The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-08
CT AZEBROOK
INDICATED
Police Committee Finds MOI
the Slightest Ground for
Charges Of Inattenticn.
coNKLING NOT YET SATISFIED

The report of the police committee
to the board of aldermen on Frlaay
evening in regard to the charges OF IN
attention to his duties brought against
Police Surgeon Francis FL. GlazeDrooK
by Alderman John N. Conkilng
brought out some pointed comment
from the aldermen. The commibtee
expressed itself as being satisfied with
the way the physician had performed
his duties.
The committees report stated 6hat
= letter had been sent TO DR.. Glaze
brook reciting the rules in the police
manual regarding the police surgeon
ship and asking him how he had ful-
filed them and also that letter nad
been sent to Chief of Police y Frank
Holloway asking his version OF uhe
discussion. Both the replies OF une
police surgeon and the chief were an
nexed to the report.
The report went on to relate tna0
the committee found not the silgnesb
grounds for charges OF any nature
against the police surgeon. "lne
only point which seems to be made oy
anyone with regard to the discnarge
Of the police surgeons duties during
the past six months is that he some
times has been away from his office
when calls came in. We consider thls
due to the fact that we have employed
a physician with practice, VINO IS,
presumably, therefore more sklllful
and able to discharge his duties as a
physician than would be the case II
we had employed someone whose -prac-
tice was so small he could always be
found in his office.
We are informed by the police sur
geon that he makes exactly the same
arrangements as to the care OF police
calls when he is away from his office
or from town that he does with regard
to his private patients.
I'VE wish to take this occasion to
express our confidence in and satisfac-
tion with the way the present police
surgeon has discharged the duties OF
his office. In view of the facts which
are disclosed in the Communications
annexed to this report we desire to re-
cord our disapproyal of the method
which was adopted of bringing this
matter before the board at all. A
professional man is naturally very
Jealous of his professional reputation
and caanot afford to have it questioned
directly or indirectly. We are in
clined to the belief that the present
resolution was or may have-been in
Spired by desire on the part OF some
one to procure a change from the
present police surgeon to some other
person. We are of the opinion that
no change is desirable and il it was de-
sirable the method adopted to bring it
about was to be deprecated"
The report was signed by Aldermen
Kinsley Twining, Lewis f. Sturgis
and Jacob o. Arnold, the police COM
mittee.
DR.. Glazebrook, Ia his report to the
committee, recited the calls that he
had received and asserted that he had
answered everyone where possible.
He made the point that under the
rules the patient to be cared for by
the towns physician should be taken
to police headquarters. The cases of
Illness on the street, he asserted, were
private cases and were not for him
any more than any other physician
and that the physician attending must
look to the patient for his pay. DIR.
Glazebrook said he personally kept no
record and the cases he reported were
taken from the record kept by Chief
Holloway. II have attended faith
fully to my work and have as well at
tended members of the force gratui-
tously," said the surgeon, " if out Of
town the same conditions that govern
my private practice has governed the
police calls, to the effect that have
left word that one of my colleagues be
notified Of the case. = Several times,
however, when called up by the chief
and he had been told was out, went
on the doctor, he has said Never
mind and hung up the receiver before
anything more could be said"
DR.. Glazebrook said he had been
criticised for not going to the police
headquarters occasionally and he made
the point that he had no reason to go
there unless called for his services.
81 have no time for social calls" !" said
the physician.
The doctor recited the cases, both
those in the headquarters and the
street cases. and said he had attended
every true police case.
The police committees letter to
Chief Holloway asked il there was any
reason to believe the police surgeon
had not attended to his duties and if
SO why 1t had not been reported to the
committee The chief in his reply
said he had no occasion to report any
direliction Of duty upon the part OF
the police surgeon and enclosed a list
of the police calls for aid for illness.
A ldorrnos Rovaro afkar xsoo rlsv.,. 81 !.