THE POLICEMAN’S DANGEROUS LIFE.
About one in ■ every six London. • policemen is injured during the year. More than one thousand men were cn the sick list from Injuries received " vhile on duty, and nearly seven hundred more who were injured off dutySome of the cases were so esrious as to disable the men for a week or ■ more, and these, amounted to no fewer than 677. Besides these, there were twice! as many injured less severely, who • were not placed on the sick list. The following ‘examples jshow the multiplicity of dangers to which th® police are exposed- 2,266 men were as- - saulted or injured when making arrests; 102 bitten by dogs; 51 hurt by persons not arrested; 17 injured whiledispersing disorderly crowds; 44 hurt, some very severelywhen stopping runaway horses; 21 injured when assisting : fallen or restive horses;. 25 kicked, trodden on, or knocked down by horses ; . 31 injured (14 very severely) by vehicles when regulatng traffic; and 28 were injured 'when extinguishing fires. And a further large number suffered injury by their horses falling or throw- - ing them, by cyclists, while riding their awn bicycles, at fire drill, by slipping and falling when examining premises, etc., so that the total of injuries while - on duty for the year is brought up to • 3.310.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 87, 25 March 1911, Page 1 (Supplement)
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215THE POLICEMAN’S DANGEROUS LIFE. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 87, 25 March 1911, Page 1 (Supplement)
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