The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-29

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crime. OF day
Shall thr Merchants \ soS so c'hlion' ihe fefHh"is'
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fhryfr making me Tired.
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me own knucklcs for me,
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Me- William Stephen Devery, who was
Tor "A long time intimately associated with
tbe administration of police affairs in this
c,ty As Chief of Police and as Deputy Com
missioner talked for some time yesterday
a, hi Office in West Thirteenth street about
ure-ont police conditions Mr., DeVery
urefaced what he had to say with the
earnest prayer that nothing uttered by him
should be- regarded as maliciously or un-
kindly spoken He desired it To be known
thai he talked merely from high sense OF
pubic duty and because he thought the
people we're being defrauded out OF their
nights as taxpayers and voters by the
present police conditions.
Got that right at the start. he said to
ms interviewer in this situation / am
f1, the people. first. last and all the time.
THERE'S nothing selfish or conniving in this
pt an Things are not right. The people
are suffering all over from burRaries.
bold-iips. film fans, homicides. riots, mobs
and instructions. which take place In their
homes as well "a on the public streets. and
fran which they should at all times and III
all places he protected 1t is not right, and
Pm for seeing il stopped Mr. Devery
banged his desk with his capacious fist.
In the hrst place, he said, Il don't
want to cause embarrassment to man
who il doing the best he knows how. in
spite of his situation, down there in Null
berry Street I've got nothing but the
highest sympathy and commiseratiou for
Mr. McAdoo His hands are tied by poll
tics | know | was there. Every time
he goes to make a move he finds himself
ned hand and. foot, and by the time he
gets himself united IL he ever doesl the
time for him to act has passed ! am talk
ing frank and open now Time and again
RED TO DO things for the public good;
I'd 90 TO make move Tied TO the post
hats what | was | was nothing but
police officer trying to hold my job and
suppress robberies, hold-ups, burglaries.
finn. fans. riots mobs and instructions
as best / knew how. ] wanted TO hold
nv lob If | hadn't taken the orders that
come to me from Fourteenth street-my
head for the basket. tell you I've got all
the sympathy in the world for Mr. MoAdoo.
Politics demoralzes the police 1t
makes each man independent of his supe
rior officers and anxious TO please some
man outside the de partment that amt got
the welfare of the city at heart. That's
what ought to be at the bottom Of every
polioeman's heart-the welfare of the city.
was a police officer for many long year
/ am yet. according 10 my own belief.
though some others dispute it-and know
what mans feelings are.
Here Mr.. Devery digressed into dis
QUESTION on the fact that he has never
been legally deprived OF his offloe of Chief
~ Pnlice He spoke with his usual fiuenoy
and force when dealing with that subject.
Continuing he said
They're looking all around for excuses
for the state Of things as it is now. They're
talking about cutting out the old men.
I'm no scholar. but | can read the public
urrss and from them gather that they've
learned better than that in the japanese
Army which Is dealing out confusion and
disturbance to tire Russians. They've
81, an Did INNS board OF counsel at the
hcad Of things. and their General, Mr..
OyGma isn't a. young "a some folks over
here who think they know it all Now the
rolca business is the managing OF men
the older a man il the more he knows about
men aud the way they act and the better
p aiHed he il to direct the young and
active men who have to deal directly with
tho reopla. whether the people are in public
a--ombages on the streets or whe Their
thcy ara criminals fleeing from their just
dues.
Now there's just one thing az the bottom
OF present conditions. There isn't police
enough numerically The force ia to-day
5u-t what il was at the time OF consolida-
,on The city has been growing at the
iate speaking ohhand. Of about 100000
joople a year That addition each year is
enough TO make u fair sized city in itself
And Il compounds into 500, 600 people in
fro wears One hundred and fifty men at
h least or, better, 200 men a year ought
~ he added to the force right along, 10 keep
up with the population. The force is over
worked There's no man 70 lazy and UNI
wiling as the man who is called on for
more work than he ought to do, year in and
wear out. London has 1900 police, and
YET when the<e's any kind of emergency,
Ike what we are accustomed TO meet here
every little while, they call out the soldiers
20 help. Seven thousand five hundred men
srent enough, not by 500 at least. for the
work TO be done. including speciD duty,
theatres fres, and all that sort Of extra
detail work
on top oftheir being overworked, they're
cisorganized by political Influences that
ought 10 have nothing to do with quasi
military body. That's what it ought TO
be, quasi military, organized into seven
regiments as 1t is now with great need for
three regiments more They want 10 he
responsible TO one head. who won't be inter
fered With by politics. Then when he sends
his men to place he can get results instead
If finding that they've laid down on him.
and relied upon politicians to protect them.
Vow. how would ! go about this:
State police force don't like that word
State constabulary' that is what 1t
comes TO- Now. in these times Of public
disorders and criminals running loose in
all sorts Of robberies hold-ups. homicides,
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