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Trinidad Police Force was, and I say is, included is 

 fully exemplified in Mr. Lovesy's address. 



Sir Conan Doyle writing of what he calls the 



Heroism of the Police. 



says : — 



" It takes courage to plunge into the boiling surf 

 and to carry the rope to the breaking vessel. It takes 

 courage to spring from the ship 's side and support 

 the struggling swimmer, and never know the moment 

 at which a flickering shadow may appear in the deep 

 green water, and the tiger of the deep turn the white 

 belly upwards as it dashes at his prey. There is 

 courage in the infantry man who takes a sturdy grip 

 of his rifle and plants his feet firmly as he sees the 

 lancers sweeping down on his comrades and himself. 

 There is courage in the soldier who in retreat sees a 

 wounded comrade left behind, whose fate, if left 

 there, would be certain death, rushes to his rescue 

 and bears him aloft into safety. 



" But with all these types of bravery there is 

 none to compare with that of the homely constable 

 when he finds on a dark tempestuous night that a 

 door on his beat is ajar, and listening below, learns 

 that the time has come to show the manhood that is 

 in him. He must be prepared to fight odds in the 

 dark. He must single-handed, cage up desperate 

 men like rats in a hole. He must oppose his simple 

 weapon to the six-shooter and the life-preserver — life 

 destroyer would be more appropriate. All these 

 thoughts, and the remembrance of his wife and chil- 



