Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-13
POLICE HEADS
REPLY TO CRITICS
:, IN BOARD OF TRADE
Commissioners and Department
Chiefs Join in Hot Retort
TO Business Men.
CITE RECORDS TO PROVE
GOOD WORK OF LOCAL FORCE
Statement That Newark Has
\ Too Many Bluecoats Is
Scoffed at as Absurd.

Police commissioners, ranking officers
of the department and friends and ad-
mirers Of the local police force united
today in spirited defense of the de-
partment against the bitter attack
which was made upon it in the report
of the committee OH municipal affairs
of the Board of Trade which was in
dorsed by two hundred members of the
board The report was signed by
Lathrop Anderson, chairman of the
committee, and took a fling at the last
grand jury, principally because of the
recommendation Of that body for an
increase in the police force
In replying to their critics police off,
ciafs back up their statements with
statistics and correspondence. An
amusing feature of this latter part of
their statements is the letter written by
Mr.. Anderson. who now says the police
force is too large, ,trequesting the police
board to add number of policemen to
the force which patrols the district in
which he lives.
Chief Corbitt's Statement.
Asked to make q statement regard
Ing the action Of the Board of Trade
committee, Chief Corbitt said:
! would much prefer to have the
Police Commissioners answer the
charges made, but l want to say this,
and everyone knows 1t to be the abso-
lutte truth. have never been under the
influence of any politician or group of
politicians since I have been chief,
nor Have any of the men to my knowl-
edge-snd I know my officers better
than anyone else Since have been IN
charge any man who had a just COM
paint to make had it investigated. No
special fayors were granted as 1t has
always been my policy to treat all cti-
zens alike, regardless of creed, race,
color or political party
Acting Captain Connell, iii charge OF
the detective bureau, said:.- 1T would
seem that Just so often there is an out
break of this kind. The Board of Trade
COMMITTEES, while 1t may be sincere, is
nevertheless not conversant with con-
ditions which confront our force. The
records, compared with those of any
city in the country, will show that the
Newark police department has made
a sp,3ndia showing in the apprehension
of criminals, both in this city and from
other towns. The readiness with which
outside cities enlist the aid of our
department in capturing criminals cer-
tairly speaks volumes as to it's reputa-
ton
Statistics Are Cited.
II was pointed out that in regard to
the pay of patrolmen in Newark, the
Board of Trade committee evidently
overlooks the fact that this question
was submitted to the people in 1906,
the resultant vote being 22,469 for an
ir ease i'll the pay of police officers
and 8, 795 against 1t.
Secretary Joseph NJ Cox, of the Po-
lice Board, gave some very interesting
statistics regarding the area covered
by the present police force, the number
of square miles covered and the num-
Der OF linear miles patrolled, as well as
the number of men to do this work.
The following table shows exactly
the men on duty for night patrol, day
duty and on reserve in each precinct,
beside the number of details made
necessary by local conditions