Evening star., 1923-07-22
Continued from First Page.)


q snappy appearing body of men and
their plan Of procedure Is fashioned
largely after that of the Canadians.
They are costumed in somewhat the
same manner. They are tireless riders
and good shots, and many stories
have been written of their daring
deeds
The bobby" Is an institution that
belongs to London and nowhere in
the world Is another policeman like
him. He Is the most patient creature
in the world. He will stand more
chatting than any other guardian OF
the law, but be careful that you do
not step over the bounds or tradi-
tion, for If you do you have insuited
the British empire, and that to MIN
is sacred. He did not carry a re-
volver until of late and his treatment
of gentlemen who have dined and
winsd too much has always been that
Of a guardian brother.
Before the war the German police
appeared and acted more like soldiers
than coppers. They were military
TO the nth degree. They had no vi
sion and knew but one book. That
was their police manual. You could
not explain, you could not do any
thing but come along unless you de-
sired to have a lot more of them
appear on the scene. The organiZa-
tion Of the German police was so
planned as to permit them at a mo-
ment's notice to take their place in
the regular army.
TN OLD Paris the gendarmes wore
i capes, carried fiat swords and
made a million gesticulations while
they took into custody some gay art
student or some supposed criminal,
and then, there was endless question
ing, while reams of paper were used
| in getting all the facts. All the facts
meant all the facts literally. The
police Of the Paris of today are not
what they used to be. They are more
| like those of this country-that Is.
| somewhat more like them. but they
still retain some OF the characteris-
tics of ante-bellum days.
The Maori police OF New Zealand
have billies that are selected with the
thought that one crack should put
the offender hors-de-combat. II not
actually kill him. They are an earn
est lot when 1t comes to the matter
Of stopping the antics of q law
| breaker. Their costume, In the main,
Is unique. It consists Of a cloth
wrapped around and around the waist
or occasionally a pair OF breeches.
The only other adornment Is q fuzzy
] head Of hair.
| Zulu policemen in South Africa are
interesting characters and the bright
er their buttons and the greater the
number of gold stripes on their uni
forms the happier they appear to be.
The police Of Costa Rica are alert
and quick in their movements, and
while they are not of gigantic size,
they are quite proficient in the man
ner Of handling their side arms.
| In numerous countries dogs are
employed as regular assistants to the
police. They were first used success
fully at Ghent, Belgium, and they
are now being trained for the work
in many cities Of this country.
| A particularly interesting feature
Of the police work that is being car
ried on in the republics south of US
is that they have established police
schools. Take, instance, the one at
Lima, Peru. This was brought into
active being in 1919. and the govern
ment sent to Spain for experts. The
result has been that a curriculum
1 has been evolved that means that
1 hac 20 hn
tire course he Is fully equipped to
cope with the modern lawbreaker.
| They are taught the latest things in
the matter Of Identification. are given
problems in deductions, are schooled
/ in tho use of weapons for defense and
| ofrense. and are put on cases that
have been arranged for them to solve,
cases that simulate real crimes. They
are also taught to track fugitives.
I'm SOME of the Latin American
i countries the police work. with
the firemen or "bomberos." They have
the right to call on the fire laddies
for aid in case of riot. The fire
fighters then acting with the police
turn on a stream of water that has
eighty pounds pressure back OF II
and tho effect Is that the crowd rap
idly disperses Both the police and
the firemen take the matter very
seriously.
In some of the countries the na-
tional police take the place of the
army. For instance. in Panama there
are 1000 officers and men and they
can be used either as a police force
or an army. They also have steam