119. Standard by which officers will be judged. [§ 12, Act V, 1861].
- The successful detection of such crime as the police cannot or do not prevent is also of the greatest importance. But officer will be judged not by his percentage of successes in the investigation and prosecution of offences, which is to some extent a matter of fortune, but by his display of method and intelligence in detection, his general efficiency and keenness, his management of his subordinates, and above all by his knowledge and control of the local charge committed to him.
