City Hall Shakes Up Police Department
Tacoma replaces officers as the city prepares for a strict enforcement of municipal ordinances.
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Quite a shake-up has occurred in the police force during the past few days. Several men have resigned voluntarily and others have resigned by request. The following officers have lately been replaced by new men: Newstrom and Webb of South Tacoma; McDevitt, Moys, Nelson, Kahler, of Old Town; Hawley, W. W. Blackwell, Hubbell, Harvey J. Miller, Coates, Westover, Stotenbur, Harris, of Old Town; and Mounted Patrolman Hopkins. Chief Maloney stated that the first of May would see a strict enforcement of the rules of the police department and certain ordinances that have been dead letters. He states that, among other things, the officers have been instructed that boys under 18 years of age must not be allowed in saloons. The rigid enforcement of that provision will meet with the approval of all good citizens and will undoubtedly result in a curtailment of profits in certain well-known resorts.
“Chief Maloney stated that the first of May would see a strict enforcement of the rules of the police department and certain ordinances that have been dead letters.”
The perennial struggle between 'good citizens' pushing for moral regulation and the businesses that rely on looser rules remains a staple of Tacoma's civic identity. Chief Maloney's crackdown on youth in saloons mirrors modern tensions over public spaces and neighborhood policing.
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