Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-11-20
POLICE HEADS
MAKE CHANGES
Improvement of Efficiency in
Department Follow Consul
tation With Mayor.
TRAFFIC SQUAD FORMED

A traffic squad and a new mounted
division were formed and put in op-
Grafton, and patrolmen in other
squads were changed about for the
improvement of efficiency in the po-
lice department today, following a
consultation between Mayor Ferd
Garretson, the police committee of
the council and superintendent of
Police Patrick j. Burke. Patrolmen
Niels Tonnesen and Timothy j. Quin-
Ian have been designated as traffic
officers, whose principal duty will be
each day to occupy fixed post at the
intersection of Smith street, State
street and New Brunswick avenue,
and direct traffic there. Patroiman
William T. Hartmann returns to con-
tinual mounted duty together with
Patrolman Joseph Hartung. They
will alternate in riding the police
horse, Sultan, and the police depart
ment motorcycle.
Changes in the other squads are
tentative, and are subject to change
at any time as the superintendent
and mayor, who as chief of police,
may see fit to direct. There are four
patrol squads, as formerly, each COM
posed of eight patrolmen. These are
to do duty as formerly, alternating
between day and night service,
Schedule of Shifts.
The shifts will be as formerly, the
first of the day being from A o'clock
in the morning until noon; the sec
ond, from that hour until s o'clock
at night, and the third from that
time until 4 O'Clock in the morning.
Changes will be made each Wednes-
day as usual. Men in the mounted
and traffic squads will go on at 4
O'Clock in the morning and noon
as the others, but will have no night
work. Patrolman Tonnesen's daily
shift will be from o'clock in the
morning until noon. uring the four
early morning hours he will patrol on
lower Smith street and at the same
time guard as closely as possible at
the principal street intersection.
From o'clock until noon he will be
stationed on fixed post to direct traf-
fic at Smith and State streets.
Patrolman Quinlan will do moth
ing but traffic duty, being stationed
on duty at Smith and State streets
from noon until o'clock at night.
During those hours neither Of the
patrolmen will be obliged to send in
police calls, but on the otherhand
will be subject to call at any time,
being also held as reserve officers, in
way.
Mounted Patrolmen.
Mounted Patrolmen Hartmann
will have the same shift as Tonne
sen, doing regular patrol duty during
early morning hours and mounting
the horse or motorcycle about 8
o'clock in the morning. Patrolman
Hartung will serve from noon until
5 o'clock and will be mounted from
noon until about 6 O'Clock at night.
The mounted men will not be
obliged to feed the police horse. 1t
is expected that better results will
be secured from letting one man do
this. Police Janitor Mathew Egan
has been assigned.
Portions of the State and Smith
street beats have been combined
again under these changes. One pa
trolman will now go over an "L'
shaped course, extending from State
and Washington streets to Smith
street and the Central railroad
tracks.
In speaking of the changes today,
Chief Burke admitted that a step had
been made towards the old system.
He declared it was done for the bet
terment of police service and he
lauded the former system, when one
set of men did nothing but night
work and others worked days only.