city police to get name plates soon - house name plate

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According to a new order prepared by Police Commissioner Donald F. , all city police officers will be required to wear a brand name on the right chest pocket of the uniformCawley.
The police department did not disclose the exact time it needed to label when it announced the commissioner's action, but a senior official said it would be "in the coming weeks ".
In another development, the department announced the resignation of William H. T.
First Deputy Commissioner Smith. Mr.
Smith, he moved into the department.
Former Commissioner Patrick V.
Mr. Murphy, plan to join.
Murphy of the Police Foundation, a Washington-based organization funded by the Ford Foundation. Mr.
Smith will be replaced as the first deputy by William P.
McCarthy is now the deputy commissioner in charge of organised crime control.
The advertising commissioner, Cawley, also gave details of the detective's recent transfer to the station and the new people assigned to work on the street.
The new name tag order for advertising has caused a strong protest from the patrolman Charity Association, which has objected to these labels since its first name tag was proposed here 10 years ago. The P. B. A.
Other police organizations have long believed that the name tag would cause nuisance complaints and harassing phone calls to their members.
They noted that when the name of the police was known, the family members of the police were harassed.
Democratic spokesman Martin SteadmanB. A.
He said: "One day after the police in each constituency were warned to pay attention to the letter bombs written to their mines, wouldn't it be interesting for us to hear these name tags?
"The department told all officers that they might be the target of a so-called black PLA member mailing a letter bomb.
Commissioner Cawley tends to use name tags to improve community relations by identifying police officers as a person rather than numbers on a shield.
For years, citizens have often complained that they do not understand the shield number of the police, or that the police deliberately cover the badge with their arms.
Name tags will be worn on the left;
The badge is on the right.
Eight of America's 10 largest cities have become the standard for police: Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia, Houston, Baltimore, Dallas and Washington.
Of the top 10 departments, only New York and Cleveland departments do not require officials to show their names.
In addition to letting the public know the name of the police, Commissioner Cawley is advancing his project to bring more police back to uniform and street patrols.
Ile announced yesterday that 977 officials have returned to the streets since the project began. weeks ago.
At idditiop, 182 graduates of the Police Academy joined the unithe name tag as they were first presented here a decade ago. The P. B. A.
Other police organizations have long believed that the name tag would cause nuisance complaints and harassing phone calls to their members.
They noted that when the name of the police was known, the family members of the police were harassed.
Democratic spokesman Martin SteadmanB. A.
He said: "One day after the police in each constituency were warned to pay attention to the letter bombs written to their homes, wouldn't it be interesting for us to hear these name tags?
"The ministry told all officials that they may be the target of a letter bomb that was mailed to the high-pressure members of the soformed force at the end of June, and an additional 230 graduates will be assigned to July 31.
Commissioner Cawley
The following breakdown of police officers who have been reassigned to uniform duty is listed: a total of 128 detectives have been assigned to the jurisdiction and they will release the same number of street duty personnel.
Detectives will work at the station and will retain their detective status.
Sixty-five officers of the Organized Crime Control Bureau, representing five of the shares.
Thirty-three officers of the Personnel Bureau accounted for five of the shares.
Fifty-seven officials from the criminal justice bureau
A total of 255 men from field units were advertised;
In the past two months, 100 people have been removed from department officials, while others have cut office staff by 10 per cent because of station and regional command.
10 officers assigned to the operations director's office.
A total of 299 men had previously been assigned to work at the station and had returned to patrol positions due to the ministry's "civilian" program.
After the dissolution of the special event team in June, a total of 188 officers from a former inspector were reassigned to the constituency.
Deputy Commissioner McCarthy, 57, who is the head of the Organized Crime Control Unit, has been working in the department since June 1940.
He worked hard to improve the team and became the first commander of the tactical patrol when he was established in 1959.
Later, as an inspector, he was accused of trying to interpret traffic congestion in Manhattan from Midtown to battery, as commander of the first traffic zone, his strong prosecution of these duties led him to be promoted to the deputy chief inspector.
He retired as commander of emergency services.
On October 1971, Police Chief Murphy brought him back to the police station as deputy commissioner in charge of organized crime control.
All units of the ministry responsible for implementing laws relating to drugs, gambling, prostitution and pornography are concentrated under his command.
A version of the file was printed on the first page of The New York edition on July 14, 1973 under the title: The city police will soon be able to get the license plate.