Show BOND POLICIES ARE CHANGED Desk Sergeants at the police station station station sta sta- sta- sta tion Wednesday had been given authorIty authority authority au au- au- au for setting the amount of ot bond for persons charged with ordinary ordinary ordinary nary misdemeanors as a result of a conference of ot safety department officials officials of of- Tuesday Meeting in the tho office olce of ot Police Chief Harry L. L Finch Mayor E. E B. B ErwIn Chief Chiet Finch Gerald Irvine assistant city attorney and desk sergeants agreed to a few days' days trial of at giving desk sergeants responsibility on ball bail bonds Formerly the sergeants have accepted bonds Under under under un un- der approval from the courts or b by their own authority Each bond Js is to be based on the character of ot the person arrested and the nature of ot the of offense tense The sergeants also will exercise judgment judgment judg judg- judgment ment In accept acceptance nce of ot bonds whether from tram individuals or proCessional professional bondsmen After a few fey days days' trial another meeting of or the officials oUi- oUi daIs will be held to hear reports on the effectiveness of the tion The meeting was the outgrowth of an attempt to remove the professional professional protes- protes bondsman from from purported monopolistic tendencies in sale of ball bonds said City Judge A. A H. H Ellett Ellett Ellett El- El lett who was unable to attend Tuesdays Tuesday's Tuesdays Tuesday's Tues Tues- days day's meeting |