Excerpt from The Methods of the Indian Police in the 20th Century The Commission regret to have to report that they have the strongest evidence of the corruption and inefficiency of the great mass of investigating officers of higher grades. The forms of this corruption are very numerous. It manifests itself in every stage of the work of the police station. The police officer may levy a fee or receive a present for every duty he performs. More money is extorted as the investigation proceeds. The station-house officer will sometimes hush up a case in payment of his terms. He will receive presents from their parties and their witnesses: he will levy illicit fees from shop keepers and others for services rendered, or to obviate vexatious espionage. The illicit gains in some police stations in Bengal in connection with alluvial lands are almost incredible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.