Town of Arlington annual report 1958, Part 18

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To Lester W. Cameron, Assistant Superintendent of the Fire and Police Signal System, and to the signal maintainers, for untir- ing efforts for the continuous operation of the system, my deepest appreciation.


Respectfully submitted, Thomas H. Egan Superintendent, Fire and Police Signal System


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REPORT OF THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT


Report of the Purchasing Department


January 27, 1959.


Mr. Edward C. Monahan


Town Manager


Arlington 74, Massachusetts


Dear Mr. Monahan:


I herewith submit my report as Assistant Purchasing Agent for the year ending December 31, 1958.


The amount of service rendered by the Purchasing Department during the past year is indicated by the following table:


Purchase Requistions received 5148


Purchase Orders processed 6640


Total dollar value of invoices $1,082,140.71


The provisions of Article 7A, Contracts and Purchases, of the By-Laws of the Town are strictly adhered to. Not only is the letter of the law observed, but the spirit of the law is strictly enforced. Wherever possible, purchases are combined so that formal bids are requested from prospective bidders. In addition, the spirit of coin- petition is carried over into our day to day purchasing operations and telephone quotations are received from at least three bidders whenever possible and practical.


Specifications for formal bids are carefully prepared so that prospective bidders have available all information necessary to pre- pare an intelligent and competitive bid. All bids are carefully analyzed prior to their award. Thorough investigation is made of the physical and financial responsibility of bidders unfamiliar to the Town of Arlington so that we may determine their competency to provide the material or services bid upon. Where deemed neces- sary, insurance certificates and performance bonds are obtained. This provision protects the Town of Arlington against loss from! suits or the deficiencies of inadequate performance.


Term Contracts are obtained on items such as Fuel Oil, Tires, Gasoline, Oil, Grease, Diesel Fuel, Storage Batteries, Incandescent and Fluorescent Lamps, Coal, etc. and in this manner considerable savings are realized by combining the needs of all town departments over a period of time.


During the year 1958, much stress was placed on increasing competition for town requirements and this has resulted in further savings to the Town.


I wish to take this opportunity to express my sincere apprecia- tion to the Town Manager, Board of Selectmen, various Boards, Commissions, Trustees, Town Officials, Committees, Department Heads and my staff for their cooperation throughout the year.


Respectfully submitted,


James L. Sullivan Assistant Purchasing Agent


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Annual Report of the Personnel Board


January 16, 1959


To the Citizens of Arlington:


The Personnel Board herewith respectfully submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1958.


The membership of the Board remains the same as reported last year. William J. Frost and William J. Fallon were appointed to; March 12, 1959, Paul E. Widder was reappointed to March 12, 1961, John J. Kelliher, an employee representative, appointed to April 13, 1960, and Warren E. O'Leary, an employee nominee, was reappointed to March 12, 1961. William J. Frost was re-elected Chairman for the coming year.


The Board attended the second annual conference of the Mass- achusetts Municipal Personnel Boards Association at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and William J. Frost was moderator of a panel discussion on "Effecting a Working Relationship Be- tween School Administration and Local Personnel Boards". Lee Morris spoke at the Association's November conference in Fram- ingham on salary trends and classification problems. Personnel ad- ministration in municipalities continues to grow with seventy-five personnel boards or directors in the State at the present time.


The Board has held 12 meetings during the year and considered 31 requests of individuals, committees, boards and appointing authorities. The Police and Fire request for a $500.00 increase in the PF Salary Schedule and the request of Local 680 for $260.00 for all employees are included in the considerations. The Leave Regulations have been in effect since March of 1957 and we find that amendments are necessary to clarify ambiguities and new sections are needed to cover situations that have arisen since the regulations were adopted. In addition to the meetings, we have had frequent contact with the Executive Secretary on various personnel matters that have arisen between meetings. The Executive Secretary has had numerous conferences with the Town Manager, department heads, employees and the Division of Civil Service on matters pertaining to Civil Service procedure and the operation of the Classification and Pay Plan. The following are some of the routine personnel procedures handled by this department during the year:


Emergency appointments 73


Appointments - temporary, provisional, renewals 176


Permanent appointments


24


Promotions - permanent and temporary renewals


48


Termination of temporary and permanent employment Permanent transfers


188


3


Group insurance


15


Loyalty Oaths 75


In order that employees or appointing authorities shall have reasonable opportunity to be heard, as required by Article 7C of the By-Laws, we urge that all requests be brought to the Board before November of each year. It is impossible to give proper consideration


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to last minute requests received just prior to the closing of the Warrant.


There are at present 541 permanent full-time, 19 permanent part-time, 19 temporary full-time, 36 temporary part-time, and 25 seasonal part-time classified employees in the service of the Town. These figures do not include personnel under the direction of the School Committee.


The Board appreciates the cooperation and assistance given by the Town Manager, Finance Committee, officials, boards, Town Coun- sel and employees in our effort to fairly administer the duties and responsibilities involved. We also wish to express our sincere ap- preciation for the capable services of our Executive Secretary and for the clerical work performed by Mrs. Helen Mccluskey.


Respectfully submitted,


William J. Fallon John J. Kelliher Paul E. Widder Warren E. O'Leary William J. Frost, Chairman


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Report of the Town Counsel


December 31, 1958


Mr. Edward C. Monahan Town Manager Arlington 74, Massachusetts


Dear Sir:


I herewith submit my report for the year 1958 in accordance with Section 3 of Article 3 of the By-Laws of the Town of Arlington.


There have been thirty-one accident claims against the Town this year. Twelve of them have been settled as authorized by the Town Manager and the Board of Selectmen. Nine have brought suit and ten are in abeyance. Of the previous year's claims and. suits, eleven were abandoned without suit, two were abandoned at the time they were reached for trial, four were settled as authorized by the Town Manager and the Board of Selectmen, and there were verdicts for the Town in three cases. There were no verdicts against the Town.


A number of land damage claims arising from storm drain in- stallations and street widenings were compromised also as autlior- ized by the Town Manager and the Board of Selectmen.


At the Adjourned Session of the 1957 Annual Town Meeting held on March 20, 1957, a quorum being present, the Town Meeting members, under Article 27 of the Warrant for said Town Meeting, voted 106 in the affirmative and 91 in the negative on a motion to amend the Classification Plan - Schedule A and the Pay Plan - Schedule B by increasing the figures contained therein relating to Grades PF-2, PF-3, PF-4, PF-5, and PF-6. The aforesaid grades l'elate to and include all the ranks of the uniformed personnel of the Police and Fire Departments. The motion was declared lost be- cause it was lacking a majority of the entire membership of the Representative Town Meeting ruled necessary to amend a Town By-Law under Robert's Rules of Order. At the time of said Ad- journed Session on March 20, 1957, there were 251 duly qualified Town Meeting Members.


Nine members of the uniformed personnel of the Police and Fire Departments acting in their individual capacities have brought a Petition for a Declaratory Judgment or Decree in the Middlesex Superior Court under the provisions of Chapter 231A of the General Laws of Massachusetts (Ter.Ed.) as a test case to determine whether the aforesaid vote under said Article 27 was legally ef- fective to amend the Classification and Pay Plans and further tor determine if they, as members of the Police and Fire Departments, are legally entitled to be compensated at the maximum salaries for their respective grades which they contend were increased by the aforesaid vote.


A Final Decree in favor of the Town stating that the vote under Article 27 of the Warrant for the 1957 Annual Town Meeting was not a valid vote so as to effectively strike out and insert in the


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REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL


Pay Plan - Schedule B the words and figures referred to in said vote and to increase the minimum, step rate one, and the maximum salaries for gardes PF2, PF3, PF4, PF5, and PF6 in the Pay Plan - 'Schedule B as provided in said vote, was handed down by the Justice of the Superior Court.


The petitioners appealed from this decree to the Supreme Judicial Court. The case was argued by the Town Counsel and Counsel for the Petitioners at the December, 1958, Sitting of the Supreme Judicial Court and a decision is anticipated in the near future.


A Bill in Equity brought by the Building Inspector of the Town to enforce the Zoning By-Laws and to obtain an injunction against their violation by reason of the conduct of a business in a certain residential area of the Town resulted in a Final Decree in the Superior Court in favor of the Town and permanently enjoining! the said business operation in the area in question.


A Bill in Equity appealing from a decision of the Building Board of Appeals resulted in a Final Decree in the Superior Court in favor of the Town and upholding the decision of the Board of Appeals.


Three other Bills in Equity were brought against the Town, One was abandoned at the time of trial. The other two resulted in Final decrees in the Superior Court in favor of the Town and, dismissing the bills.


Substantial amounts of money for aid rendered by the Board of Health and the Symmes Arlington Hospital have been collected and turned over to the Town Collector.


Substantial amounts of money for aid rendered by the Bureau of Old Age Assistance have been recovered and turned over to the Town Collector also.


The Town Counsel has been available at regular and special meetings of the Board of Selectmen, has worked in close co-operation with the Town Manager, has rendered opinions as requested by the Town Manager, various Boards, Departments, Committees and Officers, has attended meetings at State Boards and Commissions, and has been vigilant in all matters affecting the interest of the, Town.


For the kind consideration and co-operation extended to me by all the officials of the Town during the past year, and especially to the Board of Selectmen and Town Manager, I desire to record my sincere appreciation.


Very truly yours, Joseph A. Purcell Town Counsel


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Annual Report of the Police Department


Mr. Edward C. Monahan


Town Manager


Town Hall Arlington, Mass.


Dear Mr. Monahan:


I herewith submit my fifth Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 1958:


TOWN OF ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS


Population 47,148


Area


5 1/2 Square Miles


Public Streets


78.95 Miles


Private Streets open to travel 36.28 Miles


State Highways and Parkways


5.87 Miles


The net cost of operation of the Police Department for 1958, including maintenance of Police Headquarters and equipment was $451,994.97


Salaries $428,766.72


Maintenance of Building and


other Expenses


28,137.12


Gross Cost


$456,903.84


Less Receipts as follows:


Bicycle Licenses $ 103.25


Court Fines turned over to Treasurer 1,615.50


Miscellaneous


40.25


Reimbursement for damages to Town Property


2,272.27


Permits for Firearms 496.00


Taxi Operators' Licenses


381.60


Total Receipts 4,908.87


Net Cost of Department for 1958 $451,994.97 Per Capita cost based on population of 47,148 9.59


ORGANIZATION CHIEF OF POLICE ALBERT E. RYAN


Ferdinand A. Lucarelli


Captains James J. Flynn


Thomas F. Sullivan


Charles O. Toomey


Lieutenants John Y. Duggan, Jr. Philip A. Sweeney William M. Germain


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REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT


William A. Riley George H. Fitzgibbon Edward A. Sullivan Charles W. Scannell John A. Ryan


Sergeants


Walter H. O'Leary


Harold J. O'Leary Francis A. Cook


Arthur G. Guarente James A. Doherty


Patrolmen


George G. Alexie


John H. LeCain


James P. Barry


Daniel F. Lee


William F. Bowler


Robert E. Lombard


Henry E. Bradley


James J. Lyons


John J. Buckley, Jr.


Agostino G. Manderino


Thomas E. Burns


John F. McNally


William F. Burns


George J. Morgan


Frederick J. Cameron


Robert C. O'Brien


Thomas A. O'Neil, Jr.


Amelio Cappella John F. Carroll


James M. Casali, Jr.


William J. Colby


James H. Cooke


John F. Powers James J. Reagan


John J. Donnelly James J. Donovan


Robert J. Roche


Gerald J. Duggan


Dominic J. Santosuosso


Donald M. Flynn


Wilson P. Schaber


Lawrence B. Flynn


Donald Seabury


Raymond W. Forrest


Charles L. Sewall


William K. Fraser


Richard F. Shea


Walter T. Galvin


William J. Shea, Jr.


Charles E. Skerry


Peter F. Greeley John J. Hourihan


Albert E. Spina


Timothy T. Hourihan


Edward J. Keating


Paul D. Keeffe


James J. Tierney


John M. Kelley


Virgil E. Wagner


Walter F. Knowles


George J. White


William J. Lanigan


William F. White


Robert G. Learnard


Albert L. Young


Civilian Employees


Principal Clerk Anne P. O'Neil


Principal Clerk-Stenographer Bernice H. Holmes


Senior Clerk-Stenographer Dorothy A. Lahan Police Matron Mary A. Tremblay Custodian


Raymond Wilson


Motor Equipment and Radio Repairman Joseph J. Keefe


Traffic Signal Maintenance Man James J. Carmody


Asst. Traffic Signal Maintenance Man James X. O'Leary


Motor Equipment Operator Grade 1 Wilbur Nelson


Bernard L. O'Quinn


Robert L. Ouellette


Frank J. Davidson


William E. Richardson, Jr.


John J. Roche


Joseph A. Steele William B. Taylor


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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


SCHOOL TRAFFIC SUPERVISORS


Catherine M. Abbott


Elsie M. Duggan


Mary M. Barnstead


Julia Eustace


Eleanor M. Campobasso


Estelle A. Ferry


Louise Cronan


Ruth E. Foley


Julia D. Cronin


Marion R. Hamel


Rose DeGeorge


Mary J. Karpinski


Kathryn T. (Dempster) Doherty Margaret E. Knowles


Rita M. Doherty


Dorothy I. Leary


Helen F. Downing


Margaret R. Duffy


Julia M. Morrison Annabelle O'Connell


Kathleen V. Wright


LOST TIME FOR YEAR Days off, vacation and sickness amounted to 9,544 days.


MILITARY SERVICE


Patrolman Edward J. Keating is still in the Military Service having been recalled May 1st, 1952.


NEW APPOINTMENTS


Patrolmen


Thomas A. O'Neil, Jr. May 18, 1958


William F. Bowler, Jr. October 19, 1958


SCHOOL TRAFFIC SUPERVISORS


Julia Eustace


April 14, 1958


CIVILIANS


Raymond W. Wilson


April 7, 1958


SEPARATIONS FROM DEPARTMENT


Patrolmen


William B. Taylor resigned September 26, 1958


SCHOOL TRAFFIC SUPERVISORS


Kathryn T. (Dempster) Doherty resigned September 8, 1958 Mary Karpinski resigned September 8, 1958


The Department has a total of 79 police officers, including all' grades, which is a ratio of one and sixty seven one hundreths (1.67), per thousand population based on a total population of 47,148.


STATISTICS ON ARRESTS -1958


Number of Persons Arrested - Male 870


Number of Persons Arrested - Female 61


Criminal Process Served for Outside Departments 1,399


TOTAL 2,330


Residents


1,700


Non-Residents


541


Juvenile or Persons under 17 years of Age Residents 69


Non-Residents 20 89'


TOTAL 2,330,


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REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT


OFFENSES FOR WHICH ARRESTS WERE MADE CRIMES VS. PERSON


1957


1958


Aggravated Assault


0


1


Assault and Battery with Dangerous Weapon


1


3


Assault and Battery


12


9


Assault and Battery, Indecent


0


2


Carnal Abuse


1


1


Kidnapping


1


0


Robbery, Armed or Unarmed


2


0


Threatening


4


1


TOTAL


21


17


CRIMES VS. PROPERTY


1957


1958


Breaking and Entering and Larceny


14


11


Forgery, Uttering, and Larceny


7


4


Larceny by Check


5


8


Larceny of More than $100.00


9


6


Larceny of Less than $100.00


14


18


Larceny of Automobile


10


6


Malicious Damage to Property


2


1


Receiving Stolen Property


0


2


Using Motor Vehicle Without Authority


6


3


TOTAL


67


59


CRIMES VS. PUBLIC ORDER


1957


1958


Absent Without Leave


2


1


Accosting


1


1


Accessory After the Fact


1


0


Adultery


6


1


Carrying Dangerous Weapon


0


1


Burglarious Tools in Possession


0


2


Committing an Unnatural Act


0


8


Conspiracy


0


8


Dangerous Weapon in Vehicle Under Control


0


1


Delinquent Children


102


89


Disturbing the Peace


5


4


Drunkenness


123


158


Escaped Inmate


3


0


Failing to Provide Necessary Care of Child


0


1


False Name to Police Officer


1


0


Fornication


0


1


Fugitive From Justice


0


1


Illegal Possession of Switch Knife


0


1


Illegitimacy


2


3


Incest


0


2


Indecent Exposure


0


1


Contributing to Delinquency of Minor


1


2


220


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


1957


1958


Lewd in Speech and Behaviour


0


2


Lewd and Lascivious Cohabitation


2


4


Lewdness


0


1


Meter Violations


37


26


Non-Support


14


14


Obscene Pictures in Possession


0


3


Open and Gross Lewdness


2


3


Safekeeping


25


11


Stubborn Child


1


0


Suspicious Person


28


29


Trespassing


0


1


Vagrant


0


3


Violation of Auto Laws


178


169


Violation of Auto Laws (Operating to Endanger)


35


19


Violation of Auto Laws (Operating Under Influence)


47


47


Violation of Drug Laws


0


3


Violation of Firearm Laws


0


4


Violation of Probation


9


12


Violation of Town By-Law


1


1


Violation of Traffic Rules


179


217


Criminal Process Served for Outside Departments 1,018


1,399


TOTAL


1,8'23


2,254


RECAPITULATION


1957


1958


* Crimes vs. Person


21


17


* Crimes vs. Property


67


59


* Crimes vs. Public Order


805


855


Criminal Process Served for Outside Departments


1,018


1,399


TOTAL CRIMES FOR WHICH ARRESTS WERE MADE 1,911


2,330


*Juvenile Arrests are Included In These Totals


DISPOSITION OF CASES


1957


1958


Delivered Outside


1,018


1,399


Guilty


655


721


Not Guilty and Discharged


104


114


Pending


10


14


Released or Discharged


124


82


1,911


2,330


REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT


JUVENILE OFFICER'S REPORT 1958


AGE GROUP


7


8


9 10 11 12 13


14 15


16


Total


Assault & Battery


1


2


2


3


2


1


11


A & B. Dgrs. Weapon


1


1


B & E & L. Night-Time


1


1


Carrying Firearms


2


2


4


Disturbance of Peace


1


5


5


10


21


Drunkenness


1


1


1


1


Larceny, Over $100.


2


1


2


5


Larceny, Under $100.


1


1


6


2


5


4


4.


3


6


32


Malicious Damage


1


1


1


1


1


2


6


13.


Miscellaneous


1


3


3


2


5


5


9


13


10


51


Open & Gross Lewdness


2


2


2


3


5


10


3


1


3


7


TOTAL


4


6 10


17


12


34 35 51


173.


3


6 10


4 16 10


31 30 47 - 157).


( FEMALES


1


1


2


3


5


4 -


16).


TOTAL


4


6 10


4 17 12


34 35 51 - 173


-


The number of Repeaters for the year 1958 was 10.


Restitution made for the year 1958 amounted to $1,036.84


2


2


3


7


False Alarms


2


Fornication


5


5


Unnatural Acts


Using M.V. W/O Auth.


Runaways


(MALES


221


JUVENILE OFFICER'S REPORT - 1958


OFFENSE


Out of Town


Brackett


Bishop


Crosby


Cutter


Dallin


Hardy


Locke


J. H. East


J. H. Ind.


J. H. West


Parmenter


Pierce


Sr. High


St. Agnes


St. James


Thompson


Voc. High


TOTAL


Male


Female


Court


Y. S. Bd.


Probation


File


Institution


Dismissed


Warned


TOTAL


A & B.


2


2


3


3


1


11|


10 1 4


1


3


7|


11|


A & B. Dgrs. Weap.


1


1|


1|


| 1


1


1


B&E&L. (Night)


1


1|


1


1


1


1


Carry. Firearms


1


3


4|


4|


4


4


Distr. Peace


3


4


2


2|


21|


19| 2|


5


1


4 16


21


Drunkenness


4


1


2


7|


4 3 5


4


1


2


7


False Alarms. (Fire)


1


1


1


1


1


1


Larc. Over


2


1


2


5


5


5


4


1


5


Larc. Under


4


1


1


5


4


2


2| 7 |1 | 4|1 ||


32|


31|


3


2


1


29


3.2


Mal. Damage


1


4


4| 1|


3|


13


13


5


5


8


13


Miscellaneous


6


2


1


2 | 13


6


1


961 | 2|2||


51|


47


4


51


51


Open & Gr. Lewd.


1


4


5


5


-


4


4


1


5


Unnat. Act


1


1


2|


1|1 |2


1 |1


2


Using M.V. W/O Auth.


1


5


1


3


10|


10


7 |1 |6


3


10


Runaway


2


1


2


2


7


3|4 |1


1


6


7


MALES


18


2


1 |3|32


1


27


4 36 16|2 |103


157


FEMALES


7


1


12


4 |


4


16


TOTAL


25


2


2


13|33 1


29


6 |40|16| 2 |10 |3 |173


43 |2 |26


1 |14 |130||173


--


1


2|


2


2


2


Fornication


1


223


REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT


MISCELLANEOUS DUTIES


1957


1958


Accidents Other Than Auto


Personal Injury Involved


153


177


Bank Alarm - False


36


24


Bank Alarm - Test


108


78


Buildings Found Open and Made Secure


453


575


Buildings Reported Vacant and Protected


888


797


Cases Investigated


3,110


4,175


Complaints of Children


1,156


1,077


Dead Bodies Cared For Animal


91


88


Dead Bodies Cared For


Human


25


39


Dogs Killed


31


22


Dog Bites Investigated


93


105


Dog Complaints


132


144


Electric Lights - Defective


795


776


Electric Wires - Defective


45


121


Fire Alarms - False


77


68


Fire Alarms - Given


168


168


Injured Persons Assisted Home


12


20


Injured Persons Assisted to Hospital


182


170


Investigations for Other Departments


51


41


Lanterns Placed on Dangerous Places


48


43


Lost Children Cared For


77


18


Mental Persons


25


15


Messages Delivered


118


118


Missing Persons


68


63


Officers at Fires


276


247


Sick Persons Assisted Home


21


14


Sick Persons Assisted to Hospital


123


134


Streets and Walks - Defective


143


165


Water Running to Waste


71


63


TOTAL


8,576


9,545


MOTOR VEHICLE VIOLATIONS


Motor Vehicle Violations


1,542


Residents Prosecuted


24


Residents Warned


623


Parking Violations


3,508


Residents Prosecuted


607


Residents Warned


2,338


Meter Violations


2,964


Residents Prosecuted


73


Residents Warned


1,418


No Fix


1,473


8,014


AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS


1957


1958:


Fatalities


1


1


Involving Personal Injury


291


266


Involving Property Damage


247


269


TOTAL


539


536


224


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Accidents Investigated


200


203


Number of Persons Injured


428


403


Operators Interviewed


313


308


Witnesses Interviewed


22


21


Injured Persons Interviewed


91


82


TOTAL


426


411


The one Fatal Accident was as follows:


On December 24, 1958 at 4:52 P.M. Manuel Johnson, 75 years, 143 Lake Street, Arlington, a pedestrian, while crossing Massachu- setts Avenue in a southerly direction toward Orvis Road was struck by an automobile being operated inbound on Massachusetts Avenue receiving injuries which resulted in his death on that date.


AUTOMOBILES


1957


1958


Reported Stolen in Arlington


22


28


Reported Stolen in Arlington and Recovered


22


26


Recovered in Arlington for Other Cities


48


42


OWNERSHIP TRANSFERRED


Permits to Use by Private Owners


981


Used cars taken in Trade by Arlington Dealers 5,666


LICENSES - REGISTRATIONS - SUSPENDED - REVOKED


Licenses to Operate Suspended


195


285


Licenses to Operate Revoked


52


59


Registrations Revoked


14


16


Registrations Suspended


13


5


AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS


Fatalities


1


1


Involving Personal Injury


291


266


Involving Property Damage


247


269


539


536


REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT


225


BUREAU OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION 1958


The following crimes have been investigated and are classified as follows:


Aggravated Assault 2


Unfounded 0


Cleared by Arrest 2


Not Cleared by Arrest 0


* Breaking and Entering and Larceny 106


Unfounded 39


Cleared by Arrest 10


Not Cleared by Arrest 57


* Larcenies Reported 280


Unfounded 120


Cleared by Arrest 25


Not Cleared by Arrest 135


*Larcenies of Automobiles ..


36


Unfounded 8


Cleared by Arrest 9


Not Cleared by Arrest 19


Larcenies by Check 39


Unfounded 0


Cleared by Arrest 35


Not Cleared by Arrest 4


Robbery


Unfounded 1


Cleared by Arrest 0


Not Cleared by Arrest 0


*Includes Attempts To Commit


INVESTIGATIONS 1958


Abandonment of Child


1


Accidental Death


4


Accosting


5


Adultery


2


Assault & Battery


31


Assault & Battery (By Means of Dangerous Weapon)


3


Assault & Battery (Indecent)


1


Breaking & Entering & Larceny


106


Burglarious Tools In Possession


2


Conspiracy


3


1


Disturbance of Peace


3


Fires (Suspicious)


4


Forgery & Uttering


10


Former Residents Investigated


4


Fornication


2


Gaming


2


1


Contributing to Delinquency of Minor


226


ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT


Home Conditions


5


Illegitimacy


2


Incest


2


Indecent Exposure


8


Larcenies


355


Lewdness


3


Lewd & Lacivious Cohabitation


Open & Gross Lewdness


Malicious Damage to Property


Mental


3


Miscellaneous


48


Missing Persons


11


Murder (Committed in 1951 still under investigation)


3


Neglect of Child


1


Non-Support


34


Objectionable Literature (No. Stores Checked)


352


Obscene Pictures in Possession


5


Outside Police Departments


13


Persons (Suspicious)


12


Polygamy


1


Prowlers


2


Receiving Stolen Property


2


Sudden Deaths


49


Suicides (Includes Attempts)


18


Telephone Calls (Suspicious and Obscene)


1.2


Threatening


3


Trespassing


1


Unnatural Acts


7


Using Motor Vehicle W/O Authority


6


Vagrancy


2


Violation of Firearms Law


3


TOTAL 1,167


INVESTIGATIONS FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS 1958


2


Selectmen's Office


298


Claims Against the Town


14


Dog Complaints


12


Jurors 68


179


Secretary of State


19


Sidewalk Accidents 6


Town Clerk's Office ( Absentee Ballots) 18


478


RECAPITULATION


Building Department


2


Investigations


1,167


Selectmen's Office


298


Town Clerk's Office


18


478


U. S. Civil Service and Private Industry


TOTAL 1,963


3


3


3


Murder (Attempts to Commit)


Narcotic


11


Building Department


Licenses


U. S. Civil Service and Private Industry


227


REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT


RADIO AND PATROL CARS


1957


1958


Messages Broadcast


11,165


9,826


Calls directed to specified Arlington Patrol Cars




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