CASUALTIES
44. The services of 155 officers were lost during the year for the
following reasons:
G.O.S
Overseas Insps.
Local
Insps.
N.C.O.S & P.C.S.
Total
Deaths
2
10
12
Desertions
Dismissals
1
1
1
51
52
Retirements
3
5
3
11
Resignations
1
5
1
46
53
Invalidings
1
1
2
Termination of Service
5
1
13
19
Transfers
3
2
5
20
6
125
155
DISCIPLINE
45. 1,916 disciplinary offences were recorded this year, a slight increase over the two previous years.
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
46. The only significant change in Police conditions arising from the acceptance of the Salaries Commission Report, 1959, was the abolition of the grade of Sub-Inspector Class II, leaving a single seventeen point salary scale for Sub-Inspector from $930 to $1,845 a month. Conditions of Service for the Rank of File are outlined in Appendix II.
LENGTH OF SERVICE
47. The total length of service in years and the racial composition of the actual strength of the Force on 31st March, 1960 is shown in the following table:
Rank
20 or over
10-20
3-10
Under 3 Total
Gazetted Officers
26
32
19
2
79
Inspectorate (Overseas)
27
28
162
132
349
Inspectorate (Local)
14
52
96
92
254
Rank and file
Cantonese
182
1,571
2,447
1,538
5,738
Northern Chinese
58
258
189
15
520
Pakistani
14
26
99
3
142
Portuguese
16
16
Women Police
57
117
174
321
1.983
3,069
1,899
7,272
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