The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-06-26

The chronicles OF those primitive days
oause q amlc especially when tho watch
man withhis lnteru and pike n contracted
With the splendid force of well equipped
and handsomely uniformed police which
the city has today
The police force Of Boston h under the
control Of boprd OF police comprising
three men, who by virtue 0f q special stat
ute Of the commonwealth are appointed by
tho governor This board VI tho governing
power OF the foreo but the executive ON.
Ger " the superintendent OF police.
This Office Is Allod by Cyrus Small, who
wears across his sleeve seven gold stripes,
indicative o. thlrty,cyo years employment
upon the Boston force, Superintendent
Small nmt Uutptod the service Oa n patrol
man In May 1864. In the IAN Of that year
The force WAX rourgnn1el aud lao was ad.
ynncsd 10 tho grade OF lieutenant, In 1903
be became q captain and In 1873 no was
mado deputy superintendent Upon tho
reorganization OF tho force under tho
present stnto law "a 1885 ho was advanced
10 the position Of chief executive officer,
which place ho has Hnco hold,
Beside the board OF police md the super.
lntordent th1 force consists of deputy
superintendent, licaptgns, 20 licutonants,
is sergoants Grl go r,Nromon The law
also allows 100 reserve uGloeH who take the
places Of pgtrolmon necessarily absent and
often do rogal0rduty nt per dion stipend
In sections Of the city whtri additional pA
trolmcn are needed. The Iotoctlyos, or In,
spect3gA u tAcy nrc called, include % chief
Inspector End ten men. They, Of course,
do no patrol duty but are charged with
such matters ~ usually fall 90 the lot Of
detectives In other cities,
The police force Of Boston In ~ person.
nol R exceptional. The reason for this
N found In the fact thnt political influence
has not feathers weight In assisting an
applicant 20 obtaining an appointment,
The civil service law has active application
here, and tho rule o; "tho host man N,Nsn
Is closely observed. The commission N
constantly bcglcped by candidates for such
appointments. no Rll comeB Is givon
blank, which must bO illcd aud signed by
The applicant llomust state whether no
Is married or single, his age, place Of birth,
names of parents, condition Of health, bod.
lily and mental; education, military expo.
ricncc " any aud many other matters Of
greater or lcss import. Not less than three
nor more than Ave persona must certify 10
the good character Of tho candidate upon
an annexed blank, The application must
be sworn to and filed with The commission,
Tho man IL then subjected 10 tosts In
penmonehip and arithmetic must pnss q
physical examination and must submit 10
q series OF tests OF strength development
and endurance, The first and third Of
these are competitive, and tho mans
rating Is carefully computed The names
Of accepted applicants are then arranged
In the exhct order Of excellence, and when
tho board Of police shall make rcquisl.
ton upon the civil service commission for
one or moro mon those first on the list are
invariably taken.
BY this admirable system tho city Of
Boston IL enabled TO obtain an ideal force
OF police II Ia distributed among sixteen
statlons-onc Of which Is the harbor squad,
devoted excluaivcly 10 patrolllng the wator
front So admirably Ia this work done
that river piracy IL almost unknown. Eaoh
station Is In charge of a captain, who must