NEW MAN IN BLUE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 239, 6 October 1923, Page 19

NEW MAN IN BLUE.

MODERN LONDON POLICEMAN. That the London policeman is a changlne type 1» born* out by the Police Commlßßloner. Tlia old-fashioned "man in bine" is being supplanted by a very different sort of man. Tho new policeman Is of a higher standard of education, and a Scotland Yard official told a "Dally Chronicle" representative that he has to get through much Btiffer examinations for fcla promotion than his colleagues of the previous decade. "It is satisfactory to note," eommenta Commissioner General Sir Charles Horwood, "that the introduction of more difficult examination papers and a higher standard of markings by the Promotion Board are haying effect, and the class of man promoted to sergeant Iβ more competent and vigilant than formerly. "Men who have risen to the grade of Inspector nave been competent and satisfactory on the whole, but there was still room for Improvement, and the stiffening up of tbe educational and professional examination* for this grade also ixas produced much good. "The present system enables every man of Intelligence and sufficient education, coupled with steadiness of character, to alt at these examinations, and so secure his opportunity to rise in the Force." Not only is the modern policeman In London of better education, but his uniform and equipment is rapidly being modified. The common "fuzzy-WTizay" trousers of thick cloth for winter has been replaced by a cloth "equal to that supplied to the inspectors," and a new pattern greatcoat smarter and better designed for a struggle with violent prisoners, has been issued,