New-York tribune., 1902-01-03
PARTRIDGE HASA BUSY DAY.
NE AROTJSHES MURPHY'S STAMP
HABIIu'-NOT READY TO DECIDE
ABOUT THREE PLATOON SYSTEM

Police Commissioner Partridge had busy day
Yesterday, but he made no changes in the Ponce
Department and was not ready to disclose ms
plans He attended meeting OF the Heath
T.oard as an ex-ohicio member at II a and part
OF the afternoon spent in the Office Of Controller
Crout perfecting his bond as trustee OF the PONCE
Pension Fund. To newspaper men at Police HEAD
quarters he said:
do not intend TO talk through my hat Before
have aPytfips beeve {e e that ali estats news OF
the department belongs to the pepf @ t aG 5bc Know
than through the newspapers: There are som. some
renf that cannot be made known at once, pardcu-
iariy proceedings in regard to crime. nut When
vii see to it that the public knows everything that
goes IN the department
great many officers and IN the police force
are anxious to know whether or not Colonel Par
fridge will abolish the three platoon system ~nlcn
was put into operation some months ago oy CoIone4
Murphy Under the system paTomen have 10
work only eight hours day. while they draw @A4oO
a YEAR and have the right TO retire on half pay
80 +zyen+v-hve years service. The system has
caused the lengthening OF the night posts as only
onethird Of the active force can be on duty al one
time and policemen avoid making arrests NheH
nossb1e because they do not want to take prisoners
70 court in their hours OF leisure It is common
+.I- IN tbe department that the policemen raised
a fund of about $4,000 TO have the three-piatoon
system put into operation, but NOBODY pretehus u
know who received the money. II the three platooh
zvEreu1 s abolished IL Is believed IHeIo VIII DS
. "saueals'' and demands for the return OF the
money
Colonel Partridge said yesterday that ne vas not
ready to decide as to the three platoon system ne
wanted more time to how II WORKED ne sa4u-
The Commissioner decided 10 abolish the RUBBER
stamp habit at headquarters. Colonel Murphy
caused to be made eight ten rubber stamps bear
ing his signature. which he had distributed IN sew
eral of the offices. Under his order routine ousi-
ness requiring his signature was stamped and was
l,4s fg
rubber stamp was used often and effectively IN
Deputy Commissioner Devery's office and that nr-
rnerous transfers were made without the knowledge
OF the Commissioner.
Commissioner Partridge has announced that mere
after all questions requiring his attention must De
brought to his Office and placed before him for his
signature
Commissioner Partridge qualified before control
Ter Grout with two bonds, for $4,000 as Com
missioner Of Police and for 100000 trustee
Of the Police Pension Fund The bonds were rur-
nished by a surety company
Before leaving Police Headquarters he signed
papers transferring about fifty men from the
Health Department to the Sanitary Squad These
transfers were Of a technical character and were
provided for by the new charter.
1t was learned that, acting under Instructions
from Commissioner Partridge, Senior inspector
Cortright is making list of the names and his
tories Of the who attached TO Police Head
quarters in any capacity. Just what the Con111is-
sioner wants this list for is not known II is
thought that he may be contemplating a Bnakeup
of the various STATS at headquarters