The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02

Acting in accordance with the wishes of the board of police com missioners, Superintendent Eugene Birmingham this morning gave forth the new police detail. to go into ef- feet on Monday noon. It was not on the Bulletin board more than 20 minutes before news of it was spread ing like wildfire throughout the de- partment for 1t is the most revolu- tionary 'shakeup'' in years.
 Aside from many changes in the beats of patrolmen, the three police captains get the greatest shift in their work. Captain Began at the central station, Captain Anderson at the Sec ond Precinct in East Bridgeport and Capt. Redgate at the Third Precinct in the West End are each assigned to two hours daily street duty, in unI- form, and their working hours are changed so that they will work one hour day longer than at present.
 Under the present schedule the cap tains report at a. m. and go off at D. m, with an hour off for lunch. They are at their desks in the various precincts all the time on duty. Under the new schedule they will report at 8 a. m remain until noon, take an hour for luncheon, do desk. duty again until 3 D. m. and street duty from 8 p. m. until 5 p. m.
 Under the new regime the police captains are to be held responsible precincts and are given two hours outside for the purpose of allowing them to inspect the posts and see the sergeants under their command.
 Superintendent Eugene Birmingham will make daily outside tour through such territory as he may select. He is given the privilege of walking or driving as he chooses.
 Superintendent Birmingham has not done street duty in 20 years. His new assignment can scarcely be con- strued as street duty" but is a tour of inspection. Captain Anderson has been off the street for 15 years and Captain Redgate for F. Capt. Began has seen more recent service as an active street sergeant and will not feel the innovation so much.
 Traffic squads hereafter will consist of two men, with one man on traffic duty at time, while the other is patrolling the beat. Under the pres. ent arrangement traffic squads are
 Patrolmen Taylor and Walker will be the traffic men at Fairfield ave. nue and Main street. While one is on duty at the corner, the other will patrol Post 4, through the central section of the city, business and resi-. dential The men will alternate every three hours.
 Patrolmen Goulden and Corrigan will do traffic duty one at a time. under the same arrangement, at the corner of Main and State streets.
 Patrolman John Corrigan will do a single handed trick of traffic duty at Fairfield avenue and Main streets from D. m. to 10 p. m.
 Patrolman Benedetti, one of the new appointees to the force, will be traffic officer for the corner of Fairfield ave- nut and Water street. He will be relieved at various times by other officers on the s'Tenderloin" beat
 Patrolmen Charles Beamer and Bar ney Glennon. the last of the "perma- nent men, on the Water street beat, are caught by the shake up' Glen non goes to the West End. reporting to the Third Precinct station, and Beamer to the South End, reporting at headquarters.
 Patrolmen Joseph Coughlin and John Halpin are the successors of Patrol. men Beamer and Glennon on the Wa. ter street beat. Both are young of- ficers with splendid records, and the beat will now be entirely patrolled nv the young fellows. Holbrook and Coughlin will pair up on night duty. and Bray and Halpin on day duty on the Water street beat Barton and O'Neil continue or the steamboat beat'' Thus this section of the city will be entirely under the guardian ship of the younger officers, all stal. wart men with splendid records
 Patrolman George F. Simons is as- signed to the detective bureau under Captain George Arnold. Officer Simon is an expert linguist and has helped the department in a number of cas- es He will act as detective and in, terpreter and will also be used as interpreter in the city court, thus saving interpreters fees in that insti. tuition.
 Patrolman Edward Wheeler comes in from the Third Precinct to become city court officer. Patrolman Sulli- van, the present holder o that posi- tion, is assigned to day duty in the Golden Hill section.
 Mounted Policemen Sheehy and Murphy cease to be mounted police men on Monday and will go on regu- lar duty, nights in the Hollow dis trict along Lexington avenue and Pe- quonnock street.
 The chage Of hours in the police captains makes the hours of duty shorter for the desk sergeants
 Under the new arrangement the