The equipment for testing cars is the

latest type approved by mechanical experts.
And it is not a case of a lot of splendid

equipment being carried around by men
quip g

where it has been shown that the work of a
Highway Patrol officer in setting a fractured
limb in a splint has meant the difference
between a lifetime injury and proper healing.

1928—Sergt. Carl Ledoux Testing First Portable Short Wave Radio Equipment
Used by B. C. Police

who cannot use it. Every member of the
Highway Patrol is picked for his adapt-
ability to his job and considerable effort is
put forth to train him to the pitch where he
can give maximum service to the public.
The men are specially instructed in traffic
work and each carries a first aid certificate
which equips him to handle practically any
emergency. There are many cases on record

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Until recently all operations of the High-
way Patrol came directly under the super-
vision of the Motor Record Office at Head-
quarters in Victoria, but a change in the
set-up has placed them under the super-
vision of the various divisions in which they
operate.

Headquarters still keep posted on the
patrol operations, however, by special re-

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ports which the men are required to make,
separate from the usual divisional statements
of their operations.

To insure not only the safety of the men
who operate them but also to guard against
any possible mishap, the cars used by the
Highway Patrol are put through rigid
mechanical inspection at regular intervals.
They are subject to routine departmental
inspection and must at all times be kept
without mechanical defect of any kind.

LOCATED THROUGHOUT PROVINCE

The motor patrols are stationed at the
following detachments:

“A” Division, Victoria, Constable W. A. |
Jaffray; Nanaimo, Constable B. C. George-
son.

“B” Division: Nelson, Constable R. A.
Lees; Castlegar, Constable J. A. Henry;
Cranbrook, Constable F. Slater; Fernie,
Constable R. P. Frayn; Grand Forks, Con-
stable W. F. Armson; Penticton, Constable
W. McCulloch.

“C” Division: Kamloops, Corporal B. M.
B. Smijth; Kelowna, Constable I. S. Secord:
Quesnel, Constable J. A. Carmichael.

“E” Division: Chilliwack, Constable E.
G. Lindsay; Haney, Constable D. Morris.

MOTOR LICENCE RECORDS SHOW
UPWARD SWING

REPORTS FROM the Motor Vehicle
Branch of the B. C. Police at Victoria show
that all past records were broken in 1937 in
the matter of vehicle licenses issued. There
was Over nine per cent increase as compared
to the previous report year, making the total
of motor vehicles registered in B.C. 114,528.
Seventy-eight per cent of the cars were
operated at the coast and 21 per cent in the
interior.

The records disclose: There were double
the number of used cars sold in B. C. in 1937
as compared to 1930.

There are 126 different makes of passen-
ger motor vehicles registered in B. C. Could
you name them?

There are 132 different makes of commer
cial vehicles.

The best selling car in B. C. in the past
year was Ford; next, Chevrolet; next, Ply-
mouth; and fourth, Dodge. They have held
these positions for the past three years.

During last year there were 3,756 con-
victions under the Motor Vehicle Act—an
increase of 26 per cent over the previous
year. During the past three years prosecu-
tions of drunken drivers increased 52 per
cent, and prosecutions for speed limit in-
fractions increased 46 per cent. Convictions
for failing to give required signals on turn-
ing and stopping increased 548 per cent!
This was principally as a result of police
action in the City of Vancouver, where 93
per cent of these convictions were regis-
tered.

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