Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-05
BADGES AND BATONS
Examination of Candidates For
Places On the Police Force.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE PGSERS
Subject of Promotion One Many
Officers Want Answered.
TOUGH LEGAL POINTS

There were four applicants for positions
on the police force to take the first civil
service examination held under the civil
service rules. heretofore published in
The Star, ar Capt. Austin and Chief Clerk
Sylvester v ere members Of the board to
examine, them. The questions bore upon
the rules Of the manual and some of them
concerning the occasions and circumstances
in which policemen may make arrests are
questions calculated to puzzle even the
judges of courts. There were twenty-five
questions asked.
The Questions.
They were as follows:
What territory comprises the metropoli-
tan police district of the District of CO.
lumbia?
''Give the bounds of the first police pre-
cinct?
Bounds of the second precinct?
How are promotions of privates on the
force made?
Upon what charges may a member of
the force be removed?
when a person is arrested charged with
theft or embeZzle ment, and the property Is
recovered at the same time, what DISPOSE
ton should be made Of the prisoner and
property?
How much time should member of the
force devote to the department business?
when and where are smoking and drink
ing intoxicants prohibited?
May a policeman serve a civil process?
when ar d how should person accused
of committing felony be detained for
trial?
what officers are authorized to receive
collateral?
How far may policeman render assist
ance in civil cases?
May a policeman be a member of a po-
htical organization? May he entertain and
express political opinions?
How should a serious disturbance be
quelled?
when should the revolver be drawn. and
when used. and how many chambers should
be carried loaded?
What is the first duty of policeman?
How Otter should a policeman consult
the station house books, and why?
When may policeman leave his beat?
when may citizen make an arrest?
May an officer legally arrest a person
| charged with a misdemeanor without a
warrant, and wnen?
when may an officer arrest for felony
| without warrant?
when may he break open a door to
make an arrest?"
The Promotion Question.
Soon after the four applicants had been
| seated and were given the questions one
| of them concluded that ne did not care to
| wear the uniform and use the baton, and
| so he deserted. One of the other three
passed successfully and will, no doubt, soon
| receive his appointment.
| Another examination is soon to be held
| and it is thought there will be more than
| four applicants.
| The fourth question, "How are promo
| tions of privates on the force made?" is
| the one which most interests those who are
| already on the force. They are anxious to
| learn the way they are made, for some
J of them have been forgotten in the line of
promotion and many of them are under the
impression that a pull is as necessary
\ as efficiency.
| Several of the questions are regarded as
| difficult. for the reason that they involve
| legal problems but these are all explained
| in the manual, and an applicant who is
| familiar with the contents of that little
| book should find 1t an easy matter to make
a good percentage.