The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-01
POLICE OF VARIOUS PLACES.
Ttelr Numerical Strength and Cost
The Test of Efficiency.

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The Test of Efficiency.
TAere are 6.4OO New York policemen.
larger number than the force of any
other city in the country, says the Sun,
ana larger number by several hun
dreI tsan the various divisions of the
Greater New York had collectively be-
fore consolidation. There are $500 po-
licemen in the city Of Paris. the pro-
portion of police to inhabitants being
larger than it is in the city of London.
There are 10000 policemen in Great
Britain. OF these. England has 1882.
Scotland. 4744 Ireland 1876; Wales.
1885, the Isle of Man, So. Liverpool
has 1895; Glasgow, 1890; Dublin, 1885,
and Manchester, 1,02S.
The number OF policemen in the city
Of London in 16,443 according to the
last official report, but the police dis
trict of London includes a large
amount of outlying rural and subur-
ban territory with population of Lon
don proper which is 100000. The Lon
don police district covers an area ~
miles by Is. with 1000 miles OF streets
or roads and the duty of patroling
these accounts very largely for the ex-
tensive membership of the force when
compared with that Of most American
cities.
Chicago has 1850 policemen and the
average number of arrests in a year
amounts to $4,000, though during the
period of the Worlds Fair It was con-
siderabiy higher. Boston has 200 po-
llcemen; Baltimore, 9OO st. Louis.
LOO: Philadelphia, 2,600 Cincinnati,
Geo; Cleveland. 45O; Detroit, 500; WASH
ington. 600; San Francisco, 300; Pitts
burs-, 500 and New orleans, 800
Among foreign cities Paris stands
first in the number of policemen COM
pared with the population; and Paler-
mo. Italy, stands lowest with the
smallest and least expensive police
force. Capital cities, as rule, require
more police protection than other cit
les even of a larger population for as
the number of transients in n city in
creases. the demand for police service
advances and the expenses of main
tenance increase correspondingly The
test OF efficiency in a police department
is not the number of men engaged, but
their capacity for making arrests Of
the right persons at the right time, and
under conditions which will be most
favorable to their discharge IL innocent
or their conviction If guilty. A recent
report of the Chicago Chief of Police
showed the number of arrests in that
city for the crime of homicide to have
been 125 within the period covered. OF
these arrested, 3 were executed, 20 were
sentenced to terms of imprisonment,
were sent to the reformatory at Pom.
tiac, II were acquitted and 46 cases
were still pending at the time of the
report.
In New York the number of arrests
in year for felony amounts to about
1.O0O by the detective bureau, and the
number of convictions from such ar
rests is about 400. The number of ar
rests for homicide in a year-homcide
or murder-is about 400, and the pro-
portion of convictions is much larger
than it is in the city of Chicago, which
eXpends for its Police Department in
year about one-third of the sum paid
by New York.
The expense of the Philadelphia Po-
lice Department is $3,100,000 a year, and
the expense of the Boston Police De-
partment is sl.550,0 900 or one-half the
expense of the Philadelphia depart
ment. The present population of Bos-
ton is estimated at $4,000, and that of
Philadelphia, 400, ,000 Relatively, there
fore, the Boston Police Department Is
the more expensive of the two, and this
apparent discrepancy is due to the fact
that the number of transient visitors to
Boston is considerably larger than the
number into Philadelphia. regarded us
ually as a "home city" the duties OF
the Police Department of which are
chiefly in the line of maintaining or
der. The expense of the New York Po-
lice Department for 1900 is $12.0O0,000.
approximately, of which $10700,000 Is
for police salaries. 100000 for supplies
and the balance for rentals and con-
tlngencies.