New-York tribune., 1895-05-14
THEY DO MEAN BUSINESS.
po,1cE COMMISSIONERS FAIRLY MAXI
THE FUR FLY.


soxs AND no LIFE OF EASE FOR
SWITCHED PoLiCEMEN-IfKE
WISE no PARADE
THIS YEAR.
,.. evident determination Of the new boa'n %
i" @ commissioners TO go about the WORK ol ~
,s the department In business'lNe va :
,hv ~ Of Mayor Strongs administrator
,fe.;ed at the regular meeting al hea1t
s yesterday when business OF consde'due nm
,arce was transacted. Notice was served 's :, "
Po of resolutions. that the onmissiohers WIN
.,or,te either lazness drunkenness III '''e
"o that details and transfers must not De ''
-. roucal reasons. that the trouoies oI '0"c1
-, who were smrched by testimony pcio'e "a.
,xoa committee may not end with 'he oiS'''''
of indictments against tAeih' di'N "'' i
ICONS must earn their salaries ,
rbe sentiment of the Police Board was eNi'eS
-. president Roosevelt after the meeting "'e" Ne
said: .ooo 90 know
want G e'fls hs hest friend If there is ANYTHING
rnnr vna II any injustice is done hm anu "g t,srx WV
come rsnan 10 ms w is secure with this board Every
bad policeman will get ria RID OF & as ,asI nor or Corrupt
men OF any kind the force Let tns serve d.
notice them all .,, .,
rhe commissioners began their session hall an
,nr before noon and President Roosevelt imme-
da,elv offered resolution resembling the acuoh OF
the old board to have parade and revo" OF .'e
,orce II was resolved to have no parade on Ma!
81 as previously intended
NJ roosevelt then made this announcement:
ar receiving requests regularly relative 10 de-
tails in the department which now come under me Ine
I'M some information of the politics Of men max
Ing them will turn the communiGa,ihOms h ots' W ,be
Unanimous feeling in the board that no qnesuson ION
Of politics should have ave any Ts'ga We IN w,h that
ons,s in reference TO application blanks and ex-
politics shall refer all these apphCaons !" , we
ehie GedK; nTok;d o for the Police Civl service Board
again wi,h the distinct underslandns tnS' % no no
ton OF 0n P0tfir in,rodnce resolution forbddng
reception of applications in which politics are men
tioned.
On the motion Of President Roosevelt resolu-
zion was adopted requesting the New-fork City
Civil Service Board 10 turn over to the Ponce be-
partment the examination and application papers SO
far as completed of persons who have had physica
exam,na,ion before that board within the last six
nonths The Commissioners adopted. subject 10
such additions and notifications as may be fouha
necessary the rules and regulations now IN iorce IN
the Civil Service Board for the examination OF ap-
pllcants for the police force and for promotions as
we'll. ~
,,a, tvrnes renor,ed 10 the board that the indict
-,en,s against Sergeant William O'Toole OF the
Essex Market Court. and Detective Sergeant VIII
lam Frink who charged with bribery had
been dismissed.
Commissioner Andrews
wish OF the Commissioners to restore the two ON
GERS TO duty President Roosevelt asked TO lay the
matter over until the next meeting. and ofered
resolution directing the chief clerk to prepare ana
submit a list of all officers now under Indictment
or who have been indicted within the last year. Inc
resolution adopted
Chief Clerk Kpp brought before the board over
100 applications for retirement Of members OF the
force who have served twenty years and over Ihese
applications have accumulated since the Lexow
Committee began its investigation OF the police All
the applications that we're made under the twenty
wear law were denied. They were In the main pa
trolnen There are pending a number OF appii-
cations OF members OF the force who have been
twenty-five years and over on the force AmonH
the twenty-fve-ycar officers who are seeking re-
tirement are Captain Thomas Reilly. OF the East
Fifty-frst-st station and Captain Creeden. OF the
Morrisania station.
All the applications Of the 25-year
ferred TO the Committee Pensions. who will re-
port whether any charges are pending against the
officers. II is likely that Captains Creeden and
Reilly will be retired shortly The Board remanded
10 patrol duty Roundsman Orrin H. Sims OF the
West Sixty-eighth-st. station. accused Of being in
a lquor-store during his tour Of patrol President
Roosevelt said: 1--WE intend to zealously guard with
interest every worthy man on the force HIS H.
terest is ours, but will not tolerate laXity ana
ineficiency. The policemen have got TO Understand
that"
4 set of resolutions offered by Commissioner An
drews and adopted. calling for reports upon the
efficiency OF the roundsnen Of the force contained
this statement.
The Board takes this method Of condemnng in
the strictest terms he theory which is believed
10 be among the officers Of this department
eency s measnqea soy by the number Of
plants which they make agalns. their subordna,eEs, E
and that there is obligation upon them 10 make
complaints with certain frequency
resolution asking the Legislature TO pass the
Police REORGANIZATION bin contained this promise:
Io exf. fh.
guarantee thorough reform OF the s i9rse ana ri, a
clean and efficient police service cn Mmh"u' ,bnl ,ns
results. but Will necessarily be crampe1 ana en-
barrassed in its action
Commissioner Andrews offered this resolution
which was adopted
Resolved, That the attention Of tho police foroe tore,
be especially directed 70 he following ek,1e nI fq
Of pose Ice be dreesa % & to gSSn re;oon pdo al Gnf m
the police force shall be permitted 10 Contribute. 81,
rectly or indirectly. TO any political func or 10
join. or be or become member Of any po'i'lc"'
All the officers OF this Department hereby d.
OF this act II any members Of ne police force M are
members of any political GnD & or nssgc'n@n, % sd
The above provision Of law Is hereby incorporated
into and made a par: OF the rules and regulations
q this department commsnnng onfers nfsIces are u"
Commissioner Grant laid before the Board a letter
from Russell Sage commenting Policeman John j
Farrell as officer OF merit entitled to considefa'
ton. Tho letter was nlod WITH Fauelfs record
The Commissioners. when asked ih"lf reasons ''r
resembling the resolutions authorizing pafhhr oi
The force on May 81 said. Nv" thoughf " pes,
They declined 10 further discuss the mater Nj.
Andrews did say, however that IN" commissioners
had 100 much 10 DO just now IN oth"f nfr'u"hN'
no II Was thought best 20 difpens" win ~" ihThI"
This resolution was passed oi IN" meeting on Mr
V0oseyc'a motion; ,
"J,csolve1 That whenever there + vacancy IN
the laborerf' hat IT, IN the force below ~"
ciasslned seryice-it Will hereafter be nlleI by
ren,,lsi,on under Regulation Il Of Schedule o. or
The Eew-York city Civii Service Boards"