Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-31
POLICE MATTERS.
Annual Report of the Chief Presented t
the Board of Commissioners.


Annual Report of the Chief Presented to
the Board of Commissioners.
Commissioners Cross and Mcdonald,
whose terms as police commissioners had
expired, were sworn in at the regular
meeting of the board last night, having
been reelected The matter of appoint
ing police matron was referred to the
new committee on discipline, consisting of
Commissioners Mcdonald and Goodrich.
The monthly report of Chief Egan was ac-
cepted.
The whole number of arrests was
1O2; whole number of cases, $50; males,
112; females, IS. Cause of arrests: As
saults 2; adultery, 2; abandoning child, 2;
breach of peace, 20; burglary, 8; common
drunkard. 1 defrauding 2; fornication. 2;
keeping house of i'll fame, 2; intoxicatlon,
So; rrequenting house of ill fame, 3;
incorrigble, l; residing in house of ill
fame, 1 neglecting to support family, 2;
neglecting to support dependent children.
4; resistance of officer, 3; receiving stolen
goods, 2; theft, 10; trespass, s.; violation
of license law, 5.
Dispositions of cases: Appealed to dis
trict court, 3; committed to the county
Jail, Al; committedto the town work house,
i; committed to the Connecticut school for
boys, 2: computed to the county home,
1; discharged by chief of police, l;
not guilty, 6; nolled by the prosecuting
attorney, 6; paid fines and costs, 43; SEN
tence suspended, Is; turned over to Off
GERS of other towns, 4.
Time lost by members of the regular
force, days, 4S 81; special duty per-
formed. hours, SO; stores and offices found
open, 25: dodgers accommodated, go;
electric lights out of order, s; expense to
take persons to Jail. S63; expense of MAX
ing arrests, sc. 90. Total amount received
from clerk of court, $500.
The tenth annual report of the chief
was also presented and accepted and was
of unusual interest. The force now con-
sists of twenty-seven members and sixteen
supernumeraries. No member of the de-
partment was brought before the board
during 1898 for violation of the rules,
which speaks well for the discipline OF the
force. But few serious crimes were COM
mitted during the year and due credit is
given to Detective Egan for rntiring zeal
and efficiency in bringing offenders to JUS
tice. The recent course of the police
court in imposing heavy sentences is COM
mended and, the chief says, the recently
established criminal term of the district
court insures a speedy trial of cases which
heretofore have been carried over from
one term to another of the district, or
erased from the docket, and is one of the
strongest allies of the department.
The work of the department for the year
may be summarized as follows:
Cause of arrest: Assault 1856, assault
with intent to commit rape 2, attempt to
utter forged check l, adultery 3, bur-
glary %, breach of the peace 241, carrying
concealed weapons 4, common drunkard
49, contempt of court 5, cruelty to animals
| 8, defrauding IS, desertion from United
States army 2, driving against person
| carelessly l, embezzlement s, false pre-
fences 3, fugitive from justice l, fornica-
ton 2, forgery 2, keeping house of i'll fame
| Z. residing in house of i'll fame 5, frequent
| ing house of ill fame 6, horse stealing 1,
highway robbery 5, intoxication 691. in
corrigible 10, insanity S, indecent exposure
| T. keeping unregistered dog /, lascivious
| carriage IL, malicious injury to personal
property II, maintaining nuisance s.,
neglect to support family 25, neglected and
dependent children 13, on railroad cars
without leave Z. peddling without license
| Z, rape 2, resistance to officer SO, refusal
| to assist officer 2, seduction l, truancy l,
| theft sc, taking and using horse without
| leave 10, tire pass |, vagrancy Al, violation
| of license and screen law g. violation city
ordinance 40, violation school law2, viola
| ton United States postal law l, violation
hen law /, violation handful law 4, viola
| ton firecracker law II, total ,619.
Miscellaneous: Time lost by regular force,
days, 329; special duty performed, hours,
| $50; stores and offices found open, 312,
dodgers, 1856; electric lights out of order;
los; expense to take prisoners to Jail, ST.
O76; expense to make arrests and summon
| witnesses, S66 10; total amount received of
clerk of police court, 81, 1929; received
| for rent of old station house, $50; received
from pawn brokers and junk dealers licen-
ses, $40; received from licenses issued I'M
der state law, 1857; total amount turned
| over to city treasurer, S1.034; appropria-
tons for 1898, $31 900; amount expended,
500, 961 OF; balance of appropriation unex-
pended, 81 ,O38 80.
Disposition of cases: Appealed to SUI
perior and district courts 90, bound over
| to superior court 25, bonds called 6, COM
mitted to county Jail 427, committed to
work house Sc, committed to reform school
ID, committed to county home 10, commit
ted to industrial school 2, discharged by
chief of police "a, judgment suspended
24S, not guilty 63, nolled by prosecuting
attorney 1877, nolled by prosecuting agent
-, paid fine and costs 4S9, surrendered to
officers Of other towns 20, surrendered to
parents 2, surrender to United States au-
| thoritieS 9. total ,G19,