Richmond, Virginia: Report on a Survey of the City Government1917 - Richmond (Va.) - 973 pages |
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Page 343 - A section showing the activities of the force. This section should be divided into two parts, namely, detective division and uniformed force — a — Under the heading "detective division" the fullest detailed statistics possible should be furnished in tabular form as to the following: (1) Complaints received requiring detective attention, showing the number investigated, the number unfounded, the number upon which arrests were made, those upon which no action at all was taken, and the number upon...
Page 943 - It includes in general all positions in institutions other than those involving professional work from helpers and artisans up to and including lay administrators. A helper in an institution who receives maintenance may be doing work very similar to that of a laborer or skilled laborer in other departments, but the conditions of employment...
Page 945 - ... institutions must be higher than those in private hospitals and institutions. On the other hand, there are employes in institutions, such as male helpers and artisans, who will render satisfactory service at rates considerably lower than those received by persons performing similar work in private employment and even in other branches of the city service. For example, there are persons who have some skill and experience in carpentry, plumbing and other...
Page 343 - ... classified as to crime, showing the number of males and females, and the disposition of the cases under the headings, — "convicted," "acquitted
Page 343 - The table should show how the burglary was effected under a form heading, such as — false keys, breaking doors insecurely fastened, etc., and the hours between which the burglary was believed to have been committed, the total value of property stolen, the total value of the property recovered, the number of cases in which no ultimate loss occurred, number of cases in unoccupied houses, and the number of cases in which violence was used. (7) Number of arrests and investigations made by each member...
Page 944 - ... salary are often of apparent rather than real value. For example, although Fire Telegraph Despatchers are performing work similar in some respects to the work of ordinary telegraph despatchers and train despatchers, a large part of their duties is peculiar to a city fire alarm system. The fixation of their compensation by comparison with private employment without regard to their peculiar duties would be unfair and inaccurate. The difference is even more marked in the supervisory positions in...
Page 344 - Arrests on holidays for intoxication, disorderly conduct and prostitution. g — Disposition of all arrests, classified as to offense, showing total number of arrests made for each crime, records of convictions and acquittals (with sub-classifications as to convictions by plea of guilty or by trial and acquittal by direction, by verdict), or discharged (sub-classified as to discharges by magistrates or grand jury...
Page 343 - ... detailed statistics should be furnished in tabular form as to the following: 1. Complaints received and investigated by the uniformed force, showing the number investigated, the number unfounded, and the number upon which arrests were made, those upon which no action at all was taken, and the number upon which no results were obtained. '2. Arrests for felonies made by the members of the uniformed force, classified as to crime, showing the number of males and females, and the disposition of the...
Page 947 - This range of salary provides for the fact that in many cases an employee enters a position with relatively little experience and that through application and experience over a considerable period of time his usefulness increases to its maximum value. Advancement within this range of salary from the minimum to the maximum is held out as an incentive to efficient service. In the case of a classification of city employments in which a number of positions of similar but not identical value must necessarily...
Page 503 - ... suspicion, or on complaint of citizens. 8 — A table of purchases made for the purpose of testing, not the scales, but the manipulation of the scales and the results found. This table should also show the amount of money spent by the bureau and its inspectors in purchases, as well as the disposition of the commodities purchased. For example, if an inspector purchased a ham for the purpose of testing the honesty of the butcher, this table should show the cost of the ham and the disposition made...