Evening star., 1942-06-30
CIpt. Lutz Builds Hurd-Hittinq
Auxiliary Force of Policemen
Volunteer Candidates of No. 10 Must Toke
Stiff Course and Poss Examination

lot of a policeman, which, according
to the late w. S. Gilbert, is not a
happy one.
The captain was patrolman
and sergeant on the streets-not
the most quiet. most law-abiding
thoroughfares-for good many
years, and scars are his mementos
of encounters. You might guess that
he wouldn't be the easiest man to
take on if you felt pugnacious. You
might also sense that he wouldn't
be an easy cop" to fool. He has
come up the hard way. and his men
call him one of the fairest officers
in the department. but one you
had better not try to slip anything
over on.
When he says the approximately
230 auxiliary policemen in his
precinct are doing good job-and
he does, emphatically-it means
something
Many Volunteers Rejected.
Observers who say. On. anybody
,an be one of those auxiliary coppers,
Just 60 and get a badge" might also
talk to Capt. Lutz. He has bulglng
file of those who offered their serv-
ices and were rejected with regret
and thanks They didn't make the
grade, for various reasons, physically
or otherwise. Some Of their finger
prints didn't check so we'll with the
FBI. Others didn't stand up under
the routine investigation which Is
made of all applicants for the
auxiliary force.
Moreover. Capt. Lutz puts the &C
cepted candidates through a pretty
stiff course of instruction, culminat-
ing in a written examination. The
test is half on police regulations, half
on theoretical situations, the what
would you do if such or such nap
pened type of questions.
The candidates don't necessarily
have to obtain a certain mark TO be
qualified, Capt. Lutz explained.
TITS more what grasp Of the work
they display in answering the ques-
tions." he said. Some men who
have excellent qualifications don't
do so we'll in a written examination.
We size them up in general and II
we feel they'll make good officers
they 60 on the streets.
All Must Be on Job.
It's not that Capt. Lutz does not
appreciate the offers he has had
from willing volunteers or that he
is carpingly critical. But he's re-
sponsible for the precinct and his
avowed aim is to have no one. regu-
lar or auxiliary, who is not on the
lob. Thus the No. 10 auxiliary force,
which will exceed $50 when those in
training complete their course, is
no haphazard collection of we'll
meaning helpers, but carefully
selected group, integrated into the
regular crew and supplementing the
precincts protective services.
Trained primarily for air raids.
the auxiliarieS. meanwhile, are
doing effective work on the streets
as they gain practical knowledge OF
the avocation they have chosen.
For instance, Auxiliary Patrolman
A. j. Dawson noticed youth carry
ing a telescope. The parcel was
unusual and so the volunteer took
careful note of the boy. When he
went back to the station, Mr..
Dawson, in looking over the days
reports, read of three housebreak-
ings in which the method had been
the same-entrance by breaking into
Easements. The loot included a
telescope. The auxiliary gave the
precinct detectives a description of
the youth and in few hours he
was in custody, together with the
telescope and pistol which had
belonged in one of the robbed homes.
Purse Snatchings Ended.
There is Auxiliary w. B. Cameron,
who drives a cab. Mr.. Cameron has
made it a point to jot down the
numbers of all stolen cars. Cruising
about. he has recovered several.
The captain of No. 10 auxiliaries
is Joseph Arthur Cromwell, an in
vestigator for the Internal Revenue
Bureau. c. F. Bernard is the regu-
lar policeman who helps Capt. Lutz
to keep abreast of auxiliary ac-
tivitieS.
Citizens organizations have COM
mended the auxiliaries for their
effectiveness in taking over traffic
posts on Fourteenth street and at
school crossings.
There was, too, the matter Of
purse snatchings around Eighteenth
street and Columbia road NV. Sew
eral auxiliaries investigated. Three
arrests were made. No such rob.