New-York tribune., 1920-12-04

would be worth my job to be seen talk
ing to you, much less be caught giving
any inside information.
Patrolman-The Tribune isn't fair
to Enright. We've got no kick. He
gave us couple of raises and he's the
hrst boss who ever gave US time off Oh
each tour to get some thing to eat. Be
fore, if you were caught in resta,A
rant you got d complaint for being off
post. Enright knows his job from A to
4, but Lahey y-dor't get me started.
Policemen in the Broadway district
said:
Patrolman-1t's about time some
paper showed enough nerve to print
the truth. You fellows didn't 90 far
enough. You told of d cop in Mercer
Street who had a post ten or eleven
blocks long. Why, that't nothing. Up
mere they don't think anything of ask
ing us to do an eighteen block post.
How can we get around?
Men Quit Under Pressure
Patrolman-1f any one thinks The
Tribune story about the department
being shot to pieces isn't true let them
check the number of men who have re-
signed since Enright was made Com
missioner and turned the department
over to Lahey. Long posts, with no
chance of working up an alibi when
something happens, are the reasons
for the men quitting. Any job is bet
stick it out. 1t will be all over after
next year.
Patrolman-They are pounding our
heads off since The Tribune spilled
that story. They were bad enough
before, but now, with the shoo- flies
shooting all around, it is awful. You
know they started after US last month
after the election. We're blamed for
beating AL. Smith The gang down
town says that 1900 of us voted against
the Governor, and therefore they're go
ing to eet even by making it as nasty
as possible.
Patrolman There's one good thing
The Tribune did. Since Monday Lahey
has been in this precinct twice. This
is the first time we've seen him since
he became Deputy Commissioner But
the stories are raising blazes with us.
They are sure pounding us. What's
the matter with the force? TOO much
politics. If you have no one to reach
downtown you're ont Of luck, that's all.
No more OF the Arthur Woods days,
when fellow got an even break. It's
just politics now.
Patrolman--lt isn't Enrght; it's
Lahcy Enright stands for it. We
wouldn't have to cover three and four
posts now if the boys with the political
pull were sent out to do some regular
work Cut out the details and we can
do the work. Turn US loose with
enough men and we'll bust this crime
wave in forty-eight hours.
Says Raids Help Business
Patrolman- There are too many as
signed to raided premises. You know
they often keep a man on duty all
times in place that has been raided
times it's protection for the guy VINO
has been raided, because the police
won't trouble him while the cop is
there, figuring that everything is run
ming right, and it's protection for the
raided Guy, because no one will start
row in the place while the uniformed
man is there. Figure it out yourself
Some of the gan. blcrs and disorderly
house keepers in this town want their
joints raided. 1t helps business.
Other policemen, picked at random
said:
Patrolman-Personally I'm satisfied
and | think the force is. too. III adj
nit that changes that have been made
al NlOllG anu NdNc uclptu tllt Cilluc
wave.
patrolman- are too many soft
berths for young cops, fellows doing
Office boy and clerical work. Men who
have been retired on half pay could
do this work a great deal cheaper; in
fact, it would save the city thousands
of dollars a year.
patrolman Don't blame the inspect
or, the captain or the cop. It's the
men higher up, the men who busted up
the Detective Bureau and the squads
and sent the experts back to uniform
because they weren't in right.
Patrolman-Thcre'N always be a
crime wave as long as Cray and Fau-
rot are kept out Of the bureau. Those
two fellows know more crooks and
their methods than the whole damned
department put together.
Patrolman who has served twenty
folr years I've only got one year to
90 to be el-iblc for retirement and
believe me, I'm glad of it. I'm dis
gusted with this gang downtown. Why
in the old days the citizens respected
a policeman. Now they regard us with
contempt. Crime wave? Listen, I've
never seen so many daring hold-ups
and burglaries in my life. SOmcthir g
IS radically wrong, and it won't 'ake
intcllgc:', citizens long to sec where
;he tro;irble is if they want to take
the time TO 20 after the Information
Enright doesn't know how TO l"cet the