A Patrolman Quits Under Cloud of Suspicion
Facing humiliation over false accusations of wrongdoing, an officer on the waterfront beat turns in his badge.
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Rather than be the cause of any further attack on the police department, Patrolman Jarland, recently given a ten-days' lay off for alleged disobedience of orders, appeared before Chief Duley Saturday afternoon and turned over his badge and other signia of authority. Mr. Jarland said to the Times this morning that the humiliation of being accused of deeds of which he was not guilty was too much, and that he decided to quit. Jarland was considered by Chief Duley as the best man on the waterfront beat. He was changed to a residence beat some time ago.
“The humiliation of being accused of deeds of which he was not guilty was too much.”
The internal politics and public scrutiny of police departments in Tacoma are historic constants. Jarland's resignation highlights the tension between police leadership and the individual officers working the city's complex waterfront beat.
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