New Britain herald., 1927-06-16
HURLEY APPOINTED
TO new POSITION
Governor Names Him Commits.
Sioner Of State Police
EFFECTIVE ON JULY 1

Superintendent Will Resign Present
Post 70 Take New One-Three-
Man Commission to he Done
Away With.
Hartford. June Is F-Superinten-
dent Robert T. Hurley OF the state
police has been appointed commits
sioner of state police by Governor
Trumbull. in accordance with chap
ter 392 OF the public acts passed at
the last session OF the General AS
sembly. The appointment, according
TO the law which created the office,
and at the same time did away with
the present three-man commission of
state police, goes into effect July !,
1927, and is for period OF four
years.
| His resignation from his present
office, Superintendent Hurley said.
would be offered to the board OF
commissioners of state police. effec-
tive July /, within the next two
weeks. According to the law, the su-
perintendent shall continue to hold
such Office until its expiration or un-
til he may resign. He was appointed
to the office July 81. 1921, having at
that time been member OF the
force since 1904.
The newly created office of com
mission is filled by the governor
without the concurrence of the legis-
lative bodies, and is responsible only
TO him.
| The commissioner, according TO
the law, has power to ill the office
OF superintendent and all other. in
the department. Superintendent Hur-
ley said today that his appointment
TO fill the vacancy left by his hesig-
nation as superintendent would prob
ably be announced whan he went
into office. July /. Captain Frank NJ.
| Nichols is next in rank TO the super
intendent.
! Centralixns Authority
The effect Of the law which Great
ed the change in the department. is
to centralize the organization under
one man, the commissioner, who is
| directly responsible to the governor.
Under the old law, the state comp
troller and the commissioner of mo-
tor vehicles We're ex-officio members
OF a commission with one Other
member appointed by the governor
with the concurrence Of the senate.
! This commission, Com ptroller +. NJ.
Salmon, Commissioner Robbins b.
Stocked and Col. Ernest l.. Isebell,
OF New Haven. will go out OF ex-
istence when the new office goes in
| to effect.
/ The organization of the force will
be as follows: A commissioner; a su-
perintendent: captain, salary So
loo: first lieutenant. salary $500:
| a lieutenant inspector and instruc-
tor. $1,000: an inspector of weights
lieutenants. $500: nine sergeants,
5000. and 70 policemen, salaries
Sl,S0o. the force in all to consist of
not more than loo moa. All these
oces are to be under the commits
sioner. an din cases OF vacancies will
be filed by him. The present organi-
zation has but one lieutenant u
senior sergeant. and nine sergeants
beside the captain and superinten-
dent.
1. Years With Department
supt. Hurley has completed more
than II years of service in the de-
partment. having been appointed d
state policeman marshal in 1904, by
Supt Thomas +. Egan, whom he
succeeded as superintendent July q.
1921. At the time of his original ap-
pointment he was a foreman in the
Johns-Pratt company plant. His rise
| in the department was credited to
, his splendid record OF investigation
and detective work by The former
superintendent. who had recon-
mend kim to the commission.
Supt. Hurley was born in Ply
mouth. october IS, 1869. son Of
, Patrick and Margaret Hurley. His
father died when he was two years
old. and after he had completed the
course at the Bristol grammar school
he entered the employ of the E. N.
Welsh Clock company. in Baltic.
After three years in the case max
ing department of the plant. he be-
came a race horse driver. After this
he went into the express business in
Manchester, and two years later
joined the Johns-Pratt company in
Hartford. as foreman in the fuse de-
partment. While there h. invented q
new type Of soldering iron which
was used at that plant for many
years. In 1904 he became state po-
liceman and rose through success
sive grades until he was a captain.
at the time of his appointment as
superintendent. six years ago.