POLICE BERLIN.
How the German Capital is Guarded Against Lawbreakers.
BiuoN yon I\ichtchti:n } President of the Eeriin Police, combines in his person the duties which in London are divided between the Chief Commissioner of Police and the Board of Works. He not only looks after the safety and health of the public, but has under his suneillance the streets, markets and buildings. In relation to the Beilin municipality, which by its exceJent financial management has shown itself woi thy of the considerable administiativo economy which it enjoys, the JV'ridentof the Police exercises certain lights of control. He represents j the btate in its relations with the people in the first instance, and is the organ of the executive power. The municipality bears a large share of the police expenditure, paying for the unifoims of the fciehut/leute and providing the building in the various localities where they arc s-utioned. The state provides the pay of the men. That of the iiie- brigades comes out ol the municipal funds, although the firemen, like the Sehutzlcute, are under the orders of the President of Police. The policemen are only employed during the da\ time. At night the capital is confided to the caie of the watchmen, who wear a distinctive uniform, and are provided with a whistle and a saber. These men are ondutyfiom 10 o'clock till 5 or 6 o'clock the next morning, the iinal hour varying according to the &ea.son of the vcar. They number 500. The eil'ective strength of the police is 3,500, of which number about fifty are mounted. All the policemen are old subordinate officeis. ot the army, and are of a certain standard height. They must have passed nine years in the army, and employment is given only to those who have distinguished themselves by good conduct, zeal and assiduity. They are respected b\ and live on good terms with the civil population, although their manner occasionally bctiays their military training and is not exempt fiom brusqueness. The Berlinei submits by force of habit to the injunctions of the policeman, and on militaiy parade days one constable is sufficient to keep a large number of spectators in Older. The morale of the corps is good, because the men know that they are supported by both the public and the superior authority. The latter punishes all fault*, and negligences on the part of the force, and piotects it when it is in the right. Jn addition to this out-door police, which sees to the execution of lav s and regulations and maintains order in the streets, there is a police of safety, whose mission is to discover the authors of ci hues and misdemeanours, and to keep strict watch over the dangerous classes, so as to prevent as far as possible the perpretation of oH'onces against person and property. The head of the Police of Safety is Count Puckler. The agents of safety wear ordinpry civil dress, and when they visit dangerous quarters carry a revolver. The latter ovivilego has recently been granted to them in consequence of some serious encounters with armed criminals. The possession of a revolver is calculated to give the agent a greater degree of assurance, but he is strictly forbidden to use the weapon except in the last extremity. The district agents are specially charged with the surveillance of dealers in old clothes, pawnbrokers and all puspected person having a fixed domicile. The town is divided for the purposes of this department of the force into eight districts, each of which is under the direction of a commissioner. The division of labour, which is so marked a feature of the Berlin police force, is carried down to the dangerous element.
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Te Aroha News, 26 November 1887, Page 5
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617POLICE BERLIN. How the German Capital is Guarded Against Lawbreakers. Te Aroha News, 26 November 1887, Page 5
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