New-York tribune., 1922-01-15
Cred test Shake-Up in His
tor ~ Of City Abolishes
TWP Inspection Dis
trichS, but Adds to Total
Promotion Given
To Six Captains
Rank of Deputy Inspector
Cr ,ateds Seven Precinct
{. mmanders Changed

Pc.ice Commissioner Richard +. En-
right made public in orders issued yes
lrday plans for one OF the most extern
sYye reorgaNizations of the department
ever undertaken by Commissioner
The orders become effective at 1901
a. m. to morrow.
hey accomplish the apparently i'm
possible feat of abolishing two inspec
tion districts and making sixteen in
spection districts instead of fifteen.
This is done SIMPLY by dividing the
traffic forces, formerly a division" !"
into two inspection districts. and desie-
mating the marine police, also "di-
vision heretofore, as an inspection
district
Changes in Boundaries
Nume rous changes arc made in the
boundaries of the inspection districts
10 conn nsate for the abolition of the
sta. heao quarters of which were at the
1a3d St set police station, and the 18th.
with hes dQuarters at the Gates Avenue
police alton, Brooklyn.
-Four 'olice precincts are abolished.
making redrafting of precinct
boundar es necessary on an extensive
scale Vine inspectors are shifted
The RAM of deputy inspector is created
And SIX captains promoted to that rank.
Seven captains are transferred
The precincts which are abolished
are the 18th. in West Twentieth Street,
which is to become the headquarters of
one of he new traffic inspection dis
tricts the 35th, in East Eighty-eighth
Street; the Goth. in La Sale Street,
and the 9Sth, in Vernon Avenue, Brook
lyn.
Inspector John O'Br;en, now in COM
mand of the traffic DIVISION. is to go to
Headquarters AS acting Deputy Chief
Inspector, with jurisdiction over
brooklyn. Queens and Richmond.
Inspector General William T. Davis,
for whom his friend Commissioner En-
right created that title, is assigned to
the command OF the 14th Inspection
District, one of the new traffic districts.
Inspector Thomas Mcdonald now in
trict, with headquarters in the Liberty
Avenue police station, Brooklyn, will
nave command of the 18th, the other
traffic inspection district.
Captains Get Promotion
The captains who are promoted to
the rank of deputy inspector are
William j. McGrath, George R. Wake
field, John l.. Falconer and Edward H.
West
Inspector Thomas 7. Ryan is to go
from the % District to the new 18th;
Inspector Thomas V. UuderhilI. from
the 4th 20 the new I'd District; In
sscctor Cornelius Cahalane, from the
eth To the new 4th; Inspector Thomas
i Wash. from the 18th to the new
9th; Inspector Alfred W. Thor, from
the post Of Chief OF Staff in the Chief
INSPECTORS office to that of Inspector
General and Inspector Thomas Murphy,
q b. klyn, t. the Chief Inspectors
Office, wnere he is 10 be Assistant Chief
Inspect r.
aptsn John Kelly is to be trans
erred rom the 18th Precinct, now on
West Twentieth Street, to the 9th. on
Wilson Avenue, brooklyn: Captain Pat
r'ck s'algan. from the 36th: on La Sale
srset, TO the 3oth on West 135th
ntleet; Captain George l.. Sullivan to
Ihe "li!lamsbridge station, in the
Bronx; Captain Richard Gray from the
"S-h. on Vernon Avenue. Brooklyn, to
,ne iv2c. on Bushwick Avenue, Brook-
,yn' Cal ain John w. O'Connor. from
iTaiilc Division 3 to D. and Captain
M-cAae! i. Ahearr, from Traffic Di-
vision { TO b.
Ihe changes wore decided upon after
Commissioner Fnright and Chief In
Srector William j. Lahey conferred
with score OF inspectors yesterday
afternoon The news of the shake-up
t. tnroue hout the Police Depart
mcnt with lightning speed, and tie pa
trolmen and sergeants on post and in
the station houses were discussing it
a few minutes after the orders we're
issued.
Outside of the statement that the
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