The evening times., 1900-01-02
THE CITY POLICE FORCES.
Their Numerical strength. cost. and
the Test OF Emcfency

| ttfHm The NtE l..h SUM-
/ There are $500 New York policemen. a
+ larger number than the force Of any other
, city in the country ald a larger number
by several hundred than the various tiyi-
sions Of the Greater New YOrk had col
lectiveIy before consolidation. Th,-e are
@ 800 policemen in the city Of Paris. the
/ proportion OF police 20 inhabitants being
/ larger than IL is In the city % London
There are 90 00G policemen lH Great
Britain. OF these England has Il 532
Scotland 4744; Ireland 12.165- Wales.
12S3 the Isle Of Man. -. Liverpool has
1895. Glasgow, 1920: Dublin. 12i-. and
+ Manchester HOPS.
/ The number Of policemen In the city os
[ London is 16,443 according 90 the last off,
cial report but the police district of Lon
don includes a large amount Of outlying
rural and suburban territory with a p0pu-
larion Of 100 GOg exclusive Of the pOpu-
lation OF London proper. which is (. .f0p. 600.
The London police district covers an area
Twelve miles by fifteen with ZOO miles Of
streets or roads. and the duty OF patroling
these accounts very largely for the ex-
tens,ve membership OF the force when
compared with that Of most American
cities.
Chicago has 8. 80 policemen. and he aver
age number Of arrests in a year amounts
10 15.cHn though during the period Of the
Worlds Fair IL was considerably higher.
Boston has 2o0 policemen; Baltimore. $40;
st. Louis IIo0. Philadelphia. $500, Gin
ciunari coo. Cleveland 4J0. Der.oic. 300;
Washington 5e0- san Francisco go, Pits
burg, 900 and New Orleans. 800
I Among foreign cities Paris stands first in
+ the number Of policemen compared With
. the whole population. and Palermo. Italy.
stands lowest with the -malle-, ana least
. expensive police force. Capital cities. as
q rule. require more police protection than
other cities even of a larger population, for
+ as the number Of ,rau~.suts lu a city in
. creases. The demand for police service ad-
vaHces. and the expenses Of maintenance
increase cOTresP0udiugly. The test of ef
/ hciency in police department Is not the
: number Of men engaged. but their capacity
for making arrests Of he righr persons at
the right time, and under conditions which
VIII be mos favorable 70 their discharge II
innocent Or their conviction If guilty. a
I recent report Of the Chicago chief Of police
showed the number Of arrests in that city
/ for the crime Of homicide TO have been rs
/ within the period covered. OF thos" ar
{ rested. 8 were executed 20 We're sentenced
! TO terms Of Imprisonment 8 were sent to
/ the reformatOry at Pontiac Il were ac-
/ quilted. and 46 eases were still pending at
, the time Of the report.
( In New York the number of arrests in a
wear for felony amounts 10 about loco by
the detective bureau. and the number Of
+ convictions from such arrests is about 400.
I The number Of arrests for hopici1e in q
year-homicide or MURDERS about 900,
! and the proportion of convictions is de i'd
edly larger than il is in the city OF Cbica-
| 60 which expends for its police DEPART
ment in a wear about Oue-thrd o. ne sum
paid by New York.
The expense Of the Philadelphia Police
/ Tfzuartunent i s. 190 Gee wear. and the eN-
nanss of the Boston Police department is
s1 550. O00. or One-hsf the expense Of the
I Philadelphia department. The preselt p
I ulatiOn Of Boston is estimated q, jJe eco.
{ and that Of Philadelphia ] 900, ,u0o. Re'a-
/ lively therefore. the Boston Police epar--
ment is the more expensive Of the two, and
/ this apparent Discrepancy is due to the fact
! that the number of transient yisi O1s TO
( Boston is considerably larger than the
number into Philadelphia. regarded lly
/ as home city. the duties OF the police
I deDartment of which are chiefly IN ne h1e
J of maintaining order. The expense Of the
/ New York Police Department for 1890 IS
] s12. 900 900, approximately. Of which Sl0-
/ 200 600 is for police salaries. $30o0oV tOr
I supplies and the balance for rentals and
! contingencies.