Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-10
WOMEN'S OLICE
DEPARTMENT TO
GO, SAYS SHANK
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make more room for the women police
We won't need that room for the
women police" said the mayor-elcet-
Were going to have the women work
| right along with the men. And say,
the women police are going to be women
police They're all going to be cover
ing districts, excepting those assigned
to the detective department and pro-
NOTED to Heutenants ana captains-we're
going to make captains and heutenants
out Of those women who are qualified"
He told Mr.. Rikhoff to go to Mayor
Charles W. Jewert and ask him to stop
the remodeling ut police headquarters.
IF you can't stop It that way, see II you
can't get an Injunction" Rikhon was
told. - W" re-
Women police, excepting detectives, are
going to be specially uniformed, Mr..
Shank declared. II they are not distin-
guished by a particular kind Of clothing
they at least will be compelled to wear
badges that the people can see, he said.
Furthermore, he stated. there are not go
ing to be any more assignments Of women
police to dances. The policemen on the
districts are going to be responsible for
the conduct of dances on their beats. II
1t is necessary. however, in special In
stances. women detectives VIII be assigned
TO dances e4 .~
WONT BE NECESSARY
TO PUT ON EXTRA MEN.
Assignments Of patrolmen so as to per-
NIT them to travel in pairs while on
night duty will be accomplished with
out the necessity >of adding men to the
department Mr.. Shank said There will
be four shifts. One will work from 3
o'clock In the afternoon until II o'clock
at night, another from IL at night until
Z o'clock In the morning ard third
from o'clock in the morning until II.
the afternoon. The fourth VIII work
from O'Clock in the evening until in
the morning, doubling up with the men
on the shifts that change at IL o'clock
in the evening. This; necessarily, will
take some patrolmen off Of the day beats
now in force. Such territory will be
given protection by the mounted police,
he said.
Three Of the six turkeys now on duty
at the city prison will be done away
with, Mr.. Shank said
There also. Will be no more OF this
New York system Of bookkeeping" he
declared.
The woman whom Mr. Shank intends to
appoint as assistant city market master
will be given police powers. He said he
was going to appoint the woman to the
police department, in order to give her
such powers and then have her assigned
to the market. Who she will be is not
yet known, he said.
Mr.. Shank spent the day with his
| lieutenants calling in ward leaders and
asking them to submit lists of workers
whom they want rewarded. All OF the
major appointments Will be filled by
/ Saturday noon when he wants to leave
1 the city for a ten day vacation, Mr..
/ Shank stated. He said he also is taking
! care to appoint only men who are quail
/ fled to handle the work &: signed to them.
81 haven't ms lie a single appointment
without first having a rigid investigation
made of the man." he said. I'm not
going TO appoint any one who Is not
qualified. 1 started to name one man
and got an unfavorable report upon his
ability and had to name some one else
in one case.
81 didn't even know John Elliott, whom
1 named for city civil engineer, until I
saw him today, but had reliable reports
from a number of well qualified men that
he is one Of the best engineers in this
part of the country and that is the
basis upon which l appointed him"
! OTHER APPOINTMENTS
ART MADE PUBLIC.
Mr.. Shank last night made public the
following appointments:
Cletus L. Weaver and Martin ]. Hyland.
+ inspectors of police. Mr.. Hyland previ-
ousIy had been announced for captain
Of detectives.
| George O.. -Hutsell, present city clerk,
I for executive secretary Of the board of
public safety.
John Fox, negro, mayors messenger.
! There was considerable interest In
what the mayor elect intends to do about
the positions Of secretary Of the board of
4 public ehalth and superintendent of
parks. Both DIR. Herman G. Morgan of
the health department and James II.
Lowry of the park department have held
( these positions through three or four adj
minisrrations, serving under both Demo
cratic and Republican mayors. Neither
Dr. Morgan nor Mr.. Lowry arc known to
have made any prediction efforts to re
/ tain their positions, but 1t is said friends
/ of both are urging that they be reap
( pointed. Opponents of clean sweep" and
4 new deal' at the city hall. however,
want these men as well as practically
every other appointee of the present ad-
administration TO go.
/ PURCHASING AGENCY
ANOTHER PIG PROBLEM.
! The purchasing agency is anosAee big
/ problem before Mr. Shank Louis W.
CarnefiX, member of the present city
I council, who was president of the shank
| for-MayOr Club during the campaign and
who was one of the first to start the
revolt against News-Jewett domination
more than three years age when he