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Before it could be used with profit, the Police would
need to be satisfied of the likelihood of such a
Commission being able to elicit worthwhile information from witnesses brought before it. This stage has not
yet been reached.
42.
Another possibility would be detention without trial. There are, however, strong legal and other arguments against this: in normal times, it could only be considered as a last resort, and would be
objectionable even then. It should not be pursued
at present.
(e) Police Anti-Vice Squads.
43.
Each Police District maintains a District
Anti-Vice Squad and each Police Division operates a Divisional Anti-Vice Squad. Probationary Inspectors under continuation training after leaving the Police Training School are also formed into an anti-vice squad under the direct control of the Operations Ving of Police Headquarters. These squads are concerned with vice in any form, not just with detecting dangerous drug crimes. And in addition to these squads, men on ordinary beat and patrol duties take action against vice on the street, such as soliciting for immoral purposes, gambling, heroin peddling and smoking. Despite all this, and despite the fact that it resulted in some 17,000 persons being arrested for dangerous drug offences during 1972,
the amount of activity against dangerous drugs at street level in Police Districts and Divisions, and thus the
volume of arrests, is limited by the manpower available
to the Police.
44.
Whilst the fundamental problems remain those of detecting the import of narcotics by the main syndicates and of securing deterrent sentences from the Courts for those who engage in the trade for profit, divan keepers and street traffickers must continue to be subjected to
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