The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-15

4 CAPTAIN CHARLES r. HILL, 80
Who is to- bezSActng Superintendent Of Police.
- p, = - y >a5=r. Photo by Miller.
tenants and sergeants are also affected by
the order and. "a great change will occur
among the plain clothes. men who for the
past year and half have been loaing
about police headquarters. These plain.
clothes men are to be parcelled out among
the various stations in proportion as the
district. needs that sort of protection.
Many. Of them will be assigned to night
and report to- precinct stations once an
hour through the patrol boxes just. like,
ordinary policemen. This will keep the
department. heads in close touch with all
the working force at all times and permit
q speedy assignment of special work in
emergency. *, IS 4..y.3-s51 -. =
Mounted men are also distributed among
the precinct stations and will no longer
lose two hours day by riding way down
to the city hall to report and pass in
spectacular review. The mounted men will
be in direct charge of Sergeant Shepherd
on the West Side and Lieutenant Frame
on the East Side. Captain Coffin will have
general supervision of the entire mounted
force and will put in all his time in the
saddle. = s - *
Gus Runge, who has been officiating as
desk sergeant, will be promoted to the
rank Of captain and will be in charge
Of the Central station. The bicycle in
spectors are retained but in addition to
watching for tagless wheels they are to
become cycle path inspectors.
In a general way the plan Of reorgan-
ization has been to make the police force
as efficient as the number of men will
permit, placing officers with view to the
work required and making communication
and supervision easy. The details were
worked out and the assignments made by
Captain Hill in conference with T. r,
Brown, mayors secretary, who is familiar
with police work and the personnel OF
the force. not, only from his connection
with the present regime but from many
years service as police reporter. What
ever things have been said of Captain Hill
he has never been accused of lacking
executive ability and men around head
quarters are expecting the reorganization
of the force to be more than a formality
The new details follow:
Headquarters Roster.
Acting Superintendent Police G. R. Hill
Captain G. w. Curtiss transferred from
municipal court; desk sergeants, Lieutenan
| r. A. Plummer, transferred from fifth pre-
cnct; Sergeant Andrew Crummy, Patrolmai
C. w. Lee; license inspector, A. l.. Gardner
| assistant license Inspector, Frank Hopper
| pawn broker inspector, IT,. E. Price; side
4 walk inspector, Hugh Jennings; bicycle in
,spector, Sergeant Fred aConnor; patro1man
aJ.sC. Vaughn detectives, Captains Osca
i Hicks Nick Smith, James Howard. Percy De
/ Laittre, George Bahan, Thomas xGallaghe
i and Leutenants Thomas Carroll, NJ. Mealey
! Special Detail-Banks, 8. Captain Jane
/ Parkinson; railroads. Captain George E. Nc
/ Allister; department stores Captain Johl
Morrissey; mayors ofice Captain Johl
j Fitchette and Patrol1nan Albert Czaia. @
First Precinct or Central Station.
Captain, A. H. Runges lieutenant, p J
i Qualey, transferred from second precinct
sergeant, Henry Brudigan, transferred fron
fourth precinct. 4
! Second Precinct.
Lieutenant George Sinclair, transferre
from central station; inspectors, Josepl
Schutta.s Louis Hanson, detached from head