The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-12

tuck their notebooks into their pockets
get to their homes as soon as possible
eat supper with their families, and while
their sons or daughters are bounding
Greece or struggling with long division
struggle themselves with the intricacies
of the police business.
The same class of 45. one man from
each district, attends the police school
| for a week. then returns to police
| work for two weeks, then goes tc
school for another week, and so on
| until the course is finished. In all
| each man is given four weeks instruc.
| tion before he takes his examination
! This he must pass with a grade oi
| 70. If he does so. he receives a cer-
tificate or diploma signed by such dig
| nitaries as the director of public safe
| ty and the superintendent of police. If
however, the policeman fails to pass his
examination with a grade of 70, he j.
labeled back ward" When As back
ward" men are collected a special
! backward class is formed which
these policemen must attend n the
hours they are off duty and without
| pay.
Lieutenant Davis the Teacher
Lieut.. Harry c. Davis is really the
| superintendent" of the police schoo.
although. conventionally in police par
| lance, he is acting inspector and in
structor." 1t is Lieutenant Davis who
| puts the police through their sehola ST il
PAGES In this work he is assisted by
| Sergt. John Stuckert and Patrolman
| Frederick II. Dovey
| Practically every scholar in the
school is given few of the most
| nerve-racking, exhausting half hours
of his life shortly after he matriculates
| He finds himself in a mock court
| testifying in a hypothetical case. Nc
sooner does he step upon the stand
| than the criticism begins. No matter
| how experienced an officer he may be
he is certain to stand worngly. The
| chances are that he will slouch. or cross
his feet, or finger the rail. He may
do any or all these things. They are
CORRECTED.
| Then the testimony. The chances are
| that this is a rambling, disconnected and
incomplete affair Every statement the
| man makes is criticised. He is veritabl,
! grilled' for a half hour Then anothe,
policeman takes his place. When he has
| had the same experience the first mar
| is recalled. This time, it is almost Ger.
| tain he will stand correctly and give
every detail accurately and without hes
| itation. The mock court hears cases
the scholars themselves propose. General.
! ly the cases are ones in their own ex.
perience. either before they attended
school or during their two weeks vaca-
ions Dack, on their districts. The mer
| take notes of and report all their dis,
trict troubles at the school.
$50 that's the way to do ~" they ex-
claim when the correct way of doing
something they have been guessing at
all their police career is demonstrated tc
them. Very frequently such an exclama-
ton is made when certain confusing de.
tails in statute. ordinance or regulation
Is cleared up once and forever.
The Law on Arrests
For example. it is law that an arrest
cannot be made unless the policeman has
seen the offense committed A man, whose
pocket has been picked will rush up tl
the nearest policeman and tell him OF
the theft, pointing out the pickpocket in
the crowd. The policeman knows the law:
he knows, too. that the man Who hae
suffered is without a warrant Can he
make the arrest? The police school
teaches him how it is DONE Technically,
every citizen is an officer of the law
Technically, the citizen whose pocket Is