12/12/1924 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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Frida; sec.. 12th. 1924. Off ice. : of the Board Public safety, meeting called to order at 5 I'. •M. All memeb7cs berg present, minutes of previous meeting were read and approved. FIRE I7EPARTMElQ T : - BID'S PRESENTED AND ALLOWED. Vouchers numbered 849 to 884 inclusive were allowed. ELECTRICEL DEPARTMENT:- BILLS PRESENTED AND ALLOWED. Voucheres numbered 1799 to 1800. 1853 to 1846 inclusive allowed. Supt,-Qualls, present4d weekly report f orathe week ending Dec. 12th. 1924. • WEIGHTS & MEASURE DEPARTMENT : - BILLS PRESENTED AND ALLOWED. Vouchers numbered 1801. -1847- 1848 -1851 were allowed. Reed I: Haw$horne,presented weekly report for the week ending Deg. 12th. 19240 POLICE DEPARTMENT : - REQUISITIONS PRESENTED A APPROVED. Numbers 1873 to 1887 inclusive were �IpproveESENTED AND ALLOWED. Vouchers numbered 1795 to 1798; 1802 to 1822. 1849 to 1850 Allowed. Motion prevailed thatvthe applicationd of Elmer V. Alward, Geo. S. Dorman and John W. Starkweather, for positions in the police department be accepted and placed on file. Motionnprevailed that the bonds of officers Wm. H. Ortma.n, and Claude Keller,'of One Thousand Dollars each ($1,000.00) and the National Surety Co., as surety were approved. The Board went into cession as a trial bodyto hearf the following charges which were refered against officer Chas.'A. Dunning. by Chief Lane. 1. That the said officer has foe more than two years neglected his duty as a patrolman in that he has reapeatedly failed to pull Spec ifie dates of his box without giving and valid reason 29th. 1922; this neglect being as follows:- Feb. May 20th. 1922; July 11 1922• Aug. 26, 1922; Sept. 21,1922; Nov. 3,th. 1922 Nov. 25, 1922; Nov. 29, 1922; Dec. 1, 1922 Dec. 9, 1922 ;Jan 13, 5 1923• Dec. 27, 1923; Jan 1,1924; Jan 18, ]923; Apr�1 2, 1923; Dec. , 1924; Jana 22, 1924; Jan 29th, 1924; Dec. 2,1924; I futhur Barge that on several oecassions said officer failed to pull his box on time, and failed to give a satisfactory excuse therefor. 2. That the-said officer has on various occasions, within the past year, the exact dates I am unable to give, been found asleep while on duty. Z. That during the summer of 1924. said officer was detailed to dutybunder the direction of the Board of Park Commissioners of the City of South Bend, and was required by his said duty to visit all.the parks and patrol the same each day; that he neglected to visit some of the said parks for days at a time, and on various occasions was found asleep while on duty. Chief of Police. o (Signed) L. J. Lane. The�!iving witnesses were duly examinied :- -Atty. Otis Romine, Mr. M., E. Kile, Mgr. River Park Lbr. Co., Chief L. J. Lane. Atty. Geo. Donahue, pepresenated Mr. Dunning. The Board then went into executive cession to consider evidence submitted, after a pmblic hearing and submissions of all evidence, the Board went into executive cession for the purpose of considering all evidence submitted, after dw.e and carefull consideration the Board found the said officer Chas. A. Dunning, guilty' as charged and thereupon. he was dismissed from the Police fords of the City of South Bend, Ind. (DeiesioAon was anounced at the next regular meeting.) after some more investiggtions had been made. Motion ptwvgiled to ddjourn :- ITT OLE G' PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. OF BOARD.