New Britain herald., 1924-12-09
In the present supernumer-
 ary force of 4a men.

number in the present supernumer- ary force of 4a men.
 Chief And Omicers Want Raise
 Chief Hart presented to tho board request by the officers of tho de- partment for salary increase, tho scale being decided on at a meeting of tho officers yesterday afternoon. The present salary of the chief Is S2. .7G5 which is ssSi lower than that paid tho police chief in Meriden. and s7S5 lower than in Stamford, both cities being considerably small ar than New Britain. The chief asked that his salary be increased to sS,5OO
 The office of captain in the de- partment pays $2,46S at the present time and an increase to $3.O00 is asked. the lieutenant receives s2,- SO7.7i and an increase to s2,7O0 is asked, and sergeants receive s2,165 and they ask $2.500.
 The board took the requests un- der consideration and voted to make a decision on the matter be- fore Friday so any action they ap- prove can be submitted at the city clerks office for consideration at the next meeting Of the city council.
 Chief Hart also requested that the board consider approving an in- crease for Mrs. Mary Mettey, police matron, who is now paid $50 a month for caring for the women's cells at the station and for women | prisoners. The amount of the in- crease was left for the board to de- eide.
 Charter Revision Discussed
 The conflicting sections In the city charter, one of which apparently gives the board of police commis- sioners full power to make rules and regulations for the conduct of the department, and the other which seems to give like power 10 the city council was brought out by the re- port Of the charter revision com mittee of the board in it's report. The need of clarifying the status of the city council and the board of police commissioners in the matter was emphasized and will be brought 10 the attention of the charter re- vision committee tonight when the board is granted hearing.
 Commissioner Jackson made 2 suggestion that the committee in clude in It's report the fact that nc provision Is made for the payment Y Of a pension to dependents of a po- liceman who Is killed or dies from injuries received while in the per formance of his duty. The commis- sioner pointed out that the police man pays two per cent of his wages into the pension fund and if he is killed while in the performance of his duty, there is no provision made for the payment of pension 10 his dependents.
 The question Of retirement of DO. licemen was also discussed by the board and Chief Hart expressed himself as in favor of compulsory re. : tirement of members of the depart.
 nent after 25 years service. The question was one on which the com. missioners could not agree. some be. ing of the opinion that such a pro. vision would retire men from the service at a time when they would be most valuable, and favoring the setting of an age limit Of 65 yearl at which time it would be compul. . sory for a man to retire.
 The objection to the present regu lations regarding the retirement 0 policemen was that 1t Is left prac tically entirely to the man himse . when he shall retire, and the com missioners said that q man at 6l years thinks he is just as spry anC
 active as he was at 35 years, witt