Show j I I r. r Public Appreciation 1 14 I 4 S 4 service m ma may S i have its com compensations compensations ensa- ensa E but general public appreciation is isone f one one of them Our people are quick to the public who vho ho goes wrong slow to commend or reward the one ohe one who t p distinctive service Ce In view of this k S ude it if 48 s not surprising to find public of- of of-I of I c ers cers is sometimes wave wavering ng in their duty and opting the easiest way war I 1 In ln the enforcement of the laws of the land ewe r Cas vas as a people are arc inclined to shift I S ty- ty The laws S under which we live areS are S posed to have our earnest and consistent pp port rt And yet et we conclude that our ta task a k I fended ended when we have emp employed oyed police of- of li ers to enforce them Many of our people I m ij that they natural are enemies of th the guars guar guar- i mn tabs k s of the law Jaw refusing to give police om- om s st information nf i if indeed they i j do til not nat actu actu- I s one who has violated th the law Jaw Our p r public seems to have n C Cs s sense se of honDr hon hon- Dr which may mayor or may not be falsely Jy taken fJ J the tell tell-t tell tale is is beneath the respect of the I lie UC So it is that many of our people reit rc- rc it to cooperate with the police from the p i t of motives but what s the result re-I re 1 1 I this course is not calculated ed to inas in- in ct as respect for the law taw 1 Vit t people do not seem to realize that Ii he laws arc are not the laws of f a set of police juicers or ort the edicts of executives but r rather ther I laws of f the h people Each h legal lega E nn n oUe e. e against the dignity ity- ity of the I L. L 1 i 1 f i I fr c Io I 1 t A When the respect respectable ble citizen refuses to w work rk with the police for fear of becoming an object object ob ob- ob of he chooses a t doubtful course True he cannot be accused of being a police aide but he can be accused of a graver offense of of- that that of compromising his respectability with those who break and defy the law that respectability has established Laws cannot endure when they are contrary to public senti senti- ment They cannot be fully enforced when public support of official effort is lax or un- un apprecIative t |