The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-30
nE-DIsraICrINa THE CITY.
This tho Chief subject at tho PoIice
Board Meeting Yesterday.


Board Meeting Yesterday.
The Board of Police Commissioners
met yesterday afternoon with Mayor
Mayo In the chair and the Commission
ers present.
The minutes Of previous meeting were
read and approved.
A written request from a number Of
business men was received asking that
John T. James be placed on the detective
force OF the city. Mr.. James has been
%orh ihs SUI he ros
berry In Client. The Recommendation
was filed for reference.
An application was received from w.
c. Brlmner. endorsed by number OF
citizens. for the position of patrolman.
Applications were received from E. T.
Cooper. r. A. Shumadine, Robert Lee
Wright, j. w. Matthews. J. b. Ether
idEe. Charles A. Elliott, Custis T. Joynes
and John j. Dozier. asking for positions
on the force. The applications were
filed.
The case of officer Calvin, charged
with leaving his beat after midnight and
going into a house on church street
was taken up. The charge was given by
the Chief of Police to Detective AIRING
ton for investigation. who reported that
the officer had accompanied him into the
house at her request TO help her find a
kew she had hidden under the door mat
upon going out. and which she could
not find. and thought that it had been
used by some one to lock himself In her
room. The officer was called before
the board and told story confirmatory
OF the report of the detective.
Several business men asked that
Cakes be appointed n special policeman
with a. beat on Union street.
The request was granted and the ap,
pointment made. The Mayor stated
that a few days ago he had been asked
to appoint an attache of the Franklin
Theatre as a special officer on this beat;
and had done so. but had since found
that he was without authority to make
the appoIntment The board approved
his action.
by the Mayor tn the article which aP-
peared in The Vrginian yesterday de-
scriptive of the character of the enter
tainments at the Bijou and Franklin.
If was admitted by the members of the
hoard that the resorts named were
highly Objectionable, but no action was
taken.
A communication was presented by
Chief pornin Regarding the present po-
lice bea,.s and the necessity of increasing
the number of pat! olmen
II submit beneath maps OF the iour
wards of this city as at present divided
into police beats (22). and as proposed.
into a. 4 comparison will show what
an extensive territory an officer now
has to cover at night. In the day, X IL.
of course much worse. NO. day neat.
for instance, being all north or Granny
street canal, west of James street 10 the
city limits, or boundary of the Sixth
Ward; all south of Cove street and east
of Church. I give these as examples.
VERY respectfully,
"T. ]. DORNIN, Chief of Police
After a. lengthy discussion the Mayor
was instructed to address a communica-
ton 20 the Councils setting forth the
facts as TO the need of re-poice district
ing the city into thirty-threc police dis
tticts, and asking for the additional
number of officers made necessary by
the increased number of districts.
Upon the request OF Chief Dornin the
Chief or Acting Chief was granted per-
miss ion to give leaves OF absence to
members OF the force desiring ito go 10
the ball park. Newport News, or Ocean
View. Previously the power to grant
leave rested only with the Mayor.
Chief Dornin requested that he be en-
powered to accept collateral security for
the appearance in court on the following
day OF prisoners arrested ut night
charged with minor offences. On motion
the matter was referred to che Mayor,
with a request that he refer the subject
to the CMy Attorney ito see II the re-
quest of the Chief can he legally grant
ed.
The question of restraining the pro-
prietors OF orlinarics who also run sn-
looms. from selling liquors to guess in
connection with meals served a: their ia
bles on Sundays, was tho subject of
lengthy discussion. The Mayor was
strongly In favor of ins.ruc:ing the Chief
To see that such sales of liquor were
stopped. and the other members of the
Board were apparently wi.h him. but It
was finally determined that the Mayor
should request an opinion from Judge
Hanckel on a hypothetical case involv-
ing the construction of the ordinance
relating to the sale of liquor on Sunday.
The final business of She Board was
the election of patrolman to take the
place of MI. hamburger. resigned
Mr.. Dawes nominated Mr.. CustIs u.
Joynes and Mr.. Johnson placed in nomi-
nation Mr.. d. Childress.
After some discussion. Mr. Childress
was chosen. Adjourned