The sun., 1919-04-27
SAYS HYLAN BREAKS
POLICE DISCIPLINE
William Bullock Declares fe
Encourages Farcical Pur
ishment Of Men.
MANY CASES ARE CITED
Director Of Good Government
Bureau Makes More jharges
Against Mayo.
MANY CASES ARE CITED

In new letter to Mayo Hy1hn Will
lam Bullock, director of ,e Good Gov
eminent Bureau. fatty acases the city's
mead of encouraging farcal punishment
OF policemen, breaking olice discipline
ana throwing the city otn to crime. II
Us sharper letter evenhan the preced-
ing one In which Mr.. BLOCK cited twen-
V-four Instances OF bending policemen
et on without PUNISHMENT. He notes
mat the Mayor faile to reply to this
statement of fact.
You go further ad bestow unstinted
praise on the entirepolice force for it's
work at this time, continues the letter,
when II is unable prevent or to check
Increase in crime, 18th holdups in broad
daylight, with saes carried In auto
mobiles and cracfd In parks and with
housebreakings ad murders on the in
crease in all pals Of the city. Your
letter Is OF imprtance also IN that It
gives public conession of your real po-
lice attitude an OF the sort of Police
Department thH city ought to have.
you betray the fact that with you
easy sentences land first and that proper
protection OF te public through enforce
or. police discoline stands second. In
this coddling and patronizing OF the
police you fult the statements attributed
tiers held Jus prior to your election az
Mayor at ,eekman street.
You kncG that policemen sooff at
sentences ofprobation or reprimand, the
sort OF sennnces which you now approve
and to wIbh you openly commit the
Police Department for the rest of your
administraon. Similarly by this act
you. as MAJOR. tell every policeman that
abandonment of post, which means fail
ure in tb first duty of every policeman.
is trivn offence in your opinion, bring
ing onl! show at punishment. Here
with ] iffer you a fresh list of patrol
men glen make believe punishment for
abandoning their beats leaving the peo-
pie of he city unguarded:
'Parolmen Francis Scholle of the
GreeUoint avenue station. Brooklyn,
and JSeph Mallon of the Poplar street
static, Brooklyn were brought to trial
befop Deputy Commissioner Leach in
Broolyn February 13. 1918. They were
fou1 guilty of having abandoned their
post The sentence In each case was n
repimand; the men were told to go
an do II no more
Patrolmen Joseph Lennon of the
Mst l25th street station and David
Owning of the Greenwich street STA
tin were tried at Police HEADQUARTERS,
in their beats. The sentence to Lem
nm was one month probation and to
owning reprimand.
Patrolman Morris Greenberg of the
.rsenal station. Central Park. was tried
February. 1918, for being of post
instead Of patroliing his beat Green
oerg was found taking things easy In a
house in the park. For this offence he
was let Off with a reprimand.
"Patrolman Cornelius O'Connell of
the Bathgate avenue station, Bronx,
was detected Off his beat In March,
1918. The punishment he got was merely
one month probation
"Pauolmen William F. Mccormack
OF the Bath Beach station, Brooklyn:
John f. Ron OF the Butler street sta
ton; Charles A. Haasis OF the West
Forty-seventh street station. are other
Offenders proved guilty under your ad-
ministration of abandoning post and
who have been let Off with probation.
Others who have received the same
nominal sentence or the milder form of