New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-12


Of Street lisp cior has perhaps done more injury 10
the public 81 large than ether Of the other In.,ector
SHIPS - their cutes were nore mg tfsrior snd more
oirt, ty under the eye Of th- public TIE rea~e.s
,,e plain ar simple In the fist zee it va. Dsces
.sry 20 select msr Of iu., higvDce sobrie,y and
geniemsil " dspor,n err, and one who woald devote
AL ~ s.surs time in mskif n n-sf acquainted wish
tie City Ordnance So that be sonld saos the best
mesu. 20 scopt 70 rsclfy such Violations
In our d.parfm-nti Il must ~ borne N mind thar,
se al ohtr lsrge boeits OF men rather ndiserimi.
NATL! --ho,ec, al not equ-l Il ted Tor esca md
every branch Of our business iaai tbs greatly feN
pt thoroughly uuj erstc-od hy The b. as of the de-
IsriuCitI ore nsr may mex an excellent Postum,
tui quite urdtec tor Street In rector ~ sorie other
h7sich of The business and these n rsRt GU sics
hors OF the nemoer, il observed by those ~ho uu-
cfistard The sr,iies I haUcsn usfGrs. Aud fally
believe I'll could be m.fr much ro-e useful il tue re-
.pon,ibity WAS distributed to TAI a1oa thx right
L, ad 6ud syst u could De adopted that ~oali in-
spe II ore Of that general etcruhdeuce and -slf re-
sios, which, yet 10 ga, c'es not a, the preseat
tine exist
Now IN connection With the fact 'ha, the l.< has
TAI ia from toe d. p,rtm. M those lu-p-ctor.hps
90 wi It q be understood taa al responsibility
ct their .u,rc.meOt i token wth u for We FREQ ieat
" receive orctss from the Mayor ard Chief a. com
p'ar ot ell violations II Chporsnpn ordin ances.
Bai it IS good zeal Ike biiiin. the lane 90 walk,
III blind 60 See TIE o. AZ "a hc.T Ac.. for there are
any iustAnces IN shch itose acting - faspeet
crs Term the party complalocd 81 " The Ponce
have robin 20 o. Wuh such matters This you
.lspd in ihe ettitufe % nnr n-rs, instead OF
public oti ,oIs t,sIous OF doing daty Oae fact
wsh strongly 70 impress upon the puphc mud a.
the Chief OF Polce the hrst t. eaivAVOr t. have
Street hep cc's tax tn from toe Cap',i0s whether
be wls fearful It gave the too much iuhIeuce in
ihtir respective Wards. do rOt pretend n say bat
the utlity of she is Yer, doubtful for l. In
them o. y with he power 10 report nuuAncs With
cot tle tsis tc remove il. | unit rsttnd the in
comig Commissioner Of Streets aud Lamps is snxloss
20 pnt the streets uncer the supelu cndencs OF the
Police again. Ls' the public ans'"r s@' ~ 10.
But there il snothtr evil ila' IL working 3 still
uore &, eeIious feet among "a, aai destroying the
confdtr &c ana mu'uzl esteem thl "a essential %
tie prevention 3. detection Of crne; ana an Goa
f1ent ubless i il speedily arrested Ne will become
body Fl watching one another, instead OF
thieves a. j pubic property. OF lac, complete sys
tenn Of espoIsge, that too upon A. o,her has
spruIg up. Vedic sted ! presu NO, upon the act Of
Apr, $50 giving to the Chief the power 10 cali any
6Id all The force 10 of emerg~u y. Toe Iustness
OF this % one can qus,ton il pro. eTy exercised bat
from this hes been established what IA called the Re
serve Corps of from - 10 100 men, selected by the
Chi.f lof course bis friends tor certain duties.
Adted to this there are from 80 h 90 men newlysp
POINTED, who, instead of being immediately sent ~
their respective oisticts, are Kept dnlhog at tue
Arsenal through the day for al lndehnits tins aud
IoIiiou of thu night sent into the vTious Wsrds 70
atcb the men duty and report any direlictou Of
what they conceive to be duty, not 10 the Captains
II he district bat 10 the Chief.
The very first liriaion of these in the deped-
ment l. ooubts OF lis memoers integrity aud conse
oueutly disregard tor his now sstocls'es This spy
systtm IL most, done by members of the Reserve
Cons but under the eve of the nev man, II 10 not
too n uch tAsay that te tba, will become spy Will,
gain the favr oi employ er he o' grestly color
story. ThiE has air, ady eager dered deep feeling
of III. trust AID irdir alton throughout the depart
ment ia contrary TO the genius of our institutions
hnd the spint of the Am' rcan people. IL may %
necessary m despotic Ausfrif, Russia ami France,
whore al power is taken from the people
and held in the hands Of their oppressors but here
wh,ro the people supreme, and only delegate the
execution of the laws To officers who arc more ser
wants than rulers it amounts 10 al abuse OF all right,
power and Justice, and the sooner II IL done away
with arr confidence aud responsibility restored the
will do our duty better, aud have what we
earnestly d, SIRE tie confidence ADD esteem of our
fellow ciii1eDs. Again, this system has greatly de-
pr,ed the Captain of respect and fear of neglect OF
outy On the part OF his hubordnstes.
To mske his the more apparent will illustrate
Each Captain is empowered by the law .ssnfoer has
LEO con 1, va oufpwose uy s to visit each man
on patrol duty twice. or oitener, II praeucsoe, very
80 - ,iuLt Jutv and report 10 their Captain sny
,eolert of duty The ruas aud regulations also re-
ou, The Lii. to vst their respective pistoons
Il nos sible every tour OF eight duty mo CspMins
Il.vise are directed 10 frequently vult tnsn men
.,sb.ye General supervis on over them. The Chief
son. who il one Of toe COmmls-0ners on huies ano
Eepuatiorsl exempt from this very mpor,sn' au
ard who Il the patr,man did see OCCASIONALLY wouu
profit by the EXAMPLE Inc captain must ioPo'' q"
NEGLECT of duty Ia the Chlet
But recertly. strange men have been seen prowlin
ohout the WeTds looking and acting more hke saspl-
i oious persons than policemen In Anew Gays atsf.
/ the policeman receives notice TO attend at tue
CHEZ office, where be auds a complaint has been
logged against him, not by any OF his superior officers,
bu' ny ole Of biz compeers ALIAS spy.
his IS all wrong in ny Judgment and calculated TO
destroy al confidence between officers. Again: In
st. ad If the Captains being held personally respon-
be TO the Chief tor the vigilance and general good
conduct OF bis men, as be- should be and ~ The law
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