The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-03
COPS MUST BE STICK AND SPAN ID WORK FOR JUDGE TURNER
New Order Issued to Cap- tains Requires Each Man to Be a Regular
 Chesterfield

Inspector of Police Perry Turner has taken the reins of the police depart ment in his hands. His presence as head of the police department has been felt already and he is whipping things in shape daily.
 There will be discipline in this de- partment from now on and when I say discipline 1 mean what l say" said Judge Turner. A few minutes after he had made the above assertion the fol- lowing order was put on file:
 ''Order No. l. ITO Captains of Police, Birmingham. Ala:
 You are hereby instructed that at every roll call you are to carry out the following inspection.
 T. To examine the equipment of every officer and see that it is in first class shape
 "2. To see that each man is freshly shaven before going on duty.
 S. To see that each mans boots are polished before going on duty.
 A. To see that each man has clean linen before going on duty.
 "5. To see that each man has full uniform on and that same Is properly cleaned and pressed.
 "6. To see that each man has hair
 
 '. To see that each man carries him. self in an erect manner while on duty and that they be marched out in step tc their beats two by two.
 "s. That no man while off duty shall wear any part of his uniform unless he wears the whole.
 'This order becomes effective the 1st day of August, 1915.
 "P. w. TURNER,
 "Ipupecfor nf Poltna Immediately after the issuance of the above order Inspector Turner an- nounced that his men would not have to work 12 hours.
 'I have evolved a plan whereby the men in the police department will not be compelled to be on duty for 12 hours" said Inspector Turner T am glad to make this announcement, for I realize that it would be an utter im- possibility to get efficiency out of the men if they were forced to patrol a neat for 12 hours continuously. By placing several men now detectives, or rather on the detective squad, on the beats and placing the deposed ser geants also on beats, I shall be able to put all the men on an eight-hour shift.
 "All of the men on the eight-hour shift will work continuously during that time and once every seven days each man will have to be on duty at the office four hours. This will mean that the men will be on regular eight-hour shift six days out of the week and 12 hours on the seventh day. The men who serve the extra four hours will have to work on the night shift, as that is the time most of the crime is committed. The result is that will have four men on the reserve list each day.
 q am pleased that we have been able to work out the above plan. As everyone knows. it is an impossibility for any man to stand on his feet 12 hours daily and then appear In court and probably wait sometime before his case Is called As it fs a great many of the men actually put in 10 or II cessity of having them In court when their case comes up I intend doing the best I can with the present force and efficiency and discipline the force can be improved wonderfully in my estima- ton"
 Since the advent of Inspector Tur- ner as head of the police department crime has been decidedly on the de- crease. He has the respect and ad- miration of the entire department and since his announcement to the effect that the men will work an eight-hour shift instead of 12, he has received the entire departments vote of thanks. Judge Turner intends to make the police department metropolitan In ev- cry respect.