The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-10
THE POLICE SERVICE NEEDS
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 sioner Thompson explained that this
 was partially owing to shortage of
 S, 1000 in this years item. ss$. l Commissioner Thompson also urged
 the board to grant an appropriation of
 S1, $50 so that the department could be
 supplied with uniform m-sized revolyers
 of standard make, the same to be 32-
 ealibre; also to supply them with uni
 form cartridge. < x # The commissionersaid that the chief
 report showed that there were 150 men lin the department, who were carrying sixteen different kinds of revolyers at
 the present time: 134 of these were B.
 calibre; the rest ranged anywhere from
 26 to 3S and included both rim and cen
 ter-fire.
 He said that just the pistol which
 was needed could be purchased whole
 sale at sl0 apiece, and that they would 1 be very serviceable. The pistols which the men have at the present time are their own property, and Commissioner l Thompson said that an officer brought l his pistol to gun store recently to be lrepaired while he was m there, and that I the gunsrnith told the officer that 1t was \ nothing but a toy pistol and that II would be more dangerous to the person I who shot it than 1t would be to the per sen it was aimed at The pistols, if
 bought, would always remain the prop l,erty of the city, and if an officer Injured
 lone he would either have to have 1t re-
 paired or replace 1t. XII <.
 Commissioner Thompson then cited a large number of cities which have
 adopted these revolvers, and he said
 that 1t would only be a matter of time
 before New Haven would have to do llikewise, but, he added, the sooner the better. E. I The next matters taken up were the
 needs of the various station houses. Five hundred dollars is asked for at the central precinct in order to build an ad- dition which could serve as a storage
 house for stuff brought in by the police, At the present time the captains room and the detective headquarters are con tinually filled with merchandise of va
 rious kinds, which Is a great inconven- Hence. Some general repairs are also
 needed in that station and the plumbing \ is in horrible condition, according to ! the commissioners description.
 l For station $2o0 is asked. Comrnis- sioner Thompson described it as being
 in a bad place, where, owing to the smoke from passing engines and the fumes of gas, it cannot be kept clean. IThe money is needed to build a shed where the ambulance can back in and get out quickly. Under the present ar- lrangement the teams have only nine feet of space to turn around in. | Commissioner Thompson referred 10 station as the pride of the department | on account of its being somewhat new | and up to date,
 NeNvertheless, here also there are needs. What are wanted there are five cells to keep prisoners in, there being no lockups there at the present time. The commissioner stated that continual complaints were being received from residents of that neighborhood of the central wagon going there after pris- l oners, as they claimed that it was hav- ! ing a demoralizing effect on the rising generation. $ | In conclusion Commissioner Thomp- son referred to station as tumbled- down old place, and said that the only thing that was needed was an entirely new building. He said that Commis- sioner Kinney was also to have appear ed before the board, but as he was ill last evening he was unable to do so. Judge Tyner then asked the board to appropriate not over $50 to be used for the removal of the old gallery in the city court He said that the air there was very bad, and that by removing the gallery. which is now an obstruc- ton, ventilation could then be had from the two north windows. He stated that the old gallery was unsafe, and that it had only been used once in a great many years, and that was at Dr. Lees | trial.