POLICE INSPECTION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 539, 21 June 1909, Page 4

POLICE INSPECTION.

; : that•;;Wellington;-city ■ : -ihas,; snch poor ; 'and .neglected police, inspec- ■;■; ■; tion; ■ There; mufet >be good. men ; who-.can bo i.V:procured in 'New;, Zealand to' supoVviso 'the >;';.jpolicO; •-■ The- present /control and inspection :;»'. of; this, city 'calls for radical reform.' ;.WhJ' ;,'do .the/authorities shut .their.eyes;;to''ganij-;' biers, bookmakers, spielers, confidence men, ;''-;': and; other- undesirables who infest.tho public, c;;, streetsi,daily,>arid : .take chargexbf,the .tho- ■ irroughfares,' .week' in,'.and wcok; : ont? ; ; ,; ;This Oyi class; which is composed of shady characters ; ;;,,;;:;and; a -fair, sprinkling/ of seenV/to V;,.; laugh at tho,police. 'Tho fact' is; that', men /'at tho head 'of/affairs'" are .too old,' and out ; : /;/ ; of date, and do. nbt'/know;ithe'ir: duties. ./To ~-';. , : ; Jiave;thorough;'police .inspection'; .the/'prcsent /////mbthols. must be ...wiped-/outi.e Tho' .police* ;■/;-force ■■ should not. allow /.bur,• publio : -/places "l/'/to.be a.r.esort of spielers,' toto-odds; men,'and ':-,; bookmakers,,to carryoh/aiirillegalibusiiiess' ■•;•.;.; openly flaying- odds daily./'', Shopkeeper's have .///.'to suffer these gambling creatures/ who'daily the;/shop./fronts.'-;'Tho fronts ii/.'of/.some of.the .buildmgs'■•are,'quite' greasy' '-;/; from;the.'baebs.,of/thes , e-;loafers':'.-. s lt is time •;■/that'we : had/'up-to-datoMnsDectioiY.;for this' ;-;:,- 'city,/;to/: root'-outr these '..men;-:' -The 'public' :'}, ore / abotrt; "full up"-.of being trifled ■ with:— oTC\ r am ) ',tAo.y''-:'---' , ,%--i: .'• :r:■■■•■:<.'.-A/: r:-.'\, ■;:.:• ■/' .'-,;■ i i:i i :^ ',' ■'--.'-V : --/;' ■^---/'// REFORM. :"■■ ■>- : -'.:- -;.,'Jim»;.17.-'...■..>:;;;:■;;'■;•': l :-^.:>:;::..■■ -\- : ■:-,■