*** Chief of Police ***
George was born in Modesto, California, and his parents were: Frederick J. Wright, originally from England and Christine Magdaline Thomsen, from Germany.
He was married to Ruth Miriam (?).
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POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL
November,1945
Chief of Police George C. Weight has been head of the Salinas Police Department for two years and a half, and he has demonstrated to his adopted city, as well as to the peace officers of California that he is an able and far seeing police official. Born in Modesto, he moved to Monterey County when a young boy. He got an education in the public schools of Monterey and Pacific Grove.
When he grew up he decided the life of a policeman was a good one and he joined the Pacific Grove Police Department, and was assigned to traffic. As anyone knows who has visited Monterey, Pacific Grove and Carmel, there are a lot of motor vehicles percolating over the many, and oft times narrow highways.
The scenic beauties, the unexcelled climate attracts thousands of automobiles, loaded with people taking advantage of these attractions.Then there has always been a lot of military men stationed at the Presidio of Monterey , even before the war,which has brought hundreds of thousands of servicemen to nearby camps.
But when Traffic Officer Weight was riding the highways there was no war on, but he built up a reputation for carrying out his duties, making arrests, studying the cause for violations and accidents, appearing in court, and presenting his evidence in a masterly manner, that when there was an opening for a police officer in the Salinas Police Department, he was enrolled there.
The Salinas officials knew of his splendid reputation as a traffic officer, so they gave him such an assignment. He continued here to do his work as well as he did at Pacific Grove.
Young Officer Weight was an ambitious officer, and he saw the possibilities offered in the work of enforcing the laws. He studied and progressed rapidly to Desk Sergeant, then to Captain and in May, 1943, he was elevated to the position of Chief of Police.
Chief Weight took up the study of all phases of police work, and having the intelligence to assimilate what he studied he has gathered a fund of knowledge. Because of the splendid record he made as a police officer and his insatiable desire for more knowledge by study, he was selected in 1942, while a Captain, to attend the twentieth session of the National Police Academy in Washington, D. C. Here he made fine grades and graduated with high honors.
Salinas has about 4½ square miles of area and in its confines live some 15,000 people, with over 17,000 living around the city limits. During the war, of which Chief Weight has been in charge of the police for over 30 months, untold thousands of soldiers and sailors have converged on Salinas from surrounding encampments.
Yet with a sizeable permanent population and the added service men, Salinas has been a white spot on this coast for its lack of crime. Since Chief Weight assumed command there has been but one murder in the city, no robberies of any consequence and burglaries have been held at an almost unbelievable minimum.
The twenty-five men who make up the police department have been schooled by their chief to prevent crime. As one illustration of how they do it we might point out how the city is patrolled.
With a fleet of two-way radio cars, his men are on the move every hour, day and night. At nights the men of the two watches in the residence and business districts keep a close watch on all strangers who seem to he getting out of line.
His foot patrolmen, not only try doors, front and rear of store and homes temporarily vacant, once on each watch, but they try them often and at irregular times. This has a discouraging effect on any larcenous inclined misguided person to try prying open a door or Jimmying a window.
Salinas, despite the vast amount of motor vehicles that pass through on the main coast highway and from surrounding country, has the traffic problem under control and comparatively few accidents occur there throughout the year.
The little city, the center of a wide variety of farming, prosperous more than any similar community in the country,can well feel proud of the men who have sworn to enforce the laws and the record that they have attained toward this end.
Chief Weight has had a big part since he joined the department nearly 15 years ago in bringing about this pleasing condition.
George was born in Modesto, California, and his parents were: Frederick J. Wright, originally from England and Christine Magdaline Thomsen, from Germany.
He was married to Ruth Miriam (?).
***
POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL
November,1945
Chief of Police George C. Weight has been head of the Salinas Police Department for two years and a half, and he has demonstrated to his adopted city, as well as to the peace officers of California that he is an able and far seeing police official. Born in Modesto, he moved to Monterey County when a young boy. He got an education in the public schools of Monterey and Pacific Grove.
When he grew up he decided the life of a policeman was a good one and he joined the Pacific Grove Police Department, and was assigned to traffic. As anyone knows who has visited Monterey, Pacific Grove and Carmel, there are a lot of motor vehicles percolating over the many, and oft times narrow highways.
The scenic beauties, the unexcelled climate attracts thousands of automobiles, loaded with people taking advantage of these attractions.Then there has always been a lot of military men stationed at the Presidio of Monterey , even before the war,which has brought hundreds of thousands of servicemen to nearby camps.
But when Traffic Officer Weight was riding the highways there was no war on, but he built up a reputation for carrying out his duties, making arrests, studying the cause for violations and accidents, appearing in court, and presenting his evidence in a masterly manner, that when there was an opening for a police officer in the Salinas Police Department, he was enrolled there.
The Salinas officials knew of his splendid reputation as a traffic officer, so they gave him such an assignment. He continued here to do his work as well as he did at Pacific Grove.
Young Officer Weight was an ambitious officer, and he saw the possibilities offered in the work of enforcing the laws. He studied and progressed rapidly to Desk Sergeant, then to Captain and in May, 1943, he was elevated to the position of Chief of Police.
Chief Weight took up the study of all phases of police work, and having the intelligence to assimilate what he studied he has gathered a fund of knowledge. Because of the splendid record he made as a police officer and his insatiable desire for more knowledge by study, he was selected in 1942, while a Captain, to attend the twentieth session of the National Police Academy in Washington, D. C. Here he made fine grades and graduated with high honors.
Salinas has about 4½ square miles of area and in its confines live some 15,000 people, with over 17,000 living around the city limits. During the war, of which Chief Weight has been in charge of the police for over 30 months, untold thousands of soldiers and sailors have converged on Salinas from surrounding encampments.
Yet with a sizeable permanent population and the added service men, Salinas has been a white spot on this coast for its lack of crime. Since Chief Weight assumed command there has been but one murder in the city, no robberies of any consequence and burglaries have been held at an almost unbelievable minimum.
The twenty-five men who make up the police department have been schooled by their chief to prevent crime. As one illustration of how they do it we might point out how the city is patrolled.
With a fleet of two-way radio cars, his men are on the move every hour, day and night. At nights the men of the two watches in the residence and business districts keep a close watch on all strangers who seem to he getting out of line.
His foot patrolmen, not only try doors, front and rear of store and homes temporarily vacant, once on each watch, but they try them often and at irregular times. This has a discouraging effect on any larcenous inclined misguided person to try prying open a door or Jimmying a window.
Salinas, despite the vast amount of motor vehicles that pass through on the main coast highway and from surrounding country, has the traffic problem under control and comparatively few accidents occur there throughout the year.
The little city, the center of a wide variety of farming, prosperous more than any similar community in the country,can well feel proud of the men who have sworn to enforce the laws and the record that they have attained toward this end.
Chief Weight has had a big part since he joined the department nearly 15 years ago in bringing about this pleasing condition.
*** Chief of Police ***
George was born in Modesto, California, and his parents were: Frederick J. Wright, originally from England and Christine Magdaline Thomsen, from Germany.
He was married to Ruth Miriam (?).
***
POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL
November,1945
Chief of Police George C. Weight has been head of the Salinas Police Department for two years and a half, and he has demonstrated to his adopted city, as well as to the peace officers of California that he is an able and far seeing police official. Born in Modesto, he moved to Monterey County when a young boy. He got an education in the public schools of Monterey and Pacific Grove.
When he grew up he decided the life of a policeman was a good one and he joined the Pacific Grove Police Department, and was assigned to traffic. As anyone knows who has visited Monterey, Pacific Grove and Carmel, there are a lot of motor vehicles percolating over the many, and oft times narrow highways.
The scenic beauties, the unexcelled climate attracts thousands of automobiles, loaded with people taking advantage of these attractions.Then there has always been a lot of military men stationed at the Presidio of Monterey , even before the war,which has brought hundreds of thousands of servicemen to nearby camps.
But when Traffic Officer Weight was riding the highways there was no war on, but he built up a reputation for carrying out his duties, making arrests, studying the cause for violations and accidents, appearing in court, and presenting his evidence in a masterly manner, that when there was an opening for a police officer in the Salinas Police Department, he was enrolled there.
The Salinas officials knew of his splendid reputation as a traffic officer, so they gave him such an assignment. He continued here to do his work as well as he did at Pacific Grove.
Young Officer Weight was an ambitious officer, and he saw the possibilities offered in the work of enforcing the laws. He studied and progressed rapidly to Desk Sergeant, then to Captain and in May, 1943, he was elevated to the position of Chief of Police.
Chief Weight took up the study of all phases of police work, and having the intelligence to assimilate what he studied he has gathered a fund of knowledge. Because of the splendid record he made as a police officer and his insatiable desire for more knowledge by study, he was selected in 1942, while a Captain, to attend the twentieth session of the National Police Academy in Washington, D. C. Here he made fine grades and graduated with high honors.
Salinas has about 4½ square miles of area and in its confines live some 15,000 people, with over 17,000 living around the city limits. During the war, of which Chief Weight has been in charge of the police for over 30 months, untold thousands of soldiers and sailors have converged on Salinas from surrounding encampments.
Yet with a sizeable permanent population and the added service men, Salinas has been a white spot on this coast for its lack of crime. Since Chief Weight assumed command there has been but one murder in the city, no robberies of any consequence and burglaries have been held at an almost unbelievable minimum.
The twenty-five men who make up the police department have been schooled by their chief to prevent crime. As one illustration of how they do it we might point out how the city is patrolled.
With a fleet of two-way radio cars, his men are on the move every hour, day and night. At nights the men of the two watches in the residence and business districts keep a close watch on all strangers who seem to he getting out of line.
His foot patrolmen, not only try doors, front and rear of store and homes temporarily vacant, once on each watch, but they try them often and at irregular times. This has a discouraging effect on any larcenous inclined misguided person to try prying open a door or Jimmying a window.
Salinas, despite the vast amount of motor vehicles that pass through on the main coast highway and from surrounding country, has the traffic problem under control and comparatively few accidents occur there throughout the year.
The little city, the center of a wide variety of farming, prosperous more than any similar community in the country,can well feel proud of the men who have sworn to enforce the laws and the record that they have attained toward this end.
Chief Weight has had a big part since he joined the department nearly 15 years ago in bringing about this pleasing condition.
George was born in Modesto, California, and his parents were: Frederick J. Wright, originally from England and Christine Magdaline Thomsen, from Germany.
He was married to Ruth Miriam (?).
***
POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' JOURNAL
November,1945
Chief of Police George C. Weight has been head of the Salinas Police Department for two years and a half, and he has demonstrated to his adopted city, as well as to the peace officers of California that he is an able and far seeing police official. Born in Modesto, he moved to Monterey County when a young boy. He got an education in the public schools of Monterey and Pacific Grove.
When he grew up he decided the life of a policeman was a good one and he joined the Pacific Grove Police Department, and was assigned to traffic. As anyone knows who has visited Monterey, Pacific Grove and Carmel, there are a lot of motor vehicles percolating over the many, and oft times narrow highways.
The scenic beauties, the unexcelled climate attracts thousands of automobiles, loaded with people taking advantage of these attractions.Then there has always been a lot of military men stationed at the Presidio of Monterey , even before the war,which has brought hundreds of thousands of servicemen to nearby camps.
But when Traffic Officer Weight was riding the highways there was no war on, but he built up a reputation for carrying out his duties, making arrests, studying the cause for violations and accidents, appearing in court, and presenting his evidence in a masterly manner, that when there was an opening for a police officer in the Salinas Police Department, he was enrolled there.
The Salinas officials knew of his splendid reputation as a traffic officer, so they gave him such an assignment. He continued here to do his work as well as he did at Pacific Grove.
Young Officer Weight was an ambitious officer, and he saw the possibilities offered in the work of enforcing the laws. He studied and progressed rapidly to Desk Sergeant, then to Captain and in May, 1943, he was elevated to the position of Chief of Police.
Chief Weight took up the study of all phases of police work, and having the intelligence to assimilate what he studied he has gathered a fund of knowledge. Because of the splendid record he made as a police officer and his insatiable desire for more knowledge by study, he was selected in 1942, while a Captain, to attend the twentieth session of the National Police Academy in Washington, D. C. Here he made fine grades and graduated with high honors.
Salinas has about 4½ square miles of area and in its confines live some 15,000 people, with over 17,000 living around the city limits. During the war, of which Chief Weight has been in charge of the police for over 30 months, untold thousands of soldiers and sailors have converged on Salinas from surrounding encampments.
Yet with a sizeable permanent population and the added service men, Salinas has been a white spot on this coast for its lack of crime. Since Chief Weight assumed command there has been but one murder in the city, no robberies of any consequence and burglaries have been held at an almost unbelievable minimum.
The twenty-five men who make up the police department have been schooled by their chief to prevent crime. As one illustration of how they do it we might point out how the city is patrolled.
With a fleet of two-way radio cars, his men are on the move every hour, day and night. At nights the men of the two watches in the residence and business districts keep a close watch on all strangers who seem to he getting out of line.
His foot patrolmen, not only try doors, front and rear of store and homes temporarily vacant, once on each watch, but they try them often and at irregular times. This has a discouraging effect on any larcenous inclined misguided person to try prying open a door or Jimmying a window.
Salinas, despite the vast amount of motor vehicles that pass through on the main coast highway and from surrounding country, has the traffic problem under control and comparatively few accidents occur there throughout the year.
The little city, the center of a wide variety of farming, prosperous more than any similar community in the country,can well feel proud of the men who have sworn to enforce the laws and the record that they have attained toward this end.
Chief Weight has had a big part since he joined the department nearly 15 years ago in bringing about this pleasing condition.
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