The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-18
JUDGE HARRIsoN's REPORT
Diners With the Minority Report in
 Several Matters.

Judge Harrison submitted his re- port simultaneously with that of the other two members of the commission | about Il o'clock yesterday morning. The mayor was not at his office in city hall. being with the members of the congressional committee on rivers and harbors, who are now in the city. I
 Judge Harrison's report in effect is as follows: =-. .@
 On May 24 several citizens of New Haven appeared before the police cont mission and presented certain charges concerning assaults. robberies and the so-called Mckee case.
 There are not enough patrolmen de- tailed to properly guard several of the outlying sections of the city, such as Prospect street, Dixwell avenue, Whit ney avenue and Orange street. The beat, which includes Prospect street, is more than two miles in length, and one man cannot properly guard a beat of that length in the night season.
 The practice of having no detectives on duty ready at central of other pre- cincts between F o'clock at night and 6 o'clock in the morning is mistake, and in future proper provision should be made by which at least two or more competent detectives should be at head quarters pr in precinct houses during those hours.
 The statistics and evidence of wit nesses show that persons committing robberies and theft, as well as other of fences, near the center of the city, have been caught more frequently than when the offence was committed in the suburbs. This proves there is a greater necessity for additional police upon beats in the outlying sections of the city.
 It would be well if the department would provide brief statement of rules in such cases, together with directory showing the location of the different stations, and the telephone numbers at such stations. Such instructions could be published in the newspapers, the New Haven city directory, and other To- cal publications. Citizens should be in- structed to promptly use telephones at their own homes, or telephones near them, whenever robberies, assaults or other crimes have been committed. A delay of an hour or more in some cases in giving notice to headquarters might
 work very seriously against the possi-
 bility of detection or arrest of the crim-s inals.
 Concerning the Mckee case, the evil dence shows that for year or more it had been known to officers that Mckee was reputed to be carrying on a policy and pool room business.
 Ifmore efficient, we'll calculated work, in the. employment of special detectives or spotters, to procure evidence against Mckee had been performed by the po- lice of New Haven, Mckee might have been arrested sooner.
 It is evident that the police depart ment should be supplied with more funds to use for special means of de-. tection.
 There has been great improvement in making appointments upon the force since it became necessary for applicants to pass the necessary civil service ex- animation, No person can be appointed on the regular police force until he has first been declared eligible by the civil service board, and has been put upon ! the supernumerary list and rendered sorte service as Ia supernumerary for at least six months During the last three and one-h half years thirty in all have been appointed. Therefore, each com missioner during that time has had the opportunity of nominating five men for the force.
 There was no evidence given and nothing in the appearance of the men | to show that they were not proper ap- pointees but it would not be much bet 1 ter if men were appointed in the order of their marking by the civil service board, unless it appeared in a particu- liar case that the applicants record, while on the supernumerary force, | shows that he is not suitablefor police service. e e.-t.
 Concerning the efficiency of the force generally there was no evidence pre- sented to show that any member of the force had, at any time, during the last three or four years, been grossly negli- gent Of his duty, but the police have not prevented violations of the law to the extent desirable in our city. | An examination of the list of all the
 force, with the ages of the men em- ployed, and many of whom have been i empolyed thirty or forty years, shows that the absolute prompt movements
 necessary on the part of the patrolmen Ecannot be expected in all cases, and jthat some os the men should be en- ployed only in places of watchfulness j.where extreme energy is not expected
 or needed.
 The entire force is under the absolute control and orders Of the chief, with practically no right of appeal in extra
 ordinary cases.
 More absolute power should be given
 to the chief in managing the force, and it might be wise to have the charter so amended that the mayor would have power, for cause, to remove the chief of police at any time, without giving him any right to appeal. Before long Chief Wrinn, it is stated. will, on account of
 his age and long service, retire. His
 successor should be, comparatively
 speaking a young man with the ex- perience and the executive ability that lis requisite to command a}regiment of soldiers. If he were man of some mill
 itary as well as some police experience,