New Britain herald., 1914-04-07
ANNUAL REPORT OF
 POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chief Rawlings Makes Accounting
 to Board Of Pubic Safely.

fell into the hands of the police port has been prepared for the board of public safety and is com piled in the usual concise and com plete manner, showing every detail of the work done by the department.
 After telling the numerical strength of the department Chief Rawlings comments on the proposed addition of six patrolmen, the new auto patrol and the motorcycle.
 The report in part follows:
 Traffic conditions have attained that proportion that calls fir a sys- tematic enforcement of traffic regu- lations, and to meet the conditions traffic squad will be tried out to be stationed at the busy corners of the city to regulate traffic and I ask for the cooperation of the public In working out regulations that will be for the benefit and interest of the commun- ity as a whole. During the past year the city generally has been orderly, crime of serious character has been taken care of and offenders brought to justice. While we cam not claim that our police are with out fault, yet we are endeavoring to better conditions by advancing safety and order, and when emergencies arise that call for courage and action they are not found wanting.
 'The following tabulated state ment will show the different lines of work that have been accomplished: Offenses for which arrests are made Assault. 160; assault with intent to kill, 10; assault and attempt to rape, 1; assault and carrying arms with out permit, 3; assault and indecent exposure, 1; assault and resistance, 1; assault and indecent assault l; assault and attempt to commit high way robbery, |; assault and non-sup- port, 1; assault and lascivious car riage, 1; assault with intent to rob, 1; attempt at burglary, 2; adultery, 8; breach of the peace, 40; breach of the peace and assault, 115; breach of the peace and injury to property, 4; breach of peace and carrying con- cealed weapons 4; breach of peace and theft, 2; breach of peace and in- terfering with officer, |; breach of peace and lascivious carriage, 5; breach of peace and discharging firearms without permit, 1; breach of peace assault and resistance, l; breach of the peace and resistance, T. breaking and entering, l; bur-. glary, IS; bigamy, 4; carrying con- cealed weapons, 1; contempt of court, 4; carrying concealed weap- ons. keeping house of i'll fame and violating an act concerning immoral purposes, 1: drunkenness, 421: drunkenness and evading railroad fare. 1; drunkenness and breach of the peace, 75; drunkenness, injury to property and resistance, 1; drunk enness and assault, 24: drunken ness, breach of peace and resistance. 24; drunkenness and common drunkard, 5; drunkenness and taking team without leave, 1; drunkenness and theft, 1 drunkenness and inde- cent assault l. drunkenness and re- sistance, s; drunkenness and va grancy, 4; drunkenness and lascivi- ous carriage, 2; drunkenness, breach of peace and assault, 6; drunkenness and injury to property, 5; drunken ness, breach of peace and injury to property 1, drunkenness and viola
 
 taurant keeper ?, danger of falling into habits of vice 2, discharging fire arms without a permit IA, destroying fruit 3, dependent children }, evad- ing probation AZ, embezzlement 1, enticing females for immoral pur- poses 1, evading payment of railroad fare ?, false statement of team hire and overdriving 1, fornication 4, forgery 1, gambling 5s, highway rob- bery 1, injury to property IS, incor- rigibility 6, insane G. indecent as- sault 5, injury to property and re- sistance l. idle person 1. keeping disorderly house 1. keeping gambling house 5, keeping unlicensed dogs B. murder 1, manslaughter l, non-sup- port 46, non-support and violation of probation l. nOn-support and adultery |, neglect to pay personal tax 5S, neglect to send children to school l. neglected and dependent children 3, obtaining money under false pretenses 3, With forgery 5, money and goods under false pre- lenses l, perjury 1, peddling without license 1, practicing midwifery with out license 1, rape 1, robbery and rape 1, run away from home IS, safe- keeping 24, suspicion 6, street walk ing 1, shooting song birds and carry ing concealed weapons 1, theft 91, theft of bicycles 4, theft Of fowls 6, of horse 1, from person 2, theft and assault I, theft and having in possess sion larger amount of morphine than allowed by law 1, theft pur chasing coal from minors 12, theft and violation of probation 3, taking team without leave 3, trespass of domestic fowls 3, trespassing on rail- road property 8, truancy 5, vagrancy 29, violation of milk law with ref erence to signs 1, adulterat- ed milk 1, health law in reference to unsanitary plumb