Evening star., 1901-06-20
NEW RULESFOR DETECTIVES
FURTHER DETAILS OF CHIEFS PLAN
OF REORGANIZATION.
Minor OGenscs to BE Hereafter in
Charge of Precinct Officers
The Bicycle Squad.

izatfon there will be a change in the meth
| cd of pursuing the detective work of the
police department. Major Sylvester today
submitted to the Commissioners his rules
which are to form a part of the manual
governing the conduct of members of the
department. The rules. which are to be-
come effective July /, are follows:
| There shall be on duty in each police pre-
cinct a member of the force to be known
as precinct detective. All minor crimes
shall be specially investigated by such Off
Ger in conjunction with the uniformed force
as the lieutenant of the precinct may di-
rect.
All offenses. whether of greater or lesser
magnitude shall be promptly reported to
| the detective bureau, and no time shall be
permitted to elapse after preliminary re-
port or invest igation before making request
for the assistance of a detective sergeant,
If necessary
shall be obtained with all dispatch and be
transmitted without delay to the detective
bureau, especial care to be exercised in the
giving of names dates and time,
Duties of the Captain.
The captain in charge of the detective
service shall be given special information
from those in command of precincts con-
cerning crimes of greater Importance which
may come to their notice.
When arrests made by members of
the precinct commands for the detective
bureau the cases shall be carried on re-
ports For Detective Bureau" and be SO
enumerated in quarterly reports, and men,
bers of the force shall cooperate and assist
the detective sergeantS in the completion
and prosecution of such cases.
Efforts on the part of members of the
precinct commands toward this end shall
be reported to the major and superintend-
ent by the captain in charge of the bureau
and due credit given for active co-opera-
tion.
Detective sergeants shall have the au-
thority of sergeants during the time they
may be so detailed, and shall be respected
as such by members of the force, and shall
report to the captain in charge of the de-
tecttve bureau any dereliction or failure on
the part of members of the force to CO.
operate with them in the detection and sup
preston of crime.
Members of the force shall keep memo
randa of all expenditures for the suppress
Sion and detection of crime and present
vouchers for the same to the chief clerk
of the department within thirty days after
mourning any expense.
Pleasing to the Force
Members of the detective force as we'll
as those in the precincts are highly pleased
over the new rules for the government of
the class of work mentioned. Heretofore
all cases of theft, we'll as the serving of
warrants in petty cases, have claimed the
attention of Capt. Boardmans officers and
III many the Work on more I'M
portant cases was interfered with. 1t Is
MAJ. sylvester intention under the new
order of things to keep minor matters out
OF the detective office and have the precinct
man handle them. Hereafter only such
cases as require detective work are to
claim the attention of the men under Capt
BOardman.
The Bicycle Corps.
Maj Sylvester has selected the fifty po-
icemen who are to form the bicycle CORPS
after July 1, to do duty under the new or
der establishing the eight-hour system as
published in yesterdays Star Many of the
oIncers selected have already done bicycle
DUTY. Those who will compose the CORPS
and the precincts in which they will serve
are as follows:
First precinct-Privates H. R Warren,
Z; L. Plemmons, J. R. Simpson, L. w.
Charlton and l.. S. VandewaIker Second
precinct-Privates j. r. Bennett. G. I.
Bode, j. NJ: McGrath, W. c.. Van Horn,
and w. H. Skinner. Third precinct
Prlvates j. w. Potter, H. W. Cover, G. S.
Satts w. Emerson and ]. W. Robertson
Fourth precinct-Privates Ernest L. Lake,
A J. Headley, Frank Dierkoph George
Shannon and Thomas Buckley. Fifth pre-
clnct-Privates T. r. Bean, Frank NJ Dent.
Channing NJ. Edwards, Bernard R. John
son and Dennis j. Cullinane Sixth pre-
cinct-Privates S. D. Gibson, E Mudd c.
Mullen, j. NJ. Walsh and Robert Morris
seventh precinct-Privates McGin Grove
M T. F'urr, ]. A. Davis T. S. Lake and
William c. Farquhar. Eighth precinct
Privates c. H Bremmerman, J. j. Geier.
". NJ. Rout, Paul Kersten and NJ. G.
OBrien: Ninth precinct-Privates ]. E.
wilson and B. F. Williams Tenth pre-
cinct-Privates ]. E. Wilson, H Evans.
A. G Lynn, W. F. Barrett and L. p
Gouldman.