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cused was in another place when the crime was com- 

 mitted. 



8. Q. Under what circumstances may a policeman 

 refuse to issue a summons for traffic violation, and take 

 offender to station instead? A. When the offender is 

 guilty of disorderly conduct or cannot properly identify 

 himself, or when he is guilty of a serious crime, such 

 as seriously injuring some person through reckless 

 driving or when intoxicated while driving or in charge 

 of a vehicle. 



9. Q. If party or parties are about to start work or 

 construct anything on boulevards under the jurisdiction 

 of the West Chicago Park Commissioners, what are 

 the duties of the police officer? A. To see that they 

 have the proper permit issued, and signed by secretary. 



10. Q. If any person attempted to erect any build- 

 ing without such permit, what should the officer do? 

 A. He should immediately prevent such persons from 

 erecting any building without such permit or from con- 

 tinuing with such work. 



Fifth Series of Questions and Answers 



1. Q. In making an arrest of a licensed chauffeur, 

 what information should you procure from him before 

 giving him a summons? A. Name and address, state 

 license, vehicle tax, married or single, age, nationality 

 and chauffeur's license number. 



2. Q. Why is it necessary to procure chauffeur's 

 license number? A. Because in many cases two and 

 three parties own and operate same vehicle, and when 

 party to whom arrest-slip is given fails to appear 

 in court warrant officer is handicapped in not hav- 

 ing chauffeur's license number for which warrant is 

 issued. This has happened several times. Warrant 

 officer would be talking to the party wanted, and said 

 party would say, "It is not I, it is my partner you 

 want, and he is working nights," and arrests cannot 

 be made on a warrant unless you are sure you have 

 the party named on warrant. If the warrant officer 

 had chauffeur's license number he could see by said 

 number on party's badge if he was talking to right 

 party. 



3. Q. When is an officer justified in using force? A. 

 When the occasion requires it he must act with energy 

 and firmness, avoiding the use of revolver and baton 

 except in extreme cases. Section 299, Chapter 45, 

 Criminal Code: If an officer or private person attempt 

 to take a person charged with treason, murder, rape, 

 burglary, robbery, arson, perjury, forgery, counter- 

 feiting or other felony, and he is resisted in the endeavor 

 to take the person accused, and to prevent the escape 

 of the accused by reason of such resistance he be killed, 

 the officer or private person so killing shall be justified 

 provided that such officer or private person, previous 

 to such killing, shall have used all reasonable efforts to 

 take the accused without success, and that from all 

 probability there was no prospect of being able to pre- 



vent injury from such resistance, and the consequent 

 escape of such accused person. 



4. Q. If the occasion arises whereby an officer is 

 compelled to shoot at a fleeing person who has com- 

 mitted a felony, in what position should he take aim? 

 A. Never shoot while running, halt and take aim; be 

 sure no other person is between you and the fleeing 

 felon, or in case you miss the felon that your shot does 

 not strike some innocent person, always firing a couple 

 of shots for warning before aiming at felon. 



5. Q. An officer witnesses a misdemeanor on a cer- 

 tain date, but does not make an arrest. Several hours 

 afterwards, however, he does arrest the guilty person 

 without having a warrant. Is such an arrest permis- 

 sible? A. If the officer deliberately neglected to make 

 the arrest at the time he witnessed the misdemeanor 

 he would not be justified in making the arrest. Arrest 

 for misdemeanor must be made on view, or with a 

 warrant, or on the immediate pursuit of a person, who 

 has committed a misdemeanor in the officer's presence. 



6. Q. Define evidence. A. All means by which any 

 alleged matter of fact, the truth of which is submitted 

 to investigation, is established or disapproved. 



7. Q. (a) Give an illustration of direct evidence, (b) 

 Give an illustration of circumstantial evidence. A. If 

 John Smith is accused of killing a man, and you testify 

 you saw him leave the house with blood on his hands 

 and the body of the deceased is found in the house 

 shortly afterwards, that is circumstantial evidence. 



8. Q. Define rape. A. Rape is the carnal knowledge 

 of a female forcibly and against her will. Every male 

 person of the age of seventeen years and upward who 

 shall have carnal knowledge of any female person under 

 the age of sixteen years, and not his wife, either with 

 or without her consent, shall be adjudged to be guilty 

 of the crime of rape, provided that in case said parties 

 shall be legally married to each other before conviction, 

 any legal proceedings shall abate, and provided that 

 every male person of the age of sixteen years and up- 

 ward who shall have carnal knowledge of a female 

 forcibly and against her will shall be guilty of the crime 

 of rape. 



9. Q. Is an officer permitted to ride upon vehicle 

 upon the driveways of the parks or boulevards while 

 on duty? A. No, he is not, except when so ordered or 

 when it is absolutely necessary to properly perform his 

 duties. 



10. Q. Should an officer observe anything in parks 

 or boulevards liable to be dangerous or a public incon- 

 venience, should he have same removed? A. If it is 

 impossible for him to remove same, he should report 

 the matter promptly to the captain's office. 



Sixth Series of Questions and Answers 

 i. Q. Name some useful rules for an officer to follow 

 when making an arrest. A. Do not punish for crime; 

 that is the function of the judiciary. If a prisoner calls 



