Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-01

4 I0hn ArhanfW AosNt
Wire Aiafm snd Police Cali Mt.
Seaman's Pharmacy ........ ,eS1
4. =; And Sere ordered drawn for the
several amounts by the following vote
Yea-wiison, waters, Pstten, Ander-
! sen, Clark, Riedy. wester. Nay-None.
wsiker Tor $4,000 with bill from
Fraser Bros. was referred TO the Com
mittee on Finance.
The following annual report OF the
| Superintendent of Police;
Ton the Honorable Mayor and
Board of Alderman
Gentlemen
for consideration my T~wenty-eight An
nual Report of the operations CT the
Police Department for the year endlns
, The number of officers and PATROL
men constituting the force at TIE end
OF the year is as follows.
/ superintendent
4 Sergeants
2 Detective Scrgeants
2 Detectives
2 Roundsmen
80 Patrolmen
OF the patrolmen there are, at pres
ent, eight men ON detail work as FOL
lows:
2 Chauffeurs
1 Motorcycle Man
Traffic Man
Mounted Man
Ildln GlQNntS htl
During the fine weather on account
of the enormous auto t-anic through
our city, we were Obliged to detail nine
place them on trafic duty. which means
seventeen men, In all. taken from the
| patrol squads. leaving bu' twenty-five
patrolmen; when all are well and on
DUTY, Then on account or vacations,
sickness, Injuries and attending court
ln other cities, we have an average OF
four men absent every day, which
men, divided into five squads to ratrol
our city. You can plainly see. Gentle
men, that there is not a sufficient num-
Der OF men to give the protection the
| Body will see your way clear to appoint
at least. fifteen additional patrolnsen.
The traffic squads. horse motor cycle
and foot squads continue to render the
! efficient and satisfactory services ex-
pected of them. During the past year
unusual traffic conditions on the main
| the Bus and Jitney lines, were then
| and are now being handled without In
| terruption to tho proper flow OF traftlo
| while the mounted and motorcycles men
, give n good deal ofg attention &c traf-
hc regulations, they give more atten-
tion TO the motor vehicle laws, ratrol-
ing also the outlying districts. In
whole. the traffic squads have been
very satisfactory; proven from the
very fact tina but very few accidents
happened during the past, year ana
| I0EH L III u DC tOAtlttltltttas N1A1H
ly those who bad been assigned to the
Five Corners"
The efficiency of the Detective Blu
rear cannot be questioned: all of the
| detectives are energetic, capable men,
who are selected for this work because
of their special qualifications. That
these officers have been Interested Ia
their work has been thoroughly Proven
by the large amount of arrests made
and the enormou amount of stolen
goods recovered, besides the many In
-. 49, az-1A ~ fhan0 from fIn1a
to time. to ascertain the identity OF
criminals, who succeed In eluding de-
tectives after committing crime In
other cities.
II has been our policy to deal fairly,
but sternly, with all classes of Grim
inals. We have discouraged collision
or Intimacy we are e entirely snd inSepe aTe
therefore. in position to regulate the
conduct of local criminals. We are,
however. hampered at times In our
, assigned to this bureau to give every
case the attention 1t should get. but
the most inportant cases are not
| sighted or neglected.
At different times during the past
year 1 have assigned two plainciothes
men to assist the regular detectives on
account of the Increase OF crime; be-
sides there are so many who would
sooner not report cases II the police II
they had to be investigated by a uni
formed man. because the coming &c
| their homes OF places OF DuslHt5S Ol u
man In uniform excltes the curiosity OF
inquiring persons and brings unneces-
sary notoriety to the people Interested
The detectives are supposed to have
knowledge of all local criminals, resid-
ing II our city and to keep trace OF
their movements. habits, etc, they are
expected to, visit hotel. saloons. poo
rooms. lodging houses ana see that the
laws governing them are obeyed.
We have two automobiles, one oil
which is used as a patrol wagon and
q ..arxr aftaK, &c an "a pnhtTInnnn Gnn GNn-
passenger bort. which Is used as & run
abount but Is now In q deiapidate1 con-
! dition, not safe for human beings to
ride n. would your Hon
orable Body to purchase a car to take
the place of the Dort:; 1t could be used
! in many cases in trips to the County
big car In many instances when there
Is but one or two to be taken to the
above mentioned places.
The mounted man has Kept up Tho
standard of good work dUring the yeai
especially during the largo parades anc
gatherings. of. which we had many
There is no doubt that one mountet
man can do more to dieperse Ii GROVE
or hold 1t n check than ten men car
=. do on foot.
The motorcycle squad. composed o.
two men n fine weather and one dur
ing the winter, work from eight o clocl
A. NJ. until ten o'clock =. NJ. They arr
supposed to regulate AMI enforce al
Auto Laws, especialiy on the outskirts
VI "a WY 1ht t'lfCt ~ 80 ShA0h
gency calls. The service rendered b.
them has been satisfactory.
The detectives made 202 arrests dur
ing the year and recovered and return.
I, ed to owners s14,15S.25 In lost anC
stolen goods. The uniformed rank. o
, the department recovered S16.7162 q
} worth of lost and stolen goods, fol
which this department holds receipts
!, This making Il total II S3O,S66..5 los
} and stolen good recovered by the De
partment.
During the past year Patrolman L
!; c. Jensen retired from the Department
on May 10; Patrolman Frank RrinskC
} resigned on May 18Th; Patroimar
} Charles Nelson resigned on Sept. LIST
! and Patrolman Stanley Kocielniak re
} signed on July 2Jth.
During the east year the Department
; has taken up pistol practice. n tenn
} porary pistol range being made in thu
5 basement OF the City Hall and an in
} structor being furnished and records
3 kept OF each mans workmanship. w
} have also taken up instruction as L
/, First Aid to the injurlde. In hath in
!, stances the men are pleased and an
} Xious to learn.
} The discipline of tho Department dur
! ing the year has been fairly good
I There were a fe wmen brought before
!, you for violating rules and ordinance
} of the department and were feavil!
fined by you for the same. However
/ wish to thank the men in general fl
/; their work during the year: they Yer,
often had to work many extra hours oil
account of the many parades and pub