The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-23
NOTICE

In compliance with the votes taken by the Common Council of the City of Bridgeport, at it's meeting held Jan uary IS, 1915, the following amend n1ent to an ordinance of the City of Bridgeport relative to the police force was adopted, to wit:
 BE TT ORDAINED BY THE COM MON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT that paragraph 1 of section sos (a) of the Ordinances of the City of Bridgeport, as amended January 2eth, 1913, as amended .ruary 2nd, 1914, be amended by striking out the word ten" before the word stlieutenants'' and substitut ing in place thereof the word 'nine"- and by striking out the numerals 't145's at the end of said paragraph and substituting in place thereof the words s'one hundred and thirty so. that said section as amended shall read as follows:
 Section sos (a) The regular police dent of police, foalr captains, nine neutenants. nine sergeants, five de- tective sergeans, a clerk of the police many patrolmen as the common council shall from time to time desig- nate. Provided that until further ac. ton by the. common council the mum ber. of patrolmen shall be one hun dred and thirty.
 The Board of police commissioners shall appoint not more than three civilians as 4chauffeurs and drivers and shall have power and authority to arrange for their. quarters. Such ,chauffeurs and drivers shall be sub ject to the authority and control of the Board of police issionere. and may be dismissed by them at any time. solely in their discretion, by a concurrent vote of any three mem bers.
 All persons now special officers shall cease to be special officers on date, the Board of police commission l. CTS may in their discretion, upon the written application of any business firm, corporation, or property owner, which application shall state tho req sons for seeking such appointment, appoint one or more persons to be special officers, to serve from April 1, 1915, or from the date of their later appointment, as the case may be, any business firm or corporation ! or property owner; the authority as police officers of such special officers; so hereafter appointed, shall be linn ited to the business of their eTn p1oy- shall cease to be special officers upon | the termination of their employment or sooner, upon the revocation- of their appointment by said board. There shall be a detective bureau under the authority and control of l the Board of police comm issioners consisting of Captain of Police, and so many members of the uniformed force as the Board Of police commits sioneTs may, from time to time, select I and designate. The salary of any such members so selected shall be 1 the same such member would re- ceive in the uniformed force, ex- ceptz that at the pleasure and in the l discretion of the Board of police com. mission CTS, certain of the men se- 1 1ected for the detective bureau, for good and efficient work, but not at l any time to exceed one-ha1f of the I number of men in the detective bureau, shall receive the same com l pensation as is fixed for a Sergeant. l Asst gnme ents to the detective bureau may be revoked by the Board of po- 1 lice commissioners at any time, ac- 1 cording to their discretion.
 | One of. the persons assigned to the l detective bureau shall be designated 1 by the Board ofepolice commissioners l to take charge of any system or sys- items adopted by said Board for the l identification of persons charged with | crime; and fhe shall make or cause to be made, under his supervision, all photographs, physical measurements and finger prints of such persons
 charged with crime, kas the superin- tendent of po1ices subject to the direc- 1 ton and control of the Board of po-
 lice commissioners, may from time
 to time. direct, and he shall procure
 all other data or facts relative to
 such persons charged with crime as
 may be required by any such system
 or by any rule, order or regulation o1
 the Board of police commissioners
 or which, in his judgment, may serve
 to identify such. persons charged with
 crime; and he shall preserve all such
 photogra phS, physical meaSurem entS
 finger prints, and other data, in suit
 able tabulated and indexed form, and shall perform all other services ol duties in connection with said work as may be from time to time re. eouired of him by the Board of police
 conn nlissioners.
 The officer detailed from time tc
 time to the identification system
 shall have the rank and pay of 2 Sergeant while so detailed.
 The Board of police commissi oner:
 may change the person so detailed
 at hnjT q Q 0
 the Police board shall have the ranl
 and pay of a Sergeant. Said two Ser geants shall be in addition to th<
 nine Sergeants provided for in the first paragraph hereof.
 All ordinances or parts of ordin
 ances inconsistent herewith are here l by repealed.
 Adopted unanimously by rising
 vote, January IS, 1915.
 Approved January IS, 1915.
 Attest: