The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-19
A SCHOOL FOR
new POLICEMEN
They Are Thoroughly Instructed
as to Their Duties.
CHICAGO TRYING THE SCHEME

Object 10 to Do Away With Lack Of
Specialized Training as tho Basic
Cause Of Ineffieieney - cours. at
School Covers Three Months.
In nearly every city Of any size one
of the terrors is the new policeman"
The newspapers frequently record
misdeeds. Indiscriminate use of weap-
ons, o~ficiousness and even crimes have
been charged against him. The city
Of Chicago has undertaken to supply
the remedy and has established a
school Of instruction for probationary
policemen.
No effort is made to give the new
men Il general education. The school
deals solely with the duties of the po-
liceman. He is instructed on the fol.
lowing subjects:
Rules and regulations Of the depart.
ment, city ordinances and criminal
law.
First aid to the injured and enforce
ment Of the sanitary regulations.
The conduct Of police court business
through the actual operation of a mock
court.
The preparation Of evidence in Grim.
inal cases by an assistant corporation
counsel.
Practical police work and special po-
lice duty, such as suppression Of gam.
bling, traffic regulation, detective work
and Identification by officers specially
qualified.
Use Of the revolver by trained ex-
perts.
Drill and setting up exercise by the
drillmaster Of the department.
For one month the new policemen
do not leave the school. The second
month Of their service they are placed
for one week on traffic duty In the
downtown district and the other three
weeks on special assignments in other
precincts. During this second month
they report at the school every Satur-
day, submitting written reports Of their
police duty and receiving additional in
structions.
Keep In Touch With School.
The third month Of their service the
new policemen do not report directly
to the school, but they are obliged to
make weekly reports on their police
duty, and where they fail to accom-
plish results they are sent back to the
school for additional Instructions.
The school IS managed entirely by
rnnyohnr, nf tho rolioo 1nro rf,non% ~
the city of Chicago, and the new Off
GERS are available for duty at any time
they are needed.
A sample days program Of the worl
Of the school gives an idea Of what
the new policemen are taught. 1t il
as follows:
8 q. m.-Roll call.
and drill.
$50 a. m. to 10 a. m.-Instructions or
rules and regulations and correspondence
10 a. m. to IL a. m.-1nstructions on city
ordinances on explosives, fireworks ani
throwing missiles.
IL a. m. to IL noon Instructions OF
crimes, murder and manslaughter.
Noon to l p. m~.-Luncheon.
l p. m. to 2 p. m.-lnstruction on trafh'
rules.
2 p. m. to 8 p. m.-Instructions on tn
city ordinances on pool selling and book
making.
Sp. m. to $3.50 2. m~.-Study.
$3.50 p. m. to 4:3O p. m.-Instruction o,
preparation Of evidence.
4:So p. m. to $50 p. m.-Revolver prac
tice.
Subjects Vary by Days.
The subjects on which instruction
are given vary from day to day, bu
the program is so arranged that 0
the 10 hours the new policemen pas
at the school thirty are devoted to tn
study Of the rules and regulations O
the department., thirty to that Of til
city ordinances, thirty to that Of tn
criminal law, thirty to drill and settini
up exercise. eight to revolver practice
eight to traffic regulation, four to in
struction In first aid to the injured an,
the enforcement Of the sanitary regula
tons, sixteen In general study, eigh
In attendance at court and six in mis-
cellaneous work.
Saturdays are devoted entirely t
drill, instruction in practical polio
work and review and examination.
All through their course at the schoo
the new policemen are marked on al
their work, and If they fail to attain
the proper degree of efficiency they ar
dropped from the force.
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