New Britain herald., 1924-05-24

police protection in the center of th' ' city was fair.
 Policeman in Wine Business?
 Nicholas Nesta made an impassion
 cd plea to the board for his retention
 on the payroll of the department as c
 supernumerary. He was ordered bs
 the board at the last meeting to ap-
 pear last night and show cause why
 he should not be dropped as a mem-
 Der of the department, as Chief Hart
 had informed the board that Nesta
 had been sick for long time and
 was unable, to do any duty.
 | Nesta told the board that he had
 been injured two years ago last De-
 cember, making it impossible for him to work. He said that doctors told him that there was no hope for him.
 He said that he finally located doc
 tor in New Haven and has been treat
 ing with him and is getting along we'll
 and had hoped to start in working again in the near future. He hasn't
 been able to do any work at all since being injured, and has been living on the pay received by a daughter, he told the board.
 He told of the work that he done during the war, working on the police department when he was called on to do duty, leaving his work in the fac tory where he was getting about s70 a week to do police work for s2.50 a day. He said that when he did that, he felt that when the war was over he would get a chance to make up some of the money that he lost by doing po- lice work.
 Chief Hart said that when Nesta was all right for duty. he was very good and always ready to work, but that he has not been of any use to the since he became sick. He said that complaints had reached the | police through the Civic Safety | League that Nesta was doing wine 1 business.
 Nesta said that he knew about the | complaint and that it was from a neighbor who was not on friendly | terms with him. He said there was absolutely no truth in the reports that he was doing a wine business, and that there was no truth in the state ment of Chief Hart's that he had sold wine to polieeman.and that the chief nor nobody else could prove such a He said that the neigmbor who complained to the police had given the police use of a room in their house to watch his tenement and that they had never "got snything" on him n spite of all their watching, because, ne said, he was innocent.
 It was voted to ask Nesta for his after Commissioner Jack son said that although there was nothing against Nesta, he felt that a nan that did not have the confidence )f Chief Hart should not be contin- led as member of the department. He turned in his resignation and it vas accepted.
 Nezlropa Files Resignation
 Mike Nezdropa was asked for his esignation by the board, which was 'iven and accepted. Nezdropa re- eived a leave Of absence to start in business for himself and when the cave of absence was up, he did not eport for duty. ]
 Chief Hart said that he started tore on Winter street and that when l, members of the department were raid ng place in the vicinity, Nezdropa Instead of assisting them, acted in a lostile manner. He said that he felt hat Nezdropa was a detriment to the 1 orce. : Commissioner Jackson made the 1 1btion to request the resignation, say ng that fl it wasn't submitted, the { .oard would make formal charges [ gainst Nczdropa for not reporting for uty.