New Britain herald., 1928-08-16
POL|CEWOMAN HAS
 DANGEROUS DUTIES
Works for New York Narcotics
 Division

New York. Aug, Is tP1She is small and fluffy and feminine. bout 25years old. with brown hair that curls in soft. childish tendrils around her face. And she has one of the most dan gerous jobs in the entire New York police departments job so dan gerous that her superiors never dis cuss her by name with any out siders. Keeping her identity as care fully guarded a secret as they can. they still look worried whenever they mention her and mutter, Well they'll get her some day
 She is attached to the narcotics division, this innocent looking young woman in a f1owered chiffon dress She has the rank and pay of a pa trolman Her job is 10 get the evil dence." She gets 1t. Some say she IS the most valua ble operative in the squad.
 And she IS one of the prlnclpa reasons why Police Commissioner Joseph A Warren this week ordered six more women into the police de partment, bringing the total up to l25. A hundred and A of them work under direction of Mrs. Mary A. Sullivan. reporting at their head quarters on the second floor of the old police headquarters building, few blocks away from Tonabs prison.
 But this lady cop"-smallest and huffiest and most feminine Of them All-never appears there. Whenever she is about police headquarters which is not very often, you'll find her down talking with the head of the narcotic division.
 Hers is no daytime job. To get the evidence she goes where the evt- dence is-to cellars, garrets, back rooms of what used to be corner ea- looms restaurants, and to luxurious ly furnished clubs
 Sometimes her work takes her along Fifth avenue and along Broadway More often, though, you would And her in places where hardly another woman in New York would dream of going without and escort. she goes alone-and at night.
 She hangs about with drug ad- diets until she finds out where the stun Is being bought. Then she buys some. Her associates arrest the seller. and she appears as a witness against him in court.
 In those appearances on the wit ness stand lies her danger. Guard her name as closely as they can. the police cannot prevent its being over heard by anyone who cares to listen when she takes the stand. Nor can they shield her from the stares of the drug sellers friends as she sits there, giving her testimony.
 Three years ago-she was just an ordinary policewoman then. hunting for lost girls. rounding up strayine babies at Coney Island. arrestins mashers in the subway-she got hel first assignment with the narcotics squad, It was just one job. She llkeo it.
 She liked it so much and did il SO we'll that they let her try an, OIntT. oflt ltheu tuC llNAe os''N-- ment even better and showed even greater skill Sh asked for a perma nent assignment with the narcotics division. She hasn't got it yet. Wor' rying all the time and begging hel to 20 back where she belongs. they reassign her from month to month She refuses to go back to huntlnf lost girls. And her superiors ant associates, worried as they are. hav' to admit that she is valuable.
 Several times there have beer anonymous leters. in which her If haA been threatened She turne' them over to the head of the squa' and calmly weat about her bushes Once. not long ago, she received a headouarters a telephone call-al urgent request to investigate plac down on South street" The dis trict known as down on Soutl street" is along the waterfront a the lower end of Manhattan. Police men down there travel always Il pairs.
 She held onto the telephone unti one of her associates had traced Tn call. Then, with two detectives. sh raced down there. The call ha some from a soft drink parlor. was fake"
 She never carries a gun, this slir young woman with the pale, quie face. But she has seen plenty C Eunfire. Sometimes her associate