TKINIDAD : THEN AND NOW. 



jurors, I say do your duty and you may rely upon it 

 that the Police will do theirs. I remember the time 

 when the Police were almost in dread — tin conse- 

 quence of the abuse they received — of bringing 

 any criminal to justice. Happily this is changed 

 but unfortunately the temerity of jurors, or, call it 

 by what other name you will, is still the same, in fact, 

 I am almost inclined to say that in this respect Trini- 

 dad has not only not improved but that it is worse 

 Now than it was Then. 



Amongst the many assertions made by jurors 

 and others against the police ds " he exaggerated 

 the case so as to gain the praise of his superiors." My 

 dear critic, you don't know what you are talking 

 about ; how do you know that success invariably 

 gains the praise of superiors ? In some cases it no 

 doubt does but in many others it has the reverse 

 effect. Did you ever hear of a malady called 

 jealousy ? If you did, then in no place is it more 

 frequently displayed than by superiors in Police 

 Forces towards inferiors who are successful in the 

 detection of crime ; the superior often looks upon it 

 as a reflection upon his inferior intelligence and many 

 cannot bear to hear a word of commendation spoken 

 in favour of a subordinate. I who know it, assert it, 

 it is not always pleasant to be more clever than 

 your quasi superior. 



There is also a tendency an every community to 

 underrate the importance of the police, and every 

 place where there is a police force, this, so far as the 



