New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-21
O'BR[EN A NEW BROOM.
REFORMS TO BE MADE IN THE DE-
TECTIVE BUREAU.
MORE MEN TO BE RETIRED OR SENT ON fosi
THE FORCE TO BE INCREASED - ALL
THIEVES TO BE DRIVEN OUT OF
THE CITY. THE NEW CHIEF
DETECTIVE SAYS.


DETECTIVE SAYS
Tho REORGANIZATION ~ the Detective Bureau when
WAS begun by the Police Board on Friday. has not
been competed and there are to ne other o"''s'
before long Several more Of the old time ue'ee"N
in the bureau to make room for younger nv"
Some OF them will be retired on pensions carry '''
week Others Will be allowed TO remain IN 'he'i
present p.aces until some Of the men VINO were
taken into the bureau on Friday are in''e ~
ouainted with the routine work.
Forty detective -sergeants are as many as can o'
legally kept IN the bureau at one time. Ihe 'oI"
missoners on Friday designated four more men '''
appointment detectvc-serseaEts than coud De
sworn in but they will take the oath OF omc' do
soon as four OF the older detectives who nave APP
piled for retirement pa,,d on the pension ISL
A NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PAIRS.
Acting Captain stephen OHrien the head OF
the detective force. set the new detectives al worn
YESTERDAY II has been the custom OF the Cenra
Office men work in pairs. Two men 'os'o'e'
can do almost any kind OF detective WORK Dc''e'
than one alone. The Cd arrangement OF pairs was
changed by O'Brlen yesterday 80 that new man
was sent out to work with veteran Inc ne"
order OF work will continue for a time. ana theh
more OF the old men will be sent back on post !"
precincts retired.
There are a number OF detectives stu .eit !" IN.
bureau who have been under suspicion OF crooked
work and they are bound to go \ Jew OF the
Old have had clean TeCprus anu "hN' ~ ''~
ability in the line of detective work that they may
he kent Indefinitely II said yesterday tha'
some OF the who were remarded to patron '"''
on Friday had no bots on their records, Out "e'c
sent out o, the bureau because they were oehe'e'
NOT 10 be entirely loyal to the new ADMINISTRATOR"
of police affairs. They may be promoted IN o'neF
branches OF the service II they continue " ny
their records unspotted.
THE HEAD DETECTIVE TALKS FREELY
boon call
~ resnonsb,ity Acting Captain O'Brien has shown
disposition 10 make promises of reforms ne
talked freely yesterday about the reforms VIM" "e
hopes TO make in the bureau. am there was sh"'"
OF boastng in some OF his declaratio Among 'he
statements he made were the following
Every man mus, here on his record . As 4, a
good officer His nationality or religion VII mar
no difference long ~ he does MS iu,S an
going allow any one to interfere WIN ND 70 10
In their work. will not ask any OF my nv, mn, ~ :,
ANYTHING thai would not DO myself ny IN - -,
show to the public the cm,rr %, ,ha; ihs i
The bureau from which In the future should I'VE Sc
ectei most OF the police capi"ms anu "ar,iei and
the acting captains. 50 tha' VIII ~. c"r,-
tr,inoi detective goes into precinct 10 lax ori.
,nat Vi,h his own experience and his instruction,
10 his men, every police oihcer on 'he S'e""N wa
viii say further that there IL not professiona.
thief in this country whom could not lay my nam
try and drive all the thieves grcengools men an,
bunco Oh, q this city aon see nn' sheii
break up their haunts and the places "hsr- ~, =.
eeere their victims We are frequently op.sf' ~
cali upon chiefs Of police all over the .onl"S a.,
the World TO assist US IN tracing criminal ahe eS
do IL checrfully and for that reason We naNy ~
r,eh; 10 lei professional THIEF I've IN Ne" 81 :
ard opera;e in O'her cities New YORK y no, E"'Is
70 he a harbor for criminals shall drive ,h"n Al
M, and out a stop the loose practice OF i"''ihs
| them run around. 49,, -, d.,.c,,v. .erv,re
and cover tn, lnlcs and outlets In the cry ~ wei
~ r,riyate residential and business neighnoi noou
with good detectives At present we nave no, 'nous
~ bu, the force Of the bureau VIII be increased
80 ico officers There will be forty detectNc-So'-
| geants and sixty detective officers