New Britain herald., 1925-02-11

duties in such q manner that they will command the respect and ad- miration of the people of the city, An ideal city is one in which there are no arrests, and not one in which policemen are having a race to see which one could arrest the largest number he said, Parker told the younger members of the depart ment 10 watch the manner in which the older members performed their duty and kept order on their beats without bringing prisoners to court every day.
 Charges Against Doty Dismissed
 Charges against Patrolman David Doty were dismissed by the board and Chief William c. Hart was in- structed to give the patrolman a talking to, pointing out to him the proper manner in handing cases of such a nature if he should ever be confronted with one in the future. Chairman Dunn made the motion for dismissal of the charges after summing up the evidence and say ing that he did not feel that there was any justification for fine or suspension being imposed on Doty.
 Doty was given hearing several weeks ago on complain made against him by seven men he ar- rested New Years eve on Main street near Franklin Square. The men were charged by the policeman with refusing to move when ordered to do so, and were subsequently, re- leased by Prosecutor Joseph c. Woods without arraignment in court. They charged Doty with malice in making the arrests.
 In making his report, Commis- sioner Parker of the discipline com mittee said the matter had been thoroughly investigated and the stories of the seven men, the patrol men involved in the case, and one dsinterested witness heard. In all the evidence, Commissioner Parker said that he could not find where the po- liceman abused rights of the men, although better judgment could have been used in handling the sit uation. Parker said that there was no doubt from the evidence that there had been some disturbarea and there was also no doubt that Doty had warned them to move and stop their noise.
 When the warning was disregard cd and the patrolman took it upon himself to move the men and they did not do so, there was only one thing left for him to do, and that was to threaten to call the patrol. One of the men in the crowd dared Doty to call the patrol, using abu- sive language. The use of these words was corroborated by the dis interested witness who was passing.
 Commissioner Parker said that the only thing about the case that caused him to feel that bad judg- ment had been used was the fact that it was New Years eve when certain amount of celebration is expected, and for which the police are accustomed to make certain al lowances.
 In making his motion for dismiss sal of the charges, Chairman Dunn said that he felt that the affair was "a "50-50" proposition, that Doty could have used little diplomacy and persuaded the men to move and stop the noise, and that the men should have obeyed the orders of the policeman when he did not choose to follow this course. Commissioners Thomas F. Jack son and William Lange expressed themselves in favor of the motion made by the chairman.
 Candidate Too Aggressive
 When Salvatore Gianotte of 263 | Cherry street appeared before the board to press his application for appointment to the upernumerary force of the department, he display ed such aggressiveness that the board felt 1t necessary for him to study up on the duties of police men before taking action on the ap- plication. Gianotte had evidently been getting tips on police work from some unreliable source or else had accepted the story of the al-