Evening star., 1931-06-25
PRATT COMPLETES
ARRANGEMENTS To.
REORGANIzE POLICE.
First Precinct Prepares to
Celebrate Abandonment
of Old Building.
SYSTEM TO BE PLACED
IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY
Inspectors Who Will Head Three
Districts Get Final
/ Instructions.

Mai Henry G. Pratt, superintendent
of police, today put the finishing touches
on the plan of reorganization of the
Police Department to become effective
Wednesday, as the personnel of the
first precinct made preparations Tor
gala celebration Tuesday afternoon to
mark abandonment of the old station
house on Twelfth street between D and
E streets.
Final instructions were given by Mai.
Pratt to the three inspectors who will
command the new police inspection dis
tricts-Louis j. Stoll, Albert j. Head
ley and o. T. DaviS-and they in turn
proceeded with arrangements to trans
fer their present Offices to the precinct
stations, to serve as headquarters Ior
the three inspection districts.
Will Command Districts.
Inspector Stoll, commanding the first
INSPECTION district, will have his head
quarters at the present second preclnct
station on Fifth street between M ana
N streets. The second district VIII
be in command of Inspector Headley,
who will establish his headquarters at
the twelfth precinct station at Seven
teenth street and Rhode Island avenue
northeast. Davis will command the
third district. His headquarters VIII
be in the present fourth precinct sta
ton on E street southwest between
r-and-a half and Sixth streets.
The inspection districts have been
created by the abolition of several eX-
isting precincts, and the grouping OF
the remaining twelve. Each inspector
will be in command Of four precincts.
Districts Lose Identity.
The existing fifth, sixth and eighth
precincts lose their identity as such in
the changes. The sixth precinct sta
ton will become No. l, the eighth pre-
cinct station No. 2, and the nth pre-
precinct station, however, will be the
only one abandoned. Located in the
Government triangle, it is to be razed
soon. along with other buildings in this
area The present second precinct sta
ton will be identified as headquarters
of the first inspection district, and the
existing fourth precinct station Will be
lcaIled second inspection district head
quarters.
The first inspection district will be
made up of the first precinct station
(now No. g., the second precinct station
(Now No. 81. the third and tenth pre-
cinct stations.
Other Precincts Stand.
No consultations or changes In pre-
cinct numbers are involved in the group
forming the second inspection district.
1t will consist of existing precincts z,
IL. 13 and IA.
The third district will be composed
of the fourth precinct (now No. 81,
the ninth precinct, the eleventh pre-
cinct and the harbor precinct.
Thus, the numbers 5, 6 and 8 will
be absent in the numerical sequence
of the station houses.
Captains will continue to command
the precinct stations, and they will be
directly responsible to the inspector of
their district. Only two of the pre-
cincts, however, will have new COM
manderS as result of the changes.
Capt William E. Holmes of the elev-
enth precinct in the Southeast will
move Wednesday to take command of
the first precinct, which is now known
as No. 6. At the same time Frank M
Dent, recently promoted to captain, will
take command of the eleventh precinct.
Changes to Be Made.
The consolidation of the first and the
sixth precincts, and the second and
eighth, served to reduce the number OF
captains by two. Capt. F. S. w. Burke,
in command of the first precinct, be-
comes an inspector July l. and so does
Capt. Davis of" the second precinct
Burke has been assigned to command
the headquarters Detective Bureau. sue
ceeding Inspector William S. Shelby
and Davis takes command of the third
inspection district. Inspector Shelby
will serve as special aide to Maj
Pratt.
The farewell ceremonies at the old
first precinct station will be held Tues
day afternoon between $3.50 and 4
o'clock. Commissioner Herbert B. Cros-
by and Mai. Pratt are expected to take
part. The following morning at
O'Clock the personnel of No. l will re-
port for duty at the present sixth pre-
cinct station.
Capt. Burke also will be honored at
the exercises.