The Detroit times., 1909-12-01
WANT C0P?Y0u CAN
GET ONE ON JUMP
Commissioner Croul Establishes Fly
ing Squadron to Promptly
Answer Emergency Calls.

4 policeman when you want him.
and whore you want him. and no ques'
tions asked. is TO be the motto OF The
Flying Squadron new institution
which will go into active service sat
Hraa@ ght.
A uniformed officer. equipped with
either motorcycle or a bicycle. is to
De available for every police call. In
every police precinct, every minute
OF the day OF night
Nervous women and bashful men
will no longer have To hold the bed
clothes over their heads. and dwell ia
fear for intei minable periods OF time.
while neighbor's eat trips lightly
over the roof. or makes noises like "A
! burglar. and the cumbersome patrol
wagon is on the way, but seems
destined to never arrive.
If policeman is wanted anywhere,
or any time. all that will be necessary,
after Saturday night Is TO call police
! headquarters, and say Send police
man" giving the address. No ques.
tons as To the emergency viii he
asked In surprisingly short space
of time a motorcycle or a bike Will
whizz up TO the door.
Three men each station are as
signed TO the Flying Squadron as
Commissioners Croul. himself. terms
! the new organization Each of tho
men Will work an eight-hour shift.
/ His whereabouts will be known. every
minute. except when he is going to.
. oi returning from a call, by the oper-
( ator at the signal Office.
! If the FLYER" I'm one precinct ~
out on call. when another call comes
fot him. The signal Office viii inn
medlately call the man from the near
Est neighboring precinct. to I'LL in
/ in the same manner that fire engines
MI in for alarms, when part OF the
/ companies are out
, The minute that a flyer" returns 10
the station from which he was sent
he must report 10 the signal office, ard
/ ne then goes on the records as lin
/ service much the same as fire on
CINE Is treated He must not report
+ service until he is back in the station.
+ Ii he is ont too long, he will be aske
! about II
Tho system has been partially test.
I ed in the Bethune and central pre-
Z ClllC Is, ana mas proven Nftlufu NNt'
cess The central night man respond
ed 10 ~ calls I'm one night. The Be
thune man made seven calls, Tuesday
night.
Under the old system. II was tho
custom 10 either send the patrol
wagon. or wait until the man on the
beat reported and then send him
over 10 the address. The patrol wagon
was sometimes a slow process. and as
a means for surprising burglars az
work, acted much the same as a brass
band would
We want TO answer the public =
calls promptly says Commissioners
/ Croul Its our duty 10 answer every
call. necessary or unnecessary. II
makes no difference whether man,
woman or child calls for policeman
"a policeman viii go. and go at once
Sometimes he will arrive at about the
time they are hanging up their tele-
phone receiver
Commissioner Croul recognizes that
the division OF duty on a strict eight
hour shift basis will not be fair 70 the
men. on account of the extra court
duty for the man who happens 20 get
the bulk Of the calls The man wh1
mas 10 stay IN court for number ot
cases will have a prOportionate part
OF his actual service time filed by one
OF the other men, who has not found
: IL necessary 20 60 10 court