St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-13
Mayor Ames Informs the Members of His
Police Force What He Expects
of Them.
The High School Alumni Meet and Discuss
Matters of Mutual Interest, Past
and Present.
Preparations for the Turner's Fest1-
vaI--The Sights Seen by the
YardmasterS.
Negotiations for Japanese Village
for the EXposition--Shoot
a Drunk.
THE MAYORS LECTURE.
Good Advice TO the Members of the
Police Department..

Good Advice 10 the Members OH the
Police Department.
Mayor Ames delivered his annual address
to the police force last night. He in
augurated the system several years ago, and
during his career as mayor has religiously
followed it out He began by explaining
the reason for his calling the department
together. He said:
In order to make the administration sue
cessful it was necessary for every officer to
become acquainted with the technical points
in his duty, and become perfectly familiar
with his personal ideas of the government and
discipline of the department. In the first
place. he should insist upon the most perfect
possible discipline. 1t was the expectation
that every officer should render
to the city value received. Every
man should earn his salary, and thereby
reflect credit upon the administrator.
Patrolmen should enter the service as they
would enter upon the duties OF any sphere IN
life. He had his specific duties, and he was
to draw his pay for the same, but he must do
his duty implicitly before he drew that salary.
In order to perfect the most thorough disci-
pline every officer must obey the command OF
his superior officer, and that without asking
questions or stopping TO gain particulars.
Then the superior officer was held respons-
IDLE. If the mayor delivers any
ORDERS TO THE COLONEL
the colonel must obey without asking the
why and wherefore, andlthe same rule must
apply to the SubordinateS. The next most
important duty of the patrolmen was to con-
slider the wants of the citizens. They must
protect the interests of the people, the tax
payers, whose servants they are. Another
important fact was that the longer an officer
serves, the less arduous are his duties This
was true in military organizations as well
as police. If an officer should see
q respected citizen in trouble it was his duty
to endeavor to eXtricate him from that diff
Guilty. Every officer was charged to abstain
from brutality. No one should use the club
save in Self-defense. The same was true OF
the use of the revolver. When an officer at
tempted to make an arrest, he must consum-
mate the same, but he never should make an
arrest unless it be necessary to preserve the
peace and dignity of the city. The mayor did
not want .to see anyone brought to the lock-
up with q bruised head. 1t was far better to
break an arm than to crack a skull. There
we're times when an officer must exercise
physical force, but these occurred compare
lively seldom. No one should strike for the
head save to protect himself or the
LIFE OR LIVES
Of citizens. The same instruction was
given regarding the use of the pistol.
Never in the case of a simple mis-
aemeanor should an officer shoot at anyone.
Every man should thoroughly understand
the use of the pistol. If any do not the col
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practice until every member of the depart
ment became proficient None should lay
hands to make an arrest without a full 1nten-
lion of perfecting such arrest, and it should
be completely carried out All prisoners
must be brought direct to the lookup. No
Dfficer should start with a prisoner and then
let him go. No patrolman had the right to
forgive hayward person. That rested with
the officer in charge, the executive or the
court. Charges had been made that officers
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put if anyone did anything of the kind
ne would be peremptorily dismissed. If any
patroman drank while in uniform or on
iuty, he was subject to dismissal. He must
never enter drinking place except on duty.
He must not smoke on duty, and must keep
his
SHOES SHINED
and his coat buttoned. He must not talk
with friends or enter into conversation On the
street, but must, in a gentemanly way. an
Swer all the questions propouuded and in so
aoing must keep his face turned toward his
Iuty, the street, so that he may know every
hing that is going on. A violation Of such
rules would be used to the detriment of the
administration. Another important thing
was in leaving the beat to go to meals, Off
GERS must alternate in this particular, one
man to patrol two beats. Patrolmen must re-
member that their duties are not OF detect
I've character. If it be necessary to
do detective work the patrolmen must report
the same to headquarters, or to the superior
officer. The mayor then spoke of his drill
plan, mentioned in these columns heretofore.
He said that it is his plan to change during
his administration the watches into eight
hours each. so that there shall be three
watches instead of two, as at present. The
mayor proposed to ask for the purchase of
two additional patrol wagons, one for use on
the East side and one in North Minneapolis.
The proper numbers and stars were then
distributed, and the mayor impaired few
words of caution and advice and dismissed
the gathering.