The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-15
Enright in Sweeping Order
Puts Every Available Man
to Guarding Streets.
CRIME ROUNDUP BEGINS
Reserves Expect to Get Out
With Automobiles and
Help in Drive.

Police Commissioner Enright ordered
yesterday the most drastic list of shifts
and expedients to strengthen patrol
work and sharpen vigilance that any
body could recall in connection with
the department, IIe also directed a
general roundup Of the criminal ele-
ment for last night and to-day.
| Put to it to obtain anything like
the number of men actually required
to make the streets safe and property
reasonably secure by night and day.
Enright called for extra service from
every officer and man on the force.
| Inspectors and captains were ordered
| to keep on the patrol job themselves at
night. Captains were told to sleep in
their station houses until further notice.
All vacations were suspended. The reg
ular reserves of the uniformed force
were called on for extra duty and spe-
cial appeal was made to the unofficial.
ununiformed reserves to get out on beats
and to contribute fast motor cars, with
chauffeurs If possible.
Wants. Every Man ON street.
The Commissioner expressed his real
ization of the gravity Of the present
| criminal situation and explained that It
is necessary for every available mem
ber of the uniformed force TO be on the
streets in uniform. The general idea
which he sought to convey was "tha.
every possible ounce Of service be ex-
acted and required of every member OF
the department until conditions become
normal" The program must be carried
out, the Commissioner directed, by noon
to-day.
The Commissioner began work in the
spirit of the order, for where most other
city officials left for week ends in At
lantic City or elsewhere Mr.. Enright
remained in his office at the end of the
phone and put in a specially busy day.
1t was commanded that the regular
days off of inspectors, deputy inspectors
and captains be discontinued until fur
ther notice. and that they be required
to patrol their districts and precincts Il.
uniforms as much as possible, especially
at night Either the inspector or the
deputy inspector must be on duty IN
every inspection district during the more
important hours Of night, when crime is
most prevalent. Members of the uni
formed force must travel to and from
duty in uniform. Welfare officers must
patrol precincts In uniform and give
more attention to duty in the nighttime.
Meal hours for members of the force on
patrol were discontinued temporarily.
ONCE Squads Pared.
All men it Is possible to withdraw are
to be taken from the Public Office
Squad. Part of the regular reserves
are to lie utilized for patrol. and an effort
will be made to compensate these men
later for their extra work. All MEM
bers of the mounted squad were ordered
to duty until further notice. Police
clerks at Headquarters and in precincts
were commanded to report in uniform
for special duty on patrol at certain
hours OF the night. And check was
ordered kept to see that they do thei:
work. Similar extra duty was enforced
on members OF the Traffic Squad in the
dangerous hours of the night.
Every temporary assignment which is
not absolutely necessary was ordered
discontinued ana uclallS were cut 10 the
bone. Men in the Missing Persons Bu-
reau were put on the street and time
spent In drill may be reduced by half
to gain strength In patrol.
Sergeants and lieutenants were COM
manded to give two hours extra service
in uniform and special men are to be
situated near the more important banks
or In and around the blocks where these
banks are located. Even the Marine
Division may be reduced temporarily.
careful study OF the run" of crime
the hours In which 1t is most prevalent
and the district in which 1t Is worst
was ordered on the part OF police COM
manders and the detectives. The public
was asked to donate automobiles, with
drivers. II possible.
Recruits in training were put on patrol
duty in the night time. Special squads
in the Detective Bureau and the men
delaney squad under Lieut.. Regan were
ordered out to collect suspicionable char
actcrs for lineup and questioning
Commissioner Enright said last night
that he could only hope that these
orders properly executed. might bring
large measure OF relief lie said he
expected to be on the job at least cigh-
teen hours IN every twenty-four. and
that similar service. though not quite
so many hours. might be exacted from
every man in the force.
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