Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-08-03
POE|CE BOARD
FIXES DUTIES"
FOR Mr.. BROWN
Decides that Inspecting Cap
tain Shall Direct Plain
clothesmen.
TAKE AUTHORITY AWAY
FROM PRECINCT CAPTAINS
And, Besides, He Is Acting
Chief of Police, as the reg
uIar" Chief Is Away.

At last the Board of Police Com
mlssioners has found ways and
means of keeping Acting Inspector
John E. Brown ION the job" AL
though the coveted position was
made several months ago, the con-
promised TO the plainclothes police
men that would require the services
Of Captain" Brown did not occur
until yesterdays conference of the
Police Board, which was held in ex-
ecutive session. In order to keep
the acting inspector busy the COM
missioners decided to place him in
supreme command of the plainclothes
men, taking them from the jurisdic-
tion of the captain of their precinct,
and to allow the acting inspector to
make shifts as he sees fit There
were but three commissioners pres
ent--Frederick c. Breidenbach, John
j.. Reid and Frederic c.. Bigelow
Commissioner John IL. Donnelly was
absent.
Acting Inspector Brown will assign
the men as he pleases and will have
them report to various precincts
daily. In the future the captains will
contine themselves to the regulating
of the uniformed force attached to
their precinct.
For the next few weeks Mr.. Brown
will be a very busy man, for if titles
amount to anything he will work day
and night. He now ranks as acting
chief of police" for the chief, Michael
T. Long, is enjoying his vacation.
He is "acting Inspector" and yet re-
tains that familiar name of cap
tain" What work lacks in the in
spector's routine of duties is made
up of the many titles attached to
the Christmas gift shaken from tho
free giving tree of the Police Board.
The move to make Acting Inspector
Brown the czar of the plainclothes
policemen is taken as another indi-
cation that the Police Board Is again
about to shake the free giving tree
and allow few gifts to fall on
friends. 1t is rumored that many are
20 come and many are to go.
PIaincIothes Mems Duty.
Raids and other Cleanup police
work nave usually been done by
pfainclorhes detectives under COM
mand of the captain, who has in the
past been assumed to be most fam
iliar with the conditions in his own
precinct.
The police school of Languages did
not open yesterday, although Profess
sor Theodore BsenZ, who has volun
teered his services as instructor,
came TO this city from New York in
the afternoon to give the first lesson.
Professor Bisenz offered to give free
instruction in German and Italian to
a class of police officers, and the
board accepted his offer at its last
meeting.
Chief of Police Long sent circulars
to the various precincts last week,
and it Is believed that about 100 pa
trolmen wish to join the class in Ian
guages. Chief Long went on his va
cation Saturday and no one else ap
pears to know anything of the school
of languages.
Professor Bisenz came to Newark
yesterday and saw Secretary James
j. Kearney, Acting Inspector Brown,
a couple of commissioners and half
dozen others, but was unable to learn
anything definite. Mr.. Kearney final
ly found a letter from the Board of
Education giving the use of room
in the Central High School, In High
street, for the class. 1t is probable
that the class will be started in
day or two
Several minor transfers were made
by the board yesterday. John A. Nc
Cabe, of the Second precinct. and
William Fl. Weitzel. of the Eighth
precinct, change places. Sergeant
John F. McCabe and Albert Schmidt
were transferred from the Seventh
precinct to the Third
Six mounted men dOiDor morlx In, tba
precincts were transferred to the
First precinct, so that the board can
carry out its plan ~ stationinc
mounted men ON Market and Broad
streets to assist in the regulation of
traffic The mounted men are Will
lam Rossnagle, William Cannon,
Patrick Tuite, John Hfgle, Charles
Sheridan and Joseph Byrne.
May Appoint New Officers.
The appointment of a number of
patrolmen to the police force is un-
der consideration by the board. Some
action may be taken by the commits
sioners at the regular meeting on
Wednesday of next week The need
for the new men is partly due to the
number of men required to regulate
traffic on Broad and Market streets.
The board recently requested the
Civil Service Commission for a list of
men eligible for appointment. In
creases in the motorcycle mounted
and traffic squads have followed the
increase in the volume of traffic on
Broad and Market streets, due in
large part to the arrival of the jitney
bus.
The transfer to the First precinct
of six mounted men now doing duty
in other precincts was made by the
board yesterday so that the men may
assist in regulating traffic on Broad
and Market streets. Most of the men,
although detailed to another precinct.
have been doing work on Broad and
Market streets for the past two weeks.
The mounted men are to keep all
slow moving traffic toward the curb
on the two streets and to otherwise
assist the motorcycle and detailed
men. In the future one sergeant
and three mounted men will do duty
about the Center market from $50
n. m until noon, during the hours
of congestion there. One mounted
man will patrol Broad street from
the Canal bridge to Kinney street
rom I to II a. m. and from / to S
u. M; another from Kinney street
10 LIE Grange place from a. M to !
n, m. and from 8 to p. m; third
from the canal bridge to Rector street
from m. to ] p. m. and from
3 to .. m.
On Market street one man will pa
trol from Broad to High streets and
another from Broad street to the
Pennsylvania station from to II
a. m. and from l to p. m. A mount
ed man will patrol Clinton avenue
from Broad street to Elizabeth ave-
nue. from a. m. to 5 p. m