Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 311, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 1, 1954 Page: 43 of 53
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TA OCTO RS. LAWYERS, merchants,
• and a lot of other citizens are
helping fight crime in cities and towns
throughout the U. S. As unpaid vol-
unteer police, they work with the reg-
ular police force in almost everything
from helping old women across the
street to tracking down murderers.
The old slogan, “The blue uniform is
the greatest crime deterrent,” has been
adopted by the volunteer cops, who
reason that as the number of blue uni-
forms goes up the number of crimes
goes down. Already reserve or aux-
iliary police are helping out in hun-,
dreds of cities including Milwaukee,
Wis.; New Haven, Conn.; South Bend,
Ind.; Youngstown, Ohio; Trenton, N. J.;
Rapid City, S. D.; and Washington,
D. C. In some areas, volunteers are
called to duty only in emergencies.
Melvin Gerald, a foundry supervisor
by day, is a part-time cop in Hinsdale,
III., a town of 10,500. Although reserve
policemen in many towns are limited
to traffic control or desk work, Gerald
works alongside the regulars.
The 30 Hinsdale reserve cops include
an air-line pilot, a barber, a realtor, a
physicist, an optometrist, and a factory
foreman. Each man has a regular police
uniform and a .38 revolver. During
their two-and-a-half years in opera-
tion. the Hinsdale reserves have helped
greatly in keeping the crime rate down,
says Police Chief William O. Freeman.
These part-time cops are well aware
of the rapidly rising U. S. crime rate.
According to the F.B.I., major crimes
rose six percent last year to an esti-
mated 2,159,000 offenses. About four
million persons were arrested in 1953
for crimes other than minor traffic of-
fenses. Since 1950, crime totals have
risen more than 20 percent.
That’s why the part-time policeman
isn't just playing cops and robbers.
He’s doing a job of law enforcement
as a contribution to his community.
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Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 311, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 1, 1954, newspaper, August 1, 1954; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1430855/m1/43/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Denton Public Library.