The Victorian Police
» The Melbourne Age has a leading article about the police, in which it says ; — " We have no hesitation in asserting tbat the Police Department of this colony is utterly undeserving of public confidence. Whether we regard the character of its administration, the frequent miscarriage of j ustice, or the impunity with which a certain class of offences are committed, we are forced to the conclusion that the new appointments have proved deplorable failures, and that the reforms introduced for the better management and organisation of the force have entirely failed in effecting their object." Allowing that the police are inefficient, yet reform in this connection should not be expected to spring from the police themselves. The change must emanate from the Bench and the people. When the police know that every case they bring against a publican, a larrikin, or a prostitute, ttie Bench is against them and public sympathy with the accused, it cannot be expected that the police have a chance of doing their duty without fear or prejudice. Public opinion must be with the observance of la«r and order, to allow ef the police being perfectly efficient. — hm^ — — ■ warn rn— — _— — —
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 85, 20 December 1883, Page 3
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196The Victorian Police Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 85, 20 December 1883, Page 3
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