The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-05-08
POLICE PARADERS
HONOR US. DEAD
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the osculatory demonstration by the
Countess Cunliffe-Owen,
The Honor Legion then drew up in
front of the reviewing stand and the
seven medal winners walked forward so
the Mayor might pin the decorations on
them. Policeman Patrick G. Fitzgib-
bon of the Fourteenth Inspection district.
who Is the head of the Police Glee club,
received the department medal OF
honor Policeman John ]. Loughran,
the Rhinelander medal of honor; Po-
liceman Martin Cunningham, the Isaac
Bell medal; Acting Detective Sergeant
James E. Smith, the Peter F. Meyer
medal: Policeman Arthur j. Knoch. the
Automobile Club OF America medal )
Policeman Walter $. Hunt, the waiter
Scott medal for valor, and Policeman
Ciustave Zimmerman, Jr of Brooklyn
the Brooklyn Citizens medal.
Acting Chief Inspector Thomas II.
Murphy commanded the uniformed force
consisting Of eight regiments. Inspector
John +. Dwyer was the commanding
officer of the police reserve division.
which was made up Of two regiments
While the column was passing down the
avenue three n. c. No seaplanes new
overhead They were piloted by Major
Donald Van de Water Major John Cans,
Jr., and Lieut. Sydney Clark OF the
aviation division. 1t took one hour ana
twenty-five minutes for the parade to
pass.
Some Department Figures.
The annual parade of the Police De-
this city New York, with population
about equal that of London has a police
force less than half the size OF the Brit
ish city, although London has only
per cent foreign population, while New
York has II per cent. The personnel OF
the London department numbers approx
imately $4,000 men, and New Yorks de-
partment has but 1886, of which seven
ty-four are policewomen.
The New York department has 500 OF
its members assigned to the Detective
Bureau, l,400 to traffic duty zoo TO
clerical work and 10 to its Bureau of
Telegraphing, the departments nerve
centre" There are between 200 and 300
policemen on the sick list every day
and the number injured, both seriously
and slightly each year in the perform
ance of duty runs into the hundreds.
About fifty men resign from the depart
ment each year and the number dis
missed has been reduced greatly by
probationary system instituted by Com
missioner Enrieht. About 80 per cent. OF
the men in the department are married.
London has one policeman for every
400 of population, Paris one for every
333, Chicago one for 464. Toxic one for
each 431, Philadelphia one for each 400,
Amsterdam one for each 3S6 and New
York city only one for each 600. The
New York department costs the taxpayer
approximately S22, 600 year, and
for that he gets a police protection sec
ond to none in the world. A first class
policeman is paid S1,769, and he has OPP
portunity to increase 1t to $2,2S0. and
even beyond that figure If he succeeds
in rising out of the ranks. The uniform
costs him about $3.50 and his pistol s25.
The only thing he gets from Father
Knickerbocker gratis is his shield. Out
side of that he has got to stand the
expense
Before Mayor Hylan and the city Of
ficials who reviewed the parade left the
City Hall the Mayor decorated the
widows of seven policeman who lost their
lives IN the performance Of duty during
the year.
Among those in the reviewing stand
were Alfred Z. Smith. Rear Admiral
Harry Mel. Huse and Mrs. Huse, George
T. Wilson. vice-president Of the Harri-
man National Bank; Major Charles
Bridges, y. s. O., military attache of the
British Embassy: Capt Gloster Arm
strong, British Consul General Justice
Victor J. Bowling, Rhinelander Waldo
former Police Commissioner; Gov. Ed
ward Edwards of New Jersey. william
J. Lahey and Dominick Henry, Police In
spectors under suspension; David Hirsch-
field, Commissioner of Accounts, and
Capt. w. f. Whiting. aid to Admiral
Euse.