Evening star., 1928-02-29
CHANGES IN POLICE
FORCE EFFECTIVE
Transfers and Promotions
Affecting 80 Members Car
ried Out Today.

Police Department promotions trans
| fers and changes. affecting 80 members
of the force. became effective today.
For the first time since the police
| force has been increased from 900 to
more than 1900 men. two sergeants
have been detailed as assistants to the
night inspectors headquarters. Sergts.
IF. NJ. Dent of the eleventh precinct
and w. NJ. Mcdonald of the tenth pre-
cinct have been assigned to assist in
the work Lieut.. Sidney j. Marks has
been transferred as inspector to duty
at the eleventh precinct. and has been
succeeded by Lieut. James d. McQuade,
relieved from duty at the second pre-
cinct Lieut.. Hugh Groves will con-
tinue as night inspector.
Privates Promoted.
The privates ordered promoted to
sergcancieS are Horace w. Lincburg,
motor cycle man of the thirteenth pre-
Clnct, who will take up duties at the
first precinct: II. G. Callahan. clerk
at the detective bureau. who Is as
signed to duty at the fifth precinct,
and Emile Desch of the ninth precinct.
who will be assigned to the eleventh
precinct.
Precinct Detective H. w Smith. COL
ored. of the eighth precinct. will be-
come a detective sergeant at the De-
tectiye Bureau. filling the vacancy LETT
by Detective Sergt. j. T. Jackson, col
ored. retired.
Lieut.. John w. Mccormack will as
sumo duty at the second precinct being
transferred from the eleventh precinct
Sergt. J. H. Davis will change from the
eleventh to the thirteenth precinct. and
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the ninth precinct.
Prohibition Detective Thomas Bragg
of the fourteenth precinct becomes pre-
cinct detective of the thirteenth pre-
cinct Precinct Detective r. l.. Jones
is changed from the thirteenth to the
eighth precinct and Prohibition De-
tective Robert j. Barrett from the sixth
10 the eighth precinct. Patrolman j.
F. Boxwell of the sixth precinct will
succeed Barrett as prohibition detective
Of the sixth precinct.
Shifts Announced.
Changes involving privates are: F. G.
Williams, from foot patrolman. sixth
precinct. to motor cycle patrol duty,
twelfth precinct: Joseph De Palma,
from foot patrolman TO prohibition de-
tective. at fourteenth precinct; A. II.
Pool. from station clerk to foot patrol
man at thirteenth precinct; w. T.
Strom. from foot patrolman to station
clerk, thirteenth precinct; w. w. White
more, from foot patrolman to station
clerk. second precinct: D. c. Fletcher.
from patrol signal duty, fifth precinct.
to duty in bureau OF lost property;
Curtis Carter. from patrol driver to foot
patrolman. ninth precinct. and w. I.
Schlosser. from foot patrolman to
patrol driver. ninth precinct.
Thomas NJ. Poland, from foot patrol
man to patrol signal duty. fifth pre-
cinct; E. A. Horsley. from foot patrol
man. eighth precinct. to same duty
second precinct: Oswald Beal. from pa
troll driver to foot patrolman, eighth
precinct; w. M. Adrian, from foot pa
trolman to patrol driver. eighth pre-
cinct: r. J. Fraser. from foot patrol
man. second precinct. to foot patrol
man. sixth precinct: r. j. Magham,
from foot patrolman, second precinct,
to same duty. fourteenth precinct. and
John 0. Patton, from foot patrolman.
second precinct. to same duty at ninth
precinct.