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you handle the following cases: (a) A patrolman who is 

 occasionally late for roll call? (b) A patrolman whose 

 post is at Washington Boulevard and Halsted Street 

 on "dog watch," who telephones to you at 2.00 P.M. 

 to say that he is ill and cannot report for duty on that 

 day? (c) A patrolman who reports for duty in an 

 intoxicated condition? (d) A patrolman who complains 

 to you that his post is too difficult for him and who 

 asks you for an easier assignment? 



10. What changes can you suggest in the methods, 

 equipment or organization of the Police Department of 

 the West Park System that would tend to improve the 

 service? 



Educational 



Spelling. I, 2 and 3. The examiner will read twenty 

 words, repeating each twice in succession. Enough time 

 will be allowed between each word to write it. When 

 the list has been completed the entire twenty words 

 will be repeated once. 



English. (To be graded on form, composition, gram- 

 mar and information contained.) 4, 5 and 6. Assume 

 that an automobile carrying four passengers struck an 

 island safety red light at Jackson and Ashland Boule- 

 vards last night, damaging the machine and lamp post 

 and injuring certain of the occupants of the car. Assume 

 further that you were on duty at the time and wit- 

 nessed the accident. Write a report of about one hun- 

 dred words to the captain of police, assuming all other 

 particulars and stating in full what action you took 

 in the matter. Sign the name John Doe to this report. 



Arithmetic. Show all your calculations in full. Full 

 credit will not be given for a correct answer unless all 

 figures are shown. 



7. (a) Subtract 347,892 from 4,782,321. (b) Copy 

 and add the following amounts of money: $21.39, 

 242.59, 132.46, 1,762.00, 93647, i-39, $127-63, 

 92.86. 



8. Multiply 2,037 by 846 and divide the product by 

 291. 



9. If one and one-half per cent of the pay due each 

 member of the Police Department is deducted for pen- 

 sion, what amount should be deducted in each of the 

 following cases: (a) One patrolman, pay due 43? (b) 

 One patrolman, pay due 45? (c) One sergeant, pay 

 due 55? (d) One sergeant, pay due 67.50? 



General Information 



10. (a) What body has power to enact laws or ordi- 

 nances governing the West Park System? (b) What 

 body has power to enact laws or ordinances governing 

 the City of Chicago? (c) What body has power to 

 enact laws or ordinances governing the State of Illi- 

 nois? (d) What body has power to enact laws or ordi- 

 nances governing the United States of America? 



Duties 



I. Give a full and complete statement of what you 

 understand to be the duties of a sergeant of police in 

 .the West Park System. 



2. As a sergeant of police for the West Chicago Park 

 Commissioners what are all the instructions you would 

 give to a newly appointed patrolman when assigned to 

 your division? 



3. A citizen reports to you that his automobile dis- 

 appeared from in front of the Garfield Park conserva- 

 tory, where he had left it while going through the 

 building. Explain fully what would be your course of 

 action and state the steps you would take in order to 

 recover the machine and apprehend the thief. 



4. Write a complete statement of all the means 

 which can be used by a patrol sergeant in order to de- 

 termine whether or not the men under his supervision 

 are performing their duties completely and efficiently. 



5. Name all the circumstances under which it is not 

 unlawful for a police officer to use force or violence on 

 the person of another. 



6. Name all the activities or occurrences in the parks 

 or on the boulevards for which a permit must be ob- 

 tained from the West Chicago Park Commissioners. 



7- What action should be taken by a patrolman who 

 finds an automobile in a park at night without any occu- 

 pants and with no owner in sight? 



8. (a) Locate the following: I. Sheridan Park. 2. 

 Dvorak Park. 3. Harrison Park. 4. Shedds Park. 5. 

 Franklin Park. 



(b) What boulevard route would you recommend to 

 an automobile party that wished to go from Logan 

 Square to the corner of Western Avenue Boulevard 

 and 49th Street in the shortest possible time? 



9. Assume that you are sergeant of the second divi- 

 sion of the police department and that there is to be a 

 public open air band concert in Garfield Park tonight. 

 State fully all the police arrangements that should be 

 made, all the special assignments necessary, and what 

 instructions you would give the patrolman on duty at 

 that time and place. 



10. What is the number of the section of the West 

 Park ordinances under which a prisoner should be 

 "booked" for each of the following offenses: (a) Beg- 

 ging? (b) Intoxication? (c) Indecent exposure? (d) 

 Injury to park property? 



Duties 

 (Another Example of Questions on this Subject) 



1. Define the duties of a sergeant of police of the 

 West Park System. 



2. What are the duties of a sergeant when a patrol- 

 man turns in an accident report? 



3. How would you place your men and what instruc- 

 tions would you give them if you were assigned to take 

 charge of a band concert in a large park on a summer 

 evening with a detail of sixteen patrolmen? 



4. What general instructions and advice would you 

 give a newly appointed patrolman assigned to you for 

 duty? 



5. State all the circumstances under which you would 



