A COP’S LIFE IS

POLICEMAN’S JOB is a rather
A thankless one. He’s the most
ridiculed man in the public’s

service ... but as soon as Mr. and Mrs.
Citizen have troubles they turn to the
“man in blue’—the same man they
were criticising yesterday for trying to
get a decent living wage in these times
of high costs—and mighty thankful
he is there at their beck and call in
times of stress to check on their com-
plaint whether major or minor.

The policeman is the man citizens
always find ready to help them every
minute of the 24-hour day. His job
is mostly the woes of the public but
now and then there is a little brighten-
ing feature that gives the “cop” a
little chuckle out of his work.

Talking about the more humorous
side of a cop’s life, there was the case
recently in Victoria of the Indian girl
who got drunk so often in public she
became one of Magistrate Henry C.
Hall’s “problem children” in city
police court.

Finally little Edna got married.
Magistrate Hall and policemen to-

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TWENTY-THIRD EDITION

FAR FROM DULL

Police Reporter Roy (Cap) Thorsen

takes Shoulder Strap readers

along on his beat.

gether breathed a sigh of relief,
figuring the “problem” was now
solved.

It was for a few months. But Edna
finally got “itchy feet’; wanted to be
on the move again. It appears that
her hubby, in an effort to keep her
in her Duncan reservation home, hid
her shoes.

Shoes didn’t mean a thing to Edna
once she decided she wanted to go
out on a spree. She hiked barefoot
three miles to her uncle’s shack (pro-
curing a bottle of whiskey en route),
took his shoes and then headed for
Victoria by bus. When she got to
Victoria the bottle was empty and
Edna was full. Constable Ray Mait-
land helped her (literally carried her)
to the city jail. Because she had been
“good” for so long Magistrate Hall
only gave her the usual “$10 or three
days” and after she’d served that the
police sent her back to be disciplined
by her husband.

(By the way, she hasn’t been back
since—and that’s two months since
she appeared.)

The following 24-hour day reading
of the Victoria City Police “blotter”
gives a fair example of the everyday
routine of the policemen in answering
the appeals of the public. It includes
a lot of things, but not murder—
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and-out murder in the post-war
period.

I picked an average day closest to
the time this was written—May 29—
to show the work of the city police
during a 24-hour period. It’s May 26,
3:15 p.m.

A father reports that on May 22
his eight-year-old daughter, playing
outside his Blackwood Street home,
was urged by a white man in a truck
to get in with him. She was offered
25 cents if she would let him play
with her. Girl could give no further
description other than that the man
was white.

Saanich police report boy previously
reported missing from their territory
has been found.

Constable Barrie English request-
ing a prowler car to take home girl
he has found who was previously re-
ported missing.

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