New Britain herald., 1926-11-24
MAY BOOST COST
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 supernumerary officers might be in- because an arrest would cost them a few hours pay. This condition, in his opinion, deters them from performing their duty and certainly does not improve their efficiency. He inquired as to the possibility of an arrangement whereby additional costs could be charged in court to reimburse the officers for the time lost from work.
 Chief Hart said previous commits sioners have given thought to the matter but no way of remedying 1t has been found. Relative to charg- ing additional costs. the court is the cnly body ,aving that authority. There is a provision that supernu- merary policemen making arrests while not on duty are paid $1.23, the. chief said, and 1t might be possible to change the rule so as to allow this amount or a greater amount for OlllttTS IlldNlUS dlltSls oIi uulS' III addition to their pay for the nights work. The drawback in this instance is that the extra compensation might be held to be n undue incentive to make arrests. Commissioner Ban- nan remarked that such an arrange ment would savor too strongly of the fee system in effect in small towns.
 After a discussion. Commissioner Chamberlain said 1t appeared that the only remedy for the condition lies in an arrangement for extra compensation for supernumerary officers, paid out of the police ap- propriation. The matter may be con- sidered at lat date.
 Chief Hart said there is need for an additional signal box in the southwestern sections of the city Chairman Pajewski said 1t will be necessary to establish a new beat in the Pennington ay .ue district be- fore lon and 1t might be well to bear in mind that new box will be needed there. The chief said there is an appropriation in this years budget for two signal boxes They cost about s175 and there is a charge for wiring. It was voted to install two new boxes in the south western section, in the vicinity of Dover road Corbin avenue, Shuttle Meadow avenue, Lincoln street. the exact locations to te decided by the chief. The chief remarked that the location of the poles is an important factor in deter ming the placing of boxes.
 Just before adjournment, Chair man Pajewski asked Chief Hart what can be done to put stop to speeding on Broad street. Since the street has been paved motorists use it as a speedway, the chairman said. He asked if the report of a witness or two on the speed of a car Is suf ticient for arrest of the driver and | the chief replied that it is, provided | the witnesses come into court and | testify
 A proposed card index system was shown by Chief Hart and will be | given consideration by the commits sioners at later meeting. The origi- ! nal cost of the system is $235, the | chief said.
 Six months suspension without | pay was the punishment meted out | by the board of police commission l CTS last night at a special meeting | in the case of Patrolman John 1 O'Keefe, who pleaded guilty 10 | charges of neglect of duty and | drinking while on duty the night of October 4. The suspension will date from October 14 Informed of his right to appeal from the decision within forty eight hours. the officer said he would not do so, as he was satisfied with the decision.
 Patrolman James Sullivan, who was off his beat the night of Nov. | ?, was fined seven days pay and given reprimand, and supernumer- ary Officers James M. McCue, who was with Patrolman Sullivan when Sergeant P. A. McAvay found them in the tool house at Walnut Hill i park, which was not on their beats, was fined two days pay. The discipline committee gave hearings in the cases of Patrolman Sullivan and Supernumerary Officer McCue and reported their findings to the full board. The difference in punishment was explained by the fact that Patrolman Sullivan had been before the committee on two previous occasions while it was the first offense for the other officer.
 Called before the board Pa trolman O'keefe pleaded guilty and no evidence was offered. The con- missioners took recess for a few moments and on their return to the meeting room, informed the officer of their decision.