The Washington herald., 1922-10-15
New York Police
See Radio Uses
Finest Quick to Take Ad.
vantage of Speed Offered
BY Invention.

Once again New Works finest"
have set the example for the other
police departments of the globe
Awakened to the possibilities OF
radio telephony as a factor in the
suppression of crime. the New York
police department has installed at
headquarters at Center street the first
broadcasting station ever used ex-
Clusively for police purposes. The
apparatus. which was manufactured
by the Western Electric Company,
is OF the same general aspect as
that by which communication was
carried on early this year between
Deal Beach. New Jersey, and the
S. s. America, far out on the At
lantic.
Joseph A. Faurot. the famous
finSerpTint pioneer and deputy
commissioner in charge OF the New
York police executive departments.
Is enthusiastic over the results al
ready obtained with the apparatus
IF what Mr.. Evans. the Western
Electric engineer who is instructinS
our operators in the use Of tho
equipment states is true" Mr.
Faurot said. the New York Police
Department will be abe without
any difficulty to cover an area OF at
least 10000 square miles about this
station. This should prove a great
aid to us in running down stolen
automobiles. locating missing per-
sons. spreading alarms. and in ah
other work where secrecy Is not an
essential factor. Every amateur re-
cciving st@tion in a radius OF at
least loo miles from the city will
become sort of police out
post. enabling us to spread emer-
'gency information at much
quicker rate than is now possible.
Later as our men gain more ex-
perience with the transmission of
radio telephone information it IS
very likely that we may use the
ether to spread confidential reports
1t would not he very difficult to
prepare a special code for such pur-
poses"
81. r. Brennan. superintendent of
the police telegraph division, who.
with Commissioner Enright himself.
was mainly influential in clearing
the way for the installation of the
station. explained some of the radio
telephony plans of the local depart
ment. We have already arranged
with Mr. Hoover. Secretary of Com
merce. for a special wave length for
exclusive police purposes" he said.
The fact that there can be no de-
lay in the dissemination of police
news makes it out of the question
for US to take any chances on being
interfered with by the commercial
brOadcastinG stations. Mr. Hoover,
who recalled how the New York de-
partment was the first to make
success of radio telegraphy for po-
lice work some years ago. has been
quick to realize our position and has
authorized us to send on a 400 me-
ter wave length. Later. if il be-
comes necessary for the Department
of Commerce to allow wider scope
to any Of the present users of the
$50 meter wave Length il has been
agreed that we will widen our range
to 500 meters.
We have already made arrange
ments." Mr. Brennan continued. .to
equip our police boats and lnspec-
tion district offices with radio tale-
phOnic receiving sets. As we pro-
Cress with the Idea. receiving sta
tions will be insta led in all pre-
cinct headquarters and special op-
orators will be detailed to attend
them twenty-four hours day.
When the other larger cities take
to radio telephony for administrs-
tive purposes, we expect to be able
to establish a network of broad
casting and receiving stations that
will make it possible to give a ma
tional alarm almost instantane-
ously.
Determined that the best was
none too good for our purposes.
Commissioner EnriEht made ar
rangements with the Western Electric
Company for station of the most
up-to-date type"