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Reform in San Francisco Police

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 18, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 41.

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Reform in San Francisco Police

That San Francisco police are openly winking at certain violations of the Penal Code as well as city ordinances, is an accusation brought against Chief of Police John B. Martin by District Attorney Charles M. Fickert. In Fickert's charge he declares: "The two worst features of the Tenderloin as it is now conducted is the freedom with which young boys and girls are permitted to visit the dance halls and dives." The chief of police has been forced to resign and a new one has been appointed, who begins a vigorous reform.