Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-04-09
POLICE BOARD
FINDS lob FOR
INSPECTOR"
Latter Sits at Board Meeting
and Answers "No" Regard
ing His Reports.
BROKEN IN YESTERDAY;
MAY SAY MORE LATER
Secretary Kearney Likely to
Study Police Conditions
in Other Cities.

The Board of Police Commissioners
has at last found something for an
"acting inspector" to do. The "acting
inspector" now occupies a front seat
inside the guard rail at the meetings
.. of the Board of Police Commissioners.
: In the course of the routine business
| he is asked by the president whether
he has any report to make. He then
rises, answers in the negative, and
sits down again.
Captain and "Acting Inspector"
John e. Brown performed this new
duty, the only one which the board
has yet found for him to perform, at
| the regular meeting of the Police
| Board yesterday afternoon. After
asking whether there was any report
to make to the chairmen of the vari-
GUS board committees and of the
! chief, President Frederick c. Brei-
denbach put the same question to
the acting inspector in apparent
seriousness.
! President Breidenbach refused to
say what he thought the inspector
could possibly report upon, but mere
| ly laughed when this question was
asked him after the meeting. He
laughed again when asked whether
the board had found anything for the
acting inspector to do. President
Breidenbach is not the first person
who has seen humor in the duties"
of the acting inspector.
Evening Star Reforms Com. Blgelow.
Commissioner Frederic Bigelow,
VINO remarked several months ago
that he never read any of the New
ark newspapers, now reads the Eve
ming Star daily. He confessed this to
reporter previous to the meeting
yesterday. When he was assured
that 1t is a good newspaper he muir.
INJURED something about unusual
talent" and with a broad smile took
his place at the commissioners table.
After a short open meeting, during
which few business matters, already
| decided upon, were transacted, the
board went into one of the long secret
sessions for which 1t is noted. At the
end of the secret meeting 1t had mo
business to report for publication"
| Several changes and innovations,
said to be under consideration by the
board, may have formed the topics of
discussion. Among these are the ap-
pointment of policewomen for ip5
vestigation work, the appointment OF
several new members to the motor
1 .
!, the police captains The commits
sioners may even have discussed bur-
ldening the acting inspector with fur
ther duties.
James ]. Kearney. secretary to the
board, will take a four-days' trip to
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ington to study the police depart
ments there, if the board adopts a
suggestion made by President Breid-
enbach. The commissioners granted
a request by Edward Schwartz, in
| charge of the local Bertillon bureau,
| to visit the police departments of
these cities, but baked at President
Breidenbach's suggestion that Mr..
Kearney go along. 1t is thought i'm
probable that they will postpone the
| trip until the commissioners receive
the two automobiles which they re-
quested of the Common Council
| finance committee Wednesday night.
| The board accepted the pension ap-
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