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DRY ISSUE IS NOT DOMINANT, POLICE LEARNClerk Trull of District Court, Opening; School for Bluecoats, Says Law's First Consideration Should Be for the Home.SOCIAL PROBLEM MOSTIMPORTANT BY FAR,160 Officers Are Told New ; Drunken Driver Law Will Test Their Judgment—Speaker Makes Plea for Modern j Police Building Here.The social problem, involving: the ■ American home. Is a far greater one I in this country today than i9 the ISth 1 amendment.” declared Clerk Edward | W. Trull of the District court in a ; talk that opened the Lowell police school yesterday afternoon in the police building, Market street. .New Law Preeente Problem.Clerk Trull dealt at length with the new drunken driver law. which allows an officer to arrest without a warrant a person who has violated this law'. The officer in this case, he said, will be faced with a difficult problem, as he will not only bo called upon to judge of a person’s drunken condition, but also if ho is under the influence of liquor. It is easy to j v know .when a man is really drunk. , To determine the degree by which a j j, person may be regarded as under the influence of intoxicating liquor Is a matter of great difficulty, the speaker said.! In the course of his talk, Clerk ; Trull warmly advocated a new po-.! lice building for Lowell, a building J having modern equipment for the J handling of police business and the . proper care of prisoners..! The school was attended yesterday 3 j by 160 officers, members of variousj' shifts and various divisions of the. I Police department.► I Clerk Trull was introduced by Su-j perintendent of Police Hugh Downey, who explained the purpose of the 11 school. The talk was followed by a .: discussion, during which questions pertaining to police work were asked. Hopes for New Building.Clerk Trull, In opening his talk, stated that in the 40 years of his connection with the local District court there had been many chances. Justices, clerks and probation officers who were with the court when he first became identified with it, he said, had now passed away.It ha* been one great ambition with me!” he said, to see in Lowell a new’ building dedicated to public service, for the conduct of police business. Lowell has many friends; there are many who love the city. So to what better use could they devote money than that of having a I modern police building, one that I Lowell might look upon with pride?I It means much to have a well po-I llced city. Such a city is one that i has a well equipped Police department, regulated by laws as organized [ by the administration, j Relative to the police officer, one asset which is being laid great stressCONTINUED ON PAGE SIXcntbCcblla:ficwi
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Lowell Courier-Citizen
Lowell, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Feb 20, 1930
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