The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
POLICE
SALARY
RAISE
Prospect Of More Pay PleaSeS
Desk SergeantS and
ROundSmen.

Following the lead of the captains of
the five precincts. the desk sergeants will
tomorrow appear at the meeting Of the
police board and ask for an increase in
pay. A committee of roundsmen will also
appear to ask that they be given an ad-
vance. It Is said to be certain that the
desk sergeants will get their increase, but
whether or not they will be made heu-
tenants as they wish. is a question. The
roundsmen expect that they will receive
an increase after the committee puts the
matter up TO the board.
1t now looks as If the board will grant
all requests at the meeting in order that a
general increase will go into effect In Sep
tember. The detective bureau men under
Carroll want the same Increase as the desk
sergeants, who have not included the de-
tectives in their request for more money.
1t is not likely that the detective sergeants
will be represented by a committee at the
board.
The desk sergeants determined some
time ago to ask for the increase and the
question of whether the detective SER
geants should be considered in the request
was debated. 1t was decided to ask the
board to make the rank of desk sergeant
one grade above the detective sergeants
and Use the old name lieutenant,
Acting on the statement. published in
Tue ENGINlIN1 oIAIb VI Ii'SiuSht vphH
Bladder, of the Police Board. to the effect
that he favored a snlnry of 5000 n year
for desk sergeants, the committee of the
desk sergeants will ask that the board
grant them that amount. In asking for
the above sum they will impress upon the
minds of the Police Board the responsible
iyt of n desk sergeant in taking notion In
place of the captain, who may be out OF
reach. This responsibility and the fact
that ,A..oI .1oa1rdg ~, Tho en1ta in lnalY nf
the desk during an emergency will be the
arguments used TO try and get more
money. The desk sergeants hope that the
Board will grant them the $1,000 a year.
They count on the vote of President
Bladder In this direction.
The chances are more than likely that an
increase Of 800 a year will be decided upon
by the Board. which will make the sal
aries of the sergeants $500. If an increase
Is granted the roundsmen then expect at
least 81, 900, which would be 5000 more a
year than they row receive.
No formal action on the part of the de-
tective sergeants will be made to get an
increase. The men in this branch of the
service will leave 1t all to the commission
ers, who, they say, they feel will deal
fairly with them, without having any COM
mittee go to the front. Their argument
against changing n grade of the desk SER
geant and putting them on a higher rank
is that every detective is qualified to do
the work of a desk sergeant. besides going
out and performing their work.
Commissioner Castle is not In favor of
granting an increase to the detective SER
geants and will Very likely vote against
any proposition to give them more money.
The bureau men, however, feel certain that
Justice will be done them by the members
of the board. They say that their late
night work and all-day efforts to run down
criminals will not be overlooked by the
board.
In the event of the board making the
desk sergeants lieutenants, a pet scheme of
Captain CAROLS will be knocked In the
head. 1t is generally understood that the
captain of the bureau would have liked to
ger the detective sergeants behind the
desk in headquarters. This would give him
complete charge of the headquarters, with
the exception of the chiefs oce. He thinks
that 1t would also mean greater degree of
efficiency for the men.
With an increase granted to the SER
geants and roundsmen. IL Is figured that
for the sake Of avoiding criticism the board
will give the detective sergeants an ad-
vance. though they may not get as much as
the desk sergeants.