Mr. Griffin. Did Captain Talbert join you?
Chief Batchelor. No.
Mr. Griffin. Was Captain Talbert still on duty when you arrived at the police department?
Chief Batchelor. Captain Talbert was on duty that morning. He came on at 7 o'clock.
Mr. Griffin. Talbert came on at 7, but as I understand it, Talbert called you at your home about 6:30. How did that happen?
Chief Batchelor. Well, he is a platoon commander, and a platoon commander comes down early before the rest of the men to get his detail, and he had gotten this information from the night commander. The information came into them before they came on duty, and someone had tried to call Chief Curry. When they came down, they told me about it and I called them and I told them to send a squad by and wake Chief Curry up and tell him.
Mr. Griffin. What platoon was Talbert in charge of?
Chief Batchelor. The second platoon that month.
Mr. Griffin. By "platoon," what do you mean?
Chief Batchelor. The first platoon is the night platoon that comes on theoretically at midnight. It actually comes on at 11 o'clock the preceding day and it goes to 7 o'clock the next morning.