New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-04

nomination TO regular advancement In the
service. This ia easily understood from the per-
sonal qualities Of tact and judgment which their
Office requires. In practice. many OF them have
taken their university degrees in law. and most
have served an apprenticeship as secretary or in
spector The secretaries of the commissary are
also in the regular line Of promotion tc be Off
GERS of the peace in the municipal service.
THE POLICEMAN
This municipal police which divides up ihe SER
vice of the quarters with the commissariat L.
numbers S.3SS agents since the last two years.
Under each officer OF the peace. who Is at the
head OF the arrondissement there are three brig
AIDES. each OF which is divided in turn into four
sub-brigades. one for each quarter. Each OF the
latter is composed of two sub-brigad!ers having
under them the number Of ordinary policemen
which is required by the service of the quarter
The quarter is divided into 'ilots' or beats. and.
far az possible. the same policemen are
stationed always a the same place
The brigades are always in the daily service
which was originally counted at eight hours Tor
each. but which actually. for the individual
often reaches to ton. Brigade A IS on duty from
/ to 6 in the morning. from to II. b until T.
when A begins again. until Q. and then { until
l. Tomorrow the distribution will he r. y. G.
D. A; and the third day there will he third
deal in orGer TO divide up mpartially the diff
ficuit with the easy hours There are always
policemen OF the brigade In reserve at the post
During the night the mel on the beats 60 TWO
together. There is also night patrol Of police
men in civil dress for each quarter. The orig
adiers exercise a general control over each OF the
four posts Of their reimbursement during inc
service Of their brigade &, through the quarters
shN a
the sub-brigadicrs who have sent out and re-
ceived back the men and made their own ROUNDS
OF supervision.
The officer Of tho peace who is responsible Tor
the whole service visits each post at least once
daily before II in the morning goes through
each quarter during the day and also has night
rounds to make. Hc secs each Of tho four COM
missaries Of his reimbursement before noon, ana
afterward reports in person to the proper dvis-
ional commssary.
There are four Of these divisional commits
saries for all Paris. representing Immediately
the Project OF Police They direct in person.
wearing the scarf of ONCE. any great operation
OF police in the public street. They are chosen
from among the ordinary commissarics Of police
but they are under the authority OF the director
Of municipal police-a complication which was
brought in when the chef municipal was sup
pressed This would seem to show tendency
TO break down at lcas: in the higher grades the
sharp distinction Of the two services. rms wou'd
be one more step In the long process o. centiah-
cation as the "cOmmssaries' at the bcSlhhlhs
were elected by the people ~ their parish anu
remained Independent OF the ponce i"''' VI NV
city provost. =,
The officer Of the peace obtains his once py
regular promotion. Secretaries Of coinhlssa,y
are often chosen: but any brgadier or SUB
bricadIer may present himself for examination
and II declared it, has chance to secure 'he
place. ,,, ,
outdoor) branch of the Paris police force are
much the same In other great cities, oHF
the special temptations 10 eNtort money rom
Iiquor-sellers and disordery houses do not exist
FREE FROM CORRUPTION.
public sentiment is agains, calling in the police
without necessity: but there is little or No. sus-
picion OF political influence obtaining in the APP
pointment OF either men or officers. or 81 any
common corruption in the exercise 81 th'F
duties. They are forbidden strictly while on
duty or in uniform. to enter any care or liquor
shon or any private house. without. II course.
being called on when a report ~ "Nlct"d from
them All reports. II should be n'''d once ivr
all have 10 be handed in In writing ana 'a'h
n,iIcem,n ke.p- his diary. They are not al
lowed 10 talk with each other or win ph-sriS-
by except on business connected with ih"if duty.
These regulations al" observed even during 'n'
ia,c night service Tn. fact that the policemen
90 two by two at this time must PROV" great
safeguard IN addition to IN" constant i""hiS
OF brigadicrs and sub-brigadier-. Th"y are also
forbidden 10 receive money hay" seen poIi'e-
man refuse the ten francs to which the common
gratitude ~ a person he had b'fflcnd'd 'h''''''
Il might lose my plac, for taking H." he said
simply. ..,... ~. ra,.
This is also the common opinion among ."o
nublic. which the police could scarcely have won
a., mont deserving H. The special polc" service
was not implicated In III" late thorough sitting
OF the Matchmaking Of gambling ciup7 Dy CERTAIN"
members ~ the Paris press.
The recent partial transferencr 81 the super
vision Of public women on IN" street i'n' nv
detective service to tn" regular poH''Hl'" ~
in popular opinion. extinsuished what Wa ""'c
Thought To- b. Il cause. Of financial prcHIaU on
a small scale. Al present. those women VINO ~
accordance with m" French Law, arr S''l''S IN
or recognized legally for what they are ihn
under thc supcrVlsiOn II from ten 10 tW'lNr
municipal policemen In each airohdl9''hn'
These gardens" who have better saialy man
mo oId-timc agent OF morals. ana VINO are
'C,.n mon az family while he was "A DUBIOUS
bachelor are thought 10 have elevated th's n'C's
sary branch u the service FOR IN" l,S '9
who have no police license an" nv
alone or two by two. in rooms rented III r'i''ln
APARTMENT houses. there Is SIN sp'nd'i w.
tectiye squad Of seventeen men. IL" 'i"'''"'y
,o,,. he doubted II has sometimes MAD" 'iu'I
nnts,akes ON of undue zeal. which has resulted
more than once I'm the arrest OF honest women women
obliged TO be ont alone on the streets III i'lsn',
ON the other HAND. while the nunorr 1 ~ ths
~ PROSTITUTION constantly decreases In rams '"e
number of fallen women In It's streets IS brco'"-
ing legion. Ill, ,,,aor
n character so Numerically opposite 10 any inns
known I'm English speaking countries that niue
instruction could he derived from any 'ohp'T
son OF police methods ,.,o ,h.
II might perhaps. be said that neither 'hf
tolerance nor the severity Of the French ~ 81
r,nous to the souls and bodies OF these W""r"
az the spasmodic alterations OF reform ana re-
Iaxation OF more Puritanic peoples The lctns-
ing system has proved Itself all but an utter
failure In Paris. except. perhaps, py Pr'',r..''o
ia nstahI,sbuent Of unlicensed houses. There
is therefore, little or no occasion for me ponce
to exact money contributions In return FOR pro-
lection Of dsorderly houses. IndlVidual persons.
living Separately do not lend themselves IN any
bic measure to such an abuse Oh poW'i'
The same Is TO be said OF liquor-sellins. Whl'h
falls under no special police regulation Even 10
,omaiu open after midnight nothing !s required