New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-19
POLICE NATIONS STATUS.
IMPROVED CONDITIONS DUE TO THE
wOMEN's PRISON ASSOCIATION.
REPORTS OF THE CLEANLINESS AND GOOD VEN
TILATIoN FOUND IN THE STATION HOUSES
DISCIPLINE BETTER.

rhe htty-ffth annual report just issued by the
Women's Prison Association of New-York and the
Isaac T Hopper Home is especially interesting
Il ennbodies in full the ac- by which the
law providing for police matrons was amended to
meet the needs Of the women The following are
some Of the clauses that went into effect largely
as the result of the efforts of the association;
The Police Board shan appoint for for each station
mouse not more lLlah W. ~ M
manner and under restrictions governing the ap-
ne age Of = nfrson amounted nstroIman shall not
apply 10 matrons appointed under this No
woman shall be appointed police matron unless
in writing by least twenty women Of good stand
sa of sh Gfy OF 10 s66 houses @
which police courts are attached and to station
court In case there is no police court in close
proxlmity to a station house in said city then
Ponee natTons may be appointed to any station
Whenever woman is arrested and taken to
shall be the duty of the Officer in command of the
forthwith and whenever a female is arrested in any
ec.h i 10 whlGn no matron Is attached she shall
% TAKEN directly 10 the station house designated
10 Egcete me women prisoners Of the prcinct IN
such police matrons shall be regular members of
me informed police force and shall have the same
TO the same fines, discipline and benefits patrol
or ba1ge. or badge of Office and shall while on
"a year uniform similar in color 10 that worn
y othr members of the uniformed police force.
no Pore nlatron who shall become member of
DTetence
whatsoever, share in for her benefit pres
ent, Fee gift emolument for police services or
ior services Of the Police Department any mem
Der thereG, additional to her regular salary: and
II shall BE for removal from the police force
Tor an. maTon thereof to receive any such reward
or present on TO receive compensation any priv
iege whatsoever which she may grant to the women
prisoners under her charge.
POLICE FORCE PENsIoN. FUND.
Every police matrcn upon being appointed to
the uniformed force shall. each year thereafter
and under the regulations prescribed for patrol
men. contribute per cent of the salary received
by her TO the pension fund of the police force and
ell fines and forfdtnres imposed upon police ma
irons Of the uniformed force emoIIIments re-
ceived by them under the regulations prescribed
Tor patromen, shall be contributed TO the pension
fund OF the police force. A police rnatron who
shall have perforEnea duty such police force
for period of twenty years upward upon her
own application in whiting may, upon the
nfcate Of so many OF the police surgeons as the
Police Board may require showing that a rnatron
Of whatever age who has served twenty years as
police natron is permanently disabled physically
mentally. to be unfit for duty shall bv
order of the Police Board be relieved and dismissed
from said force and SeryEe and placed on the roll
Of the pension fund and awarded and granted 10 be
paid from said fund annual pension during her
lifetime Of q sum not less than one-half of the
full salary or compensation of such matron so re-
tired Pensions granted under this section shall be