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Show 129 !his list partioular po,sitton. was OV$" to the ohlef or sent poli4e \the' then ha4 the group, and that pe-r86n 8'&lect.d would be p.1.e. pr'erogativt) to selat an.,. proved .ah1.tQCtoy be wu14 be police ottic$. As h. sev.4 given ({uality,lng t()ugh as the years in the ranks, higher positions t,o length of sepvic., tht$ aoted t •• pur the aehlevelltenta, wherea$ in the PlAst if he was * friend or the ahlef $pec1al regar4 ,nll I'election of the removal of pol!.oemen. or w,as arbitrarily selected the cOmmissioner or politioal 1ntlueno It was &tlll th&:re, which denied, but Oivil Se1ee did the "1ntluentlra.l a man to greater men same The most outstanding feature in other influential pt\rson. be as • •e.41$.8 t. 8a# this position 00.14 take thol ••am1natlon. tQr the higher abl1it1$s Q\et. posi'b1ona "prObation" on • pean&nt .xaminatiQna' would periodically be held for Inn all those of that departlr.tent to s1x .$tithe,. whereupon, it he at work on the a name politician· who shear ..as a trom the ean not lot of power rom anxious to ttplay favorites." to Traffio. and its associated prOblems continued the poliee Not that a next few years. major shae or worrIes for the major cres were not being committed--many burglarie and robberies and other violent tonna of ox-1m lner$&se. gve were on the that Salt Lake CIty Many officers have stated wa |
