Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-23
LONDON POLICEMEN,
They Get "a Low Rate of Pay for the
Work They Perform.

From the New York Sun.
Ii costs close upon s10.00O,OCO a year to
police London. There are In the me .ropo,itan
police force 15.040 men of ali ranks. and
their pay, clothing and equipment alone
costs the taxpayers of the big city f13i39.9
year. Then there Is the pay of the COM
Hissioacrs, doctors. clerical staff and work.
men generally. the maintenance of stations
and offices and the thousand and one mis-
cellaneous items of cost in the operation of
the department, which brings the total cost
of the machinery for guarding the peace of
the British metropolis to few pounds
short of i2,Ovo.Uvu a year.
There are l2.5sJ ordinary policemen on
TIE TO- ce. They are all called ccnstab.e5. there
being only one grade below that OF SER
Geant. The pay of the constable varies be-
tween "a shilling week. the pay of a new
recruit. and tSS Us. Id a year, the maxi
mum pay OF an ordinary constable. There
were last year 1,O3o men on the London Do
lice force receiving ~ shllling5 q week which
IS scarce 50 American money. although the
mere comparison of money value is OF
course no criterion of the adequacy of the
pay for the place. Clothing Is supplied to
the constables free, or If from any reason
OF special duty a constable does not draw
his supply OF clothes from the government
stores he receives 10 q year in place OF the
clothing.
The Higher Officers.
The sergeants. who come next in rank to
constables, number 1,I19. Their pay Is from
$50 to tlJl a year, according to length of
service and Importance OF command They
also receive clothes free or money allow
ance Of 80 year. Next above the ser
geants are the inspectors. who number Gal
and are rated as first, second and third
class They receive pay according to rank
ana service, varying between $50 and t.,Jl
year They, too. are entitled 10 Clothing
free or money advance IN lieu Of the
clothes. Inspectors In tine detective depart
meht set tlo year clothing allowance
Ranking the inspectors are thirty superin-
teadehts. one OF these receives 49, a year
two receive ti2j. eleven SOD, and the pay
scales down 10 300 u year. SuDerintendents
are allowed from IL to 81. year each for
uniforms. AT the head OF the different dis
tricts are five chief conStables Three of
these set $40 year and two fGIJ The
head or the whole department is a chief
commissioner, who receives Fl 500 a wear
and associated with him in the government
CT the force are three assistant commits
SionerS, who receive $500 n year salary and
t5p house allowance with an extra fIu5
divided among them fo- stabling TIE chief
commissioner also gets f3oD year house
allowance. The salaries and allowances of
the commissioners. Office amount to 2,.IlG
year. This matter of allowances IS an
important one in the remuneration received
by every member of the force Constab les
for Instance receive an allowance of coal
money when they are not living i'm the
stations. Married men get four Dence a
week and single men three pence half
penny a week. Married men living In ST.
lions receive forty pounds Of coal a wesl,
the year round: single men forty pounds a
week in winter and twenty pounds in s,,n,
mer. This item of coal and coal alIowanco
aEioun ted to fl4.050 last year.