Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-10
Secret Conference Is
Held in Mayors
Chambers
Messrs. Mason, Sadler,
Kern and Flammer
Talk 1t Over
During Heart-to-Heart Debate New
Lieutenants and Sergeants and
Future Policy Are
Discussed

Work for the next chief of police and
for his official family has been mapped
out.
In the mayors office last night
Mayor McAleer's cabinet threshed out
details with the assistance of Council
man Ed Kern, the chief-elect, and
Capt Paul Flammer, the acting chief,
and perhaps Immediately after the
next meeting of the board of police
commissioners the change will be made.
Commissioners Mason and Sadler,
with the city's executive between them,
sat at one end of the council table in
the mayors private office, while at
their elbows sat Messrs. Kern and
During bart ogtl3e session the health
board occupied an ante room, discussed
public questions and adjourned before
the destinies of the police department
had been adjusted in the adjoining
room.
Some of the commissioners We're not
even aware that one of their ex-officio
members, Mayor McAleer, was within a
few feet of the conference table.
Enter the Conferees
The city hall was deserted, lights
were turned low, the front doors were
locked and janitors had full sway ap-
parently when at Z O'Clock the mayor
wearing an overcoat entered the NUM-
cipaI building by a side door and hur-
ried into his suite under the tower on
the second floor
The other members followed by auto
mobile, car and on foot, all headed for
the same corner of the big hall.
Only shadows flickering through the
stained glass doors and sounds of talk
ing apprised those on the outside that
municipal history was being made be-
yond the portal.
1t is known semi-officially that the
policy of the new administration, the
probable selections for the four lieu
tenants or night captains, and the new
sergeants and the course with respect
to adding the new patrolmen recently
authorized by ordinance by Council
man Kern's colleagues in the council
were all discussed.
Discuss Live Topics
Letters bearing on the availability of
certain candidates for chields and
badges were read, arguments on the
prospects for promotion of men now In
The ranks, and general reorganization
of the department were all handled in
earnest fashion, all present participat-
ing i'll the debate.
Action by the council in increasing
the number of men has paved the way
for immediate acceptance of the chief
-, l,xy .E,iophth ward alderman
who has hitherto held out for better
and larger enrolment of peace and
property guardians.
Five footmen will be added to the
department each month for some
monthsunder the original ordinance.
These are in addition to the sixty-eight
men authorized last week.
Kern's next step will doubtless be to
mount a number of the patrolmen who
now do duty in the hill districts and
find their efficiency in covering beats
largely decreased by the extraordinary
physical exertion REQUIRED In covering
Them. Kern is known to favor mount
ed police.
None of those who left the confer
snce would go into details for the press,
hough Mayor McAleer explained that
What had been done and talked about
II his Office last night was for the good
d the city and of the police depart
nent.
Flammer Pleased by Increase
Paul Flammer, acting chief Of the
pIlice department. has expressed him
s(f as greatly pleased that the or
dhance increasing the number of pa
tblmen has been passed.
This department has been greatly
iu need OF new men for a long time,p
SAD Capt. Flammer last night, "and
ndV that we are allowed to take them
OIL e will be able to patrol the dis
trfts which up TO this time have been
lei without police protection.
II will be some time before the new
pakolmen are added, as we must find
md who are competent, and they
INST then pass eivil service examina-
tiq.
hhis city will need a constant in
erase in the force OF patrolmen, as
iths growing faster than any other
CIV IN the west. All classes come
HE and our men must be on the alert
afaIl fifnaa