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�pplication of Colonial Cab Company for Stand at 320 �. I��Tichigan
Street �vas refused b�,� the Board.
�.?eeting ad journed at 5:00 0' clock P. F.t.
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President , Board of Safety.
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, 1!�arch 31, Z930
Regular meetin; held in the Board of Public Sa�ety Office ,
l."arch 31st, 1930.
P:!'eeting called to order by Vice-Pres. V. J. Gadacz at 3: 50
o' clock P.?.�.
Fresident C. 1�. Budd absent.
T-'inutes of last regular meeting read and approved.
FIRE D�P�RTI���PTT
Requisitions and bills were presented and ordered paid. �
Applications of J. '_Z. Toth; �1. R. Hanson; T. L. r'lolter were
approved and ordered placed on file .
'PJEIGHTS & r_qEAS. DEPART�.REIJT
Requisitions and bills were presented and ordered paid.
Report of Sealer Burns presented and ordered placed on file.
EI,ECTRIC�IL D�PART?:�Iun'i'
Requisitions and bills were presented and ordered paid.
POLIC� DEPART?:'.�PIT
Requisitions and bills v�ere presented and ordered paid.
Application: of S. I�iedbalski anproved and ordered placed on file.
Policewor�an' s report presented a,nd placed on file.
On motion of r�r . Long, it was so ordered that Lloyd Thompson and
Lafayette Riddle be appointed members of the 1?olice Department to
begin duty �pril lst , 1930. .
�'�fter recommendation o� Chief Lenon and _on motion of �.�r. Zong, Serg' t '
J. J.Hatt vaa.� promoted to the ranl: of Captain, effective t'�pril lst , 1930.
�".onthly report of �umane Officer presented and placed on file .
. County C1erk, F.I:'.Nevins and Don �tephenson appeared before the
�Board on behalf of Issak ''Ialton League in regard to a boat race
on St. J'oseph River J,ane 8 , 1930. l�;�r. Nevins and ;�r. St�phenson asked
the Board for permission to block off the follo�rain� Streets:
South end of St. Louis Blvd. , �t. Peter at. , P�otre Dame Ave . , St.
Francis at. , and 'r;ddy St. , to LaSalle Park, also the intersection
of Arch �ve. , anc� I'ello��r ;�t to Edgev�ater Drive.
In addition to this the above named gentlemen asked permission to
levy a .25;,1 admission char;e for the event.
Requests �vere granted by �he Board.
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1!.�arch 3�?, 193Q ( cont 'd) ��;�
A p tition from Z.Balicki Falcons P�est was presented to the
Board nd the Board instrueted the Clerk to write the abov�
named rganization stating that the Board of Public Sa�fety, at
their revious meeting, had instructed the Chief of Police to
vigoro sly en�orce traffic regulations on tne ';Jest Side. �
Cre entials sho�r�ing the transfer of �edan Cab Company to the
Coloni �. Cab -Co. , vras presented to the Board, also application
for a -Cab Stand instead of one as the former Seaan Cab Stand
at 124 '�J. Colfax Ave. The Board, however, transferring Stand
from S dan Cab Company to tYie Colonial Gab Co. , but not enereasin�
the st nr� from one to two cabs at the present time.
The follotiving disposi:t�on �r�as reeeived from City Attorney,
"�alter L. Clements:
C. :�. udd, Fresident,
Board f Public Safet,y, -
City o South 3enc�, Indiana.
Dear S r:- -
Replyi p f'urther to your inc�uiry with reference to the line of
procee ure when an officer is on sick leave f or a longer period
than s'x months and has to be replaced by another officer, I
find n ladv coverin� this si tuation directly.
Howeve , Section 10864 of Burns 1926 Ind�ana Statutes provides
that:
"E ery member of the fire and police forces and of appointees
of he commissioners of public safety, shall hold office until
the are removed by the Board. The,y may be removed for any
cau e other than politics, after an opportunity for a hearin:,
is iven, if demanded, and the vrritten reasons for such
rem val shall be entered upon the records of said Boa.rd."
The 19 7 amendment of the l�ct with reference to police pensions
provid s:
"T at if after any such member shall have been so retired upon
pen ion, the Board of Trustees shall have the ri�ht at any time
to ause such retired member again to be brou,ht before it and
exa ined by the police surgeon or other sur�eon to be appointed
by aid Board o� Trustees, and thereupon to determine �vhether
suc disability still exists and vrhether such retired member
sha 1 remain on the pension roll, but such member shall be
ret in�d on the pension roll until reinstated in the service of
the police force, except in case o� dismissal or resignation. If
upo such examination and hearin� such retired member shall be
fou d to ha.ve recovered from hi� disability and to be again fit
for active duty, then such member shall again be put on a�ctive
dut �vith full pay, and from that time he shall cease to be
entitled to s�ny nayments out of such pension fund . "
It see s,' therefore , that in case of taking an additional man on
to rep ace an officer on pension because of sickness or other
disabi ity, that you have one of three courses:
l. Retain the offieer replacin�, the retired officer and upon the
retire officer reeoverin,; , obtain appropriation throu�h the council
• to per it him to continue in active service.
2. Have an understandin;� with the officer replacin; the retired
office tha,t upon the retired member' s returning to active duty, he
�vill resign or be dismissed. This may be done , I believe, at any
time within five years after the officer is placed on the force, as
I find no provision wi th reference to placin� an officer on proba-
tion for six months and presume this is a ru.le of the City and does
not arise from statute.
3. The retired officer , upon recovering, may be dismissed foz°
the re son that there is not a place for him, as you �r�ill note that
the st tutes say that officers may be dismissed for any reason
other than politics and he bein� an ablebodies man, should find no
fault �aith not receiving his pension or being on �.ctive pay any
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lon�er. This , ho�r�ever, �vould appear to be rather a drastic remedy, pa
particularlV �vhere the officer had spent several years of his life
on the police force. -
In other wor�s, the question seems to be a practical one to be
worked out �s the circlunstances present• themselves , keepin� in
mind economy for the Ci�y and �justice to the officers concerned,
under the provisions of the statute above referred to.
I believe you tivill find scarcely any case in �vhich one of the
� above sug�estions could not be employed and the �atter worlced out
on a' practical basis and tir�ith satisfaction to all.
Yours truly,
�7alter L. Clements ( si�ned)
CITY ATTCRI�TLY.
� A� request from `7ashington ata,te Bank for stop li�ht at
'°Jashington l�ve. , and "Jalnut •�treet was given eonsideration by the
Board and deferred to a later date.
l�.?eetin� ad journed at 4:45 0' cZock P.r�.
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