New Britain herald., 1928-08-07
POLICE TO GATHER
! IN CITY TOMORROW
Every Organized Department in
State Will Be Represented
FIELD DAY TO Be FEATURE

fAt ElkS' Club ana Afternoons and
Evenings Event VIII Be at VIII
low Brook Park.
Delegates from and representa-
tives of every organized police de-
partment in the state of Connecticut
excepting the state police depart
ment. numbering approximately lis.
will be in this city tomorrow attend
ing the annual convention of the
State Police Associa ton of Connecti-
cut. Arrangements for the reception
of the visitors and their entertain
ment while in this city have been
laid on an elaborate scale by gem
eral committee of workers selected
from the local department.
First Meeting Today
The first session of the convention
was scheduled to be held at o'clock
this afternoon at the Shuttle Meadow
club when the executive committee
gathered to carry on e-convention
business. Claims of members for
relief and other matters were to oc-
cupy the attention of the committee
while a slate of officers to be NOM
mated at tomorrow's session of the
main body of delegates was to be
drawn up. Following this session.
the members of the committee will
be the guests of the local depart
ment al a dinner at the club.
The convention proper will open
tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock at
the Elks club on Washington street.
Here reports of officers for the past
year. including those of the presi-
dent. vice president. secretary and
treasurer, will be submitted and act
ed upon and officers for the coming
year will be elected.
Following the completion OF the
business, delegates and guests will be
transported to the Shuttle Meadow
club where luncheon will be served
at II o'clock noon.
Field Day Events
In the afternoon. the convention
will adjourn to Willow Brook park
where visiting delegates. guests and
| the public in general will watch the
various events and features connect
ed with the annual field day of the
New Britain department. At 6
o'clock tomorrow evening. members
of the New Britain and Meriden
baseball teams and members of the
committee on arrangements will at
tend a dinner at the Shuttle Meadow
club.
The State Police Association OF
Connecticut now numbers in men,
bership, 2,015 and has become one
kind in the country.
staff of Officers
The present officers who, it is ex-
pected, will be reelected at the con-
vention tomorrow, are as follows:
President, Garrett ]. Farrell, chief
Of police, Hartford; vice president
Philip T. Smith, chief of police. New
Haven; secretary, John B. Brennan
chief of police, Stamford. and treas
urer, William C. Hart. chief of po-
lice, New Britain.
The executive committee is COM
posed of the following: Joseph Nc
Lean. superintendent of police. Wa
terbury: William z. Nevin. chief o.
police, Torrington: John H. Slocum
superintendent of police. Winsted
Ernest T. Belden, chief of police
Bristol George Linton, chief of po
lice, Norwich and Charles w
Wheeler. superintendent of police
Bridgeport.
The honorary executive commit
tee is composed of the following
George Beach. ex-superintendent o
police, Waterbury: William j. Raw
lings, ex-chief of police. New Brit
ain; John II. Redgate. ex-superin
tendent of police. Bridgeport ant
James Heffernan, ex-chief of police
Stamford.
The auditors are as follows: Johl
Carton. captain. New Haven: jaime
H. Burke, chief of detectives. Merl
den and Samuel Gordon. chief 0
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