Evening star., 1932-09-29
GIassford to Remove Capt.
Sullivan of Crime Pre-.
vention Division.
KELLY CONSIDERED
TEMPORARY SUCCESSOR
Shift of Inspector Davis Subject
of Conference With Com
missioner Crosby.

Further shifts of high ranking ON
GERS in the Police Department. involv-
ing a number Of major transfers, the
outgrowth Of the removal yesterday of
Inspector Odgen T. Davis as head Of
the crime prevention division. were be-
ing considered today by Supt. Pelham
D. Glassford.
Capt. jeremiah A. Sullivan. now act
ing as chief of the crime prevention
division, will be removed and another
captain, possibly Edward J. Kelly Of
the third precinct, former chief of de-
tectives. brought in to head the di-
vision, pending appointment of an in
spector as permanent chief
In announcing that Sullivan would
be removed, Gen. Glassford did not
state how soon the transfer would be
ordered. Neither did he state definitely
that Kelly, former acting chief de-
tectiveS, would take over the bureau.
Capt Kelly is ably qualified to head
the Crime Prevention Division Glass
ford said. Il have no comment to
make at this time. however, on pos
the Police Department"
Beckett Reports Tomorrow.
Inspector James F. Beckett. who was
ordered to duty at administrative head
quarters simultaneous with the transfer
Of Inspector Davis, Is due to report
to Gen. Glassford tomorrow morning
of Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, assistant
superintendent and executive ofncer, and
his duties will consist principally of
being sort of 'super-aide" to Chief
Glassford. Beckett was head of the
second inspection district, with head
quarters at No. 10 precinct, the post
to which Inspector Davis was shifted
by the sudden order late yesterday Of
Chief Glassford.
The transfer Of Inspector Davis and
other changes ordered by Gen. Glassford
were discussed at a conference this
morning between the superintendent and
Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby. Commits
sioner in charge of police. Gen. Crosby
went to Glassford's office at police head
quarters for the conference.
In shifting Davis, who for recent
months has been at cdds with the
police chief over his supervision Of the
crime prevention division, Gen. Glass
ford stated:
THE transfer of Inspector Davis Is
made without prejudice. No explana-
ton is necessary, / am head of this
department and may make such changes
as think are needed. 1 will say. how
ever. that the functicning of the Crime
Prevention Bureau of late has not been
satisfactory"
Four Other Transfers.
Three privates and one detective
sergeant in the Crime Prevention Divi-
sion also were transferred without
prejudice by Gen. Giassford yesterday.
PvtS. P. E. Ambrose, precinct detective;
F. N. White and w. F. Sager were those
transferred. Ambrose was detailed to
the Detective Bureau and White and
Sager to the second precinct.
At the request of Chief of Detectives
Frank S. w. Burke, Detective Sergt. c.
c. Stepp was relieved from duty with
the Crime Prevention Division and de-
tailed to the Detective Bureau to fill a
vacancy there. With reference to the
three privates, Gen. Glassford said:
These three men made two raids
Saturday night directly contrary to my
orders. According to the plan under
which the Crime Prevention Bureau
was established, it was to function
purely as an information-gather
body. while the suppression of vice was
to be left TO the precinct commanders.
knowing this. these men last Satur-
day night raided a gambling house in
the 400 block of N street and house
of prostitution in the 1400 block of
Twelfth street.
There have been several instances
lately of members of the Crime Pre-
vention Bureau taking the suppression
of vice into their own hands and I had
decided that the next offenders would
be reprimanded"
Homicide Squad Duty.
with the addition of Detective
Sergt. Stepp to the Detective Bureau,
Chief Burke ordered Detective Sergt.
William S. Beck to duty with the homi-
eide squad. Beck recently was promoted
to detective sergeant, having served un-
til September l6 as precinct detective
at No. A.
Possibility Of the early retirement
of one Of the older inspectors to make
way for the promotion Of a captain to
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