Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-14
WORK OF THE FINEST.
Annual Report of Inspector McAleese,
of the First District.
OVER $4,000 ARRESTS LAST YEAR,
About Two-Thirds of Which Were in Mr..
McAleese's Bailiwick.
SOME INTERESTING POLICE FIGURES

John McAleese, Police Inspector of the
First district, yesterday submitted his annual
report to j. o. Brown, Chief of the Depart
ment of Public Safety. 1t is brief, when
the magnitude of the work done is taken
into consideration, and the fact of its being
the last department report to be presented
is accounted for by the fact that the Inspector
of the First district has probably more active
work to perform than any other official in
the city government, and has, therefore, but
little time to devote to literary efforts. This is
shown by the statistics already submitted, ,as
we'll as by those furnished by the Inspector.
The number of arrests for last year, in the
whole city, was 4,945, of which s, ,5h were
IN the First district, numbering among
them the most important arrests of the year,
including murderers and other grave criml-
nails. Some excerpts from the Inspectors
report are given below. He says:
THE statistical statements accompanying the
report show that the number of arrests made
in this district during the past year aggregate
9.54l, OF more than two-thirds of all the arrests
made in the entire city against 6972 during the
previous year, thus showing an increase OF
1859. This increase consisted mostly of minor
otfenses. attribute it to the large increase of
tivity OF The officers.
OFFICERS IN THE DISTRICT.
The number of officers in the First police
district is asfollows: Captains, 2; lieutenants,
A; sergeants, s; special officers, IL; cornermen.
9; patrol wagon men, 10; patrolmen, 81; turn
keys. L; janitors. 2; messengers, L; total. 13S.
OF this number special officers are detailed
for duty In the Signal Service, and II OF the
patrolmen reporting at No. police station are
detailed for duty with traction companies and
other private parties. These officers are all
employed subject to and under the rules and
regulations of the Bureau of Police, and are
paid for their services by the parties to whom
they are assigned.
Under the present system the special officers
report at headquarters and make their reports
daily in writing. When not at headquarters
they report from the different patrol stations
by means Of the telephone system at all hours
of the day and night. and consequently can all
be called at a moments notice to attend to any
business of the bureau requiring their atten-
ton. During the year the number of reports
made over the telephone system by the officers
in this district was 209. $50 The number of tele-
phone messages received at headquarters OF
the First police district was "a 090.
The statement of charges against officers in
the First district and disposition of them by
trial dLring the year is as follows: EXonerated,
2: discharged, 25; charges withdrawn. l; charges
not sustained l: suspended for 30 days, 6; for 20
days, IA; for Is days. s; for 10 days. II: for
days, 81; Indefinitely, 2; reduced to the ranks,
5; to the sub-list, Z; reprimanded, 20; permitted
to resign 2 Total number of cases. 126.
desire to direct your attention to the great
number of doors found open by officers on the
night relief in this district while patrolling
their beats. From the reports on file in this
office there were found open 40 doors and
windows of dwellings, stores and manufactur-
ing establishments during the past year.
SOME EXHAUSTIVE TABLES.
The Inspector returns thanks to Captain
J. A. A. Brown for services in drilling the
officers of the First district and appends e1-
haustive tables embodying the statistical
history of the district. Following are the
more important. The arrests were: