The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-19
TIRE POLICE FORCE OF LONDON
\ They Are Compared to THE
Finest" in Our Large Cities.
Reason Versus Clubs. The Art of
Conducting an Orderly Town.
The Democracy of Monarchy.
The London bobby"
in Il Fight.
Special Correspondence.l

tween the police of London and the po-
lice at home i'll Now York. In London
they arc bnnd CT courteous public serv-
ants whe are willing to obligc and give
information to everybody. In Now
York they are proved set Of offensive
blackguards and DULLES. This is hard
and straight to the point way of putting
1t, but it is the truth, the proved truth
And, again. Ito man can say that am
geipg back on America or am an anglo
maniac. love America above all other
places. and l hate TO have to listen in
silence to the sarcastic illusions English
newspaper men make to INC concerning
the mock liberty that exists at home in
New York
The average wage OF London police
man is about "a shilhaSs week 800,
AID even if he had the desire there is
no show for him to levy 6laokrnail. Con-
tf2st this with the salaries paid the pa
trolmen at home and their opportuni-
ties, and remember also that m onov
gees pretty nearly So far in New York
as it does in London.
have lived in London now for three
months and have discovered n strange
fact. II is this: In Loirtlon the individ-
nal has much moro libasty than he has
in New York. Think CT it Here in the
great town of an old monarchy there is
actually more freedom than there is ia
the great town Of new republic 1t
ought not to be true, but it is true. In
Hyde park you will hcar mon and WON
en- saying things for which they would
be arrested and given II years irnpris-
onment III Now York, and still London
is q most orderly town. Yes; tho police
of New York understand the art of lew
ing blaoflnail, Int they don't under
stand the art of conducting an orderly
town, and why men should have moro
freedom under n monarchical form of
government than under republican
form Ia n riddle the solving of which
leave to others And people wonder ut
Americans becoming mglomaniacs. I'm
beginning not to wSndcr at it at nil.
Tho principle OF the London police.
man is to keep and preserve the peace.
restore order and see that there is no
breakago OF the law. The principle of
the New York policeman is to break the
peace, aggravate disorder and have tho
law broken SO that he may be nblo to
levy blecl,mail At least this ia the
principle he acts upon The Followins
will illustrate tho attitude of tho Lon
don policeman toward those TINT como
within his supervision. At about 10
O'Clock last Sunday night as was
sSuntering along Threadnecdlc street, |
saw two men fighting in the entrance
way OF public house. They were Mt it
hammer and tongs, and | watched them
for short while, till suddenly ND came
c policeman. AT once he rushed in be.
tween them, and after a great deal of
dlthculty. in which no was knocked
about considerably himself. hs managed
to part them. noticed that NIL through
the scuftie he never attempted SO strike
either of them himself. Imagine q New
York policeman doing this After part
ing them he expostuleted with them
end advised them 70 go home. Then
both BEGAN to tell him the story of their
grievance. He listened patiently and
5udicihlly to them, and when they were
through he advised thom to 20 homo
asain They took his advice, and then
no calmly resumed his beat He had full
hlled his duty by restoring the peace.
Even in the lowest and mest danger
ous parts of London the policemen show
a disposition to perform their duties in
a fair and humane way. II the roughs
are doing anything out OF the way, they
meet and talk TO them ns man 20 man,
ana only arrest them in case Of peces-
sity. Often in Waterloo road and along
New Cut, see them in tho act Of arpu
ing the point with unkenlpt looking.
roughly clad men and boys.
suppose if were to speak to bull-
aozing, matchmaking police captain at
bono of this way Of handling the rough
element Of cit-, l. would tell me that
At was all wrong, because it taught the
people not to be afraid Of the Inv. But
ne himself would DO IN the wrong. In
the frat place, he would show that he
anew nothing at all Of human nature,
because the best way to get the best out
OF people is sy appealing to their reason
and sense OF propriety and not by pis
toilng and clubbing them. And, again,
why should people be made afrsid Of
the law7 Why shouldn't 10 be helpful
and proteotful to the1nf
The way that the London police han
die great crowd Ia magnificent You
never gee a clrb raised or hear q hard
word used. The police are courteous and
civil, and the people pay attention to
any request they may hlSe 70 make