No person not a matron of the House of Detention shall enter or remain behind the desk, except that for proper business purposes such person may be admitted by the matron in charge or by the chief matron or the assistant chief matron.

No person shall be allowed to visit the cells or dormitories without permission of the matron in charge, except on a written order from the commissioner, the superintendent, a deputy superintendent or the chief inspector; and, if a male person, only in company with a matron.

9. Cells and dormitories shall be kept clean and well ventilated. Doors of cells and rooms in which prisoners are confined shall be carefully locked and bolted, and the keys kept in the office.

10. Rules relating to the city prison, to station houses and to prisoners shall be observed and enforced in so far as the same are applicable.

RULE 21.— STATION HOUSE MATRONS.

1. Police matrons, to be appointed by the commissioner in connection with Divisions 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18, shall live within a reasonable distance of the station houses to which they are respectively attached, and shall hold themselves in readiness to respond to any call therefrom at any hour of the day or night.

2. They shall have the entire care and charge of women held under arrest in the station houses to which they are attached, but may at any time call upon the officer in command of such station for assistance.

3. They shall be controlled in the treatment of prisoners by the rules relating to women and in so far as they are applicable by those relating to men.

4. They shall not be subject to the control or direction of any police officer attached to a station except the officer in command thereof at the time.

5. They shall remain constantly at the station houses so long as any woman is detained or held under arrest therein.

RULE 22.- DIVISION COMMANDERS.

1. An officer assigned to the command of a division may be known for convenience, in rules and orders, as a "Division Commander." Otherwise he shall sign and shall be addressed under his official title.

2. To each division shall be assigned, in addition to the commander, such number of lieutenants, sergeants and patrolmen as from time to time the commissioner shall deem to be necessary, having due regard for the needs of the entire city and the manifold duties of the department as a whole. With the force so assigned, it shall be the duty of a division commander to perform to the best of his ability the police work of the division. If requested by citizens to make permanent assignments of additional patrolmen to particular localities and such assignments are either contrary to his judgment or beyond the strength of his force, he is not to refer the citizens to headquarters. All requests and representations concerning such matters should come from him, not from persons outside the department acting on his suggestion.

3. A division commander, subject to the orders of his superiors in command and to the rules of the department, shall have control of all members of the force attached to his division; and, with the approval of the superintendent, he may make minor rules for their conduct and for the use of the station house.

4. He shall be diligent in enforcing the statutes of the Commonwealth, the ordinances of the city, rules and regulations having the force of law, and the rules and orders of the department, paying special attention to the regulation of the liquor traffic and the suppression of gambling, prostitution and vice of every kind.

5. He shall be held strictly responsible for the preservation of the public peace in his division, and for that purpose may station the men under his command in such parts of the division, and assign them to such duties,

as he may deem expedient, under the supervision of the superintendent and in accordance with the rules of the department.

6. In case of riot or sudden emergency in his division, he shall forthwith proceed to the scene of disturbance with all the force he can muster, and be vigilant in suppressing the disorder. Should he have any doubt of his ability to preserve the peace, or to restore order, he shall immediately send notice to headquarters.

7. He shall receive into his custody, and safely keep, all persons arrested in his division for any offence, and shall, before the opening of the next session of the municipal court, unless they be otherwise lawfully disposed of, cause them to be conveyed to the city prison or other authorized place of detention, there to await the action of the appropriate court. He shall be held responsible for the escape of any prisoner from the station house under his command.

8. When a person has been found guilty of keeping a place resorted to for prostitution, lewdness, illegal gaming, unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor, or for keeping and maintaining a common nuisance in his division, it shall be the duty of the division commander to notify promptly the owner of the premises, on which the offence was committed, by filling out a blank furnished for the purpose and causing it to be delivered to him.

9. A division commander, in addition to his duties under the statutes, the ordinances and the rules and orders of the police department, shall have general police supervision over all persons holding licenses or permits issued by the police commissioner, the licensing board or any municipal officer, board or commission. He shall make reports when called upon so to do preliminary to the issuance of such licenses or permits. In cases of violation of law or of the conditions of a license or a permit, he shall either cause the offender to be prosecuted or report the facts in writing to the

superintendent, and when a prosecution has been made he shall make a written report thereon.

No applications are to be received by the police for licenses which are issued by the licensing board. Persons applying at stations for such licenses shall be referred to the office of the licensing board. Division commanders and other officers of rank will be careful in dealing with persons who call upon them for approval before applying for licenses upon which the police department must afterwards give official judgment. Whether a license is to be given by the police commissioner or by any other official or official body under police advice, the first proper step is to file a formal application in the appropriate office. When that application reaches a commanding officer, it becomes his duty for the first time to express a free and deliberate opinion; and from that opinion he should not afterwards be moved by persuasion or any influence other than better information or an honest change in his own judgment.

The suggestion as to dealing with persons before they have made their applications is not a precise rule but a warning to be careful of creating complications.

10. A division commander shall visit all parts of his division as often as once each week, noting the condition of the streets, sidewalks, street lights, etc., obstructions, nuisances and noncompliances with the city ordinances, and all other matters requiring the attention of the police. He shall report to the superintendent all cases of contagious disease, and any negligence which may expose the city to danger by fire, and all matters which require the attention of city departments.

11. He shall, with the approval of the superintendent, establish in his division routes for day, and also for night, so arranged that the whole territory shall be covered at all times by men on duty, each man being placed, as far as practicable, where he will be most useful and efficient, and he shall designate relieving posts for each route; but no patrolman shall be assigned per

manently to the route on which he lives without the approval of the superintendent. When two or more patrolmen are required to report at the same signal box, division commanders shall so arrange that not more than one patrolman shall be at a particular box at a given time.

12. He shall keep himself informed as to political and other meetings and similar occasions likely to attract large numbers of persons at particular places in his division, and when necessary in his judgment or when so ordered by the superintendent shall send thereto sufficient men to assure order.

13. He may detail men of his command for the performance of special duty on the division, either in uniform or plain clothes; provided, however, that such detail shall not continue for a longer period than three days without the approval of the superintendent.

14. He shall be responsible for the proper keeping of the records and accounts of his division, and for the accuracy of the time rolls; and shall be accountable for all property and money received in his official capacity. 15. He shall make the following regular reports on blanks furnished for the purpose:

Daily.- Morning report of arrests and all matters of importance occurring on the division during the twentyfour hours ending at 8 o'clock A.M.

Monthly. Classified report of arrests for the preceding month. Names of absentees. Names of officers who have performed meritorious services or have been reprimanded or cautioned. Ambulance service. Number of prisoners transported in prison vans. Physicians' services to prisoners. Carriage hire. Gas consumed. Quarterly. Miscellaneous work. Disposition of cases. Semi-annual.- Property report. Special. Arrests for violation of liquor law, liquor seizures, gambling raids, house of ill-fame prosecutions, condition of horses, sick investigations; also such special reports as may be called for from time to time. When