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abolished under the plan, but each
Bureau personnel would gather at
headquarters, discuss their activities,
and study crime conditions and crimi-
mails, which police officials believe, will
better At them for their work. During
these discussions, 1t is planned to flash
on q stereopticon screen photographs
of persons sought by the police for
various offenses, and detectives who
know them, their characteristics and
their habits, will be called on to out
line these features for the benefit Of
the others. f.
Kelly 10 BE Promoted.
The most important change in the
Detective Bureau personnel, It Is re-
ported, will involve Acting Capt. Ed
ward j. Kelly, veteran criminal inves-
tigator and now assistant chief of de-
tectives Kelly, 1t Is understood, Is to
be promoted and given the full rank
Of captain. Then when Capt. J. E.
Wilson of the ninth precinct retires In
January, Kelly probably will be put in
command Of a police precinct
Long Identified with the homicide
squad, first as q member and later as
| its chief, Kelly Is known to be anxious
| to be relieved Of his work at the Detec-
tive Bureau when he Is promoted, and
transferred to q precinct, where as
commanding officer, he would have q
greater opportunity to demonstrate his
police ability. As reward for his long
| and untiring devotion to the depart
ment, police officials are said to be will
ing to give him any assignment he
chooses when q vacancy occurs.
Capt. Edwards Is regarded at head
! quarters as the man best fitted to take
! over former Inspector Shelby's duties
More than two years ago he succeeded
Shelby as the personnel ofiicer, and
since then the scope of his activities
and responsibilities have increased and
now he not only handles the duties OF
personnel officer, but also has super
vision over the police school Of instruc-
ton and the police radio broadcastine
station.
| If his promotion to inspector Is ap-
proved, Capt. Edwards, 1t was said, will
remain at headquarters, continue his
present duties and take over the work
Of the executive odicer formerly han
died by Shelby
Twenty-eight years ago next Tues
day Capt. Edwards joined the police
force, and as rookie" plodded beat
in southeast within the boundaries OF
the old fifth precinct. In 1908 he was
transferred to the first precinct and
three years later became the station
clerk there, thereby gaining experience
which afterward rocketed him into the
position Of personnel ofncer. But be-
fore that time he served an apprentice
ship in the personnel Office at head
quarters as clerk from 1921 to 1928
In July, 1923, he was promoted to q
sergeant and subsequent advancemente
followed in rapid succession. He was
promoted to his present rank OF cap
tain in July, 1880.
Developed Crime Index.
Since he has been at headquarters
Capt. Edwards developed q modern sta
tistical bureau where a complete rec:
ord of all crime, misdemeanors and
arrests are kept and indexed. Prior
to that time the records were tncom-
plete and virtually without value as o
medium of accurate police information
AS prelude to the induction into
Office Of Gen. Glassford, questions were
raised as to his eligibility to serve ano
continue to draw his retirement pay
from the Army. These were quickly
settled, however, by Corporation
Counsel william w. Bride. who point
| ed out that the Commissioners salts
fled themselves Of his eligibility before
appointing him. Controller Genera!
McCarl, according to Mr.. Bride, ruled
on this question in similar case sew
eral years ago, and that the ruling Il
applicable in Gen. Glassford'S case.