- Henry M. Weight
- Springville Police Department
- 25th President 1953-1954
- 32nd Convention held in Richfield, Utah, June 25 - 26, 1954
- Married to Ethel Weight, UPOA Auxiliary President 1957 - 1958
- We are in need of a picture of Ethel
Department Patch
- We should remind ourselves that law enforcement is
as old as the very roots of our freedom and as necessary to the well-being
of every individual as the democratic form of government under which we
live and prosper.
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Realizing that much of the good that a policeman does is not recorded in the number of arrests he makes, but rather in the work he does to prevent crime. I urge fellow policemen, in my greeting to you, to be ever alert for the newest and most effective methods and ideas on crime prevention.
One writer stated that America's fastest growing menace is juvenile delinquency; that the fate of Young America is to a great extent in our hands. I am sure every policeman is equal to the task ahead. It is a challenge to each of us. Therefore let us be mindful of every opportunity to impress upon the young people with whom we come in contact; that the laws are made for the good of a majority of people and disregarding those laws brings trouble.
Let us instruct as well as enforce with the sympathetic understanding of trained officers and we can do much to guide those who, through mischance and misfortune, have taken a wrong step.
Let us create where ever possible a closer liaison
between the public and the police.
Safety on the highway is a much talked of problem
and one which calls for every effort of the police and the public to solve.
Let us take our full responsibility in educating the public in highway
safety and enforcing the law with reason and the dignity becoming the uniform
we wear.
Officers Elect Springville Police Chief
Earlier, nearly 400 delegates from all parts of Utah listened to a talk by Arthur Cornelius Jr., special agent in charge of the Salt Lake office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and took part in a forum on traffic problems.
Declaring traffic problems are the greatest now facing peace officers, L. A. Bleyl, director of safety, Salt Lake City Police Department, made a plea for expansion of the driver-training program in public schools.
Mr. Weight succeeds Harold W. Clark, sergeant, Salt Lake City Police Department, who presided at the convention.
Other new officers include:
T. Earl Hunsaker, Logan, Utah Highway Patrol; Jay C. Newman, Utah public safety commissioner; and Fred D.
Loveless, sergeant, Provo Police Department, vice presidents; J. M. Stephens, Ogden police; Richard Evans, Highway Patrol; Marcell Graham, warden, Utah State Prison, and Sherwood M. Anderson, United States Secret
Service, directors. Herman L. Bauer, retired Salt Lake City policeman, was reelected secretary, and Chris 0. Dice, private plant guard, was elected sergeant at arms
Delegates voted in favor of Richfield as site for next year's convention.
Among prizes awarded winners in the annual pistol shooting contest were the service revolver given by Anton F. Peterson, business manager, Newspaper Agency Corp., won by Paul S. Anderson, Provo Police Department, and the Oscar W. Lowder memorial trophy given by staff members of Utah Adult Probation and Parole Department. The trophy, which must be won three successive years to give permanent possession, was won by the Ogden Police Department's pistol team.