The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-05
WANT KIDS TAUGH7
TO RESPECT
POLICEMEN
CHIEFS PROTEST AGAINST GUAR
DAMS OF PEACE" BEING MADE
BUTT OF JOKES AND NEWS
PAPER cARIcATUREs.

That the American people should
have greater respect for the police
man IN his oficial capacity Is the
stand taken by the International Asso
citation OF Police Chiefs. as stated In
resolutions passed In the Thursday
morning session.
To this end, the association Will en-
deayor To have the school children or
the cities taught 10 regard the police
man, not as copper" 10 be laughed
at. but as the guardian OF the COM
munity's peace Theater managers
and editors OF publications will be
asked TO omit caricatures and jokes
tending TO diminish respect for the
man in blue.
In his speech In presenting the reso-
lutions. Chief Fred Kohler. OF Cleve-
land. declared that the policeman
should be entitled to the same respect
as the business man.
| HE Is never an idol" said Kohler.
but a target for the arrows OF abuse
and ridicule. We see him depicted In
comic way In melodramas, carica-
tured In every way, represented as
taking the peanuts from the dago
fruit vender and the free lunch OF the
saloonkeeper with equal license. He
Is the life-saver OF the space humorist
always degraded and cheapened. The
public absorbs these ideas, children
grow up to look on the policeman as a
Joke. He may do his work honestly
and well and meet an undramatic
death at the hands OF drunken
loafer."
The resolutions went through with a
rush
Some Disagreement Here.
| On one matter the chiefs did not
fully agree Chief McWeeney. OF
South Bend, presented resolutions ask
ing that the authorities In the various
cities and states and I'm Canada be
asked to enact and enforce stronger
laws In regard to the sale and carrying
| of deadly weapons. He also had a
recommendation to do away with the
sale Of long-range rapid-fire magazine
pistols This last was lost on motion
of Chief Murphy. OF Jersey City.
Chief OF Detectives James III. Smith
OF st. Louis presented report favor
ing a national convention OF Bertillon
system operators. He said that al
present, owing to the lack OF stand
ard, photographs OF criminals are not
uniformly taken and identifcations are
made hard.
Chief w. p. Chandler read a paper
on the enforcement OF prohibition
laws He said drunkenness had de
creased In Knoxville. although whisky
Is still shipped In and men get drunk
The saloons had closed decently and
the illegal clubs and locker rooms had
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we'll weeded out. He has been able tC
reduce the police force In the slums
and put more men in the business dis
trict
THE enforcement OF a prohibition
law Is up to the police chief" he de
clared. He can put the lid on till II
pops or let the town run wide open.
Chief Reynolds. OF Colorado Springs
discussed cooperation among the pc
lice forces all over the country and
advised the adoption OF the civil ser
vice plan generally. Police duty has
become a profession, he asserted and
while formerly almost anyone might
become a police chief, 1t requires an
expert in these days.
w. A. Pinkerton. head OF the famous
agency Of that name, was In a remi.
niscent mood Thursday morning. and
was telling some OF the chiefs of a
trip he made here 40 years ago with
his father, Allen Pinkerton. to get four
train robbers who were confined In
Sandwich Jail. They were Frank Reno
Charles Anderson. Ike Marsh and
Chas. Billiard. or these, two were
lynched later in New Albany, Ind.
while two escaped.
Chief ]. II. Haager. OF Louisville
read a paper on The History OF the
Uniform" tracing 1t back TO the days
of town watches
The chiefs enjoyed boat ride into
Lake st. Clair Thursday afternoon.