Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

the department
and the assign
ment of patrol
s...s.. s""' 1''"" men to aid
School-boy traffic patrols.
I'm strong for this boys club
idea," Maj. Brown said. washing
ton was the first, and, believe, the
only city. to organize boys clubs in
cooperation with the Police Depart
ment.
Policeman Is Friend.
This association between the po-
licemen and boys makes for mutual
understanding. The boy learns the
policeman is really his friend, and
the policeman gets an insight into
juvenile problems which may lead
to law-breaking If not solved.
THE departments first boys club
was organized in February OF 1884,
and now there are three clubs with
q total membership of 5000. The
clubs are located In the basement
at No. 5 Precinct, in portable school
at Kenilworth avenue and Ord street
northeast, and in q converted day
nursery at 427 street southwest.
n the near future We hope to
start club for colored boys"
:. Must Act as Wise Parent.
The problem of boys and their re-
lation to society was the leading is
sue In the bureaus report. With re-
gard to juvenile delinquency and law
breaking, the report said:
Since children are wards OF the
State, the State must deal with those
who break its laws as wise parent
deals with his children-on the basis
of complete and intimate under
standing.
"The agencies upon which the State
places responsibility for apprehension
and treatment Of delinquency are
mainly the police, the courts and the
correctional institutions.
"A socialized police force will be
one of the greatest helps in COM
munity protection of children. Not
only will a policeman Of the right
sort oe a neighborhood friend, who
can talk to children in their own
language and inspire respect for law
and authority, but by working in CO.
operation with social agencies he can
do much to safeguard the interests
of children"
Schools Recommended.
The bureau recommended estab-
lishment of schools to teach police
men to understand children and the
enlargement of women's bureaus in
police departments throughout the
country.
This latter suggestion is one which
Capt. Rhoda Milliken, chief of the
local Women's Bureau, has been try
ing to put into effect for years. The
women on the local force number only
%, as against more than 1900 men.
Capt. Milliken and Maj. Brown this
year asked for authority to add 10
women to the bureau. The District
Commissioners cut this down to five,
and their recommendation for the
reduced number was stricken by the
Budget Bureau.
With regard to policewomen, the
bureaus report said:
QUALIFIED policewomen, whose du-
ties include assistance in the enforce
ment of laws for child protection,
should ne on the staff Of every police
department" and both men and wom-
en- should be assigned to this (de-
linquency) detail"
Prevention Work Grows.
On the general trend in the direc-
ton of its recommendations, the bu-
reau said the preventive work of police
departments was growing activity
not to be overlooked. Work done by
the Police Department Of New York
City and the police chief at Berkeley,
Calf, was cited.
Courts and correctional institutions
would continue the child psychology
methods of this modern pattern Of
corner cop. On two Of these points,
the bureau said:
Juvenile Court investigations-"No
longer Is a report limited to making
an inventory of the number of rooms
and beds, amount of sun and food,
the number in the household Of the
delinquent. Now the nature Of the
relationship of one member of the
family to another, their respective
feelings and attitudes, the needs Of
each and of the family as a whole,
become vital matters for inquiry,
often disclosing the most significant
factors to be dealt with"
Clinics Focal Points.
Correctional institutions-"The new
type Of school has substituted individ-
ualized study and social treatment for
mass repression and punishment. It
has eliminated the 'disciplinarian'
who welded the strap or the paddle,
and has installed In his stead the
mental hygiene expert. In the schools
that have made the greatest progress,
the psychiatric clinic has become the
focal point for action"
It added:
"Since the home conditions have
frequently been responsible In part
for the chNd's delinquencies. this will
often mean the enlistment Of q family
case-work agency to carry on q vigor-
Gus Observation-Disclosures program
during the child's commitment. No
child should be paroled or discharged
from an institution until suitable ar
rangements have been made for his
care in the community to which he is
sent"