The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-18
Head of Department Comments the Men For
 Their Uniform Good Work ANNUAL STATEMENT IS FILED
City Comparatively Free From Crime and Department Ever Ready to Keep City Clean-Many Interesting Details Submitted Sev eral Important Recommen. dations

The annual report of Superintend- ent Eugene Birmingham of the Police department, filed today with City Auditor Bernard Heating, contains aside from statistics showing the num- Der and nature. of the arrests made during the fiscal year which ended March 30, brief statements concern ing the workings of the department and a few recommendations as well as the statistics of the licenses col- lected.
 Superintendent Birmingham reports there have been very few serious violations of the law in which our of f1cers failed to arrest and convict the guilty parties" There were in the department at the close of the fiscal years, one superintendent, four cap- tains, five detective sergeants, six sergeants on desk duty. four sergeants matron. one clerk and s5 patrolmen, making total of 122 in the depart ment. During the year 12 men were added. There was one promotion. George A. Haux, being made a detec- tive sergeant. One patrolman, John Fallon. was retired on pension after 43 years of service.
 Concerning the discipline of the de- partment the superintendent reports: 'sThe force is in frst class condition, the discipline is good; the orders ts- sued to the patrolmen have been obey ed with commendable willingness and If there has been am. .laxity from the strict observance of the rules. 1t has been so unimportantsa sas to escape no- tice, except in one of two inatances. Considerfng all in all the men as a body have made anotffer yaar's good recofd..' .
 Aboiit the signal system the report say2 that nine new boxes, have been installed and six new boxes are yet to be installed on the under ground system. There have been 33,685 feet of wire run for placing boxes and re- wiring, the red light system and 8 new storage battery plant has been ordered and will be installed in the new room on the top floor. The re- port reads: 'The installation of the new signal boxes consider a. valua- ble adjunct to the department as it represents an advancement in the methods of the police administration not only in giving greater facilities in the apprehension of IawbreakerS but also more satisfactory supervision of patrolmen on the posts.''
 The department is compEmented upon having the new Berti1lon sys- tenn and the report says it has been complete success. The work of De- tective Sergeant Haux who has charge of this system, is commended. The report says that he has become an expert In the Bertillon system since he was given charge of it. The bi- cycle squad consists of four patrol men on bicycles, and two motor cycle men. The addition of three motor cycles to the department is recom- mended, one for each station.
 r6f 70 f7n port mentions the fact that the police commissioners and the mayor have taken the subject under consideration and the department has endeavored to devise some way to improve condi- tioifs.
 Il wish to state that this depart- ment is every ready to do everything possible to make Bridgeport a clean city," is one of the declaration of the Superintendent. The cooperation of all persons is asked for in this parti- cular work.
 The department was admitted to membership during the year in the National Bureau of Identification at Washington. D. C., and this is regard ed by Superintendent Birmingham as most valuable in experimenting crim-. inals' because of the cooperation re- ceived from departments in other cities.
 Captain George H. Arnold is com plimented because of the work of his department, which is characterized as and effective" The truant officers worked satisfactorily. Con- corning the station houses the report says that all except the Third pre- "due to the commendable promptness of the commissioners in attending to the needed repairs:
 Superintendent Birmingham recom- mends a new modern building at the West End, and also that the city buy a lot of land in East End for pre- cinct station there. These new buildings will be needed very soon,'' says the report. Thanks are extend ed to ex-Mayor Edward T.. Bucking- ham and former police commission CTS, Edward F. Hallen and c. D. s. Miller, for their courteous treatment and consideration.
 Here are the totals in the statistics contained in the report:
 Assault, 211; assault and breach of peace, 168; assault, breach of peace and drunk, P; assault, breach of peace and theft, g; assault, breach of peace and carrying concealed weapons. 2: as- sault and drunk. 14; assault with in- tent to kill. 20; assault, resistence and drunk. 4; assault with intent to kill, 1; adultery, 8; arson, 8; abusive lan- guage. 6; abandonment of wife. 1; at tempt rape. 2; attempt burglary, 3: burglary, 4S; breach of peace. go; breach of peace, 8; breach of peace and carrying concealed weapons, g.; breach of peace, drunk and resistence, 16; breach of peace and abusive lan- guage, 8; breach of peace, drunk and abusive language, 6; buying of min ors. l.; bigamy. 1; bastardy, 1: car rying concealed weapons. IA; cruelty to animals, 8; common drunk, 10; rI> 1fAy, ,r,f of court, 4; chicken thief, 6.
 Drunk. S5S; drunk and breach of peace, 122; drunk and injury to prop erty, 6; drunk and vagrancy. g; drunk and abusive language, 6; drunk and resistence, 5; drunk and indecent