The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-19

fee. On the back wall of the ser geants' room is a funnel-like hole through which the officers may watch a prisoner in the cell opposite. In this cell is kept any person of whose be- havior the police are a bit skeptica1.
 Each of. the offices is equipped with desks and chairs and individual clothes presses. An up-to-date sys- tenn of shower and inverted lights is used throughout.
 At the end of the building is the prisoners room. If such a place could be at one time called "a prison pen," the term could not be applied to the room at the Second Precict becausne t is furnished with all modern equip 1nent. The IA cells are about five feet wide and twelve feet long. There is a large detention cell in which minor boys are kept. This is not equipped with anything else but benches for the reason that boys under. age can 1 not be kept by the police for any | length of time.
 1 Neither is there room for women | offenders The state law dictates that | women cannot be kept in a station house where there is no matron, so females are sent over to headquarters. The walls in the prison room are Can't Get Away. A skylight is the only roof. This furnishes. both light and ventilation. l, The doors on the cell automatically i lock when pulled over. If through
 
 | is no chance for the prisoner to get | away, as another huge iron door bars entrance to the main office.
 The greater part of the second floor is occupied by the patrolm en's rest I room. The furnishing consists of 8 long table. chairs and wall seats. The light of day comes in through ten 1 large windows. Next to the rest room is the clothes room. There are 90 | individual lockers in which are kept | a polfceman's hat, overcoat, raincoat, I uniform, boots and sticks. There is | also a shower room where the pa I trolman may refresh himself after a | long and hard beat.
 When the precinct is allowed to have a matron, there will still be l enough room on the second floor for | a detention room for the women. To Have Gymnasium. 1 Also at some future date a gym nas.um for the policemen will be es- tablished in the basement.
 | The garage is attached to the main building.
 The second precinct is the largest in the city. It covers the extensive territory north of water front, south of the city line, east of the Pequen- I nook river and BunneIrs pond and | west of the city line.
 At the time the precinct was open | ed in 1S86 Lieutenant James Dorance was in charge. He had 10 patrolmen in his command. The only surviving member of the original group is John Redgate, the recent superintendent o1 T police. On the opening day II ar rests were made.
 It was at this precinct that Supt- Birmingham first established the blot ter system of recording in full the arrests made. Up to the present day : 39 large books have been filled and more than 2500 arrests have beer made The. first books are yet pre- served and may be seen on request Have 45 Cops Now.
 1 There is now a captain in charge assisted by three ieutenants, three 1 sergeants, three doormen and a fore. of 45 patrolmen. One-third of tn, men serve on each of the shifts. Ther, are fifteen posts.
 The Second s the only precinct i, which the fIashhght system has beer installed. This is operated from tn, main room in the station house. whe, the motor is started at the switch
 board in the office. a red and whit light is lashed intermfttently at ever post in the district. Upon seeing tn
 lights the patrolmen will immediate
 ly telephone to the station to fin,
 which man is wanted.