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UNITED STATES DEPARTM ENT OF LABO R
Frances Perkins, Secretary
B U R E A U OF L A B O R ST A T IS T IC S
Isador Lubin, Commissioner (on leave)
A . F. Hinrichs, Acting 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 IX
Pacific Cities
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B U R E A U OF L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S
I sador L ubin , Commissioner (on leave)
A. F. H i n r i c h s , Acting Commissioner
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Branch
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Henry J. Fitzgerald, Chief, Business
Management Branch
Arnold Tolies, Chief, Working
Conditions and Industrial Relations
Branch
Sidney W . Wilcox, Chief Statistician
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Research
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Letter of Transmittal
U n ited S ta tes D epar tm en t of L a b o r ,
B u r eau of L abor S tatistic s ,
Washington, D. C., M ay 25, 1941.
The S e c retary
of
L abor:
I have the honor to transmit herewith the ninth of a series of nine
reports on Salaries and Hours of Labor in Municipal Police Depart
ments. This report covers cities in the Pacific States. An explana
tion of the purposes of the survey was given in the preface to volume I,
New England cities.
A. F . H in r ic h s , Acting Commissioner.
Hon. F ran ces P e r k in s ,
Secretary of Labor.
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CONTENTS
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Summary______________________________________________________________________
Employment and salaries:
Range of salaries_________________________________________________________
Salaries in various occupations____________ ______________________________
Types of duty for patrolmen____________________________________________
Comparison of employment and salaries________________________________
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 p a y _______________________________________________________
Items supplied to the uniformed force__________________________________
Appendix:
T a b l e A.— Cities covered by this report_______________________________
T a b l e B.— Number of employees and annual salaries in cities of
100.000 or more, by occupation________________________
T a b l e C.— Number of employees and annual salaries in cities of
50.000 to 100,000, by occupation______________________
T a b l e D .— Number of employees and annual salaries in cities of
25.000 to 50,000, by occupation________________________
T a b l e E.— Total number of employees and total salaries_____________
T a b l e F.— Average hours and days on duty, by occupational divi
sions_______________________________________________________
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Salaries and H ours o f Labor in M unicipal Police
Departments, Pacific Cities, July 1, 19381
S u m m a ry
On July 1, 1938, the 27 cities 2 covered in this report had a total of
7,202 police-department employees receiving annual salaries amount
ing to $16,700,000. These employees provided police protection for
more than 4 million persons at a salary cost of $4.03 per capita, on the
basis of 1930 population figures.
The uniformed force, which is composed of ranking officers, patrol
men, and other uniformed employees, constituted 82 percent of all
employees in the region. Patrolmen constituted the bulk of employees
in this division and accounted for 70 percent of all employees. Annual
salaries of nearly two-thirds of the patrolmen were $2,400. The
detective bureaus and fingerprint sections made up 8 percent of the
total number of employees and received salaries averaging somewhat
higher than those of patrolmen. The pay of the remainder of the em
ployees, principally those engaged in the women’s bureau and the
radio and telephone division and those doing clerical and maintenance
work, was generally lower than that of first-grade patrolmen.
Almost nine-tenths of all patrolmen had the rating of first grade, and
most cities provided for automatic promotion of patrolmen from the
lowest grade to the next higher grade after a specified period, usually a
year. All police department employees received a vacation with pay,
the prevailing period being 15 days. M ost members of the depart
ments worked an 8-hour day with approximately a day off each week.
E m p lo y m e n t a n d S a la r ie s
Range o f Salaries
Salaries between $2,350 and $2,450, or an average of about $200 a
month, were received by almost half of the police-department em
ployees of the cities in the Pacific States. In the 9 largest cities, 53
1 Analysis and presentation of data by Gerald M. Whitright and M. P. Thurston; collection and tabu
lation of data by Mahlon B. Buckman; Carol P. Brainerd, technical adviser.
2 Includes all cities in the States of California, Oregon, and Washington with population of 25,000 or more
in 1930. Belvedere Township, Calif., classified as urban by special rule of the U. S. Bureau of the Census,
has not been included because information was not available. See appendix table A for a complete list of
cities covered in this report.
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2
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
percent of all employees received salaries in this range. Since the
employees of these cities constituted 86 percent of the 7,202 persons
covered in this study, the salary rates of these cities would have an
appreciable effect on a distribution of employees according to salary
PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF PACIFIC
POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
BY SALARY GROUP AND SIZE OF CITY
POPULATION
OF C IT IE S
PERCENT OF EM PLO YEES
0
ALL CITIES
2 5 .0 0 0
AND UNDER
5 0 .0 0 0
5 0 ,0 0 0
AND UNOER
1 0 0 ,0 0 0
1 0 0 ,0 0 0
AND
OVER
m
UNDER
$1,650
$2,350
$2,650
$1,650
ANO UNDER
AND UNOER
AND
$2,350
$2,650
OVER
U. S BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
rates for the region as a whole. The influence of the large cities on
the salary levels for the region is shown in the accompanying chart.
While 24 percent of the employees in group I I 3 received salaries be
tween $2,350 and $2,450, most of them were paid less. In the 12
smallest cities salaries were even lower, 56 percent of them being
from $1,650 to $2,050.
3 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 60,000. Los Angeles and San Francisco, each with a population
over 500,000, have been included in group I because the data for these cities did not vary sufficiently from
data'for other cities of the group to justify separate treatment.
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PACIFIC CITIES
T able
1,— Police-department employees in Pacific cities , classified according to
salaries and size of city , J u ly I, 1 938 1
Number of employees
Salary class
All
cities
Percentage
City groups2
I
II
All
cities
III
City groups2
I
II
III
All salaries................
37,202
6,163
536
503
100.0
10&.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
11
2
7
27
29
46
2
1
19
28
42
63
.1
.4
.6
2
2
1
4
6
.2
(6
)
.1
.4
.4
.3
.5
.4
.4
.2
.8
1.2
$1,450 to $1,549..........
$1,550 to $1,649........ .
$1,650 to $1,749..........
$1,750 to $1,849_____
95
104
204
197
67
77
127
146
13
3
7
5
15
24
70
46
1.3
1.4
2.8
2.7
1.1
1.2
2.1
2.4
2.4
.6
1.3
.9
3.0
4.8
13.9
9.1
(6
)
(6
)
100.0
$1,850 to
$1,950 to
$2,050 to
$2,150 to
$1,949..........
$2,049........
$2,149_____
$2,249_____
196
336
266
1,068
107
205
128
961
22
30
109
47
67
101
29
60
2.7
4.7
3.7
14.8
1.7
3.3
2.1
15.6
4.1
5.6
20.3
8.8
13.3
20.1
5.8
11.9
$2,250 to
$2,350 to
$2,450 to
$2,550 to
$2,349........
$2,449........ .
$2,549_____
$2,649..........
136
3,397
84
272
55
3,259
46
235
43
127
30
32
38
11
8
5
1.9
47.2
1.2
3.8
.9
52.9
.7
3.8
8.0
23.7
5.6
6.0
7.5
2.2
1.6
1.0
$2,650 to $2,749_____
$2,750 to $2,849..........
$2,850 to $2,949 .........
$2,950 to $3,049..........
$3,050 and over.........
281
132
4
252
102
244
126
30
4
3
12
812
7
2
1
1
85
3.9
1.8
.1
3.5
1.4
4.0
2.0
5.6
.7
.6
2.2
2.2
1.4
.4
.2
.2
1.0
239
785
3.9
1.4
1 For a more detailed analysis of data, see appendix tables B, C, and D.l
2 This and the following tables include data for 27 Pacific cities, grouped on the 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 with
a population of 50,000 and under 100,000; and group III, cities with a population of 25,000 and under 50,000.
2 This and the following tables include only regular, full-time employees with the exception of 3 commis
sioners and 3 directors in San Francisco.
4 Each receives $900.
« Includes 2 employees with salaries of $960 and 1 with salary of $1,020.
•Less than Ho of 1 percent.
7Includes employees with salaries ranging from $3,144 to $7,200.
8Includes employees with salaries ranging from $3,300 to $4,800.
«Includes 1 employee with salary of $3,300 and 4 with salaries of $3,600.
The maximum salary paid to any employee in the region was the
$7,200 received by the chiefs of the departments in Los Angeles and
San Francisco. In four of the smallest cities, the chiefs received as
low as $2,400 a year. The lowest salaries reported for full-time
employees— $900 per year— were paid to caretakers in Pasadena and
messengers in Los Angeles.
Salaries in V arious Occupations
The majority of officers above the rank of captain (chiefs, assistant
chiefs, and inspectors) received more than $3,050 yearly. Threefourths of the captains received $2,950 or more, and all but three of
these were in group I cities.
Concentrations of salaries of lieutenants and sergeants around the
highest rates paid lieutenants and sergeants were due to the large
number of each of these officers in the group I cities, particularly in
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SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Los Angeles and San Francisco. For instance, of the 81 lieutenants
receiving $3,000, 78 were in group I, 69 of these being in Los Angeles
and San Francisco. In the case of sergeants, Los Angeles contrib
uted 146 and Long Beach, also in group I, contributed 11 of the 168
receiving $2,700. Likewise, sergeants of 2 group I cities, San Fran
cisco and Oakland, constituted 178 of the 188 sergeants receiving
$2,640. Of this number, 150 were in San Francisco.
The distribution of detective bureau employees by salary rates
showed concentrations at high levels, particularly in group I cities.
This characteristic was not evident in the fingerprint sections, in
which the work is closely related to that of the detective bureaus.
In a number of cities, as in San Francisco, the necessary fingerprint
duties were performed by the detective bureau.
T
able
2 . — Police-department employees in
Pacific cities , classified according to
salaries and occupational groups , J u ly 1, 1938 1
All occupations
Salary class
All
cities
Chiefs
City group 3
I
II
All
cities
III
Number of cities reporting
indicated occupations____
All salaries......... ..................
27
7,202
9
6,163
6
536
12
503
Under $1,050 . _
$1,050 to $1,149 ______
$1,150 t.n *1,249
$1,250 to *1,349 .....................
$1,350 to $1,449
11
2
7
27
29
6
2
1
19
28
2
95
104
204
197
67
77
127
146
13
3
7
5
196
336
266
1,068
107
205
128
961
22
30
109
47
67
101
29
60
$2,250 to $2,349.......................
$2,350 to $2,449................... .
$2,450 to $2,549................... .
$2,550 to $2,649________ ____
136
3,397
84
272
55
3,259
46
235
43
127
30
32
38
11
8
5
$2,650 to $2,749............ .........
$2,750 to $2,849____________
$2,850 to $2,949____________
$2,950 to $3,049______ ______
$3,050 and over.____ _______
281
132
4
252
102
244
126
30
4
3
12
12
7
2
1
1
5
III
15
24
70
46
$1,850 to $1,949— . .................
$1,950 to $2,049......................
$2,050 to $2,149— ...................
$2,150 to $2,249.......................
II
4
6
$1,450 to $1,549........ ........... .
$1,550 to $1,649____________
$1,650 to $1,749____________
$1,750 to $1,849______ ______
I
3
2
2
1
City group3
See footnotes at end of table.
239
85
27
27
9
9
6
6
4
12
12
4
1
1
1
1
20
1
1
5
9
6
5
PACIFIC CITIES
T a b l e 2 ,— Police-department employees in Pacific cities , classified according to
salaries and occupational groups , J u ly 1, 1988 — Continued
Inspectors
Assistant or deputy chiefs2
Salary class
Number of cities reporting
indicated occupations_
_
All salaries.........................
City group 3
All
cities
I
II
2
2
9
10
All
citiesi
III
1
1
6
7
Captains
City group2
I
II
5
7
6
8
1
1
City group 3
All
cities
19
73
I
II
9
57
III
6
11
4
5
Under $1,050_____ _____
$1,050 to $1,149 ............... .
$1,150 to $l'249___________
$1,250 to $1,349 ________
$1,350 to $l'449 __________
$1,450 to $1,549
$1,550 to $1,649....................
$1*650 to $l'749___________
$1^750 to $l'849
1
$1,850 to $1,949_____ ___
$1*950 to $2*049 .
$2,050 to $2,149 _________
$2*150 to $2*249___________
4
1
1
1
3
$2,650 to $2,749
$2,750 to $2,849 .
_
$2,850 to $2,949___________
$2,950 to $3,049 ___ _____
$3,050 and over_______ ..
2
1
6
Number of cities reporting
indicated occupations...
AH salaries--------------------
15
109
7
94
III
4
10
2
21
34
6
4
5
All
cities
City group 3
25
500
I
II
9
423
6
39
1
4
4
21
31
3
Patrolmen
Sergeants
City group s
II
2
5
4
Lieutenants
I
1
1
3
3
All
cities
1
3
4
$2,250 to $2,349___________
$2*350 to $2,449 _________
$2^450 to $2*549___________
$2,550 to $2*649 . . . _____
Salary class
1
2
1
1
III
All
cities
City group»
I
II
10
27
9
38 5,043 4,422
III
6
315
12
306
____
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 _________
8
20
1
3
3
3
8
3
$2,650 to $2,749....... ...........
$2,750 to $2,849__________
$2,850 to $2,949...................
$2,950 to $3,049......... ........
$3,050 and over.................
1
6
3
81
75
281
212
970
5
171
104
895
17
22
93
40
53
88
15
35
41
73
3,150 3, 054
3
1
15
32
93
3
11
3
62
58
4
1
1
1
8
1
$9,950 to $9,349
$9 350 to $9,449
$9,450 to $9,549
$2,550 to $2,649________ —
7
See footnotes at end o f table.
12
8
5
78
3
57
16
178
3
4
12
9
1
3
14
61
28
188
168
157
11
3
3
1
7
20
62
19
13
71
13
13
$1,850 to $1,949................ .
$1,950 to $2,049__________
$2,050 to $2,149.................
$2,150 to $2,249. ............ .
9
16
20
75
90
11
4
6
SALARIES A N D H O U R S , POLICE D E P A R T M E N T S
2 .— Police-department employees in Pacific cities , classified according to
salaries and occupational groups , J u ly 1, 1988 — Continued
T able
Detective bureau , all
occupations
Salary class
C ity group *
C ity group *
All
cities
Number of cities reporting
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 $lj649...................
$l|650 to $1^749___________
$1)750 to $1349........... ........
$1,850 to $1,949....................
$L950 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__________
25
523
II
I
9
406
III
6
57
10
60
3
,
8
61
4
4
2
5
1
27
21
59
11
54
36
113
16
1
1
112
25
134
29
5
2
6
4
2
39
39
13
7
10
9
142
31
7
7
44
2
18
2
4
12
111
I
1
1
1
5
6
89
3
9
7
36
I
II
5
34
III
1
1
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
5
3
5
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
4
1
2
21
2
4
1
2
21
3
4
3
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
3
1
All others
All
cities
C ity group 8
I
II
26
657
9
545
9
2
5
26
22
59
32
119
76
96
28
6
2
1
19
21
45
25
110
62
91
33
17
29
7
57
7
35
13
64
10
2
6
5
1
2
1
2
7
1 For a more detailed analysis of data, see appendix tables B, C, and D.
2 2 assistant deputy chiefs, both in group I, included under “ All others.”
*See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
<No employees in this occupation in cities of group III.
1
1
2
6
4
1
C ity group *
2
3
1
1
3
Automobile mechanics
2
7
12
62
4
7
1
3
3
5
1
All
cities
5
7
1
3
3
2
2
7
18
52
5
7
6
14
1
8
1
III
3
13
6
14
4
8
II
m
II
1
2
44
4
17
35
I
1
11
6
All
cities
1
1
6
1
8
C ity group *
0
14
70
C ity grou p 8
III
3
1
5
9
11
All
cities
$
II
I
1
3
1
5
9
Salary class
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....................
and over _
All
cities
1
Operators, radio and
telephone
Number of cities reporting
indicated occupations...
All salaries_______________
Fingerprint section, all
occupations
Policewomen
20
5
2
6
5
5
8
8
in
6
63
11
49
2
1
2
2
1
9
3
5
2
5
5
4
4
4
10
1
8
8
5
2
7
2
2
4
8
1
4
1
7
PACIFIC CITIES
Sixty-three percent of police patrolmen received annual salaries of
$2,400. M ost of these patrolmen— 3,054 out of 3,150— were in the
large cities. Except for a special agent in Los Angeles who received
$3,000, the salaries of all patrolmen fell within the range from $1,450
to $2,750. Within this interval, a minor concentration in the range
of $1,950 to $2,250 accounted for 29 percent of all salaries. In the
group of smallest cities, over half of the patrolmen received less than
$1,950.
Differences in salary rates are the result not only of size of city but
also of the number of grades for the classification of patrolmen. A
number of cities had as many as four and five grades, and two
(Berkeley and San Diego) had six. First-grade patrolmen, who
received the highest salaries, constituted 87 percent of all patrolmen.
T a b l e 3. — P o lic e patrolm en in P a cific cities , classified according to salaries and
grades , J u ly 1, 1 9 3 8
All grades
Percentage
Number
Salary class
City group 2
All
cities
I
III
II
All salaries.............................
5,043
4,422
$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_____ _____
16
20
75
90
75
9
$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____________
281
212
970
73
3,150
$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____________
See footnotes at end o f table.
All
cities
City group2
n
I
315
306
100.0
100.0
17
.3
.4
1.5
1.8
1.5
.2
13
71
5
7
20
62
19
53
171
104
895
41
3,054
22
93
40
32
93
88
15
35
5.6
4.2
19.2
1.4
62.5
3
15
62
58
3
11
4
1
1
3
4
.1
.3
1.2
(3
)
III
100.0
100.0
.3
1.6
.1
5.4
2.3
6.5
20.3
6.2
17.3
3.9
2.4
20.2
.9
69.1
7.0
29.5
12.7
10.2
29.5
1.3
.9
3.5
1.3
(3
)
28.8
4.9
11.4
1.0
1.3
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SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
T a b l e 3 . — P o lice patrolm en in P a cific cities , classified according to salaries and
grades , J u l y 1 , 1 9 3 8 —
Continued
Number of patrolmen by specified grade
Second
First i
Third
Salary class
All
cities
All salaries.......... ...... __
$1,450 to $1,549..................
$1,550 to $1,649 ....... ........
$l'650 to $1'749............ ......
$l|750 to $l’849
$1*850 to $1^949 ___
City group 2
III
235
249
187
9
52
12
44
7
6
18
2
7
13
75
15
35
13
73
9
52
73
5
41
63
42
$1,950 to $2,049.................. 117
101
$2,050 to $2'149
693
$2,150 to $2,250............ ...... 745
21
$2*250 to $2^349
3,150 3,054
$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__________
City group 2
II
I
4,395 3, 911
9
52
75
44
All
cities
3
15
62
58
1
86
17
21
93
I
III
II
132
All
cities
City group 2
I
II
16
39
314
270
9
9
1
7
6
5
2
6
III
13
4
11
33
11
7
5
5
1
5
5
8
33
38
216
33
31
197
7
19
3
3
11
4
1
4
Number of patrolmen by specified grade—Continued
Fourth
Fifth and below
Probationary
Salary class
All
cities
All salaries_____________
$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__________
111
City group 2
I
91
II
III
13
5
City group 2
I
III
II
28
10
18
12
5
7
16
5
All
cities
City group 2
I
II
8
8
8
III
8
11
5
2
4
102
7
All
cities
91
11
2
$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............. ___
1Includes 133 motorcycle officers, 27 cruiser-car officers, 4 traffic footmen, and 1 special agent.
2 See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
2 Less than Ho of 1 percent.
Types o f D u ty for Patrolmen
The proportion of patrolmen directing and regulating traffic as a
full-time duty was relatively small in most cities covered by this
report. Table 4 reveals that only 16 percent of the patrolmen in
group I were regularly assigned to the traffic squad, while in each of
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PACIFIC CITIES
the other groups this percentage was over 25. The fact that the traffic
problems of large cities are more complex than those of smaller cities
had no appreciable effect on the percentage of men assigned to traffic
duty in large cities, since other problems of policing large cities are
correspondingly difficult. The difference in the percentages for these
groups is partly the result of the practice in the larger cities of
assigning a large proportion of the uniformed force to clerical and
technical duties.
Foot patrolmen and motorcycle policemen constituted 40 percent
and 33 percent, respectively, of officers on the traffic squad. Nine
teen percent were in automobiles and the remainder were mounted
policemen or were assigned to special duties.
For those not on the traffic squad, the classification by type of
duty was considerably different. Thirty-four percent were foot
patrolmen, and slightly smaller proportions were in automobiles or
were detailed to clerical or technical duties, leaving a very small
group for duty on motorcycles or horses.
T a b l e 4 .— P o lice patrolm en in P acific cities , classified according to typ es o f d u ty ,
J u ly 1, 1 9 8 8
Number of patrolmen
Percentage
City group i
Type of duty
City group 1
All cities
All cities
I
III
II
I
n
III
All types of duty___
5,043
4,422
315
306
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Traffic duty_______
868
707
84
77
17.2
16.0
26.7
25.2
164
346
289
34
122
314
207
34
28
12
39
14
20
43
3.2
6.9
5.7
.7
2.7
7.1
4.7
.8
8.9
3.8
12.4
4.6
6.5
14.1
35
30
5
.7
.7
1.6
4,175
3, 715
231
229
82.8
84.0
73.3
74.8
1,284
1,412
62
26
1,057
1,216
58
26
101
121
126
75
4
25.5
28.0
1.2
.5
23.9
27.5
1.3
.6
32.1
38.4
41.2
24.5
1.3
1,391
1,358
9
24
27.6
30.7
2.8
7.8
Automobile____
Foot........ ...........
Motorcycle_____
M ounted______
Other assign
ments.. _____
Other than traffic
duty____________
Automobile........
Foot___________
M otorcycle____
Mounted _____
Other assign
ments......... .
1 See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
Comparison o f Employment and Salaries
Employees in the uniformed division constituted 82 percent of all
police-department employees and received 83 percent of the total
salaries. This division included patrolmen, who represented 70 per
cent of all employees but received 69 percent of the total salaries.
Greater variations between the percentages of employees and salaries
were evident in the detective bureau and the clerical division. D e
tectives received high salaries in proportion to their numbers, and
those in clerical work received relatively low salaries.
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SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Supervisory employees 4 constituted about 16 percent of the total
personnel and received nearly 19 percent of total salaries. The
proportion of supervisory employees tended to be greater in the smaller
cities.
T a b l e 5 . — P ercentage distribution s 1 o f police-depa rtm ent em p lo yees and salaries
in P a cific cities, b y d iv isio n , J u l y l y 1 9 3 8
Percentage of all employees
Division and
occupation
AH
cities
Percentage of total salaries
City group a
City group2
All
cities
I
II
III
I
II
III
All divisions.............
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Uniformed division,.
81.7
82.7
72.6
78.3
82.6
83.6
73.6
78.5
Chiefs_________
Assistant chiefs. _
Assistant deputy
chiefs...............
Inspectors______
Captains....... .
Lieutenants.......
.4
.1
.2
1.1
.2
24
1.4
.6
.2
.3
.1
2.1
.3
3.6
1.6
.1
.9
1.5
.2
2.0
1.9
1.0
1.0
.1
.2
1.4
1.9
.1
.2
1.3
1.9
.2
2.6
2.2
1.2
1.2
7.7
.3
69.1
.6
.2
.3
7.6
.2
70.9
.7
.2
.1
8.1
.7
57.0
8.0
.7
58.9
.4
.5
2.8
8.5
1.4
.5
1.4
3.7
1.6
.3
7.9
1.4
.2
1.2
3.7
1.7
.3
12.0
1.5
2.6
3.5
5.4
.7
.7
13.2
1.5
1.5
2.6
2.5
.2
(3
)
.1
1.0
1.5
(3
)
(3
)
Sergeants______
Plamclothesmen.
Patrolmen..........
Patrol drivers___
Turnkeys______
Others................
7.0
.3
70.2
.6
.2
.3
6.9
.3
71.8
.7
.2
.1
7.3
.7
58.8
7.5
.8
60.8
.4
.6
2.8
Detective bureau___
Women’s bureau___
Fingerprint section..
Telephone and radio.
Clerical division____
Maintenance. ..........
Miscellaneous______
7.3
1.6
.5
1.9
4.9
1.8
.3
6.6
1.5
.2
1.7
5.0
2.0
.3
10.7
1.9
2.6
3.7
6.5
.9
1.1
11.9
2.0
1.4
3.0
3.2
.2
1Based on figures in appendix table E.
2See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
8Less than Ho of 1 percent.
Comparison o f Sise o f Departments and Per Capita Salary Costs
Disproportionate changes in the size of Pacific cities during the
past decade, as revealed by the 1940 census, make a comparison of
relative sizes and salary costs of police departments in cities of this
area with those of other cities in the country somewhat misleading.
The 3 States in the Pacific region showed an increase in population of
18.8 percent from 1930 to 1940 as compared with only 7.2 percent for
the country as a whole. M uch of this increase can be credited to
cities of less than 25,000 population; however, 25 of the cities covered
by this Survey showed increases which ran as high as 44 percent. On
the other hand, Bellingham and Everett, Wash., showed slight
decreases.
Figures shown in appendix table A are on the basis of the 1930
census, which were the latest population figures available at the time
4 Includes ranking officers in the uniformed division and detective bureau, superintendents and assistant
superintendents in the women’s bureau, identification chiefs, superintendents and chief operators in the
radio and telephone division, and chief clerks.
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PACIFIC CITIES
the earlier reports in this series were prepared. Since the use of the
1940 population figures greatly diminishes the relative sizes and costs
in some departments, table 6 has been included to show the number of
employees and salary expenditures in relation to size of city in both
1930 and 1940 for the 5 cities with the greatest percentage increase in
population in the decade. For instance, the number of employees in
Santa Monica on July 1, 1938, was 19 per 10,000 of population accord
ing to the 1930 census but only 13 per 10,000 according to the 1940
census. The explanation of this difference in ratios lies in the 44percent increase in the population of the city during the decade.
Comparative ratios for per capita salary costs in Santa M onica showed
a change from $3.71 to $2.57.
T a b l e 6.— N u m b er o f p olice-departm ent em p lo yees and sa la ry costs on J u l y 1 , 1 9 3 8 ,
in relation to p op u lation in 1 9 3 0 and 1 9 4 0 f o r 5 P a cific cities with greatest per
centage o f increase in pop u lation
Census of 1930
Alhambra, Calif......................
Glendale, Calif. ............... ......
Los Angeles, Calif------ --------San Diego, Calif.....................
Santa Monica, Calif_________
Census of 1940
Per capita
Population Employees salary cost
per 10,000
City
Per capita
Population Employees salary cost
per 10,000
29,472
62,736
1,238,048
147,995
37,146
11
12
22
14
19
$2.44
2.55
5.31
3.17
3.71
38,935
82,582
1, 504,277
203,341
53,500
8
9
18
11
13
$1.85
1.94
4. 37
2. 31
2. 57
Hours and Working Conditions
The number of hours on duty and working conditions of a police
department depend largely upon the size and financial condition of a
city. In many localities maximum hours of work and minimum
wages are prescribed by State or local legislation. Another factor
affecting a police force is the need for sufficient flexibility to meet
varying demands for protection and to take care of such events as
parades, fairs, conventions, and emergencies. In the Pacific region
cities the differences in conditions in large and small cities were not
as marked as in some other regions.
Platoon Systems and Hours o f D u ty
The average workweek for members of the police departments is
shown in table 7. Ninety-three percent of all employees worked
under variations of 3-platoon systems which provided for 8-hour tours
each day and approximately a day off each week. The fractional
days on and off duty per week shown in the table are based on the
average number of days worked throughout the year and are correct
to the nearest tenth. For example, the 2,575 employees having an
8-hour workday and receiving 4 days off per month worked 48.6
hours per week, or 6.1 days per week.
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SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
T able
7.—
P o lice-d ep a rtm en t em p lo yees in P acific cities classified according to
hours and d a ys on d u ty per w eek , J u l y 1 , 1 9 3 8
Cities reporting various
systems
Average Average
hours
days
on duty on duty
per week per week
System of operation
2-
platoon:
Four 10-hour groups overlapping, off 1 day per week..
3-platoon:
8-hour tours,
8-hour tours,
8-hour tours,
8-hour tours,
6.0
1
6.1
6.1
6.0
5.8
2
3
20
1
2
1
6
6
2
8
1
46.4
5.6
24
8
5
11
Number of employees 1
All
cities
All systems____ __________________
2-platoon:
Four 10-hour groups overlapping,
off 1 day per week....................
3-platoon _ _____________________
8-hour tours, off every 8th day—
8-hour tours, off 0.9 days per
week_______ _______ ______
8-hour tours, off 1 day per week..
8-hour tours, off 1.2 days per
week________ ______________
Other______ _____________________
7,202
I
II
100.0
100.0
100.0
93.5
94.2
88.1
536
503
22
.3
5,759
505
443
93.1
8.4
9.8
35.8
48.6
40.2
43.5
94.2
19.7
63.4
6.5
5.8
7.5
100.0
604
604
2, 575
3,503
2,476
2,679
505
99
319
25
31
38
6.6
4.4
.3
404
25
473
III
6,163
22
6,707
City group 2
All
cities
III
II
1
Percentage of employees
City group 2
I
III
II
49.0
48.6
48.0
46.7
_____________________ ___
System of operation
I
60.0
off every 8th day__________ __________
off 0.9 days per week___ ____ _____ ____
off 1 day per week____________________
off 1.2 days per week_____________ ____
Other ____________ ______
City group 2
All
cities
5.0
1 See appendix table E for greater detail by divisions.
2 See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
In many cities the days off were arranged so that the time off for
each employee did not always fall on the same day of the week. In
about half of the cities, the men on the uniformed force alternated
periodically from one tour to another. For instance, in San Diego
the policemen changed hours of duty once every month. The method
of alternation is illustrated below.
Day before change
8
a. m.
4
p. m.
Day of change
12
p. m.
8
a. m.
Day after change
4
p. m.
12
p. m.
8
a. m.
A A A A A A A A ____________________ 32-hour leave_____________________AAAAAAAA
BBBBBBBB
BBBBBBBB
CCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCC
As can be seen from the diagram, the morning group (platoon A)
changed from daytime duty to night duty after a 32-hour rest period.
To effect the change, each of the other platoons had but 8 hours of
leave instead of the usual 24 hours. In the next 2 alternations,
platoons B and C, in turn, received the 32-hour leave.
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PACIFIC CITIES
Because of the complications introduced by alternating tours, most
cities changed only once a month. Some cities provided for no
alternation but assigned the more desirable hours on the basis of
seniority.
Members of a department classified as “ others,” mostly nonuniformed employees engaged in clerical and maintenance work,
had slightly shorter hours than the uniformed force. This group
constituted 7 percent of all police-department employees.
Promotion o f Patrolmen
Twenty-three of the twenty-seven cities in this region provided for
automatic promotion of patrolmen from the lowest grade to the next
higher grade after a specified period of service. In most cities the
length of time before the initial promotion was 1 year. It will be
noted from table 8 that in only one city was advancement made as
the result of civil-service examinations, and that three cities had but
one classification for their patrolmen.
T a b l e 8 .— P o lice departm ents in P acific cities , classified according to m ethod o f
p rom oting pa trolm en , J u l y 1, 1 9 3 8
Number of cities
Total
City group1
With automatic promotion after—
6 months
1 year
3 years
All cities_. _________________
27
3
18
9
6
12
1
1
1
5
5
8
4 years
1
1
Group I___________ _____ ____
Group II________ . . . ______
Group III___________________
With
promotion by
civil
service
1
1
1 See
With
patrol
men all
1 grade
3
1
1
1
2
footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
Vacations W ith Pay
All police-department employees in this region received vacations
with pay in addition to the regular days off each week or month.
Seventy-one percent received 15 days, 25 percent 14 days, and the
remaining employees either 6 or 12 days per year.
T a b l e 9.— P olice-dep a rtm en t em p lo yees in
Pacific cities , classified according to
d a ys o f vacation with p a y, J u ly 1 , 1 9 3 8
City group i
Total
number of
employees
Number of employees having—
6 days
12 days
14 days
15 days
All cities______________________________
7, 202
9
301
1,786
5,106
Group I ______ ________________________
Group I I ._______ ______________________
Group III_____________________________
6,163
536
503
9
295
6
1,431
216
139
4,428
314
364
1See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
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SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Items Supplied to the Uniformed Force
The practice of furnishing the uniformed force with uniforms and
other items of equipment was not as prevalent in the Pacific region
as in some others. N o city provided full uniforms without charge,
but one city, San Jose, Calif., granted a cash allowance for uniforms
to a part of its force. Other items supplied were, for the most part,
small items, such as badges, revolvers, and clubs.
T a b l e 10.— P o lic e departm ents in P a cific cities , classified according to item s su p p lied
the u n ifo rm ed fo rces, J u l y 1 , 1 9 8 8
Number of cities supplying—
City group 1
Total
num
ber of
cities
All cities...............................
27
Group I __________________
Group II_________________
Group III________________
9
6
12
Cash
allow
ance
for uni
forms
Rain
coats
or
capes
1
1
8
1
4
1
3
1
Re
volvers
Hol
sters
and
belts
Hand Clubs,
cuffs,
Other
twist night Badges items2
sticks
ers
1
11
10
21
15
1
2
4
5
2
3
5
7
4
10
2
6
8
1 See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
2 Overcoats, whistles, first-aid kits, ammunition, flashlights, caps, etc.
Appendix
The appendix contains a table of the 27 Pacific cities included in this
survey, with their 1930 populations and information regarding the
number of police-department employees per 10,000 population and per
capita salary costs. It also contains 5 other tables giving detailed
information on some of the subjects discussed in the body of the report.
Tables B through D give the number of persons employed and indi
vidual occupational salaries in each of the cities in groups I, II, and
III, respectively. Table E summarizes total employment and total
salaries paid in each division and occupation for all cities and for each
size group. Table F shows average number of hours and days on
duty per week under various systems of operation by divisions for all
cities and for each size group. All data in the tables, except popu
lation, are as of July 1, 1938.
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PACIFIC CITIES
T able A.— P olice-dep a rtm en t
em p lo yees and sala ry costs in relation to popu lation
in P a cific cities with a p op u lation o f 2 5 ,0 0 0 or m ore,1 J u l y 1, 1 9 8 8
City
Popula
tion 8
Em Per
ploy cap
ees
ita
per
sal
10,000 ary
cost
All cities.......... ................... 4,155, 503
17
$4.03
Group I—cities of 100,000
and over_____________ 3,336, 261
18
4. 35
Long Beach, Calif______ 142,032
Los Angeles, Calif______ 1,238,048
Oakland, Calif................ 284,063
Portland, Oreg........ ........ 301,815
San Diego, Calif_______
147,995
San Francisco, Calif____ 634, 394
Seattle, Wash__________ 365. 583
Spokane, Wash.......... . _ 115, 514
Tacoma, Wash.............. . 106,817
15
22
14
14
14
21
16
12
10
3.67
5.31
3.38
3.20
3.17
5.18
3.40
2.17
2.14
Group II—cities of 50,000
to 100,000______ _____ _
424,845
13
2. 90
Berkeley, Calif.............. .
Fresno, Calif...................
Glendale, Calif................
82,109
52, 513
62, 736
11
15
12
2. 38
3. 30
2.55
City
Popula
tion 8
Em
ploy
ees
per
10,000
Per
cap
ita
sal
ary
cost
Group II—Continued.
Pasadena, Calif..............
Sacramento, Calif...........
San Jose, Calif—..........
76,086
93,750
57,651
14
14
11
$3.40
3.19
2. 54
Group III—cities of 25,000
to 50,000___________ _
394, 397
13
2. 54
Alameda, Calif................
Alhambra, Calif.........
Bakersfield, Calif______
Bellingham, Wash..........
Everett, Wash............... .
Riverside, Calif...............
Salem, Oreg.....................
_
San Bernardino, Calif_
Santa Ana, Calif_______
Santa Barbara, Calif____
Santa Monica, Calif____
Stockton, Calif................
35,033
29,472
26,015
30,823
30,567
29, 696
26, 266
37,481
30,322
33,613
37,146
47,963
12
11
19
10
11
12
10
10
13
13
19
13
2.83
2.44
4. 05
1. 73
2.17
2.19
1. 55
1.77
2.45
2.59
3. 71
2. 78
i
Includes all cities with a population of 25,000 or more in the Pacific region. Belvedere Township, Oalif.,
[33,023), classified as urban by special rule of the U. S. Bureau of the Census, has not been included because
lata were not available.
* Based on U. S. Census of Population for 1930.
T
able
B.— P o lice-departm en t
em p lo yees in each o f 9 Pacific cities o f group I , 1 classified according to individ ual occupations and corresponding
salary rates, J u ly 1, 1 9 3 8
Oregon
California
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Oakland
San Diego
San Francisco
Portland
Washington
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
ber
A 1 divisions3 _______________________
1
Uniformed division:
Chiefs or superintendents__________
Assistant ordeputy chiefs_________
Assistant deputy chiefs____________
Inspectors.. . . . . __________________
Captains__________ ____________
Lieutenants______________________
Sergeants __ ______________________
Plainclothesmen.................................
Patrolmen:
1st grade_____________________
2d grade.....................................
3d grade___________ ____ ____ _
4th grade.... ................. ...............
5th grade......................... ............
Probationary..............................
Other:
Motorcycle officers_________
Cruiser-car officers_________
Special agents_____________
Patrol drivers___ ________________
Turnkeys... .................................... _
Miscellaneous
Jailers, head__________________
Meter checkers_______________
Property clerks________ _____ _
Traffic clerks_________ ________
Detective bureau:
Chiefs of detectives............... ............
Chief inspectors.... ...................... ......
Inspectors......... ....................... .........
C aptains
_ _
Lieutenants...... .................................
214
2,771
1
$4,500
1
1
11
3,300
3,000
2,700
393
1 $7,200
1 5,700
2
5,100
3
4,200
18 3,600
33
3,000
146
2,700
$5,400
1
$4,500
3
8
28
3,600
3,000
2,640
4
5
24
2,964
2,784
2,412
2,400
2, 280
2,160
104
8
6
6
5
8
2,220
2,136
2,052
1, 956
1,872
1,776
18
2,400 1,694
22
178
81
2,400
2,280
2,160
2,040
241
19
19
2,400
58
2,700
1
4
1 $7,200
1 5,400
569
138
108
1
$4,800
1
$5,000
1
$3,180
1
8
3,420
3,000
1
3
2,322
2,190
33
2,400
7
17
1.932
1.932
329
65
33
2,160
2,100
2,040
63
13
9
1,800
1, 662
1, 512
4,000
3,600
3,000
2,640
1
9
8
16
4,056
3,000
2,640
2,496
967
2,400
242
5
25
4
5
2,232
2,160
2,100
2,040
1,980
f 1
\ 3
1,920
2,232
1
2
2,376
1,920
(3
)
10
8
2.400
2.400
2,400
1
2,700
3,300
3,000
25
2
l
3
15
119
5,100
4,200
3,600
3,000
1
4,200
3 3,366
3,144
1
75
5,000
2,760
2
2,784
7
3,666
1,800
1,800
1
2,322
2
3
8
2,460
2,400
2,160
42
2,040
2,160
4
2,040
1
2,580
1,872
1
$3,600
4
3, 600
1,764
1
2
/ ---
1
18
1
9
36
150
3,000
0
9
(3
)
1
433
1,323
1
1
134
214
1
1
2
3,240
2, 748
3,420
4
3,000
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Division and occupation
05
Sergeants.......... .............
Detectives.......................
Miscellaneous:
Assistant detectives..
Criminologists_____
Juvenile details____
Printing detectives..
Telephone operators.
1,500
Miscellaneous:
Instrument m en...
Radio engineers_
_
Radio technicians..
1
1
1,920
(3
)
(3
)
1
5
52
2,820
2,820
1,800
1, 764
3, 600
3
2,400
1,940
2,100
2,688
2,640
1
1
5
2, 580
2,208
1,980
1,680
36
2,400
1
2,160
2,160
{
2
}
4
1
2,064
1
3
16
2,160
1, 452
1,452
2
3
2,040
1,620
1
2
2,400
2.040
1
3
2,640
1,920
2, 520
5
4
2, 784
2,040
3,000
(3
)
1
1
1
38
2
1
1
2
1
2,160
1
1,680
1,740 } . . . . .
1,920 ]
2,160
3,600
1,740
2,400
1, 356
2,160
1, 926
1.680
1,680
2,400
1
2,100
1
2,520
1
2,220
3,000
1
2,640
1
1,872
1
1,500
1
1
1,968
1,788
3
1,800
1
1,680
1,740 1
1.800 J
3,600
2,400
1,956
1,800
i
1
2
{
7
6
1
1,488
1,800
1
(6
)
2, 376
2.136
2,232 } (»)
2,088
1
2,700
1, 716
4
1,440
1,500 1 .
1, 560 1
1
1
1
1
3
1
2
4
Radio utility men.
5
5
4
1
2
2,400
2
36
1, 620
1
1,968
1
2,058
(3
)
1
4.800
(3
)
i
i
PACIFIC CITIES
2,400
1, 721
Assistant secretaries................. ......
See footnotes at end o f table.
2,640
2, 760
2,760
2,700
Radio operators____
Secretaries______________________
2, 412
3.000
1,500
2,700 }
3.000 / . . . .
Fingerprint section: 4
Identification chiefs.............
Identification clerks............
Fingerprint operators..........
Photographers____________
Telephone and radio division: *
Clerk, junior.
36
6
(3
)
1
8
2,640
1
1
2,280
2, 280
2,760
1
Women's bureau:
Superintendents_________
Assistant superintendents.
Policewomen____________
Matrons..... ................... ............
Miscellaneous:
City mothers_____________
Juvenile bureau attendants.
Probation officers..... ...........
Clerical:
Chief clerks__________________
Accountants, purchasing______
Assistant accounts, purchasing..
Bookkeepers_________________
Clerks, senior________________
33
2,700
T a b l e B.— Police-department employees in each of 9 Pacific cities of group I ,1 classified according to individual occupations and corresponding
salary rates, July 1, 1938— Continued
Oregon
California
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Oakland
San Diego
San Francisco
Portland
Washington
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary Num Salary
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ber
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ber
ber
Stenographers, senior____________ _
($1,500
to
$1,440
1
$1,800
Stenographers, junior__________ _
2
1,440
1 14
l "
10
5
1
_
Automobile (includes foremen)
Building repairmen................ .
Carpenters_______________ ____
Motorcycle__________ _____ ___
Painters______________________
Mechanics’ helpers:
Automobile.. ................. ..............
Linemen’s....... ........... .................
Garage utility men......................
2,400
900
1,500
1
{
1
$1, 788
1,320
4
2,376
11
1, 564
2,520
i
2,172
2,340 }
l
2,172
1 ,2 0 0
1,500
1
1,680
2
1,560
{
?
2,503
1,620
1,740 }
2,503
1,800
1,980
/
{
?
2,040 }
2,412 / . . . .
2
1
2,160
2 ,1 0 0 1
2 .1 0 2
i i
1
2,294
2
>
2,400J {
1,678
2,503
2
{ IB
1,680
1,800 i
1
10
1,721
21
$1,512
1,548
\
10
1
19
3
1
1,680
1
___ . . . . . .
Hostlers___________ _________ ____
Linemen................................... .........
Machinists_______________________
General mechanics:
2,040
2,400
1
6
2
■Electricians . _ __ ......... . ........
Jan itors..
1,320
1,380 • 1
1,500
3
1,920
{
$1,380
2
1 116 <
1 2 ,2 2 0
Typists______ __________ _________
Miscellaneous:
Clerks, file____________________
Clerks, personnel_________
Clerks, record_________________
Clerks, statistical________
Messengers.. __________
Operators, junior comptometer. .
Operators, key punch................ .
Operators, tabulating machine...
Maintenance: *
f$l, 860
to
l 2,760 }
$1 , 6 6 8 } »5
2,124
2
4
3
1
1,620
1.752
1.752
i
1,877
$1,620
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Division and occupation
00
Miscellaneous:
Chefs-................... .
Cooks_____________
Draftsmen, electrical
Engineers__________
2
4
1
Engineers, building..
Engineers, senior.........................
Engineers, stationary................
Inspectors, horses and equip
ment_______________________
Inspectors, maintenance and re
pairs.................. .......................
2,340
1,080
1
4
4
1
1
1,920
2,232
2,100
2,280
2,640
\
J\
/..
2,100
2.760
2.760
C)
3.600
2,820
3.600
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. Neither do they include 3 commissioners (each receives $1 ,2 0 0 ) nor 3 direc
tors ( 1 receives $3,OX and 2 receive $4,000 each) in San Francisco.
C)
3 Assigned from uniformed force.
4 Work of this division performed by detective bureau in Oakland, San Francisco, and
Seattle, and by men assigned from uniformed force in Portland.
1
2
2,640
3,000
2,124
2.760
2.760
2,400
1,932
2,100
2,280
1,880
1,380
1,500
PACIFIC CITIES
Miscellaneous:
Surgeons___ _____________
Physicians (examining)___
Police chemists.......... .........
Psychiatrists________ _____
Directors of junior safety__
Directors of police traininginstructors, fire arms..........
Inspectors, deputy licenseinspectors, junior traffic___
Inspectors, motor vehicles..
Claim investigators.............
Motorboat operators..........
Poundmasters.....................
Assistant poundmasters..
2,040
1,877
2,100
1 Work of this division performed by separate city bureau or by private company in
Oakland.
®Work performed by separate city bureau or by private company,
r Includes 15 at $1,500, 5 at $1,560, 8 6 at $1,680, 5 at $1,920,4 at $2,040, and 1 at $2,220.
3 Includes 2 at $1,860, 1 at $2 ,1 0 0 , 1 at $2,400, and 1 at $2,760.
9 On call.
CO
20
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
T a b l e C .— Police-department employees in each of 6 Pacific cities of group I I , 1
classified according to individual occupation and corresponding salary rates, July 1,
1938
California
Division and occupation
Berkeley
Fresno
Sacra
mento
Glendale Pasadena
San Jose
No. Sal No. Sal No. Sal No. Sal No. Sal No. Sal
ary
ary
ary
ary
ary
ary
All divisions2 ______________________
Uniformed division:
Chiefs or superintendents..............
Assistant or deputy chiefs _____
Inspectors___ 1 __ I_____________
Captains___ __________________
Lieutenants____________________
Sergeants______________________
Plainclothesmen________________
Patrolmen:
lst-grade_____ _____________
2 d-grade_______
3d-grade________________ ___
4th-grade ____
____
5th-grade___________________
6 th-grade___________________
Other:
Motorcycle officers______
Cruiser-car officers______
Traffic footmen_________
Miscellaneous:
Traffic sergeants____________
Warrant officers__
_____
Detective bureau:
Chiefs of detectives
Captains
__ ___
____
Lieutenants ________ _______
Sergeants____________ __________
Detectives
Miscellaneous:
Crime prevention bureau:
Directors_______________
Juvenile officers_________
Juvenile division:
Captains_______________
PIsin cl nthesmen
Women’s bureau:
Policewomen___________________ f
\
Matrons_______________________
79
88
1
$4,500
1 3,300
3 2,880
2,460
3 4 ( 2 ,040
\2 , 2 2 0 J
6
2,220
4 2,160
7 2 ,1 0 0
8 2,040
11
1, 980
7 1,920
1
_____
$4,200
2.400
3,420
2,700
4 2.400
1
1
1
50
2 ,1 0 0
3
10
2 ,2 2 0
$4,095
1
1 2,700
3 2,460
3 2,280
23
4
9
4
3,300
2,700
2,400
5 2,640
2
1
2,520
28 2,400
3 2,280
2
2,160
{
3 2,700
65 2,400
6
2 , 280
9 2,160
3 2,040
21
2
8
2
2,280
2,280
2,160
1,920
2, 520
9 2,640 J
2,700
2.460
2,280
1
2 ,1 0 0
2,640
1
1
2,400
2 ,1 0 0
Clerical division:
Chief clerks
___
(8
)
Bookkeepers___________________
1 2,040
Clerks, senior__________________
n
Clerks, junior. ...................... ......
See footnotes a t end of table.
i
2,160 ) - -2,280 J
1,320
{
1 3,000 {
2,460
2 ,1 0 0
2,400
2.400
1
1
1
1
1
2.400
2,400
5 2,400
3 1, 500
1
{
1
2, 700
2,400
1,500
1,680 }
*
{
1, 500
! 2,640
2,160
2 ,1 0 0
2, 700 } 1 2, 520
1,800 ) . . .
J 1,920 /
1 2, 520
1 1,500
1 2,400
3 1,920
1
1,500
*
1
2,400
1,620
1,800 }
5 2, 520
2.460
{
1
2, 580
2,700
u
1 3, 000
1 3,600
1 2,700
7 3,000
5 2, 700
3 2,640
2,400
J
{ i 2,640 ) -
2 ,2 2 0
}
1,680 / . . .
1,600
$4,200
6
1
2
1
1
9 2,640
, 280
1
1
2
1
1
$4,200
3,300
2 ,1 0 0
2 ,1 0 0
5
1
8
1
1
4 2,820
1
1
$4,800
1 3,300
3 3,000
2,700
2 ,1 0 0
2 ,2 2 0
61
128
11
1
1
Telephone and radio division:
Superintendents________________
1 2,400
Chief operators_________________
Radio operators_______ _____ __
Telephone operators__ ____ _____ (5
)
Miscellaneous:
Radio technicians___________
2, 040
2
105
1,900
1
7 1,860
Fingerprint section:
Identification chiefs 4 ___________
Identification clerks ..... _
_
Fingerprint operators___________
Photographers_________________
75
2 ,2 0 0
1
1
1
1, 560
1,680 I /
1.380
1
2, 520
2
2,280
21
PACIFIC CITIES
T a b l e C.— P olice-dep a rtm en t em p lo yees in each o f 6 P a cific cities o f grou p I I , 1
classified according to in divid u al occupation and corresp ond ing sa la ry rates, J u l y 1,
1 9 8 8 — Continued
California
Berkeley
Division and occupation
Fresno
Glendale Pasadena
Sacra
mento
San Jose
No. Sal No. Sal No. Sal No. Sal No. Sal No. Sal
ary
ary
ary
ary
ary
ary
Clerical division—Continued.
Secretaries ___________________
Stenographers___ ______________
Miscellaneous:
Clerks, statistical __
Operators, key pun ch
_ __
1 $2,040
2 $2,100
(2,040
6 10 \ to 1 i 1,200
12,400 l
1 $2,100
1 $1,800
U
1 1,620
l
Miscellaneous:
Instructors, fire arms- _________
Caretakers, prison camps
____ _
Caretakers, rifle ranges__________
Foremen of prisoners___________
Poundmasters
__________ ___
Assistant poundmasters_________
1 1,800
1,320
l
____
Maintenance division:7
Janitors_____ ___
_________
Laborers__________ __ _______
General mechanics:
Automobile
_ _ _______
Painters___________ ________
Miscellaneous:
Cooks_____________________
1 $2,400
i $2,520
1,680
1,920 I J
1, 500
1 1,680
1 2,400
l 1,200
1 1,800
1 1, 500
1 1,500
1 900
1 900
1 1,680
1 Cities with a population of 50,000 and under 100,000, based on U. S. Census of Population for 1930.
2Includes only regular, full-time employees.
3 Includes 1 at $2,040,1 at $2,100, 1 at $2,160, and 1 at $2,220.
4 Classification includes assistant chief in Sacramento,
s Assigned from uniformed force.
e Includes 3 at $2,040, 4 at $2,100,1 at $2,220, 1 at $2,280, and 1 at $2,400.
7Work of this division performed by separate city bureau or private company in Berkeley.
T a b l e D.— P olice-dep a rtm en t em p lo yees in each o f 12 Pacific cities o f group I I I , 1 classified according to in divid ual occup ation s a nd corre
spon d in g salary rates, J u ly 1, 1 9 3 8
Oregon
California
Bakers
field
Riverside
San Ber Santa Ana Santa
nardino
Barbara
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£2
£
2
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£
2
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3
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©
£2
Santa
Monica
Stockton
Washington
Belling
ham
Everett
©
£5
Salem
©
£2
Division and occupation
z
All divisions 2
__
__ ___ _ _
Uniformed division:
Chiefs or superintendents____________
Assistant or deputy chiefs__________ _
_______________________
Captains
Lieutenants________________________
Sergeants - . ______________ ___
Plainclothesmen__________________ _
Patrolmen:
1st grade_______________________
2d grade_____________________ _
3d grade________________________
4th grade_______________________
Other:
Motorcycle officers________
Turnkeys ________________________
Miscellaneous:
Desk sergeants_____ _______ ___
Traffic lieutenants______________
Traffic sergeants________________
Detective bureau:3
Inspectors
_______________________
_________________________
Lieutenants________________________
RorpAants
_ . _
. .
_
Detectives_________________________
Miscellaneous:
Juvpnilp officers
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£
2
S
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C
O
43
1 $3,600
8
3
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>
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8
1
3
C
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33
1 $3,300
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1
3
C
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1
50
1 $3,600
2 2,700
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1
3
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D
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35
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£
2
C
S
13
m
Z
37
1 $2,700
1 2,100
1 1,920
1 $2,400
1 2,760
4 2,340
1 1,860
1 1,800
1 1.740
15 2,100
2 1,800
1 1,680
17 2,040
6 1,920
5 1,800
17 1,740
3 1,620
23 1.740
6 2,160
3 2,400
4 1,920
1 1,560
4 1,800
1 2,520
2 2,460
2 2,340
3 2,220
3 1,800
29 2,220
1 2,640
4 2,640
1 2,760
4 2,340
1 2,100
i 2,700
1 2, 520
3 2,280
1
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S
13
C
D
40
1 $3,000
1 2,376
1 2,244
1 2,112
6 1,848
12 1, 782
3 1,650
4 1,584
6 1,980
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8
3
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c
3
13
C
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44
1 2,280
1.920
1,740
1,680
1,620
7 1.920
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13
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62
1 $2,940
1 2,700
2 2,520
1 2,700
7 2, 280
16
13
1
2
2,040
1,980
1,920
1,860
1 $3,600
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13
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13
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30
1 $2,400
1 1,980
1 $2,400
1 1,980
9 2,190
2 1,800
9 1,620
7 1,500
12 1,740
3 1,660
C
D
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35
4 1,800
3 1,860
36 2,040
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13
2 1,860
1 2,160
1 $2,400
18 1,860
4 1,740
1 1,680
4 2,100
1 2,280
4 2,220
1 1,980
1 1,920
8
69
1 $3,600
13
1
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1 2,112
1 2,280
1 1,920
3 2,100
1 1,680
2 1,680
1
2
2
5
2,520
2,400
2,280
2,040
1 2,700
8 2,340
5 2,190
1
1 1,800
fcC
2,160
1 2,220
3 1,980
3 1,920
SALARIES A N D H O U R S , POLICE D E P A R T M E N T S
Alameda Alhambra
hZ
Women’s bureau:
Policewomen..
Matrons______
Miscellaneous:
Welfare secretaries.
Fingerprint section:4
Identification chiefs...
Identification clerks..
Fingerprint operators.
1 2,040
u
(5
)
Maintenance division:7
General mechanics, automobile.
(8
)
1 2,112
1 2,340
1,320
1 1,500
1 2, 280
2 960 (6
)
2 1,200
1 1, 320
1 1, 650
1 2,100
u
1 1,620
I, 500
1,860 }
1 1,800
1 1,020
1 1,860
1 1,800
3 1, 500
* 1,320
1 1,980
1 2,280
,
1 1,620
1 1,800
1 1,800
Miscellaneous................................... .
1 Cities with a population of 25,000 and under 50,000, based on U. S. Census of Popu
lation for 1930.
2Includes regular, full-time employees, but does not include part-time employees or
call men.
3Work-of this division performed by men assigned from uniformed force in Bellingham.
4 Work of this division performed by detective bureau in Riverside, Santa Ana, and
Salem.
1 2,100
1 1,740
1 1,260
(fi)
1 1,620
1 2,520
(6
)
(5
)
1 "1,740 \
1 2,280 /
1 1,320
1,200 1 . . .
1, 500 I
(8
)
PACIFIC CITIES
Secretaries...........
Stenographers___
Miscellaneous:
License clerks.
1 1,800
1 1,920
1 2,400
1 1,800
1 1,920
1 2,340
Telephone and radio division:
Superintendents.............
Radio operators—...............
Telephone operators..........
Clerical division:
Chief clerks—
Clerks...........
1 1,254
1 1,200
6 Men assigned to this work.
6 Direct wire to station KSDC, San Bernardino.
7Work of this division performed by separate city bureau or private company in River
side, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, and Stockton.
8 Surgeon, on call.
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SALARIES A N D H O U R S , POLICE D E P A R T M E N T S
able
E.— P o lice-dep a rtm en t
em p lo yees and total salaries in P a cific cities, classified
according to d iv isio n s , J u l y 1, 1 9 3 8 1
Number of employees
Division and occupation
All
cities
Total salaries
City group2
I
City group2
All cities
m
II
III
All divisions.—............... ............ 7,202 6,163
536
503 $16, 732,624 $14,499,431 $1, 232,495 $1,000,698
Uniformed division................. . 5,881 5,098
Chiefs_____________ ______ _
27
9
Assistant chiefs.. .
______
2
10
2
Assistant deputy chiefs_____
2
Inspectors.. —
______
7
8
Captains................................
73
57
Lieutenants.................. ........ 109
94
Sergeants....... ........................ 500
423
Plain-clothes men. ................
25
17
Patrolmen:
1st grade............... ......... 4, 230 3,816
132
187
2d grade................. .........
3d grade........................... 314
270
4th grade______________
111
91
5th grade and below____
28
10
Probationary__________
8
8
Other:
Motorcycle officers... 133
76
Cruiser-car officers.._
27
18
Traffic footmen.........
4
1
1
Special agents........ .
43
Patrol drivers............. ...........
43
Turnkeys_________________
17
14
24
Miscellaneous_______ ______
8
389
6
1
394
12
7
1
11
10
39
4
5
5
38
4
197
16
33
13
18
25
9
4
I
II
13,809,805
107,315
30,936
10,200
28, 798
229,650
315, 792
1, 281, 306
48, 684
12,116, 310
45, 380
11,100
10, 200
26,398
185, 646
276, 240
1,101,648
32,844
907,315
25,995
3,300
786,180
35,940
16, 536
2,400
32,100
27, 720
99, 780
8, 520
11,904
11,832
79,878
7,320
217
39
11
7
9,835, 248
384, 694
659, 250
223,092
54,480
14, 208
8,967,144
279,474
571, 260
185,136
19, 260
14, 208
446, 580
35, 620
68, 760
26, 280
35,220
421,524
69,600
19,230
11,676
32
330,060
57, 780
8,400
3,000
99,816
36, 360
50, 736
199, 800
38,880
62,820
18, 900
8,400
67,440
1,426, 328
22,464
5,000
235, 560
96,282
453, 576
244,116
342,150
27,180
2
3
14
3,000
99,816
30, 960
17, 916
4, 920
5,400
27,900
1,146, 986
15,864
5,000
219, 600
77, 442
410, 964
128, 976
277, 380
11,760
147, 480
6, 600
131,862
8, 700
26,160
57, 780
36,180
12,060
15,960
10,140
16,452
57, 360
28, 590
3,360
241,646
5,100
2,208
155, 586
65,852
12,900
207, 392
5,100
2, 208
137, 952
51, 932
10, 200
18, 780
15,474
10,620
8,160
7,014
5,760
2,700
Detective bureau.........................
Chiefs____________________
Chief inspectors....................
Inspectors_________________
Captains_______ _______ ___
Lieutenants........................
Sergeants.............................. .
Detectives..... .............. .........
Miscellaneous........................
523
6
1
85
30
153
102
135
11
406
4
1
78
23
137
53
106
4
57
2
60
3
9
23
15
5
7
4
7
26
14
2
Women’s bureau______________
Superintendents..___ _____
Assistant superintendents_
_
Policewomen_____ _________
M atrons_________________
Miscellaneous_____________
116
2
1
70
37
6
96
2
1
61
28
4
10
10
5
5
4
4
2
Fingerprint section......................
Identification chiefs...............
Identification clerks...............
Fingerprint operators..........
Photographers_____________
35
13
11
7
4
14
4
4
4
2
14
5
5
2
2
7
4
2
1
80,112
31,872
22, 560
16, 260
9, 420
33, 072
9,972
8,160
9,420
5, 520
32, 220
12,780
10,620
4,920
3, 900
14,820
9,120
3,780
1,920
Telephone and radio division___
Superintendents....................
Chief operators.____ ______
Radio operators........ .............
Telephone operators_______
Miscellaneous........... .............
139
12
1
26
85
15
104
3
20
3
1
10
3
3
15
6
241,403
27,174
2,400
50,009
132,168
29,652
172,631
6, 942
25, 752
12, 912
21, 269
121, 248
23,172
43,020
7, 320
2,400
22, 320
4,500
6,480
Clerical division......... ............... . 357
Chief clerks3
..........................
8
Clerks and bookkeepers........
70
Secretaries_________ _______
19
Assistant secretaries..............
3
Stenographers and typists.. . 230
27
Miscellaneous........... ............
See footnotes at end of table.
306
6
51
7
3
215
24
35
1
11
7
16
1
8
5
24,810
1,740
11,880
8, 370
1
530,634
16, 512
96, 276
19,146
6, 540
351,948
40,212
66,820
2,200
18,720
15,060
14
2
622,264
20,452
126,876
42, 576
6,540
380,868
44, 952
27,900
2,940
1,020
1,800
11
78
12
5
4
1
6,420
6,420
25
PACIFIC CITIES
T a b l e E.— Police-department employees and total salaries in Pacific cities, classified
according to divisions, July 1, 1988 1 Continued
—
Number of employees
Division and occupation
All
cities
Total salaries
City group2
I
Maintenance division__________
Electricians___ _ ________
Janitors__________ ______
Hostlers__________________
Laborers________________ _
Linemen_____ _ _________
Machinists______ ____ __
General mechanics_________
Mechanics’ helpers____
Miscellaneous_____________
128
1
15
10
1
2
1
43
27
28
122
1
14
10
Miscellaneous____ ___________
Medical division_________
Instruction division_______
Inspection division________
Miscellaneous____ ________
23
3
4
4
12
17
3
3
4
7
2
1
40
27
27
II
5
City group2
III
1
1
1
2
1
6
1
5
1
All cities
I
261,210
2,503
23,684
21,600
1,800
5,040
1,721
99, 926
47,460
57,476
250,830
2,503
22,184
21,600
49,856
10,020
9, 264
9,552
21,020
41, 576
10,020
7, 764
9,552
14, 240
5,040
1,721
94,046
47,460
56, 276
II
8,580
III
1,800
1,500
1,800
4,080
1,800
1, 200
8,280
1,500
6,780
1Complete details on the number of employees and the range of salaries for each occupation are shown in
appendix tables B, C, and D.
2See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
8Classification includes purchasing accountant and assistant in Los Angeles.
T a b l e F .— Police-department employees in Pacific cities, classified according to hours and days on duty and divisions, July 1, 1938
System of operation
Aver
All divisions
age
days
on
City group 1
duty All
per cities
week
II
III
7, 202
All systems. ............. ............................................. .........
2-platoon:
Four 10-hour groups overlapping, off 1 day per week.
City group i
All
cities
6,163
536
503
5,881
Other.
6.0
22
22
6.1
6.1
6.0
5.8
505
443
49.0
48.6
48.0
46.7
5,759
604
2,476
2,679
505
99
319
25
5,851
542
2,318
2,967
24
5.6
473
404
31
Fingerprint section
System of operation
All
cities
All systems.......................................................... .........
II
City group 1
394
5,092
542
2,238
2,312
III
City group 1
III
104
35
All
cities
370
20
II
406
500
41
148
311
389
80
266
24
389
41
138
210
Clerical division
All
cities
O
60
II
116
96
10
96
15
40
41
10
357
Maintenance division
City group1
II
306
"36”
304
i See footnote 2 of table 1 for size of cities in each group.
I
10
22
53
Other.................. .................... .......... .
City group 1
20
36
120
4
63
53
III
All
cities
113
15
43
54
1
57
35
III
All
cities
128
City group1
III
122
2-platoon:
Four 10-hour groups overlapping, off 1 day per
week......................... .............................. .......... .
3-platoon........... .......................... ........
8-hour tours, off every 8th day____
8-hour tours, off 0.9 days per week.
8-hour tours, off 1 day per week----8-hour tours, off 1.2 days per week.
Women’s bureau
City group1
523
10
Telephone and radio
division
All
cities
HI
5,098
20
6,707
604
2,575
3,503
25
46. 4
3-platoon_________________________________ _______
8-hour tours, off every 8th day.......................... ........
8-hour tours, off 0.9 days per week........................ .
8-hour tours, off 1 day per week___ ______ ________
8-hour tours, off 1.2 days per week. ......... .............
Detective bureau
Uniformed division
270
39
Miscellaneous
All
cities
23
City group 1
SALARIES AND HOURS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
Aver
age
hours
on
duty
per
week
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