PRINCIPLES OF POLICE ADMINISTRATION.

This article presents information on the principles of police administration. The battle against crime has been waged for ages, it is still in progress and will continue so long as mankind inhabit the earth. There are some who are criminals by inheritance and some who are made so through domestic neglect. While the function of the police in the past has been to deal with criminals as they find them, in this progressive age those who, in addition to preventing a crime or solving a mystery, exercise an influence for the eradication of criminal instincts where they may be early brought to their attention, whether they be hereditary or the result of environment, are rendering a service to humanity. Improvements in the police service are in line with the prevailing sentiment that there is no necessity for maltreatment of prisoners. As conditions have improved and enlightened methods been introduced, the treatment of the law-breaker must keep pace with surroundings so that his overtaking and punishment call for study and skill.