Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-02-10 | Page 40 | Traffic Cop's Job Difficult

TRAFFIC COPS COP'S JOB DIFFICULT T President Greer Calls At- At Attention Attention At Attention to Need of Quick Decision Pity the tile poor traffic cop COI writes I Erwin Greer president ot of the tho Greer College of oC o Automotive Engineering In Chicago ITo I 1 li alone on tho the street corners cor- cor corners cor corners ners things Ito ato o happening allaround all 1111 allaround around him an excited cro crowd d 1 I is gathering Catherine people piopio are ar talking loud and all Is I contusion lie must de- de decide de-cida de clde cide Instantly and take immediate action for delay nay may mean an ir- ir irremediable Ir Irremediable remediable error a life liCe may be bO in- in indirectly In Indirectly directly at stake take All the tho cops cop s knowledge kno of or all nil the lam 10 must munt lie be beon beon on automatic tap lead cad to be he ap- ap applied ap applied plied unerringly upon an Instant instants notice Sl And If It he h makes a mistake e woe betide him for tor he ho Is between bet een the thede de devil 11 II and the deep dep blue sea sei If IC he hetal tal takes es a a person Into custody wrong wrong- rong- rong fully rully wrongfully he h subjects himself to a per per- per personal perI suit for tor cl dill II damages dimare yet let lt It If Ithe Ith he falls to take tae a person peron Into cus- cus cus tody custody he ho may render himself to departmental discipline and per per- per hap haps perhaps dismissal for tor having hating ha Ing failed to toI take proper police action The rhe I e odds dds ore are all against him and aid nil all allI I with Ith the judge yet set ot wo we seldom cite cle cops when taken hen they snake make the tho same I kind of error The Th The traffic man Is expected not note e only to enforce the regulations up- up upon upon up upon on the roughest most mot reckless specimens who I ho ma may be b driving along the street and enforce them strongly and effectively but he ho 1 I expected also ier er likely within the ne next neat t few seconds tenderly and ands andI I I courteously to help a feeble old lady lad across the tho street stroet It Is in as asking a 8 great deal of or human nature to adjust adut to such uch changes quickly In In this duty ot or law enforce enforce- enforcement ment the cop Is I In a B Bery tery ery real sense sensa It a judge lie has to deride d whether er r or not a It 11 law Is violated and therefore whether he should take tak official action Pity the poor traffic traffic fic tic cop