The Irish standard., 1890-02-08
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ri He also says that the pubic. in d
manding better service from the roll
i department, is asking something {
i nothing; that the rule established
& those who have had the largest pract
! cal experience is that q police for.
{ should number one man for a popul;
! ton of 700. 10 Minneapolis the rat
! is one man to 100.
8 Mr.. Bracket has noticed during tt
{ year marked improvement in the dls
cipllne Of the force. There are. how
, ever, a few discordant elements whic
are traceable to a lack OF discipline i
the past, and which must be eradicate
before the best results can be attained
He continues thus:
I By force of the very nature Of tn
!: duties to be performed a police force i
semi military in it's organization ant
modes of discipline. The first lesson t.
/! be learned is implicit obedience to or
ders. An officer attempting TO MAKE
"a law unto himself for bis particular
beat and entirely independent of IN
structionsor Of the charter and ordinan
ces. soon becomes worse than useless
upon the forca-he is a drawback and q
stumbling block III the way OF others
| who are honestly striving to do their
duty. Or. if an officer attempts to tenn
porlZe with crime. or show leniency TO
criminals, he not only places himself in
the power of INSCRIPTIONS men and Wo
men, and thus paves MS own way 10
ruin. but he compromises other and
better men who are trying to do their
duty conscientlousIy. Police officers are
too apt to desire to be considered good
fellows, and thus shrink from making
enemies of the violators Of the law, in
hopes by that means to secure favor, a
long term in Office, or promotion through
political favoritism. A. political police
man is an unmitigated nulsance-the
worst and most dangerous type of =
demagogue. He reasons from the false
standpoint that the influence OF the
criminal classes especially that de
morallzing and ungovernable minister
known as the liquor interests sufi
Gent to control the whole social system
and make his position and prcmotisn
absolutely certain. The officer who is
a s'ROod fellow" is liable to be bad
officer.
Comparing the duties of the police
man to those of the fireman, he says:
When the contest OF the fireman is
done, ali classes unite in doing honor to
his noble efforts, The police respond
to the same alarm, and, after hours Of
hard work, return to their regular beats.
followed by abuses and curses, often,
too, of reputable citizens. Again, re.
spectacle business men fail to comply
with, or willingly violate certain Ordi
nances. 1t is the sworn duty Of the Off
Ger to bring this good citizen into court.
He discharges that duty promptly, and
gets not only his lasting enmity, but Of
all the large circle OF friends of the
aforesaid good citizen.
Speaking of the Sunday saloon. he
says that the ordinance has been we'll
enforced. and all the better class Of
sa.oon-keepers have seconded his ac-
tions Pc,zs fighting and gambling are
passed upon as unknown. He sp-aks
of the street car strike of last spring a.
some length, and says that much credit
is due to the police force fox their con
duct during this distressing period.
A Police Belief Association is recon-
mend ed for the wives and families In
INDECENT circumstances.
Attention is called to che dangers i'm
Cured from allowing hnodiums to Garry
concealed weapons, aud the passage of
an ordinance INJECTING fine Of from
1926 to 500 for this offence is recon-.
mended.
The rapidly increasing class known
as private detectives come IN for a
roasting. The bill which Mr.. Biackett
LA1Cu w udfC 0LaCtCN Wy bt1I
last winter for licen sing and regulating
them failed after passing oner house.
He says they are one Of the worst evils
that intest cities. They place promln-
ent citizens under a system of espicn-
age, and watch every movement even
of the most private character.
These parasites, he says, are both
male and female. No lite in the COM
munity is so pure and faultless as to be
safe from the Vaccinations of these hui
man ghouls; no acs 80 innocent that it
may not be perverted to the vile uses of
their calling. They may be compared
with hungry wolves growing around
seeking whom they may devour.
The question of the street Arab comes
in for considerable discussion. Mr..
Brackett takes the ground that the
newsboy is not asnecessitv, and should
not be tolerated. He says:
The street is the preparatory depart
ment of the school of crime. The news
bows and bootblacks are often the apt
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