to Police duties. With the
Carge
armed force of which the Police
consists divided and scattered as it
over the Island and Kowloor Jemiwula in some 15 different stations - it is essential that frequent visits and inspections should be made by the Head
of the Police d the outstations and even detached
posts, as well as in all parts of the town. Without such frequent inspections, experience teaches us that discipline ui outstations will relax and real will evaporate. The Chief of Police therefore should not
of merely his office, attending to office work, looking after details and
restin
iss.
issuing orders from his desk, but should be ready to move
anywhere at all
hives.
scous essential that he should have the assistance of a superion officer who could take his place, carry
to enable him to do this it
ouh
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traordinary
out ordinary
as well as extraor
duties in his absence, and who
should have all the authority
delegated
Looking
d to superior officers by law. at the peculiar positier of
Hongkong
this officer should I – consider reside at Kowloon. The
growing population and importance of this Seninsula, the provincity of the two miles boundary line between British and Chunrese territory,
troubles that ma
may
the-
arise (and have
arisen) as to violations of terris
as well aw
as
quartered
the
large
isarey,
force of Police red in that peninsula, render it most desirable that such superior officer should as a rule reside ni Police quarters at Kowloow, where he could exercise a prompter and more direct control over the Police and Police duties than can be done by the Chief resider
side
of
on this
the Harbour while he would
be