Evening journal., 1893-07-15
POLICE MUST NOT NAP"
Every Wilmington Officer
Must Do His Work.
CHIEF DoLAN ADoPTsANEw SYSTEM

The Practice of Omcers Reporting for
Each Other to BE stopped-New
Methods which VIII BE Formally
Inaugurated w-New"Dummy"
Boxes Put In Position.
Tomorrow, Chief Of Police Dolan will
inaugurate a new method by which
patrolmen will make their reports.
Heretofore there was nothing to prevent
an officer from sending In reports for his
fellow officer who also patrolled the
same district. The time was SO arranged
then that reporting in such a way could
be done. This practice could only be
accomplished. however, where there
were dummy" boxes, as there It Is only
required to press a button, while in the
booths there is telephone and an officer
reporting can be recognized by his voice.
Five new dummy" boxes have
recently been secured by the Police Com
missioners Four Of them have been
put In position at Fourth and Market
streets, No 1875; Twenty third and West
streets, No. 1913: Ninth and Dupont
streets, No. 124, and at Brown and
Stroud streets No. 121 No 131 is at
the police station and will be used at
some future time.
This new method Of reporting Is ex.
planned as follows: In the First district,
Market to Madison and south Of Fourth
streets, there are two officers on duty
| from Z o'clock In the morning until 4
o'clock In the afternoon when two more
officers 20 on and tho district is doubly
pstrolled until 2 o'closk The officers
must report every two hours and within
/ Esra q ntl 90 .
ends of their district For instance
officer No reports from Fourth and
/ Market streets at o'clock and officer
No 2, reports at Front and Madison
at 90 At 10 o'clock No 2 reports at
box No 81. Front and Market streets
and at 10 05 No reports from box No
43 at Fourth and Madison streets
Cannot Report while His Friend Sleeps.
This method prevents one officer from
reporting for another ia his district
unlefs he runs from one box to another
II one officer is over three minutes late
Ia reporting he Is reported to the Police
Commission as tardy
Chief Dolan attempted to have each
officer report every hour but he found
that impracticaole rs the Gamewell
reporting machine in the City Hall can
not TAKE reports so olten
card is handed to each officer on the
force, bearing the time that he shall
report at each box At the bottom Of
this card is also stated what time he
shall meet the sergeant The sergeants
of each district must report from every
box In their district at sometime during
} his hours Of duty.
Location Of Booths aud "Dummies
There are now in use in the city
twelve booths. and twelve pony booths
or dummy" boxes. Che others are
situated at Front and Market streets.
No 81; Front aud Madison streets, No.
! %; New Castle avenue and street.
No 10; Eighth and Church streets,
No IA; Ninth and Wilson streets No.
re-; Tenth and Orange streets, No "a
Eighteenth and Market streets, No.
Q 85; Sixteenth and Claymont streets
No. l3; Delaware avenue and Dupont
I street, No. 81: Eighth and Brooms
streets No. 80; Fifth and Scott streets
] No. %; Front and Union streets, No
a "a
The Dummy" boxes are No 40
y Fourth and Madison streets; No 12l
( Fourth and Market streets; No 1i2, p
w & B station. No l15, Fourth ant
4 Pine streets; No. ia, Ninth and Marke
streets No AZ, Ninth and MadisoI
o streets; No. As, Shallcross avenue an,
D Jackson street. No. 49, Eleventh ans
3 Church streets; No 1913, Twenty thir,
@ aud West streets; No 1874. Ninth an'
1 DUPONT streets No. al, Chestnut ans
Broome streets; and No 12l, Brown an'
o Stroud streets.
The Onieers and Their BEAT"
Two officers patrol each district at al
! times, except between o'clock in th'
y afternoon and Z p. m Then there ar
four In the First, Second. Fifth an'
= Sixth districts and three in each OF thl
a other districts