The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-18

ing special protection posts at public
ohces and buildings dock yards and mil
ltary stations. Under the existing system
about CO., per cent. of the London police
force available for duty in the streets is
required for night duty-from 10 p. m. to
6 a. m.
The New York police department, at
the time of its last report, was just one
half as large as that of London, compris-
ing a force of 1929 in Manhattan and the
Bronx, 1878 in Brooklyn, 1873 in Queens.
and GA in the borough of Richmond. In
cluded in these numbers are the bicycle
squad of SO. the detective squad of 1920,
the sanitary squad of So, the court squad
of IT, and the telegraph squad of Is, ex-
elusive of IA detectives in Brooklyn and Is
members of the ordinance police in Brook
lyn. The arrests made by the London
police number 10000 in year, those by
the New York police number 100000 and
the small difference in the number of ar
rests in view of the large difference in
population is explained by the fact that
police arrests in London are more usually
the result of formal complaints by citi-
zens than the Independent acts of police
men, and moreover a larger latitude
seem to be given in matters of local order
it's maintenance and disturbance, than is
the case in New York. Quite consider
able number of the arrests made in New
York are of what may be called a tenta-
tive character, resulting in the discharge
OIL the accused person on arraignment
either at the police station or in court
More than one-qnarter of the number of
those arrested in New York for serious
offenses are discharged without the for
mality of a trial. and of those arrested
for minor offenses the proportion dis
charged is about one-third In London
during the year covered by the last report
there were is cases of murder. of which
three resulted in convictions in the first
degree. In New York the number Of ar
rests for murder is larger in a year, but
the proportion of convictions is higher,
too.
The expenses of the London police de-
partment are. approximately, $7,500,0 600 a
year, while those of the New York police
department this year are in excess OF
$11 100000, a difference explained in part
by the fact that the pay of London police
men is much smaller than the pay of New
York policemen for like service. The sal
airy amount is s1OOOO,ooo a year here. In
one particular at least the London police
department appears to be more diligent
and effective than the New York force,
and that is in recovering lost property, of
which there are in year about 1900 arti-
cles restored in New York and $4,000 in
London, including umbrellas. blankets,
mackintoshes, baby carriages. hats, hat
pms oVeTcoats, DOCKS ana newspapers.
The average number of arrests made by a
London policeman is not more than seven
in each year, as against an average of 2S,
four times as many, made by the Paris
policemen. The average number of
rests made by New York city policeman
varies from IS to 20, so in respect to the
activity of its police force New York may
be said to stand between London and
Paris as it does in population, and the
nearer to Paris than to London in this
respect. The average height of London
policemen is 70 inches and the average
weight 1856 pounds.