New-York tribune., 1898-01-29
THE GORDON HOTELS. Limited
THE BROADWAY SQUAD AGAIN.
CHIEF MCULLnGH RECOMMENDS I'D rAN'
TIAI. RE -ESl OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES oOH-
GEsTIONs IN HIS REPORT.


GEsrIONs IN HIS REPORT
-.,o-, ., ch,sf McCulagh on the police force,
about which there has been considerable secrecy
,,as p,ada nublic Yesterday. It contains nuinoer
~ recommen ndations. some Of which wero maoe ia
his report 70 the old Board In December.
o,a NJ the departures proposed by the Chier Is
the re-esta blishment, In part al ieasr OF '"o o'
proadvay Squad He thinks that all policemen at
crossings In the various boroughs where the 'raiIo
"a oroat should be at least six feet In height Ihls
& particularly true, he declares. OF the men as
signed to broadway. He Is also or the opinion 'hat
the Broadway Squad should be looked after oy i.s
own roundsmen. This. he adds. will be done-
He introduces his report with criucis!n Oh inc
present Headquarters building, which. he says was
good enough when the force had less than TWO
thousand men, but is lamentably inadequate for an
army OF seventy-six hundred.
.I would respectfully suggest" no says, that
there IS a pressing need for now Headquarters
b,ildng but as It would take considerable time 70
supply building adequate to the present and
,-osnect,ve needs OF the service. would respect
f,v recommend that Your Honorable Board take
prompt action toward repairing and altering the
nresent building that the very bad features or II
may be removed and that II may be made. as near
lv as posslbie adequate to the present needs OF
the Ice That done. It would be in order to con-
cider the erection OF new building that would
-nce not ONLY for the present. but for many years
IN come Such building should contain on the
ground floor SORT OF armory or driiiroofn IN "non
tho force could be assembled AZ certain Intervals
for drill and instruction In their duties lhoIe
should also be on the ground floor an examination
room with such a gymnasium as may be necessary
,or ,he use of the police surgeons In examining
-.lc,nts for admission TO the force. This drill
-or, would serve as an excellent place for conceh-
,rating the force in case OF a riot or any ouiei
serous public disturbance. on the nr5t moor shouu
ho located tho Offices OF the Chief Of Police the
M
Manhattan Bureau OF Information and Telegraph
,, tho Detective Bureau. On the second moor
,,,,r1 ~, the Commissioners. the Board meeting
room the courtroom and the school OF instruction.
on the third noor the chief clerk ana MS ass's'S'
the Bureau OF Elections and the onces OF tne prop
ertv clerk and on the top moor inc iefe'"p'
,,,ro,u the rooms for the photosraphins OF GRIM
,,,ls and for tho keeping OF their records. ana
,lace for the temporary detention OF lost chii-
dron" , ,,b
a ,c,, excep,lons the Chief says. unht ior occupa-
ton. and he singles out those IN Maulson-sr pe
,arcev-et West Twentieth-st and East Thirty
cttnst az instances In The Bronx tho High
bridge Morrlsana Klngsbridge. Westches;er and
Wakefield stations are pointed OUT as unH' ,S - -
80. The station houses in Brooklyn are sald 70 De
,e.v and scrNiceablc with the exception. tne Chlet
saw Of those in Fulton-st BedfordaVe, S'aSs-st;,
or4 in tho new Thirtieth Precinct Five hundred
new men are needed in brooklyn. the Chief says,
da.ds ln" Is In BAD condition the Chief wants six
nrecincs there. At Astoria. Hunters Point. New
iown Flushing Jamaica and Far R9ckaway WIN
stone Rayslde Dougiaston Richmond Hll. AT
verne ana Rockaway Beach To police the borough
he needs six captains. thirty sergea1ts. twenty
dred and hfty horses. In Richmond TWO captains;
six sergcants, ten roundsmen and one nundred ana
twenty patrolmen are needed. In addition TO those
lie Would abandon the washington-s,. station
absolutely unfit for use, and reorganlze tho
mad ne n
sergeants and four roundsmen. II has now cap
tain three serRelnts and ninety patromen but no
rOundsrnan. ,
not an admirer of the Mounted Squad despite its
record and the Horse Show prizes which II has
in the service who thoroughly understand how 10
rde or 10 take proper OF their horses and
eql,ipmcnts This IS because they have never been
properly drilled and Instructed In their duties IN
ihis rncarj" The chief recommends therefore, a
school 0f instruction.
The bicycle squad he praises, and recommends It's
various hOroughs the uniform similar 10
that heretofore worn in the Borough OF Man
Fiffv more patrolmen are recommended for the
Bronx Park police. with sub-stations In Crotona
and Pelham Bay parks.
The Cn.ef repeats MS former suggestions for a
rcorcanlzatlon OF the detective force by abolshing
The wardmen. He wants nifty detective scrgesnts
and m, detective officers at Headquarters ana
from Headquarters. The present system Is cum
b,rfone. and bad from every point OF Wow, he says
fOf % hr" aitiia system the Nhlet wants sl|J,Vh
This sum would pay tor the establishment of four
hundred 10 the stationary posts sidewalk boxes
Win policemen In them. in direct communication
by telephone with Headquar which he de-
srrtcd I'm d"fei IN ha report on the subject TO tho
Ola Board The four hundred boxes would cover
Manhattan Island below nehunired-and- thirtieth-
No signal system has been considered he says
that would not cost nearly six times as much.