The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-02
NEW CENTRAL RESERVE.
PLAN FOR NIGHT POLICE DE-
TAIL AT CENTRAL.

Commissioners Adopt Scheme Of Keep
ing Eight Oficers In Dormitory
Quarters for Emergency CaIIs--Each
Details Will Each Serve One Week
nnd Have Less than Four Turns N
Year--simiar Plans in Operation In
Large Cfties---PrOmOt tions,
BY the vote of the board of police
commissioners at their session last eve
ming a new plan for increasing the eff
ficiency of the local department was
adopted by the maintaining of a re-
serve force of patrolmen at the central
station at night. The plan was recon-
mended to the board by Chief Wrinn
and while 1t has not yet been com
pletely worked out in detail that will
be done and the scheme will go into
effect almost immediately
The plan calls for constant force Of
eight reserves to be stationed each
night at central station for emergency
duty. Two men are to be called from
each of the precincts and these will al
ways be chosen from the men on day
duty After reporting off duty they are
to bel allowed to go homefo supper and
will be expected to report at headuuar-
ters at some hour in the evening not
yet fixed but probably about retiring
time These men are to sleep in the
dormltories on the third floor of the
police headquarters, which have not
been in use of late.
Each detail Of eight men will do duty
for one week only and win then be re-
lieved by a fresh squad. They will not
be called upon for the same duty again
until all the other men IN the depart
ment have had their turn. This will
give the men about sixteen or seventeen
weeks between sessions requiring less
than four weeks service year.
The men will be held at Headquarters
simply for emergency calls such as muir
ders, riots, big fires or other occasional
occurrences which require a number of
officers on the instant. They will Of
course have no regular night duty.
Thus the system will work little incon-
venience to the men and yet result in
distinct gain to the department. Simi-
| lar systems are in operation in the
large cities of the country. The board
decided that New Haven had attained a
growth which called for the adoption
of some such reserve force. The plan
will soon be in operation.
-Four members Of the department
were rewarded for special mentions by
the board of police commissioners last
evening in the form Of one grade in
crease for each man. Patrolman John
H. Moore, I'd; Christopher Pagan and
Thomas j. Tracy are advanced from
grade D to grade C and Patrolman
Thomas w. Kelly goes from to B.
Patrolman P. J. Brown received his
regular grade increase from grade D to
| G.
A petition from Officer Frank D.
Cook Of station asking that he be re-
| tired was received and referred to the
committee on efficiency. officer Cook
was born in 1S49 and has been a regular
patrolman since June 2, 1885, He is a
grade A patrolman and has several
times received honorable mention for
| efficient services.
Rev. Mr.. MosEman of the City Mis-
sions appeared before the board with a
protest against the using of theaters
for Sunday performance. He called at
tention to several recent instances of
the theaters being open on Sunday eve
nings and asked that the police call the
theatrical managers attention to the
fact that such action is unlawful.
Superintendent of Parks Amrhyn, on
behalf of the park commission, request
ed the board for special police service
in the newly established children's play
grounds in what is known as the col
lege grounds in East Rock park at the
foot of the rock.