The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-05-29


nation of the positions of c.
Superintendent. It calls fC
mental activities, eliminate
more direct supervision where nee
essary. The section of the report
dealing with this phase Of police
work Is as follows:
Under the present organization,
Is units of the Police Department
report directly to the superintendent
of police. The deputy superintend-
ent ard the night chief of police are
excluded from this number, because
in reality they assist or take the
place of the superintendent in the
scheme of organization.
ut takes but glance to realize
that such an organization is all out
of proportion, and that the number
Of units reporting directly to the
department head is far in excess OF
logical reason. The special griev-
ances of each unit head becomes
the day-to-day concern of the SUI
perintendent of police with the re-
suit that he must either give over
his entire attention to petty detail
or let the department run itself.
Second among the defects of the
present organization is the absence
of uniformed command for foot
patrol which is far and away the
largest single unit in the depart
ment. Proportionately, it is one OF
the largest in the country for cities
with populations in the same group
with that of Waterbury.
No Consolidation
There is no semblance OF con-
solidation of records. Personnel and
arrest records may be found under
the secretary; accident records I'M
der the motor patrol; crime, iden-
LITIGATION, arrest and statistical rec
ords under the detective bureau;
and records of maintenance costs
are kept by the captain in charge
of motor patrol, the garage attend
ant, and the sergeant in charge of
communications.
Loose arms in the organization
which have no immediate super
vision other than that afforded by
the Superintendent of Police are:
% Vice squad, co special details,
80 custodial or janitorial service.
and a. firearms instruction (the
latter being the only present at
tempt at training of any Sort
"It is easily possible to satisfac-
torily group related functions and
activities in the Waterbury Police
Department in a logical manner that
should reduce materially the bur-
cen on the Superintendent, thus
relieving him of many insignificant
details and permitting him to give
his time and attention to the larger
and more important problems OF
administration. The proposed or
ganization of the Police Depart
ment which follows is presented IN
an effort to point the way to more
efficient administration.
Changes Suggested
The proposed organization OF
the Waterbury Police Department
retains the present set-up OF con-
troll by the Board of Police Commits
sioners and the Superintendent OF
Police. From that point down, a
considerable number of changes are
suggested which, if properly exc
cuted, should make for more effec-
tive control and greater operating
efficiency. 1t must be understood,
though, that no scheme OF organ
ization, no matter how we'll devised,
will produce the proper results un-
less the supervision of the units SUI
coordinate to the superintendent is
in qualified hands. If there is to be
political scramble to place ia
vored sons" in key positions con-
trarv to the desires of the chief po-
lice administrator, then the Depart
ment may as well carry on as 1t
is in hodge-podge OF futility. the
proposed plan is sound IN prlnci-
pie. 1t will bring profitable results
if the principle of its operation Is
equally as sound.
Among the recommended changes
in the new organization are the
following outstanding ones
Il. The number of units report
ing directly to the superintendent
of police is reduced from Is to S.
90. Related activities are grouped
under unified commands.
"3. The uniformed force COM
posed Of foot and motor patrol (ex-
elusive of traffic. is placed under
one supervising officer, thereby es-
tablishing central Office command
over the 1877 officers and men In
the combined units.
4. A bureau of records, commun-
ications and property is established.
rs. The detective bureau Is re-
lieved of its record keeping func-
tons.
&c. An in-service and recruit
training school is recommended.
az. Accident prevention activities
are placed under the supervisor OF
traffic.
"8. The title of vice squad" is
changed to headquarters squad"
and the unit is intended to form the
nucleus of crime prevention
bureau.
Rules Anticipated
Acceptance of the recommended
tions of this section Of the report
demands a complete revision of the
departments rules and regulations.
These are so antiquated and made
uuate now that revision should be
one of the first orders of business.
ct will be noted that the title
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