New-York tribune., 1875-01-22
TIE CONDEMNED DETECTIVE DEPART-
NENT

PLANS FOR THE PROMOTION OF ITS EFFICIENCY.
II was reported in the Police Central Office
Yesterday that the Board Of Police Commissioners had
30 nearly completed their plan for the reorganization OF
the Detective Department that action may be expected
a an early meeting OF the Board and probably to-day,
which will who is to stay and who to be trans
ferred from part Of the force Commissioner Voor
his has offered to the Board plan for changing the
position Of the supcrptendsnps and Inspectors offices
which has been accepted and the work is 10 be begun
immediately The Commissioner said that he believed
that he proposed change would have great deal to do
with the future c ency of the Police Department and
would give the Superintendent aud Inspectors more
time TO attend the interests of police business
Tle present the Commissioners consider very poor
arrangement The Superintendent Is cut of from the
Iuspectors and the Detective Office is not connected
with either room, while entrance is directly from the
hall Apy one standing in the hallway can ace the
prisoners and complanants they pass In and out Gf
the Detective Ogce and there cannot be that privacy
Which is desirable. Under the arrangement the
door leading from the ball TO the Detective Once s to
he closed The thu front Detective
Office will be transacted in what is tie detectives
parcr entrance is to be cut through so that this
room will communicate directly with the apart
mept now occupied by the Inspectors, and
there will be other way OF admission
To 90 into the Detective Office 1t Will he
enter the door leading 10 the occupied by the In
through to the superntendens room and thence into
the detectives apartments. Thus person calling
business at the Police Central Office will first state what
Is wanted the Inspectors clerk IL the business he
routine work such inquiry after missing person,
or such matter the clerk settle. he will take
charge H. and the Inspectors and Superintendent will
not be troubled by trivial matters, as they now
II detective Is needed, the Superintendent touches q
bell and detective responds at once The is then
talked over arranged in private, tue detective
painant and Superintendent only knowing the facts OF
the case and what has been decided upon. Ii nfOrma
ton reaches criminals IL must ger out through the de-
tectiye com u lant, and IN either the supern-
tendent will know how to act. Whatever Information Il
may seem To the Superintendent wee 10 give " The
public Will be written in book provided this pul-
pose Which will be kept the Inspectors clerks
for examination, BY this arrangement the public VIII
be strictly excluded from the rooms in winch police
business transacted aud the secrets of the department
will be known only To those high la au hOrity.
Tue ComInis issioners declare that with TINS
IN force and after the Detective Department
carefully reVrgtDiZ9d and e inefficient and
corrupt members OF tue force either dismissed
turned 10 patrol duty, this branch Of tine POce Depart
ment must De vastly improved. The Commissioners
not ready yesterday " say what tnev nave de-
cided do with Capt Irving ard the other
the detective force, hut they admItted IN at
their plans nearly complete. AMI that decision
would probably be reached In tne matter today There
was much agitation IN the Detective Office )eaterday
AID every member OF the force regarded lie position as
sVmew1at uuOertalu.