The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17

lsfed tlIe -bettar evidsnes % seems 90 the
popular mind that IL has . good police
force and q good government.
.sounstlln~s h seetns 70 me that the
public y. ges the id is: That s., the P siics
people: bat 70 yon can protect thu pplIllc
without evrestinG people and aenti,na
them 20 AL a. weli az oven bettsr doa't
500 Why " isIa't lust a. weia.-
ASelsrs plss o q Sf1 ~ w.sA ... such
n in pagt 20 station n Poiiosman N Iroat
&C them 70 warn visitors away. AZ an Ca
ample Of this policy the chief has the
naune. Of heving driven one druggise In
Cleveland lntO bankruptey.
Hs,hAd Q drug stOge IN the heart q the
BUSINESS aistgict opposite the leading
hotel of the city. Be waa known 60 asli
cocatna against the hw. He was Warmed
and oOulfinoeuf. He was -ssnriseds and
continued. He IVES arrested, taken into
court sud flned. Stiil he sold cocaine.
Then policeman was put at chs door and
kept thare until the man was driven osil
% business. ruined. Nca pars0n entered
the store. He might have brought enit
for damages. hut ks didn't. He had been
~ Am 49, s@r 49, go s~x.v.i ti@ss
on account o. the policeman 90 the door
policy and has always SeiDs
This nasthoa hes no@ been followed
for three years. There IeFs ie.eeA par:
.QuM
only SEAS IN lSee. end no more DRUNKEN
ness u seen In Cleveland than anywhere
else.
Another class Of cases In which there
was great falling Oh la arrests included
the young feliows who cas1ss Annoysnoe
ON street CORNERS In tho evening. They
arc not criminals; they are commonly
youths Of the type which thinks 10 amusing
The chief bsllevs- .h.. to- parade sych
n youth in court and give him a .polic-
career Instead hs has 10th the youth
end his psrenss brought % his ofsice.
talks 10 them. warns them that arrest
and al. grace will follow the nest offence.
and sends thsm home: He says Y n just
rs effective IN protecting the pob''c and
harms the boys les.
"Hobo1v ever leaves a pollcs court
without 'eeling ugly toward the police
lnd tho g ~ government said the usllef.
but they leave the sunrise court feeling
SEaisful q the police They know NO
They know ne could publiCly dt1Grace
them. perhaua cuaf them money or e9nd
them to Jail. The state Of mind with
which n man quite an encounter with the
duct. and that's particularly true with
a hoy who hasn't got k0od sense yet
The arrests for assault aud battery and
Tor petit larcenv were nearly the ~ me IA
Cleveland Iva 1901 and 1919 and Tor foionieg,
an has hem shown. they we're more nu-
merous the second year than the FIRST.
In thee GLASSES of N go the Profession
OF life aud property is involved
This plan OF mana ging the police has
now been continued thrse years. Chief
kohlsr ha. named it ths common sense
policy. He holds that IL 10 only common
sen-s not To bring into court any person
who In going to 10 discharged bv the
court. and he has tried TO cultivate the
jud4fnent OF HE force up 20 the point
where they will bring no person into court.
to be discharged.
In 1908 there were % per cent. fewer
arrests in Cleveland than in 1907. In the
FIRST quarter of 1910 there were Q. per cent
fewer than in the same quarter OF 1907
But he stili has not not his force 10 the
point OG what hs calls perfect judgment.
for in March. 1870 out of taO psrsone ar
rested in the citv I5s were DISCHARGED bv
the police court. Chief kohleT regards
this AZ simply I7S oaseS in which his
fore did not exoFctse proper Judgment
in bringing the perNons into court. In his
opinion common senao IN police admins
fFation means the dispoeal without y court
record of an cases which are not sure Of
fins 90 imprisonment by the court