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DOING SO, OR CONTINUE TO DOMINATE LAWFUL AUTHORITY BY MEANS OF PRESSURES, SHOULD REMAIN IN THE FORCE, AND BE PAID BY THE PUBLICA IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES POWERS AVAILABLE ARE TOO SLOW AND FONDEROUS, HON. MEMBERS WILL THEREFORE BE INVITED THIS AFTERNOON TO AMEND THE POLICE FORCE ORDINANCE TO GRANT POWERS OF SUMMARY
DISMISSAL.
13. VERY MUCH HOPE IT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TO USE THESE
FOWERS. I HOPE, AS I SAY, THAT WISER COUNSELS WILL PREVAIL AND
THAT THE DIALOGUE PROCEEDING WILL CONTINUE. I CAN ALSO ASSURE ALL
CONCERNED THAT THESE POWERS WILL NOT BE USED IN RESPECT OF
ANYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR AND THEY WILL NOT LIGHTLY BE
USED IN THE FUTURE.
14. I AM GLAD TO SAY IN CONCLUSION THAT A MEETING WAS HELD BETWEEN
THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE VARIOUS POLICE ASSOCIATIONS DURING MOST OF TODAY. THE MEETING
AGREED THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHOULD ISSUE A STATEMENT THAT
WILL BE MADE SHORTLY, RECORDING A PLEDGE OF FULL LOYALTY
TO THE COMMISSIONER AND A PLEDGE THAT IN FUTURE ALL ISSUES WOULD
BE PURSUED THROUGH ESTABLISHED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANNELS, AND BY NO OTHER MEANS, AND CERTAINLY NOT BY THE PROCESS OF ANY PROTEST
PUBLIC GATHERINGS.
15. AS I HAVE ONLY JUST HEARD THIS STATEMENT I AM UNABLE TO
COMMENT ON IT, BUT I FEEL IT RIGHT THAT HON. MEMBERS SHOULD KNOW OF IT BEFORE PASSING TO THE BILL BEFORE THEM. I STILL THINK THAT THE POWERS THAT THE AMENDEMENT WILL CONFER ARE DESIRABLE, THOUGH THE OUTCOME OF THIS MEETING DOES OFFER ADDITIONAL HOPE THAT
THEY WILL NOT NEED TO BE USED.
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