Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-16
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public servant and not ruler Of the
people. Courteousness is one of the es-
sentials to prolonged term of Office
and is strictly required of every po-
liceman. On this point. Captain W. A.
Auble, who has devoted nearly twenty
years to a study of policemen and po-
lice methods, says:
THE first order that man receives
when he is presented with a star is to
be courteous on all occasions. There
are some men who, when they don a
star for the first time imagine that they
are privileged to bully and bluff the
public in general. When such cases are
reported the offending officer is either
expelled or suspended from the force.
Handling of Prisoners
"The handling of prisoners, especially
drunken men, is also a matter that has
been given close attention. When a
man is arrested for being drunk he ia
such times that the tempers of officers
are sorely tried.
IA few months ago, while I was in
my Office, l heard a commotion at the
sergeants desk. I walked around tG
the scene of the disturbance and found
two officers busily engaged in keeping
a drunken man on his feet and search
ing him.
II addressed the man, who refusei to
give his name. without replying, he
turned toward me and deliberately spat
large sized wad of tobacco in my
face. Instead of beating him. as Is
often done in other cities, we handled
him gently and turned him in for the
night. The next morning, when he had
fully recovered from the effects of the
liquor. he was the most repentant man
in the whole jail
Receiving Hospital
Protection of life and property is not
the sole occupation of the police de-
partment. Care of the injured anG the
comforts of the unfortunate prisoner is
a feature not overlooked.
Several hundred persons annually re
ceive temporary trea tment in the dis
pensary, known to the public as the re-
ceiving hospital. Scarcely an hour
passes that some unfortunate is not
hauled to the receiving hospital for
temporary treatment, and in extreme
cases, as in the event of an attempted
suicide, the victim is hurried to the
which often saves the life, providing
treatment in such cases that could not
otherwise be had.
Physicians and surgeons of skill are
provided and all modern appliances
and equipment is furnished for render
ing immediate and effective attention
to all cases brought in.
Drs. Smith, Quint, Freedman and
Bonynge are in charge of the receiving
hospital and their daily life is one of
strenuousness not known in any other
quarter. Life is seen by them in all its
phases and these experienced men are
enabled to furnish such treatment as is
necessary for each individual case. The
operating room has the appearance of
an up-to-date drug store, being
equipped with all the instruments and
medicines required in daily treatment
of practically every form of human
complaint or injury.
Female Ward
For the female unfortunates q
''woman's ward" is maintained, this
department being in charge of Matrons
Gilbert McTeek and Feeley. Women
are given the same care and attention
from these matrons that they would re-
ceive in their own homes, the fact that
they are in a police hospital subjecting
them to none of the harshness and
cruelties that are conjured by the ter
rified or ignorant mind. Prisoners in
the female ward are under the care of
these matrons.
Recently a Chicago police surgeon
inspected the local police dispensary
and pronounced It model institution.
He said that no police hospital In the
United States offered a better equipped
or more cleanly kept dispensary than
the receiving hospital at the city Jail
In Los Angeles.
Food Of Prisoners
Prisoners and patients at the city jail
receive more consideration In the food
furnished them than do thousands oil
persons who patronize the cheaper