New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-25
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.
ITS Origin and Cause.

From the Police of the days of Wouter Vor
Tyiier when every swept before bis own door, Il
within the past ten years. the only improvement appa
renty suggestc the introduction Of the club sys
tens until finally the great majority of Policemen be
came but small remove from the boys who ran will
the machine, and with corner lOafers and shoulder
btters WHO laid low and kept shady while fighting shy
under city officials for the highest bids for votes at eec
tons. Every municipal Office became a mark OF dis
grace to the officer who bought it. Tho condition had
arrived
"when vice prevails, and bad rule.
The post Of honor is the private station"
Thus II was when the citizens Of tie metropolis bid
adeu to the ocherished hope of dignity and executive
ability in the city fathers" that they reverted to first
principles. and +" saars eUi psrP was the motto They
therefore esked the State to protect their lives and
property in the corrupt municipalities of New-York and
its suburbs and the State gave them the metropolitan
Police.
HOW ORGANIZED AND COMPOSED.
A Board of four Commission form the head OF the
Metropolitan Police. Their names arc Messrs. T. c.
Acton, J. S. Bosworth. John g. Bergen and William
MeMuiray Thee officers do all the appointing and
removing OF minor officers and patromen, with the ad
vice Of the able Superintendent, John A. Kennedy.
The force consists OF 400 and officers to protect
EewYork City and County, with the Counties Of Kings
and Richmond; for il is this extensive area that
the Metropolitan Board exercises the right Of protect
ing the persons and property by adequate Police
force.
The Police force in London includes 1000 patrol be-
side numerous officers and detectives. OF these three
fourths ore Irish while OF force OF 24Oo Only four
tenths are Irsh or about $780, The remaining 40 are
chiefly American. with few Germans and other scat
tering foreigners
1t viii DO perceived that the area to be pro-
tectsd BY the Metropolitan Police is greater than
London, and that In London there 1000 patrols.
whereas for the Counties Of New.York, Kings. and
Richmond there are only about 100 men. exclusive Of
ocsrs and Of these le00 are employed as patrols In
New-York. and only 300 In Brooklyn. with Its East and
West Districts and including 100000 inhabitantsi but
not one on Staten Island where crime runs riot.
THE FORCE INADEQUATE.
The Police force for New.York Brooklyn, and staten
Ssand inadequate by reason OF ts paucity OF mum
bers for the great work which Il was designed and Is
expected to accomplish Here we have but few over
onefourth the number Of Police employed in London,
where the murderers and sneak thieves are not nearly
90 numerous There Ia part Of the civilized world
where raans are so numerous and vicious In this
metropolis. and they have edoped Brooklyn as
their favorite place Of refuge for eludpe dstecion
in M dark streets lanes and avenuee where the munich
pal officers refuse 10 afford light on nights when the
moon shines according TO the almanac but when the
log renders II as dark rs Erebus.
IN The denser populated lrts Of New Yorkpartcu.
.aIy along neutrality-suspicious. and property are fairly
p'''"sh hut nowhere else within tho ~adi"a Of The