12
9
7
4
1
1
6
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Salaries of patrolmen, who comprised almost seven-tenths of all
employees, ranged between $1,150 and $2,450. No patrolmen in
groups II or III received a salary in excess of $1,850, but over 85
percent in group I had salaries above this level. While four-fifths of
the patrolmen were classified as first-grade, patrolmen in some cities
were classified in as many as 5 or 6 grades.
T a b l e 3 . — Police patrolmen in South Atlantic cities, classified according to salaries
and grades, July 1, 1938
All grades
Number
Number of patrolmen by specified grade
First 3
Percentage
Second
Salary class
City group *
City group
All
cities
I
All salaries___
II III
II
City group2
All
cities
II
III
III
II
III
4,781 3,568 711 502 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 3,837 2,861 571 465
$1,150 to $1,249
$1,250 to $1,349.
$1,350 to $1,449.
$1,450 to $1,549
13
35
206
194
$1,550 to $1,649.
$1,650 to $1,749.
$1,750 to $1,849.
$1,850 to $1,949.
266
651
367
304
$1,950 to $2,049.
$2,050 to $2,149.
$2,150 to $2,249.
$2,250 to $2,349.
$2,350 to $2,449.
City group 3
All
cities
All
cities
.3
.7
4.3
4.1
5.6
13.6
7.7
6.4
39
211
259
304
.6
6.0
(»)
1
.2 11.8 20.1
14.5 20.5
135
158
1.1 13.3 26.3
5.9 49.5 17.5
7.3 8.9 9.0
8.5
192
579
280
197
172
211
211
20
4.4 6.0
32.1 43.1
2.2 2.9
1.2 1.7
17.4 23.3
213 213
1,537 1,537
105 105
60
60
830 830
42
20
1,406 1,406
25
830
25
830
Number of patrolmen by specified grade
Fourth
Third
Fifth and below
Probationary
Salary class
All
cities
City group 2
I
III
II
All salaries...............
266
$1,150 to
$1,250 to
$1,350 to
$1,450 to
$1,249......... .
$1,349...........
$1,449...........
$1,549...........
2
5
10
5
$1,550 to
$1,650 to
$1,750 to
$1,850 to
$1,649...........
$1,749...........
$1,849...........
$1,949...........
43
22
87
$2,049..........
$2,149.........
$2,249...........
$2,349...........
$2,449......... ..
12
24
78
12
24
78
City group 2
I
III
II
All
cities
City group 2
I
87
$1,950 to
$2,050 to
$2,150 to
$2,250 to
$2,350 to
All
cities
224
29
13
165 151
7
1
149 *127
8
III
8
14
5
17
7
"9
6
1
14
14
4
30
30
63
63
41
71
41
71
64
64
I
n
m
21
21
3
18
18
13
10
City group2
3
8
4
10
1 Includes cruiser-car and motorcycle officers.
2 See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
2 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
7
2
II
All
cities
7
SOUTH ATLANTIC CITIES
Types o f D u ty for Patrolmen
Patrolmen regularly assigned to traffic direction constituted nearly
a fifth of all patrolmen in each of the three groups of cities.
Table
4 shows that for all cities 18 percent of the patrolmen were assigned
to traffic duties. Of these 8 percent were on foot, 7 percent were on
motorcycles, and the rest were assigned to automobiles, to the mounted
squad, or to other special duties.
Of the 82 percent engaged on other than traffic duty 51 percent
were on foot patrol, 27 percent were on automobile or squad-car duty,
2 percent were on motorcycles, and 2 percent were assigned to clerical
or other miscellaneous work.
T a b l e 4 .— P o lic e patrolm en in Sou th A tla n tic cities , classified according to typ es o f
d u tyt J u ly 1, 1 9 8 8
Number of patrolmen
Type of duty
All
cities
Percentage
City group 1
I
II
All
cities
III
City group 1
I
11
III
A 1 types of duty__________
.1
4,781
3,568
711
502
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Traffic duty___________ ___
882
645
148
89
18.4
18.1
20.8
17.7
Automobile.............. ......
Foot_____ ____ ________
Motorcycle-___________
Mounted______________
Other assignments
99
385
332
15
51
74
263
242
15
51
24
73
51
1
49
39
2.1
8.0
6.9
.3
1.1
2.1
7.4
6.8
.4
1.4
3.4
10.2
7.2
.2
9.7
7.8
Other than traffic duty_____
3,899
2,923
563
413
81.6
81.9
79.2
82.3
Automobile.....................
Foot_________ _______
Motorcycle____________
Other assignments_____
1, 300
2,426
79
94
965
1,860
27
71
176
363
20
4
159
203
32
19
27.2
50.7
1.7
2.0
27.0
52.1
.8
2.0
24.8
51.0
2.8
.6
31.7
40.4
6.4
3.8
i See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
Comparison of Employment and Salaries in Various Occupations
The uniformed force accounted for 83 percent of the personnel and
for a slightly larger proportion of total salaries. Patrolmen in the
large cities comprised 70 percent of the total personnel, an appreciably
larger proportion than the 63 percent in the other two groups of
cities. The smaller proportion of patrolmen in the cities of groups
II and III is due to the large proportion of supervisory officers and
detective-bureau employees in these cities. The detective bureau
was the only other division with a percentage of salaries greater than
the percentage of employees, as shown in table 5. Supervisory em
ployees 4 constituted 13 percent of the total in group I, as compared
with 15 percent in group II and 19 percent in group III cities. The
corresponding percentages for total salaries were 17, 18, and 22.
4 Includes all officers with the rank of sergeant or above in the uniformed force, detective bureau, and
women’s bureau, identification chiefs, telephone and radio superintendents, chief clerks, and maintenance
superintendents.
8
SALARIES A N D H O U R S , POLICE D E P A R T M E N T S
T a b l e 5 . — P ercentage d istribution s 1 o f 'police-departm ent em p lo yees a nd salaries in
S outh A tla n tic cities , by d iv isio n s , J u ly l y 1 9 3 8
Percentage of all employees
Division and occupation
Percentage of total salaries
City group 2
All
cities
I
II
III
All
cities
City group 2
I
II
III
All divisions.............
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Uniformed division..
83.1
84.0
81.2
80.6
84.0
84.7
81.6
81.2
Chiefs_________
Assistant chiefs. _
Inspectors______
Captains_______
Lieutenants.......
.5
.2
.2
1.2
2.7
.2
.1
.2
1.0
2.4
1.2
.4
.1
1.4
3.8
2.1
.5
.4
.2
.4
1.4
3.1
2.2
.5
.1
1.7
4.5
3.5
.6
2.0
2.8
1.0
.2
.3
1.6
3.3
Sergeants______
Plainclothesmen.
Patrolmen_____
Patrol drivers. _.
Turnkeys______
Miscellaneous...
5.6
1.0
68.3
1.9
.9
.6
5.7
1.3
70.4
1.9
.6
.2
4.7
.5
63.0
2.2
1.5
2.4
6.8
.1
62.8
1.0
1.9
.6
6.3
1.2
67.1
1.7
.8
.5
6.4
1.4
68.9
1.7
.6
.2
5.0
.6
61.2
2.0
1.4
2.4
7.2
.1
61.0
1.0
1.6
.6
Detective bureau___
Women’s bureau___
Fingerprint section._
Telephone and radio.
Clerical division____
Maintenance........ .
Miscellaneous....... .
7.6
1.4
.5
1.9
2.6
2.5
.4
6.6
1.6
.3
1.8
2.7
2.5
.5
10.0
.9
1.1
1.9
2.3
2.6
10.4
.4
1.1
2.4
2.5
2.1
.5
8.3
1.2
.5
1.7
2.2
1.8
.3
7.5
1.4
.3
1.7
2.2
1.9
.3
11.1
.7
1.2
1.7
1.9
1.8
11.2
.3
1.3
2.3
2.0
1.3
.4
2.5
3.1
1 Based on figures in appendix table E.
2 See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
Comparison o f Sise o f Departments and Per Capita Salary Costs
The exceptionally high increases in the size of some South Atlantic
cities, as revealed by the 1940 census, make a comparison of police
departments with regard to relative size and salary expenditures
somewhat misleading. The entire South Atlantic region showed an
increase for the decade from 1930 to 1940 of 12.9 percent, which was
surpassed only by a percentage increase of 18.8 for the Pacific region.
A fourth of the cities covered in this report showed increases in excess
of 20 percent in the decade, and an additional fourth, increases from
10 percent to 20 percent.
Figures shown in appendix table A are on the basis of the 1930
census, the latest population figures available at the time the earlier
reports in this series were prepared, and are presented to show relative
comparisons rather than to give actual figures. The use of the 1940
census figures greatly diminishes the relative sizes and costs of some
of the police departments. Table 6 shows the comparisons of number
of employees and salary expenditures on July 1, 1938, in relation to
size of city in both 1930 and 1940 for the 10 cities with the greatest
population increases in the decade. For instance, Miami, with an
increase of 56 percent in population, had 16 employees per 10,000
population and a per capita cost of $3.05 on the basis of the 1940
census as compared with 25 employees per 10,000 population and a
salary cost of $4.74 per inhabitant on the basis of the previous census.
9
SOUTH ATLANTIC CITIES
Again, these figures show only relative comparisons rather than actual
figures, which would be possible only if authoritative population data
were available for 1938.
T
6 . — N u m b er o f police-dep a rtm en t em p lo yees and sa la ry cost on J u l y 1 , 1 9 3 8 ,
in relation to po p u latio n in 1 9 3 0 and in 1 9 4 0 f o r 1 0 Sou th A tla n tic cities with
greatest percentage o f increase i n p o p u la tio n
able
Census of 1930
City
Census of 1940
Per capita
Per capita
Population Employees salary cost Population Employees salary cost
per 10,000
per 10,000
Charlotte, N. C__...................
Columbia, S. C........................
Columbus, Ga_........................
Jacksonville, Fla......................
Miami, Fla..............................
82,675
51,581
43,131
129,549
110,637
13
14
16
16
25
$2.30
2.28
2.54
3.61
4.74
100,899
62,396
53,104
173,065
172,172
10
12
13
12
16
$1.89
1.89
2.06
2.70
3.05
Orlando, Fla..........- ................
Raleigh, N. C__......................
St. Petersburg, Fla__..............
Washington, D. C_.................
West Palm Beach, Fla............
27, 330
37, 379
40,425
486,869
26,610
19
17
13
30
14
2.82
2.75
2.01
7.18
2.39
36, 736
46,897
60,812
663,091
33,693
14
13
8
22
11
2.10
2.19
1.33
5.27
1.89
Hours and Working Conditions
Primary factors affecting hours and working conditions are the
size and financial condition of the city. State or local legislation
frequently influences the organization of a department and the work
ing conditions of police employees. Organization is also influenced
by the cost and the need for sufficient flexibility to meet the varying
demands for police protection throughout the day and to take care
of such events as parades, fairs, conventions, and emergencies.
P latoon Systems and H ours o f D u ty
In table 7 are presented the various systems of hours of duty in
South Atlantic police departments. Nine systems of groups or pla
toons are shown in addition to the so-called continuous duty required
of some chiefs, and a miscellaneous classification for maintenance,
clerical, or other employees who do not work the same hours as the
uniformed force. Under a platoon system, a department is divided
into groups, which are assigned to different tours of duty so as to
provide adequate protection during all hours of the day.
Ninety percent of all employees worked under some variation of
the 3-platoon system requiring 8 hours a day and a workweek
ranging from 48 to 56 hours. One small city had a 2-platoon
system, and two had 3-platoon systems with overlapping 9-hour
work periods. In general the average workweek was longer in the
small cities, which allowed less time off. The use of overlapping
tours enabled several small cities to provide for the best use of the
relatively small forces at hours of peak demand.
When 1 full day off each week was provided for, an attempt was
usually made to arrange the schedule for each group in such a way
10
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
that the time off rotated through the days of the week. T o accom
plish this, the force was divided into seven groups, each of which had
a different day off. It was frequently the custom to arrange for
changing tours periodically so that the patrolmen did not work the
same set of hours throughout the year. Where no such alternation
of tours was provided for, the more desirable hours were usually
assigned on the basis of seniority.
Only 3 employees in the 39 South Atlantic cities were constantly
on call, and they have been classified as being on continuous duty.
The 9 percent of all employees classified as “ Other” were for the
most part nonuniformed workers. The average workweek for this
group was 55.6 hours.
T a b l e 7.— P o lice-d ep a rtm en t em p lo yees in Sou th A tla n tic cities, classified according
to hours and d a ys on d u ty p er week, J u l y 1, 1 9 8 8
Cities reporting various systems
Average
hours
on duty
per
week
System of operation
Continuous duty________ ________________
2- platoon:
10-hour tours overlapping, off 0.5 day per
week_______ _________________ ______
3- platoon:
9-hour tours overlapping, no time off......
8-hour tours, no time off_______________
8-hour tours, off 1 day per month______
8- hour tours, off 13 days per year_____
9- hour tours, overlapping, off 1 day per
week______________________________
8-hour tours, off every 15th day________
8-hour tours, off every 9th d ay................
8-hour tours, off 1 day per week________
Other___________________________________
Average
days
on duty
per
week
168.0
7.0
3
65.0
6.5
1
63.0
56.0
54.2
54.0
7.0
7.0
6.8
6.7
1
22
6
1
5
1
1
54.0
52.3
49.9
48.0
55.6
6.0
6.5
6.2
6.0
5.8
1
2
1
4
37
1
1
8
Number of employees 1
System of operation
All
cities
City group 2
III
I
II
All systems__________________ _________ 6,998
5,070
1,129
3
2
1
4, 724
977
904
271
389
Continuous d u ty ......................................
2- platoon:
10-hour tours overlapping, off 0.5 day per
week____________________________
30
3- platoon____________ _______________ 6, 361
9-hour tours overlapping, no time off___
35
8-hour lours, no time off_______________ 1,863
601
8-hour tours, off 1 day per mouth...........
8- hour tours, off 13 days per year____
389
9- hour tours, overlapping, off 1 day per
48
week____________________________
87
8-hour tours, off every 15th day_______
1,768
8-hour tours, off every 9th day.—........
8-hour tours, off 1 day per week............ . 1, 570
604
Other________________________________
1, 768
1,392
344
1 See appendix table F for greater detail by divisions.
2 See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
2 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
City group2
All
cities
I
II
2
III
1
1
1
1
2
13
1
16
Percentage of employees
All
cities
City group 2
I
II
100.0
100.0
100.0
(3
)
799
1
10
2
7
3
<*)
535
254
30
660
35
424
76
.4
90.9
.5
26.6
8.6
5.6
55
48
32
133
151
45
109
.7
1. 2
25.3
22.4
8.7
m
100.0
.1
93.2
86.5
17.8
5.3
7.7
47.3
22.5
3.8
82.6
4.4
53.1
9.5
4.9
6.0
4.0
11.8
13.4
5.6
13.6
34.9
27.5
6.8
11
SOUTH ATLANTIC CITIES
Promotion o f Patrolmen
Twenty-eight out of thirty-nine cities made provision for automatic
promotion of patrolmen from lower grades. In 25 cities the period of
service before promotion from the lowest to the next higher grade was
a year or less; in 3, promotions were made on the basis of civilservice examinations. Patrolmen were promoted by appointment on
the basis of merit as judged by superior officers in 5 cities. Three
cities had but one classification for patrolmen.
T a b l e 8 , — P o lice departm ents in S outh A tla n tic cities classified according to method
o f p rom otin g patrolrrpen, J u ly l j '1 9 8 8
Number of cities
City group1
Total
1
year
6
months
All cities............. .
39
Group I ___________
Group II__________
Group III.................
A
Vith promotion
by—
i
With automatic promotion after—i
!
.i
i__
■
Civil
service
5'
years
21
4
2
1
3
5
3
5
8
8
4
9
13
17
2
years
With pa
trolmen
all 1
Appoint grade
ment
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
1
1 See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
Vacations With Pay
More than a fourth of all employees received no vacation with pay.
Practically all of these were in cities of group I. Nearly all other
group I employees received from 2 weeks to 1 month, the average
paid vacation being slightly more than 22 days. In smaller cities,
vacations were shorter, averaging about 2 weeks.
T a b l e 9.— P o lice-d ep a rtm en t em p lo yees in South A tla n tic cities classified according
to d a ys o f vacation with p a y , J u ly 1, 1 9 8 8
City group 1
Total
num
ber of
em No va
ployees cation days
All cities___________
6,998
1,807
6
Group I . . __________
Group I I ___________
Group III__________
5,070
1,129
799
1,789
13
5
6
Number of employees receiving—
10
days
12
days
14
days
15
days
20
days
648
107
555
1, 484
501
1,478
102
310
12
95
161
144
250
768
505
211
500
1
1,478
102
266
1
43
453
195
26
days
28
days
30
days
1 See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
Items Supplied to Uniformed Force
Nearly two-thirds of the South Atlantic cities provided uniforms
free of charge or gave a cash allowance for uniforms, and 11 provided
raincoats or capes.
323448°— 41------ 3
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
12
Revolvers and badges were furnished by the majority of cities, and
such items as belts, holsters, and night sticks were provided in many
departments.
T
able
10 . —
P o lic e departm ents i n S o u th A tla n tic cities classified according to item s
su p p lie d the u n ifo rm ed forces^ J u l y 1 , 1 9 3 8
Number of cities supplying—
City group1
Total
num
ber of
cities
Cash
Trim
Rain
Hol
Full mings allow coats
sters
ance
Re
uni
for
or volvers and
for
forms uni
belts
forms uni capes
forms
All cities....................
39
22
3
Group I ____ ______
Group I I __________
Group I I ...................
9
13
17
4
9
9
2
11
25
14
12
18
29
1
1
7
5
13
2
2
6
8
4
3
7
5
4
9
9
14
12
4
2
Hand Clubs,
Other
cuffs, night
twist sticks Badges items *
ers
2
6
8
27
7
i See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
* Flash lights, cartridges, whistles, overcoats, short leather coats, white gloves, caps, cloth for uniform, eto.
Appendix
Appendix table A contains a list of 39 South Atlantic cities
with their 1930 populations and information regarding the number
of police-department employees per 10,000 persons and salary cost
per capita. Tables B, C, and D give the number of persons employed
and individual occupational salaries in each group of cities. Table
E summarizes total employment and total salaries paid in eaoh
division and occupation for all cities and for each size group. Table
F shows average weekly hours and days on duty under various systems
of operation by divisions for all cities and for each size group. All
data in the tables, except population, are as of July 1, 1938.
T
A .— S ou th A tla n tic police-dep a rtm en t em p lo ye es and sa la ry costs in relation
to p o p u la tio n in cities with a p o p u la tio n o f 2 5 ,0 0 0 or m oret 1 J u l y 1 , 1 9 3 8
able
Popula
tion 2
City
All eit.ies
.
G roup!—cities of mu,900 and over
At.1fl.ntA, G a
Raltimnra, M<i
lanksnnville, Fla
Miami, FIa
Norfolk, V a
Riehmnnd, V a
TATnpA, F1a
Washington, D r O
Wilmington, Del
... . _
-
__
Group IT—oities of 50,000 to 100,000
_
_ __ _
_
_
$3.78
3,712,225
.
_
______
__ .
___________
Asheville, N, O
.
_
_
Augusta, Ga
__
........... _
Charleston, 8. O
____
_____
Charleston W_ V a
Charlotte, N. C
____________
_
_
Columbia S. C
...... _ _ _ _ .
Durham, N. C
..... ..._
Greensboro, N. C
........... _
TTnnt.ington, W, Va
Macon, Ga___________________ ____________ _______________
Roanoke, V a
__
___
Wheeling, W Va
Winston-Salem, N, G
. . . .
GrO"P TD—oities of 9.5,000 to 50,000
Colnmhns, Ga
__ - .... Cumberland, Md
___
Greenville, S. G___________________________________________
Hagerstown, A/fd ____ .
_
__
TTigh Point, N O
________________________________
Tiynnhhnrjr Va
_ _
Newport News, Va
__
...... . .....
__
r
Orlando, Fla
................................. .. .
Parkersburg, W, Va
Pp.nsa^nla, Fla
.
__
Petersburg Va
_____
- - - _________
Portsmouth, Va
Raleigh, N. C .................................................................................
St. Petersburg, Fla
_
. . .
Spartanburg, 8. C ___ ______________________________________
West Palm Reanh, Fla
_ __
Wilmington, N. C._.......................................................................
19
2,322,692
___
__
Employees Per Capita
per 10,000 salary cost
22
4.68
270,366
804,874
129,549
110,637
129,710
182,929
101,161
486,869
106,597
16
24
16
25
18
16
10
30
15
3.23
5.07
3.61
4.74
3.16
2.83
1.79
7.18
3.08
808,610
14
2.32
50,193
60,342
62,265
60,408
82,675
51,581
62,037
53,569
75,572
53,829
69,206
61,659
75,274
14
17
22
14
13
14
14
14
9
14
13
11
14
2.34
2.50
3.36
2.32
2.30
2.28
2.25
2.42
1.58
2.36
2.31
1.81
2.46
580,923
14
2.20
43,131
37,747
29,154
30,861
36,745
40.661
34,417
27,330
29,623
31,579
28,564
45,704
37,379
40,425
28,723
26,610
32,270
16
13
21
13
13
13
14
19
6
14
13
9
17
13
16
14
13
2.54
2.06
3.02
1.82
2.10
2.37
2. 51
2.82
1.03
2.14
2.03
1.53
2.75
2.01
2.53
2.39
2.03
i Includes all cities with a population of 25,000 or more in the South Atlantic Division except Savannah,
Ga. (85,024), and Clarksburg, W. Va. (28,866), information for each of which was not available.
* Based on U. S. Census of Population for 1930.
13
T a b l e B .— P o lice-departm en t em p lo yees in each o f 9 South Atla ntic cities o f group 7 ,1 classified according to individ ual occupations and
corresponding salary rates , J u ly 1 , 1 9 3 8
Division and occupation
District of
Columbia
Wilmington
Washington
Georgia
Florida
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
Maryland
Atlanta
Baltimore
Virginia
Norfolk
Richmond
Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary
rate
rate
ber
rate
ber
rate
ber
rate
ber
ber
rate
ber
ber
rate
ber
rate
ber
rate
Inspectors
Captains.._____ _______________________
_____ _________ _______
Lieutenants
Sergeants
Plainclothesmen
____
Patrolmen:
1st grade____________________________
2d grade_____ .. _____ _____ . . . .
3d g rade._______________ _________
4th grade .
__ . . .
5th grade
6th grade
Other: Motorcycle officers
Patrol drivers . ________ _____ ____
Turnkevs
_
Miscellaneous:
Court, clerks
Lieutenants, desk
Lieutenants, traffic
Probation officers
Property clerks
Sergeants, traffic
Detective bureau:
Chiefs of detectives
______
Assistant chiefs of detectives
Inspectors
............
Captains
Lieutenants.................... .................. ...........
D ol.
1 6,000
1 4,000
D o l.
D ol.
3
1
2,825
2,400
1
1
6
14
34
12
2,280
56
2, 750
38
2,640
830
35
78
71
64
63
2,400
2,300
2.200
2,100
2,000
1,900
1 5,040
8,000
5,000
4,500
3,600
3,050
\
1
1
104
273
205
1,478
161
Uniformed division:
Chiefs or superintendents..................... ........
1 3,561
4 2,778
2 2,300 )
3 2,394 }
9 2,489 I
D o l.
1 5,000
1 3,120
1 2,760
5 2,520
6 2,280
1
4,200
3
2,132
5
1,920
25
27
24
41
2,300
2,201
2,106
2,011
1 2,300
2,100
1,838
90
17
1
1,920
1,620
1,320
20
48
3
1,980
1,920
1,920
54
1,740
3
3
1,838
i
3,000
1
6
1
3,600
3,050
1 3, 561
1 3,245
2,592
2,376
2,100
2,088
2,016
1,944
3
13
f 24
\ 36
5,000
1
1
3,600
2,436
1
4,000
4,500
3,650
2,685 }
2,868 J
3
1
2,196
2,064
4
4
2, 520
2,100
26
2,016
17
1,980
1,800
172
3
17
1,800
1, 680
1,560
9
1,560
1
2
2, 520
2,100
2,100
210
36
12
30
2,880
i
2
2,580
2,340
1 3,000
1 2,040
D o l.
D ol.
8
1
148
2,425
1,196
76
87
2,086
1,955
1,825
37
24
2,086
2,086
3
2,220
1
3,120
1
2,448
25
2,868
1,728
1,656
1,584
1,524
4,171
i
143
11
5
9
2,448
1
1 2,489
1 2. 778
5,000
4
14
1, 740
1,740
1 3,066
1
1 5,000
1 3,066
285
235
D o l.
D o l.
20
11
1
121
1,897
432
D o l.
1
2,064
{SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Delaware
2
2
Sergeants,.
Detectives-
, 6 53 0
, 2
Women’s bureau:
Captains____
Sergeants____
Policewomen.
Matrons..
1
1
Secretaries. .....................................
2
1
21
1
2
,
8
,
6,
,
1
1
2
1
2
,
5
2,160
0
7
2
2
,
,
,
0
if
2
4
0
3
1
2
1
2
0
1,740
,
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
5
0
0
2,100
0
,
4
0
0
1
1
,
3
{
1
l
1
1,838
1,500
0
0
600
1,200 }
3,066
1,560
1,800
2,425
25
2,220
/
\
2,340
1,200
1,200
0
28
30
6
,
1,080
4
3,246
2,489
3
6
1,959
16
3
5
2,106
2,201 } .......
i
3
4 1,260
0
5
6
2
1
2.040
(2,690
1
2,086
5
2,086
2
1,800
1,825
1
1,200
18
1
1
,
1,
4
6
2,011 i
2,106 l
2,300 1
1
2,280
1
1,980
1
2,100
1
1,980
3
1,620
1
3
2,100
14
2,425
3
900
3
1,200
25
2,425
1,200
1,200 \
1,560 /
1,728
2,100
2,100
1
1,800
3,650
4
1,980
1
1,872
<
*)
(5
)
1
3
1
23
19
0
4
8
0
0
1
1
3
1,416
2,100
3
(6
)
1,800
2
900
1
(4
)
3
1
1
1
1
1
, 16
,
0
2,903
6
, 1 6 2,588
, 8
, 4
5
/ ,
2
{80
4
0
I
1
0
0
1,800
0 960
0
0
0
1,920
2
1,500
fl 2
l
2
} .......
J
1
1,380
1
3,066
(
1,500
1
}
1
1
/
*
2,256
1
2,100
3
1
See footnotes at end of table.
3,129
} (5
)
(»)
1
(2
)
1
to
1
Telephone operators.
Assistant secretaries............. ..........
3 35
1
Miscellaneous:
Radio mechanics____________________
Superintendents of signals and burglar
alarm systems....................... ..............
Signal operators____ ________________
Clerical:
Chief clerks...................................... ...........
Bookkeepers.. .................... ......... ......... .......
Clerks, junior.......... ........................
3
0
0 2,778 ) 0 7
2,873
f2,300
• 22
\ 0 to
\
3
1,872
2
1,800
2
1,800
3.000 )
4.500
2.500 )
.
3.000 / ------
APPENDIX
M iscellaneous: Plainclotheswomen.
Fingerprint section: *
Identification chiefs..........................
Identification clerks____ _________
Fingerprint operators............
Miscellaneous:
Photographers_________
Assistant photographers.
Telephone and radio division:
Superintendents___________
Radio operators........... .........
Clerks, senior..................................
1
2
1
1
3
, 6
1
0,
i
l
T
able
B .— P o lice-departm en t
em p lo yees in each o f 9 South A tla ntic cities o f group 7, classified according to individ ual occupations and
corresponding salary rates , J u ly 1 , 1 9 3 8 — Continued
Division and occupation
District of
Columbia
Wilmington
Washington
Georgia
Miami
Jacksonville
Tampa
Maryland
Atlanta
Florida
Baltimore
Virginia
Norfolk
Richmond
Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary
rate
ber
ber
rate
ber
rate
ber
ber
rate
ber
rate
ber
ber
rate
ber
rate
rate
rate
Clerical—C ontinued.
Stenographers _
77
Maintenance:
_______ _ _
__
____
Superintendents8
Electricians_____________________________
n
Janitors, including janitresses and porters...
1,200
1,320
1,380
(5
)
1
1,200
l
34
{
{
!
!
1,200
1,560 /
945
1,680
{
1,320
1
780
1
883
3
1,200
-
5
1,173
5
16
1.980
1,200
I
1,200
3
2
1
(9
)
i
468
1,460
1,825
2,086
1,200
i
2,100
1
2,868
i
1.980
2
(9
)
1,800
3
I!
1 1, 576
(9
)
4
3,650
2,425
18
1,548
1,980 \
1,800 /
1
1 1,260
1
.
14
1
'
2,106
1,890
1, 920 I
2,086
1
13
2,394
I2,654 / -
1
1
{
Automobile, including assistants______
Building maintenance________________
Foremen____________________________
Painters_____________________ _______
Painters, sign____ ______ _. ____
Street-sign construction and mainte
nance men.. __________________
Miscellaneous:
Car checkers.._____ ____ ____ _______
Custodians.
_______ ______ _________
Elevator operators____ _____________
Miscellaneous:
Surgeons ..... ................... ...... ...
______
Nurses_ _____ ____________ __________
_
Physical directors..---------------------------------
1 1,860
1
1
Typists______________________________ __
Hostlers. _________ ____________________
Laborers_______________ ____ _______ ___
Linemen___ ____ _____________________ .
Machinists ____________________________
General mechanics:
fl, 620
to
[2,300
1,260
1,440
1,500
\
708
1,200
1,667
1,800
1,950
1,800
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Delaware
Oa
Pistol range officers............................
Inspectors, taxicab________________
Chauffeurs, police cranes ...................
Messengers.........................................
House of detention:
Clerks, assistant-....................... .
Clerks, under. ............................ .
Domestic attendants...................
Mechanics, minor.... ...................
Parking-meter division:
Superintendents......................... .
Mechanics..... ..............................
Stenographers-..........................
Supervisors of weights and measures.
6 1,200
1 1,440
1
1,200
1 1,920
1 1,260
1 1,320
1 1,500 1
1 1,680 1
2 1,200
1
3
1
1,920
1, 320
1,200
1
2,100
* Men assigned to this work.
« Includes 4 at $1,440, 5 at $1,500, 1 at $1,560, 2 at $1,620, and 1 at $1,680.
2Includes 2 at $1,620, 1 at $1,680, 1 at $2,200, and 3 at $2,300.
8 Superintendent of maintenance in Baltimore ranked as lieutenant.
• On call.
APPENDIX
1 Cities with a population of 100,000 or more, based on U. S. Census of Population for
1930.
2 Totals include regular, full-time employees, but do not include part-time employees
or call men.
» Includes 1 at $2,300, 5 at $2,394, 18 at $2,489, 10 at $2,584, and 1 at $2,690.
4Work of this section performed by detective bureau in Wilmington, Washington
(except for photographers), and Richmond.
1
2,520
18
T
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
able
C.— P o lice-dep a rtm en t
em p lo yees i n
each o f I S S ou th A tla n tic cities o f
sa la ry ra tes ,
Georgia
Augusta
North Carolina
Macon
Asheville Charlotte
Division and occupation
1
u
$
4
)
X
>
z
l
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
All divisions *____________________________________
Uniformed division:
Chiefs or superintendents_____ ___ ______ _______
Assistant or deputy chiefs __ ___
_____
Inspectors___ _______________________ ______ _
Captains________________ __ _____
_
___ _
Lieutenants___________________________ _____ _
Sergeants_______ ______________________________
Plainclothesmen______________________________
Patrolmen:
1st grade...................... ............ ................. ........
2d grade________________________ ______ ___
3d grade ____________________ ___________
4th grade_________________________________
5th grade . ______ _ _
_
___
Other:
Motorcycle officers
Cruise-car officers. ___________________
2
O
Q
1
104
37
38
39
Fingerprint section:3
Identification chiefs______ _____________ _____
Identification clerks__________________________
Fingerprint operators______________________ . . .
43
44
45
Telephone and radio:3
Superintendents___________________________
Radio operators________________ _____________
Telephone operators____ _____________________
46
47
48
49
Clerical:
Chief clerks__________ ______ __________________
Clerks________________________________________
Secretaries____________________________________
Stenographers_______________ _______ _________
0
3
'3
fc
m
75
©
2
<
3
a
a
£
•
a
O
Q
z
68
D o l.
1 2,460
1 2,100
1 4,000
6 1,860
5 1,530
4 1,800
5 1,800
4 1,680
59 1,440
12 1,380
42 1,620
<
3
x>
a
3
z
1
O
Q
105
D o l.
1
1
1
3
1
3
<
x
>
2
>»
3,000
2,400
1,920
1,920
1,860
1,800
27 1,680
13 1,512
D o l.
1 3,300
3 2,250
3 2,040
5 1,860
25 1,800
36 1,740
3 1,770
3 1,620
2 1,500
3 1,740
1 1,920
1 2, 250
1 1,980
1 1,500
1 2,040
1 1,680
3 1,980
1 1,860
1 2,100
1 2,400
1 2,700
5 1,560
10 1,800
7 1,800
8
1 2,100
Women’s bureau:
Lieutenants__________________________________
Policewomen.______________________ _________
Matrons_____________________________ ____
40
41
42
>>
D o l.
Patrol drivers_____________________________________
Turnkeys____________________________
___
Miscellaneous:
Captains, traffic____________________ _____
Clerks of court _________________
__ _
Assistant clerks of court_________ __________
____
Convict guards. _________________
Court bailiffs _______ _____________ _____
Jailers. ._
_______ _ ___
Jailer’s assistants_________________________
Lieutenants, desk..
_____________________
Lieutenants, motorcycle________ ____ _______
Park police . _________ ____ _______ _______
Property clerks____________________________
Sergeants, desk___________ ______________
Sergeants, traffic____________________ _____
Special officers_____________________ ____
Detective bureau:
Chiefs of detectives________ ___________________
C aptains.._____________________ _____________
Lieutenants_______ __________________________
Sergeants________________ ______ __________
Detectives______________________ ___ _____ ____
<
3
1 1,200
1 1,680
3 1,200
3
960
1
900
1 2,100
1 1,320
1 2,100
2,040
1 1,560
1 1,860
1 1,740
1 2,400 . . . .
0)
’ i,"’260
1 1,200
1 1,320
1 1,500
3 1,200
1 1,440
1 Cities with a population of 50,000 and under 100,000; based o n U .S . Census of Population for 1930.
2 Includes only regular, full-time employees.
» In Asheville fingerprint duties are performed by a joint city and county bureau employing 1 chief at
$150 per month and 1 clerk at $100 per month. These employees are not included in any of the tables.
19
APPENDIX
D o l.
1 3,000
1 3,600
3 1,920
4 lj 860
3 1,800
1 2,160
3 i;980
4 1,800
1 2,400
4 2 ; 100
7 1,920
30 1,680
21 1,680
9 1,440
2 lj 200
35 1,800
15 1,680
,
14 1 560
5 X, 440
3 1, 560
2 1,380
8 1,200
5 1,500
8 1,680
3 1,680
1 1,500
90
D o l.
correspond ing
69
D o l.
1
Salary rate j
Number
j
83
D o l.
Hunting- Wheeling
ton
^ Salary rate
§
0
1
fc
Charles
ton
Number
1
| Salary rate
0
JO
and
West Virginia
Number
Columbia Roanoke
73
D o l.
D o l.
1 3,600
1 2,000
Virginia
j
Number
i
j Salary rate j
140
5
77
D ol.
| Number
Number
1
j Salary rate
Salary rate
Number
72
Charles
ton
occu p a tion s
1
j Salary rate 1
WinstonSalem
j
Greens
boro
individual
South Carolina
North Carolina—Continued
Durham
to
1
I Salary rate 1
1
1
according
J Salary rate
grou p I I 1 classified
J u ly 1 , 1 9 3 8
67
D o l.
1
D o l.
1 3,336
1 3,060
1 2,310
1 3,517
1 3,300
1 2,400
1 2, 640
3 1,884
7 1,686
1 1,500
1 2,160
7 1,710
3 1,980
4 1,860
4 2,100
5 1, 680
5 1,980
3 1,920
. 1 1,914
1 1, 848
1 1, 769
54 1, 500
4 1,422
10 1,356
36 1,560
4 1,260
57 1,740
1 1,680
56 1,656
43 1,680
52 1,650
2 1,470
/ 2 1,422 \
1 1 0 1, 500 J
1, 224
1
( ? 1; 356 / 3 1,560
1 1
2 1,620
3 1,560
3 1,656
3 1, 500
3
1,680
1 1,680
2 1,650
1 1,560
1 1, 500
3 1,860
4 1,356
2 1,686
3 1,500
1 1,920
7 1,800
1
1
4
3
1
2
3
9
2,220
2,070
1,980
1,800
2,400
2,100
1,920
1,860
1 1,157
1 2,636
1 1,440
1 2,160
11 1,686
6 1,860
1 2, 520
5 1,740
1 1,920
3
1 1,800
1 1,800
1 1,500
1 1,980
1 1,200
1 1,500
(4
)
(4
)
(4)
1 1,260
894
{
5 1,680
1 1,980
8 1,680
1 1,769
5 1,650
16
17
40
41
42
2 1,680
1 2,040
1 1,740
43
44
45
3 1,620
3 1,740
1 1,806 (4
)
1, 598
600
i 1,686 } 1
1 1,560
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
1 2,100 (4
)
3 1,356 (4
)
2 1,560
2 1,020
1 2,100
1 1,380
1 1,500
1 1,260
1 1,860
9
10
11
12
13
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1 1,356
1 1,380
5
6
7
8
14
15
6 1,740
3 1,500
2
3
4
1 1,680
1 1,680
1 1,320
46
47
48
49
1 1,320
1 1,500
1 1,320
I 1,260
* Men assigned to this work.
•Work of this division performed by men assigned from uniformed force in Charleston (W. Va.) and
Wheeling.
20
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
South
A tla n tic cities o f
■salary rates, J u ly
Georgia
D o t.
1
548
1 1,860
1
960
548
1
1
Asheville Charlotte
Number
Salary rate
Salary rate
Number
Maintenance: •
Cleaners______ _____ ________________ ________
Electricians___________ _______ _____ ________
Janitors_______________________________ _______
Laborers____________________________ _____
Machinists____________________ _______ _____
General mechanics:
Automobile_____________________________
Painters__________________________________
Street-sign construction and maintenance men.
Miscellaneous:
Car washers_____ ______ ____ _______ _____
Firemen____ ___________ _____________ __ .
Gatemen.................... ........................ ................
Utility men_______ ______ ____ ___ ________
Macon
| Number
Augusta
Division and occupation
North Carolina
D o t.
1 1,200
i 1.620
960
« Work performed by separate automobile division of city government in Charlotte.
D o t.
1 1,680
Salary rate
em p lo yees in each o f 1 8
Number
C.— P o lice-d ep a rtm en t
Salary rate
T able
D oL
APPENDIX
ro u p
II
classified
, 1 9 8 8 — Continued
according
to
in dividu al
occu p a tion s
and
correspond
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
T a b l e D .— P o lice-depa rtm en t em p lo yees in each o f 1 7 South Atla ntic cities o f group I I I ,1 classified according to individual occupations and
corresponding salary rates, J u ly l y 1 9 8 8
Georgia
Florida
Pensacola
St. Petersburg
West Palm
Beach
Columbus
North Carolina
Maryland
Cumberland
Hagerstown
High Point
Num- Salary Num* Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary
ber
ber
ber
rate
rate
ber
rate
rate
ber
rate
rate
ber
ber
rate
ber
rate
53
Uniformed division:
Chiefs or superintendents-___ _____________
Assistant or"deputy chiefs_________________
Captains_________________________________
Lieutenants______________________________ 1
Sergeants _ ________________________ _____
P lainelothesmen_____________________
Patrolmen:
1st grade.___ _________________________
2d grade_________________________ ____
3d grade______________________________
4th grade_____ ______________________
5th grade_____________________ ____ ___
6th grade___________ _____ ____________
Probationary_________________________
Other:
Motorcycle officers......... ..................... (
l
Cruiser-car officers..............................
Patrol drivers____________________________
Turnkeys____ ___________________________
Miscellaneous:
Desk officers....................._........................
Probation officers______________ _____
Wardens________ ______ _____ _____ ___
Detective bureau:
Chiefs of detectives..... .............. ......................
Captains______ __________________________
Lieutenants______________________________
Sergeants__________________________ ____
Detectives................... .................. .................
1
1
3
21
43
51
1 $3,000
1 1,920
i
1,800
1,620 } .........
1,800
1,560
3
1,512
1,440
22
1,440
1,320
1, 500 }
6
3
49
70
$3,600
2,100
1,980
1
$2,700
1
$3,300
1
2,100
4
3
1,782
3
1,860
4
1,740
17
1
1,650
1,440
25
1,680
18
4
5
6
5
9
18
1, 320
1,548
1,476
1,452
1,428
1,404
1, 380
3
1,477
1.620
1,500
$2,400
2,040
1
1
4
1,680
1,680
1
2
1,800
1,620
30
1,620
24
2
1,500
1,380
3
1,200
3
1
$2,700
1
1,920
7
1,680
26
1,620
1,620
2
980
1,680
1
1,800
1,620
5
1,680
$2,400
1,770
4
1, 782
2.400
1
1,860
(
i
l
1
1,500
1,800
1,200
1
1,620
1
1,260
(3
)
3
1
1
1,770
3
7
47
1,980
1
1
39
____4
$2,400
I
£
5
1
1
3
37
4
1
1
1.620 1
1,800 l
1,980 I
1
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Orlando
Division and occupation
to
to
1
1
1,782
1,860
1,800
1
1,800
1
1
1,476
900
1
1,200
600
2
1,020
1
1,800
1,440
1
1
1
1
3
1,770
1,980
1
1,200
(3
)
1
Clerks..............................................
1,620
1
1
945
1,200
1,500
1
720
1,043
i
900
1,440 /
i
2
1
1,500
1,200
521
3
1
1,200
900
1
1
750
600
1
1
1
960
APPENDIX
Women’s bureau:
Sergeants
Policewomen
Fingerprint section: <
Identification chiefs
_______________ __
Fingerprint operators ___________________
Telephone'and radio:«
Superintendents_________________________
Radio operators _________________________
Telephone operators ____________________
Clerical
Chief clerks................................... ..................
.............
Secretaries
__________________________
Stenographers
____ __
Typists.............................................................
Maintenance: *
Electricians ___________________________
Janitors__
____________ ____ ____ ____
General mechanics:
Automobile
.................................
Painters
______________________
Painters (sig n )______________ _______
Parking-meter repairmen______________
Street-sign construction and maintenance
men.
i
Miscellaneous:
City physicians__________________________
Superintendents of stockades______________
Guards at stockades______________________
__________________________
Watchmen
See footnotes at end of table.
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D.— P o lice-depa rtm en t
em p lo yees in each o f 1 7 South Atla ntic cities o f group I l l y classified according to individual occupations and
corresponding salary rates , J u ly 1 , 1 9 3 8 — Continued
North Carolina—Con.
Raleigh
Wilmington
Greenville
Spartanburg
Lynchburg
Newport
News
West Virginia
Petersburg
Portsmouth Parkersburg
Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary
ber
rate
ber
rate
ber
rate
rate
ber
rate
ber
rate
ber
ber
rate
ber
rate
ber
rate
42
63
Uniformed division:
Chiefs or superintendents________ __________
Assistant nrdeputy r»hipfs
Captains
Lieutenants_______________________________
Sergeants.__________________ _____________
Plainclothesmen .
Patrolmen:
1st grade______________________________
2d grade_______________________________
3d grade . ____ _
4th grade
.........
5th grade_ _____ _ ___
_
__
6th grade - - - - - _______ ____ _ __ _
Probationary___ __________ __________
Other:
Motorcycle officers_________________
Cruiser-car officers Patrol drivers ____
Turnkeys
_______ _
Miscellaneous:
Desk officers__________________ _______
Probation officers ________________ _____
Wardens______________________ ________
Detective bureau:
Chiefs of detectives
_ _____ ______ _
Captains
_ _ ............. ........... ......... ...
Lieutenants__________ _________ ________
____ ________
Sergeants _ _ _ ___ __
Detectives....
...............................................
Women’s bureau:
Sergeants
.. _______ _______ _ ________
Policewomen______________________________
53
47
60
41
38
48
18
1 $2,400
1 2,100
1 $2,520
1 $2,280
1
1
5
1,920
1,860
1,680
2
2
1,740
1,590
4
3
1,620
1,620
3
35
1,560
23
1,500
31
5
1,440
1, 380
11
7
1,560
1,260
8
1 $3,000
3
1
4
1
2,100
2,040
1,860
1.740
21
6
4
1
1.740
1,680
1,560
1,500
1 $2,205
3
1,800
2
2
5
19
1
4
1,500
1,440
1,320
1,740
1,560
5
1 $2,700
1 $2,500
1
1 $2,700
1,844
1,781
{
1,748
1,560
2
1
1.500
1.500
1,620
3
3
2,012
1,830
38
1,770
1 2,400
1 2,100
2 1,740
6 1,680
i
1.500
1
1
1
3
1,740
1,590
1,500
1,500
1
2,280
1
8
2, 400
1,560
2,153
1
2,500
1
1,920
1,890
2
2
1,860
1, 740
1
1,800
1
1
1,500
900
1,620
4
1
5
1,680
1,708
1,456
3
3
18
2
1,708
1
900
1
1,844
5
1,708
1 $2,100
i
1,968
1,992
1
14
1,800
1,620
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Division and occupation
Virginia
South Carolina
2,700
1
1
3
1.500
1.500
1
1
1
1,440
3
1,590
1,800
2,000
1,680
1
1, 500
3
1
1,680
1, 440
1
(3
)
(3
)
(3
)
1
(3
)
1
1
(3
)
(3
)
(3
)
(3
)
1, 400
1,708
1,000
(3
)
1,860
1,000
521
1,043 / ------
2
521
1
900
1,825
1 Cities of 25,000 and under 50,000, based on U. S. Census of Population for 1930.
2Includes regular full-time employees but not part-time employees or call men.
3 Men assigned to this work.
4 Work of this division under supervision of detective bureau in Orlando, Cumberland,
and High Point. Fingerprinting is done by a county investigator in Hagerstown and
by a joint city-county bureau in Wilmington. In Petersburg, Va., the work is done on
assignment by employees from other divisions.
1,500
1
936
APPENDIX
Fingerprint section:4
Identification chiefs_______________ ____ ____
Fingerprint operators. ................. .................... .
Telephone and radio:5
Superintendents___________________ ____ ___
Radio operators____________________ _______
Telephone operators________ ______ ________ _
Clerical:6
Chief clerks_______________________________
Clerks____________________________________
Secretaries________________________________
Stenographers_____________________________
Typists___________________________________
Maintenance:7
Electricians_______________________________
Janitors.______ ___________________________
General mechanics:
Automobile___________________________
Painters______________________________
Painters (sign)_____ ___________________
Parking-meter repairmen .. .. ...
_ ...
Street-sign construction and maintenance
men_________________________________
Miscellaneous:
C ity physicians___________ _____ ___________
Superintendents of stockades........ .................
Guards at stockades________________ ____ ___
Watchmen.......... ............................................ .
3 Work of this division done by men assigned from uniformed force in Pensacola, St.
Petersburg, West Palm Beach, High Point, and Portsmouth.
6 Clerical work in High Point is done by the detective bureau and in Portsmouth by
men assigned from uniformed force.
7 Work of this division performed by department of electricity and department of
custodians in Lynchburg.
* On call.
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SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
able
E .— P olice-dep a rtm en t em p lo yees and total salaries in S o u th A tla n tic cities ,
classified according to d iv isio n s, J u ly 1 , 1 9 8 8 1
Number of
employees
Division and occupation
Total annual salaries
City group !»
City group *
All
cities
All cities
I
II
III
I
II
III
All divisions......... ....................................
6,998 5,070 1,129 799 $14,037, 223 $10,880,977 $1,875, 599 $1, 280, 647
Uniformed division.............................. .
5,818 4,258
Chiefs..._______ ________ ______ _
Assistant chiefs____ ________ _____
Inspectors.____ __________________
Captains............ ................................
Lieutenants_______________ ______
Sergeants.____ _____ ____________
Plainclothesmen_________________
Patrolmen:
1st grade..................... .................
2d grade...................... .................
3d grade..________ ___________
4th grade_____________________
5th grade and below..................
Probationary____ ____________
Other:
Motorcycle officers_______
Cruiser^car officers________
Patrol drivers_____ _________ ____
Turnkeys_______ ________ _______
Miscellaneous______ _____________
916 644 11,784,650
9,215,591 1,529,039 1,040,020
9
5
10
50
124
289
66
13 17
4
4
1
16 "1 6
43 22
53 54
1
6
131,958
34,592
45,180
219,450
465,306
878,092
169,260
45,840
17,622
43,260
155,918
342,308
692,809
156,720
41,213
8,810
1,920
31,944
83,820
92,951
10,800
3,758 2,841
343 205
266 224
165 151
149 127
21
537 380
96 42
29 13
7
7
8 14
21
7,522, 594
629,771
502,131
323,615
276, 740
27,360
6,041,140
414,471
440,871
303,587
247, 700
879,156
152,364
42,480
9,960
9,600
602,298
62,936
18,780
10,068
19,440
27,360
39,600
39
13
11
82
189
396
73
51
20
28
130 "'9 7
63
31
41
9
44,905
8,160
31,588
39,178
92,332
1,740
14
20
25
17
27
17
8
8
15
5
90,510
43,764
239,374
111, 435
73, 518
188,602
63,344
21, 799
23,250
31,284
37,788
27,120
44,579
27,660
12,480
12,984
20,971
7,140
532
336
113
83
1,169, 557
816,851
208, 771
143, 935
21
1
1
10
44
148
307
5
1
1
5
36
125
163
8
8
17,673
2
3
10
60
18,171
2,040
3,561
14,945
101,328
326,916
349,890
18,476
3
5
13
84
54,320
2,040
3,561
25,129
117,138
368,615
598, 754
6,540
10,350
23,849
149, 556
3,644
5,460
17,850
99, 308
Women’s bureau......................................
95
82
10
3
169,996
153, 274
12,822
3,900
Captains_____ ____ ______________
Lieutenants________________ _____
Sergeants____________________
Policewomen____ _______ ________
Matrons____ _________ ___________
Miscellaneous__ ____ ____________
1
1
3
40
49
1
1
3,600
41
6
3,600
1,920
7,000
84,984
69,852
2,640
5,500
78,444
63,090
2,640
4,140
6,762
Fingerprint section________ __________
37
15
13
9
69,516
30,216
22,500
16,800
Identification chiefs______________
Identification clerks________ _____
Fingerprint operators.......................
Miscellaneous....................................
19
5
5
7
3
2
3
40,231
14,189
9,448
5,648
13,619
8,249
2,700
5,648
13,200
5,940
3,360
13,412
6
7
4
2
Telephone and radio...............................
131
90
22
19
243, 708
182,070
31,908
29,730
Superintendents-.............................
Radio operators..................................
Telephone operators. ............... .........
Miscellaneous.....................................
11
58
57
6
30
49
2
12
16
5,100
24,630
5
14,610
64,847
92,713
9,900
4,380
16,308
11,220
5
24,090
105,785
103,933
9,900
Clerical division........................................
184
138
26
20
302,895
241,321
36,470
25,104
Chief clerks ............... ........................
Clerks and bookkeepers..................
Secretaries....... ....................................
Assistant secretaries______ _______
Stenographers and typists...............
14
84
19
6
63
7
4
4
13
7
8
5,316
10,620
6,405
57
2
3
13,859
88,724
17,466
13,000
108,272
7,026
16,424
10,440
62
26,201
115,768
34,311
13,000
113,615
2,580
2,763
Detective bureau........................... ..........
Chiefs........................................ ..........
Assistant chiefs________ __________
Inspectors______________________ _
Captains_______ ____________ ____
Lieutenants____ __________ ____ _
Sergeants__________ _ ____ _____
Detectives____ ____ ______________
9
5
2
35
5
1 ....
3
3
8
2
2
3
5
1,920
1,500
2,400
3, 388
1 Complete details on the number of employees and the range of salaries for each occupation are shown
in appendix tables B, C, and D.
8 See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
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E.— P olice-dep a rtm en t
em p lo yees and total salaries in Sou th A tla n tic cities ,
classified according to d iv isio n s , J u l y 1 , 1 9 8 8 — Continued
Number of
employees
Division and occupation
All
cities
Total annual salaries
City group
I
II
Maintenance...... ............ .........................
173
127
Superintendents______ _____ _____
Cleaners_____ ___________________
Electricians. ............. ................... .
Janitors___________ ______________
Hostlers_____ ____ _______________
Laborers________ ______ _________
Linemen___ ____ ________________
Machinists_______ ______ _______
General mechanics ______________
M iscellaneous............................... .
1
1
19
61
5
20
4
19
31
12
M iscellaneous________________ _______
28
24
1
III
1
15
46
5
16
4
16
18
6
1
Medical division_____ ____ ______
Instruction division........ .................
Inspection division........................ .
Miscellaneous____________________
2
20
1
I
II
m
$256,960
$206,134
3,650
3
6 _ 7
6
3,650
548
42,843
63,961
7,300
32,512
5,706
37,844
48,528
14,068
36,573
51,754
7,300
29,200
5,706
33,014
32,345
6,592
4
39,941
35,520
4,421
4
1,800
3,300
2,520
32,321
1,800
3,300
2,520
27,900
4,421
29
17
i
3 ""I
9
6
4
2
24
City group
All cities
1
$34,089
$16,737
548
5,520
5,461
750
6,746
3,312
4,830
6,942
7,476
9,241
T
able
F.—
P o lice-departm en t em p lo yees in South A tla n tic citiesf classified according to hours and d a ys on d u ty and d ivisio n s, J u l y 1 , 1 9 3 8
U)
00
Number of employees
System of operation
Aver
age
days
on
duty
per
week
All systems............
Continuous duty..
2-
platoon:
10-hour tours overlapping, off 0.5 day per week.
7.0
65.0
6.5
Other-
55.6
7.0
7.0
n
5,070
1,129
4,724
977
904
271
389
535
254
6.2
6.0
1,768
1,392
133
5.8
604
344
151
6.7
6.0
6.5
City group1
All
cities
in
799 5,818 4,258
916
30
30
35
1,863
601
389
48
87
1,768
1,570
6.8
m
Detective bureau
644
Women's bureau
City group 1
City group 1
All
cities
All
cities
in
III
532
336
83
425
319
51
86
17
32
10
95
113
2
3
6,361
63.0
56.0
54.2
54.0
54.0
52.3
49.9
48.0
Uniformed division
City group 1
All
cities
6,998
168.0
3-platoon.................................- .................................. ......
9-hour tours overlapping, no time off...............
8-hour tours, no time off.............. .....................
8-hour tours, off 1 day per month.....................
8hour tours, off 14 days per year__
9hour tours overlapping, off 1 day per week.
8-hour tours, off every 15th day........................
8-hour tours, off every 9th day..........................
8-hour tours, off 1 day per week........................
All divisions
55
30
660 5,734 4,239
31
1,639
153
235
527
332
332
44
85
1, 628 1, 628
1,448 1,291
52
18
897
53
32
4
2
78
83
107
81
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Aver
age
hours
on
duty
per
week
T
able
F .— P olice-dep a rtm en t
em p loyees in South Atlantic cities , classified according to hours and d a ys o n d u ty and d ivision s, J u ly 1 , 1 9 8 8 —
Continued
Number of employees
Telephone and radio
division
Fingerprint section
System of operation
All
cities
III
37
15
13
9
9
2
7
6
3
3
City group 1
I
II
131
90
22
19
1
104
76
18
31
19
11
19
7
11
6
12
27
14
II
III
I
II
III
City group i
All
cities
I
II
III
39
III
I
City group i
All
cities
6
39
4
City group i
10
1
All
cities
Miscellaneous
184
138
26
20
173
127
29
17
28
24
184
138
26
20
173
127
29
17
28
24
4
.
__
9-hour tours overlapping, no time off..
__
8-hnnr tours, no time off
8-hour tours, off 1 day per month__________
8-hour tours, off 14 days per y e a r ...............
9-hour tours overlapping, off 1 day per week.
8-hour tours, off every 15th day _____
8-hour tours, off every 9th day _ _________
8-hour tours, off 1 day per w e e k ._________ _
_
____
_.
.
_ _
Other................................................. ........................................
2
25
2
6
11
8
APPENDIX
_
II
All
cities
Maintenance division
_ __
2-platoon:
10-hour tours overlapping, off 0.5 day per week
3-platoon
I
12
All systems..................................................... ....................... .
Continuous duty
City group 1
Clerical division
4
4
9
4
1See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
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