New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-19


Policemen on patrol duty ..........'...l'ST
Policemen detailed duty .............. lls-iA5
Doormen.. .''.'''s''''.' 20
To,.l..............................
From accompanying tables, it will be seen that the
regular force for performing and supervising patrol
duty is reduced
First. BY sickness. The sick list averaged during
the last quarter 463 persons daily, exhibited by the
accompanying tables (No. A and No. ~: They
also show that average each patrolman IN New
York lost q days and each in Brooklyn 81 days dur
ing the quarter by sickness.
Second. BY detaments. These number lls per-
SONS required TO attend TO special duties at Courts,
steamboat landings, &C.
THIRD: BY the employment, under the direction of
the Captains, OF more persons in each Precinct
to attend to special cases therein.
of course only one half OF the force thus reduced
can ordinarily be employed at time in patrol duty,
there must be alternating periods OF rest and labor
The force huctuated slightly during the quarter from
there being 81 roundsmen returned to patrol duy and
there having been 40 appointments and A deaths,
dismissals, and designations during that period
DISCIPLINE AND DEPORTMENT.
To increase the efficiency and good repute of the Po-
lice force il essential that the discipline and deport-
ment should be brought TO the highest possible degree
of excellence and have abored 20 secure this end.
That some considerable improvement has been effected
will not be denied by any candid person who Is wen
informed on this subject The members OF the force
now know that any act of discOurtesy neglect OF
duty-any breach of discipline violation OF the rules
and reguations-will subject them to adequate penal
and thew daily becoming more
their department more strict in the performance OF
their duties more worthy of the respect and confidence
of the public whose rights they protect, ana lfom
whom they receive their powers and remuneration
That much still remains 10 be elected There Is no
donbt hut il must crafty all good citizens whether
thew have opposed sustained the passage OF the
metropolitan Police Act, to know that we are making
advances in the right direction
In September directed the drills TO be OF such a
character az would best improve the bearing appear
ance and efficiency OF patrolmen, ana dispense Win
complicated field movements, winch are irksome ana
of less practical utility for police purposes ana the re-
sut has been an increase of interest in drilling and
promise of improvement of the force
ROUNDsMEN.
The abolition of the office of Roundsman, and the
reouirement of the captains and sergeanis TO perform
tbe Supervisory services that The roundsmen formerly
did has thus far worked well. The supervisory duty
seems to be efficiently attended TO without GENEROUSLY
increasing the labors of the officers While very con-
siderable addition is thus made 10 the available patrol
force.
In accordance with a resolution passed by your hon
orable Board September -, have caused very rgu
examination TO DE made into the character OF the places
for which special police power has been granted ana
of the men intrusted with It's exercise. Inc Whole
number OF specially policemen is 3iS, who may be divided
into three classes:
the reouistion of the Central Park Commissioners and
Mr.. Olmstead the architeet-n-chei:
Cd. Seventy-eght persons m the Department OF inc
Sd One hundred and forty-eight persons scattered
over the four counties comprising the Metropolitan
Police District and whose avocatons ana reasons Tor
desiring police power are eXceeongN various, A..
Those i'm the first and second classes are under tne
direction and control of the officers Of their respective
Separtments but the Others included IN the thrd class
are under little supervision, and 20 them can be traced
large proportion of the of misconduct and MS
uee of powers that sometimes induce the belief thai the
authorization any special officers OF doubtful pro-
priety Some of these men are wealthy farmers weo
desire police power in order TO better protect Their n
iee from insult and their property from dePredtons
or destruction by lawoss persons VINO IN the summer
months and especially on Sundays, wish hings ana
other counties contiguous to New-iofA' O1llels,
again are consables, private watehnen, keepers OF
p1bhc gardens, keepers and attaches or lagcr-beer
saloons box officers at theaters and other places OF
public resort and hotel employees. Many OF them are
in situations where the powers granted 70 'hen IIr ue
fensye purposes alone may be readily abused, and Il rs
not strange that instances Of msused authority lre
suently occur. p...a bo.
.,oblea me TO deal summarily with those who nave
been found guilty of malpractices or whose sheius
were used al places where necessity Tor sueh service
seemed TO exist. For these reasons, nave airea'y
revoked the warrants OF twenty-five spe'lS' olSJrs
shall not fail TO supervise closely, as nave heGe
,ofova the manner in which the duties OF speca ON
ers are performed, but fear that rom tue mature %
snch anpontments the difficulty OF proper survciahee,
eure snch results as will be creditable TO my enorIs
10 make MS branch of the service effective ana com
crNrRAI STATEMENT or OPERATIONS.
There has been general peace and order throughout
the Metropolitan District during the quarter tno Ia
creased number of arrests seens rfeaole 70 the Sfe
~ efciencv Of the police rather Than to any increase
OF crime since the reported oiienses agast property
have notaugnen'ed. - H. .h.
There We're. altogether, Is 9'l arrests hn,e. .o
force d,,rino tbe quarter and Of the persons 1Fesed
ne S0l Were males, aud 20 feinaes l19l o. 'hen,
oonld read and write 65S3 were unable TO 90 80 anu
of .27I cases no ropor, made. l|OS9 We're mar
red, 10 CSC were single, and in 'S cases no y oi' ~
aarital relations was made. One-ffth OF those ar
rested were natives Of the United Staes, ana our
ifths of foreign birth The average age OF mos a
rested was of males u year, and OF females ~ ye1s.
AS yet our police statistics do not exhibit me i have
of individuals arrested one or more times, nor uaNy
we such record Of the proceedings OF the er'n's,'
courts as would enable 10 determine exactly inc Iei
alive proportion of convictions to arrests ouI : y
lieved that the propOrticnate number OF eonF''"ps