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4.
Recent reports have not shown any further signs of trouble
within the police. The compulsory retirement in April of some 120
police officers under Colonial Regulation 55 has been accepted without
There is now no backlog of cases outstanding from
serious protest.
before the amnesty of last November:
this has removed the main source
The Junior Police Officers'
of uncertainty within the Service.
Association, which was formed following the disturbances in October/
November last year, appears to be concentrating on its primary task of
seeking improvements in its members' working conditions.
It does not
appear to have fallen under the control of the extremists who at one
stage sought to use it as an instrument to defy the authority of the
Government.
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