The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-03

six acting as doormen, one detailed tr teeffx officer purgau on tTo % ae1ng nd quor License Agent, one as electrician which leaves eighty-four for patrol duty.
 Recommendations.
 Would recommend that the force be increased by eight sergeants and one hundred patrolmen, and that nine of the present sergeants be made lieu- tenants, three lieutenants to be as signed to each precinct for desk duty, and three sergeantS to each precinct for patrol duty. At the present time there are hfty-three patro1men avail able for patrol in the night time, and thirty-one in the day time, and as there are about one hundred and Sev- enty-eight miles of street to be pa night post is about three and one third miles, and of the day post five and one-half miles, and it is impos- sible to patrol posts of the length and give proper police protection The poulation of Bridgeport is estimat- ed at HE, 1000, which makes the ratio of police about one to each one thous- and of the population. To give prop CT police protection it should never be less than two to the thousand. +,, That nat e civilians ms be engaged to take chauneurs, electricians, etc.
 Discipline.
 Based on casual observation and the fact that few complaints appear on the record, it would seem that the discipline of the force is good This is worthy of consideration in view of the fact that during a large part of each day the men on patrol are without the supervision of superior officer.
 Captains.
 There are four captains. one in charge of the Detective bureau and one at each of the three precincts where they do desk duty from a, m. 01 fro 3 to p. n1..a and are relieved from duty the rest of the day. According to this system, captains are merely clerks, and are not held responsible for anything that occurs when they are not actually on duty.
 Recommendations.
 They shall be relieved from desk duty, but they shall be presumed to be duty at all times and will be held responsible fol the enforcement of all laws and ordinances and the proper enforcement of discipline in their precincts, and shall visit the sta tion houses and all parts of their precincts at the uncertain hours Of the day and night, and shall enter in house the precise time and purpose of leaving, and immediately upon re- turning enter in the blotteri the time of their return.
 Captains shall devote at least six hours in each twenty-four to patrol and whenever absent from the station
  shall call the station house on one of the signal boxes, such call to be en- tered in the bIotter by the officer on desk duty.
 Iieutenants' Recommendations.
 That there shall be three lieutenants at each station house to perform desk duty Gas per schedule), and in the ab- sence of the captain shall be in con1- mand and shall be obeyed and res pected accordingly.
 Patrol.
 The patrol system now in opera ton is very poor, as many of the streets are left unpatro11ed at differ ent times during the day and night, and during one hour of the twenty four not one patro1man is on duty ir the entire city. Every street should be patrolIed each minute of the day and night, and the patrolman on post held responsible for the preservation of the peace and good order on his post during his tour of duty. At present part of the men go on post from 2 8. m. to 6 p. m. and are ex-