The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-04

the local police department by Bur gess William Krodel at the monthly meeting of the board of warden and burgesses last night fell by the way side when Warden Green and other borough board members voiced ob- jections to the procedure, Burgess Krodel finally withdrawing his mo- ton.
 The proposal of the first ward bur- gess came as a surprise to the other board members when lie moved that Richard Ostrom be appointed lieu tenant of police. explaining that somebody in authority should be on duty nights. He stated that Officer Ostrom had to perform many of the duties anyway and that he should be given the authority, the officer Is q son-in-law of Burgess Krodel
 Warden Green for a moment did not seem to get the drift of Burgess Krodeps intent and after Burgess Krodel again explained his motion, the warden informed him that the board had no power to create the office of lieutenant of police. Bur- gess Krodel then replied make him a captain. Burgess Maurice An- enberg stated that we already have a captain of police. Then we'll fire him." answered Burgess Krodel "and put another man in his place, he Is long enough on the force" The man now captain should be retired as he has been on the force over 30 years, we should put on younger man. Burgess John Sheridan stated that he thought Burgess Krodel had in mind that when the captain was ap- pointed he was on night duty and the appointment was made with the thought in mind that there would be somebody with authority on desk duty at night. Now both the captain and chief are on day, duty he added. He stated that he thought under the police rules that the board had the power to assign the officers to their hours of duty. Warden Green stated that the board regulated the hours which the police officers worked but that the chief did the assigning of men to their beats.
 Burgess Sheridan stated that he did not believe the captain should be retired but thought somebody should be in charg with authority to go ahead on their own initiative. Burgess Krodel insisted that his mo- ton was before the board and he wanted to have it acted upon.
 Warden Green then asked Burgess Krodel just what he meant by stat ing that man in authority should be on the desk. The warden said he felt that any man that was assigned to the desk was as much in authority as another one would be that might be named. Burgess Krodel stated that if the board did not want to name lieutenant that they name Officer Ostrom an assistant to the
 t-E E~A ~A ~If hot hn A. lieved the older officers should be given preference in doing inside duty. Oficer Malone IT, he stated has been inside all of the time since he was made policeman, has never done outside duty he said. In reply to a question of Warden Green if it was his idea to have Officer Ma lone taken off the desk, he stated that it was and that Officer Ostrom be made a lieutenant. Burgess Kro- del repeated the motion naming Off, cer Ostrom assistant to Chief Adam son. Warden Green questioned whether he meant to have him named a lieutenant. The burgess stated that he did and desired to have the motion put. The motion was seconded by Burgess Sheridan. Burgess Zwick questioned the right of the warden to entertain the mo- ton when 1t was really out of order as the board could not name lieu tenant of police. Warden Green stated that he had tried to explain this but that Burgess Krodel insisted on the motion being put and felt that by putting the motion six men could probably untangle 1t better than I could. At this point Burgess Krodel conferred with Burgess Sher- idan and after the conference he withdrew his motion.
 Move in without Lease
 A bit of humor was injected into the meeting when 1t was disclosed that the P0lish- Amreican Political