Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-10
TIE CITY.

THE Nav ORpIsiKos CohoHskIse TIE PoLicr. The
Council, on T4ur.d,y, passed what they call nsw or.
dinanoe concerning the police. /. provides that the
Mayor thi DO III, head Of the police; that the police
force Of the city shall consist Of Chisf of Police
IL day officers, Dght I'll ers and forty night watch
mar that he Chief OF Police she'll be the execute,
ccer OF police. aud, under the supervision ar control
of the Mayor stsll have authority over both The day
and nishs police" the 0hef of Polos shall set the
~aca every night and attend at the Cd Market house
when H., cems In every morning; "ths Chief of Pc.
lice, undr conroltf the Mayor" sLs assign the day
police 10 dfsrens wards Of the city, g., g., where
slaves have been arrested for minor nees the Ohis
Of Police may act upon thsir at the Cd karke
ea,ly every mornlnf; the Myor is allowed q clerk
with the psy and powers of day police office tie
ofics Of Captain Of the Night Watch IL abolished.
The above 10 q summary Of the new ordinance. l
not sotth the paper 10 was written on. Il Is moth
log u.a re enscmsnt Of the old ord nance, with
repeal OF the section establishing the elective ,s Of
10 ip ain OF the Night Wateh-and this, be II known
vas done especially 10 prevent the people from re-
elscsirg to the OsptAincy Of the Night WAch JAMES
r.. Peasants who was turned ont by the O,unc for
o.aying game of asrds the Capitol Square durIrg
| the gseat shstd scare las! Summer.
We ear Is the old ordinances. There Ia much ms H.
ton Of chief Of police butt Is everywhere spec fed
that he Ia to do and act Ia every undsr the sups
vision and control Of The Mayor" The Mayor ia to be-
az he "a been Ill soIg to all intsnts aud purposes
himself "Ohisf-of Police aud long as this is tht
case the night police, (vho the im ortsnt police
after ALL the msj ority of serious orimes bsirg COM
III If fha oh h,i
worthless. The Mayo, I've speak not Of joseph
Mayo L but Of the civil tficsr he Ia not 70
CURED aud does not o after and supervise the police
should have nothing TO do With item. There shou
be chief Of police whose duty l. should be to watch
control and direct the pole with power to disch 70
them at will, and only accountable for bis actions to
the City O,uuCil The Mayors duea should be gin and
end 10 Lis court-room, except thsin his capacity Of
Justice of the pace, he Ia EaJs conssrvator oil the
peace.
| Before We rcluds We will say word on the sub
sUt of the proposed OF too Council in the ma.
Ter of the appointment OF the Ohief of Poos undo
/ their new ordnanc q der such an ordinance. il
makes very little difference whom they appoint; hs is
to be mere dummy; but we will matter of new,
mention the idea thsy have in their heads. I. Ia that
the new Chief OF PJlios should be hitherto I'd.
connected with the p,cs In any way that he should
be some civilian, II poai5ls, who knows nothing In
the world about p,ics- he more Ignorant, we pre-.
sums, the bstter II they fucceed in getting this m.
and the ordinance Is set In motion under bis aus
pices Il requires no Solomon to predict how small will
be the beneficial results to the city Uader present
circumstances, the only prospec! We sec Is that tie
| police management Of the city will become so intole-
| raby bad as to lead 10 lts entire Sd ,shmsrt.