The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-05
MORE POLICEMEN
 ADDED ID FORCE Jordan Elected Lieutenant For
 En,I5y Station BODEKER AT STEEL CITY confers With Prominent Citizens About Needs and Police Com
 mission Grants Chiefs
 Recommendations

The board of police commissioners met in regular semi-monthly session In the office of Chief Bodeker yesterday after- noon at o'clock, the commission deVot- ing its whole time to the shaping or mat ters relating to the further organizatloh of the police department of Greater BIT mingham. The meeting was an impor- tant one, total of 21 new men being added to the police force of the greater city, giving 125 regular patrolmen. Ten new supernumeraries were elected and practically all details of the Ensley branch of the department were worked out.
 The force of men originally assigned Tor duty in the Ensley district was practical ly doubled by the commission, present plans calling for 34 men in this territory.
 The position of lieutenant of the Ensley station was created by the commission, and J. c. Jordan, former chief of police of Ensley. was elected to the position.
 Three desk sergeants were elected. A. L. Arnold former city clerk of Ensley, was made first desk sergeant; MT. Sullivan, former city clerk of Pratt City, was made second man in the office, and James Brodie of Wylam was made third desk sergeant
 J. T. Trimble, former warden, was elect ed day patrol driver and T. G. Pardue will drive the wagon at night.
 While Lieutenant Jordan will have di- rect supervision over the department of the Ensley district. which includes Ems ley, Pratt City, Wylam and Fairview; he will serve directly under the police commission, Chief Bodeker and the cap tains.
 It will be noted that the offices were distributed by the commission. which IS making an effort to retain as many as possible of the men who formerly held positions in the suburbs. This will be the policy of the commission in framing the details of operation of the several sub stations.
 Chief Bodeker went to Ensley yesterday morning to confer with the citizens Of Ensley with reference to the matter of policing the Steel City district. About 50 of the most prominent men in the district attended and the matter was carefully threshed out. The police commission granted practically every suggestion of the chief who considers that he has done for Ensley only what Is right.
 In electing new men for service on the police force the commission also made an effort to distribute the jobs among the suburbs Claude Drake of West End and l.. B. Strong of North Birmingham were elected to regular positions on the force and a number of the supernumeraries re- gently elected were promoted to regular positions.
 Ten new supernumeraries were elected as follows: w. c. Puryear of Wood lawn, O. D. Brown of Pratt City, c. R. Allen of North Birmingham, H. V. House of Gate City, E. w. Crump of Elyton, R. w. Anderson of West End. R. G. Rich ley T. E. Sharrett of Fairview and J. l.. Warner of Ensley.
 The commission also created the posi- tion of secretary to the chief, and Chief Bodeker, it Is understood, will be allowed to select the man of his own choice. This position will fill long-felt want in the police department. The correspondence to be attended to has grown so that it has been practically impossible for the chief to keep up with it with only part of the time of one of the desk sergeants.
 The meeting of the commission was fully attended yesterday afternoon and business was dispatched without hitch.