The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-02
POLICE OF VARIOUS PLACES.
Their Numerical Strength and Cost
The Test of Efficiency.

There are 64OO New York policemen,
larger number than the force of any
other city in the country, says the sun,
and larger number by several hun
dred than 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 $4,000 policemen in Great
Britain. OF these, England has Al .3&2.
Scotland. 4,744 Ireland IL, 1861 Wales,
1,2SS; the Isle of Man, 50. Liverpool
has 1895; Glasgow, 1,320; Dublin, 1,265,
and Manchester, 1,02S
The number of policemen in the city
of London in 16443 according to the
last official report but the police dh-
trict of London includes large
amount of outlying rural ana subur-
ban territory with population of Lon
don proper which is 100000. The Lon
don police district covers an area 70
miles by Is, with 1000 miles of streets
or roads and the duty of patrolling
these accounts very largely for the ex-
tensive membership of the force when
compared with that of most American
cities.
Chicago has $3.50 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-
siderably higher. Boston has 1900 po-
licemen; Baltimore, 900; St. Louis,
LOO; Philadelphia, $500; Cincinnati,
eco; Cleveland, $50; Detroit, $50; WASH
ington 600; San Francisco, 80 -; Pitts
burg, 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 larger population. for as
the number of transients in a city in
creases. the demand Sor 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
favorable to their discharge if 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
those arrested, 3 were executed, 20 were
sentenced to terms of imprisonment,
8 We're 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 a year for felony amounts to about
1000 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-homicide
or murder-,is about 400, and the pro-
portion of convictions is much larger
than tits in the city of Chicago. which
expends for its Police Department in a
year about one third of the sum paid
by New York.
The expense Of the Philadelphia Po-
lice Department is So. 100000 year, and
the expense Of the Boston Police De
partment is 81, $50 coo or one-haH the
eEpause Of The Philadelphia Depart
meat The present population OF Boss
ten Is estimated at 10000, and that Of
Fhua 5el MA, 100000 Relatively, ttlere-
fe, the Boston Police Department Is
the more expensive OF the two, and his
apparent dis repapcy is due to tie fact
t Che NUMBER Of TRANSIENT visitors to
Boston is considerably larger than he
number into Philadelphia, regarded US
uaI1v as q "hDme city," the duties &c