POLICEMEN IN DISSRACE.

Evening Star, Issue 17328, 16 April 1920, Page 8

POLICEMEN IN DISSRACE.

Sir Xevil Macreariy hns dl-missed seven, constables of the C Divi.sio who leu their heats in the West .Knd early one moniin<: in January to participate in n card jiarty in ;i neighboring stable. The Cnnmissistner. who gave this decision following an inquiry by a Disciplin.uv I'.oard. lias issued a stein warning (writes a "Daily Cinonicia that anv future lapses, of duty of a .-imi'ar nature wiii be treated with the utmost, severity. In Metropolitan Police Orders ine name? of the dismwed constables are given as folows:— Ash by, Di:c. Wick?. Clark. W.ildt.ck, Cole, Coble. Their offeree wu; set forth a.? " lmprojy>rlv leaving their beats and found in a. stable at 3.50 a.m , .Tannery 17," with the intimation "Pav to January 15." In a footnote the Cornmisr.inrev expresses his regret "to have to call the special attention of all ranks to the c-oduct of the men referred to above. At a time_ when crime, accompanied bv violence, is prevalent throughout the metropolitan police district (especially in the inner_ area), the. men, after having been especially warned on two occasions "within a short period, were found in a suable, some of them playing cards. Thus thev left the streets, for the safety of which they were responsible, unguarded and the Public nt the mercy of the criminal classes. "The Commissioner will on no account overlook lapses of duty Mich as the above, which will be treated with the utmost severity in the interests of the public and of the self-respect of the Force."