PERSONNEL
Establishment, Strength and Recruitment
The establishment of the Force at the end of the year was 18,579 police officers and 3,639 civilian staff, compared with 17,124 and 3,332 at the end of 1976. This represented increases of 8.5 per cent and 9.2 per cent respectively. Strength at the end of the year was 17,602 police officers and 3,217 civilian staff against 16,257 and 3,066 at the end of 1976.
The establishment of the Force represents a ratio of one police officer to every 240 population compared with police forces in Tokyo and London:
Force
Tokyo (1976)
London Metropolitan (1976)
Population Police
11,675,852 40,655
7,509,000 26,628
Ratio
1:287
1:282
The size of the Force establishment is monitored by the Force Establishment Committee which recommends varia- tions to the Government Secretariat, including proposals for civilianisation. The Force establishment is currently the subject of a comprehensive review.
Comparable establishment and strength figures for police officers for the last three years are:
Death Dismissal Retirement Resignation
Invaliding Termination of
service Transfer
Over-
NCOs
Senior
seas
Local
and
Officers
Insp.
Insp.
PC's
Total
2
29
35
61
69
393
412
35
17
350
403
5
12
84
101
7
10
10
66
37
929
1,042
15
22
The more extensive deployment of women police follow- ing the integration of male and female establishments in 1974 continued. At the end of 1977, woman officers filled 9.89 per cent of the Force strength. They performed, in the main, identical duties to those of their male counter- parts, including command of CID units, command of sub- divisions and senior staff appointments.
Promotion, Advancement, Retirements and Awards The following changes occurred in the senior ranks of the Force:
Name
Mr D. E. W. O'Brien Mr A. E. Shave
Retirements Rank
Chief Superintendent Senior Assistant
Commissioner
Assistant Commissioner Chief Superintendent
Date
10.5.77
19.7.77
1975
1976
1977
Mr E. P. Grace Mr P. Jackson
1.9.77
20.10.77
Estab. Str. Estab.
Str. Estab.
Str.
Gazetted
Officers
Mr R. E. Quine Mr P. J. Clancy Mr E. Blackburn
Promotions Assistant Commissioner
24.3.77
Assistant Commissioner Assistant Commissioner
24.3.77
24.3.77
228
Inspectorate Officers
Rank and File
208 196 224 209 233
1,286 1,161 1,419 1,278 1,576 1,497
14,683* 13,708 15,481*14,747 16,770 15,877
16,177 15,065 17,124 16,234 18,579 17,602
* Including posts under civilianisation experiment.
Of the 299 Inspectors recruited during 1977, 106 were locally recruited, including 24 women; 193 were recruited overseas, including 13 women; and 42 were promoted from the Rank and File including three women. The majority of overseas officers were recruited from the United Kingdom, but 15 were from Australia and New Zealand.
Of the 1,794 constables who entered the Police Training School, 120 were former Cadets. The age range of recruits was: Inspectorate rank, from 18 to 31 with an average age of 224; and Constable rank, from 174 to 28 with an average age of 21.
The services of 1,042 police officers (5.9 per cent of the strength) were lost during the year. Resignations increased by 18.87 per cent compared with 1976. In the case of Constables, most resignations occur within the first three years of service. The wastage is illustrated in the following table:
In addition, three Senior Superintendents were promoted to Chief Superintendents, 30 Superintendents to Senior Superintendent, 28 Chief Inspectors to Superintendent, 68 Senior Inspectors to Chief Inspector, and 42 members of the Rank and File to Inspector. 108 Sergeants were promoted to Station Sergeant and 321 Constables to Sergeant.
MBE
QPM
CPM
BEM
Honours and Awards
Gazetted Inspec- Officer torate
1
Rank
and
File Civilian
0
2
Queen's Commendation for
Brave Conduct
CPLSM
CPLSM (1st Clasp)
CPLSM (2nd Clasp) Governor's Commendation CP's Commendation
Training and Development
ONUNNO
Sunão
22
15
287
17
384
5
58
5
0
20
27
Training and development continue to feature prominently and every assistance and incentive is provided in order that all officers may achieve their full potential. Training starts immediately on entering the Force (before in the
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