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Q. N. Funk asks President Roosevelt if during his time as New York City Police Commissioner he said he would, or in fact did, use the entire power of the police, to the neglect of other laws, in order to enforce the Sunday closing laws.
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1902-01-31
Commissioner Partridge is afraid that P. K. Sweet cannot be assigned to the Detective Bureau on his return from the Philippines. There are currently more detectives then the Police Department requires and Mr. Sweet will be assigned to police duty.
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1902-01-11
William G. Bates requests advice on whether he should accept the position of Deputy Police Commissioner in New York City.
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1901-12-20
John Nelson Partridge thanks President Roosevelt for his letter of congratulations on Partridge’s appointment as police commissioner of New York, New York. He requests Roosevelt’s opinion on higher officers in the department and would like an audience with Roosevelt in late December.
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1901-12-09
Lincoln Steffens continues to be interested in the New York Police Department and hopes President Roosevelt can help him arrange a meeting with Seth Low on the subject. He would like to help reform the department.
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1901-11-07
Governor Odell encloses a report from the New York Police Department regarding a complaint made by Willard Parker.
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1901-10-14
James Bryce planned on writing a longer letter to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt but has been too busy with work. He is glad Roosevelt left the New York Police Department for the federal position. Bryce plans to visit the United States in the fall and hopes to see Roosevelt during his trip.
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1897-07-07
Edwin Lawrence Godkin is sorry to hear that Theodore Roosevelt left the New York Police Department to become Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He feels that Roosevelt was doing the greatest work as a police commissioner and was an example to the country’s young men in showing the importance of having a high character in such an important office.
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1897-07-07
H. H. Lyman is not too sure what Senator John Raines meant in his statement. Raines led him to believe that his statements were off the record. Lyman and others appreciate the work Commissioner Roosevelt has done enforcing the excise law in a city as large as New York, although there are issues with fake clubs and hotels.
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1896-11-28