181. During the year the Force operated the following vehicles:
52- Heavy General Purpose
38 Medium General Purpose
5
9
127
འསེས་
24
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Light General Purpose
Armoured Cars
Patrol Wagons
- Land Rovers
Saloon Cars
4- Mobile Canteens
2 Water Carriers
3- Mobile Command Vehicles
1
24
1- Dog Van
Riot Water Tanker
Motorcycle Combinations
77 Motorcycles Solo
182. Force vehicles were involved in two hundred and fifteen accidents leading to repairs costing $19,363 excluding supervision charges. Force vehicles ran 4,048,048 miles giving an average figure of 18,828 miles per accident.
THE AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE
183. The Auxiliary Police Force is commanded by the Commis- sioner, and at the end of the year consisted of a Commandant, Deputy Commandant, 18 Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents, 92 Inspectorate officers and 1,234 Rank and File.
184. The Commandant (Auxiliaries), the Honourable Sir Michael TURNER, C.B.E., left the Colony in March 1962 and was succeeded by the Honourable J. D. CLAGUE, C.B.E., M.C., T.D.
185. In June 1961 Government suspended the Compulsory Service Ordinance and service in all the Auxiliary Defence Units in the Colony, including the Auxiliary Police Force, became voluntary. The majority of Auxiliary Police personnel have continued to serve in the Force as volunteers and there has been no lack of new applications for member- ship. Many of these applicants did not however attain the high standard of selection and only a small percentage of them were finally enrolled. By the end of the year 102 Auxiliary Constables had been recruited.
186. The duties of the Auxiliary Force, which is trained to augment and to be integrated into the regular police during times of emergency, are varied and in some cases unique. For example the Helicopter Observer Unit has no counterpart in the regular force, and the training of this Unit is done by the Auxiliaries themselves with the assistance
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