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Captain Superintendent drew the attention of Coverment either any inadequacy of the force or to the unsuitability of the pre- -nines a a Police Station either frun a defensive or cliuetic
aspect.
His view as expressed to us is that for ordinary purposes the force was adequate; that it was well know that the premises were indefensible against armed attack and that the dis- -position of the force scattered outride at night was due to climatic necessity wid was an arrangement of several years dura- -tion which was known to and acquiesced in by Goverment; and further that he nover anticipated any attack on the force.
In other words that whilst in ordinary circumstances
il every thing would work as it had done, satisfactory, nothing, within the scope of practical arrangements, would have been of any use in extraordinary circumstances (such as this raid) given the force and buildings as provided: il consequently that as things were it Mattered very little where the Police clept or where the arms and valuables were kept.
Your Committee if of the opinion that this urip- -went is not really a sound one and considers that even assuming
that it was known to the Covernment that the disposition of the
Tolice Force van as it was (a fact which is not clearly show) it may well be regarded as part of the duty of the Captain Superintend
-ent to survey the situation of the Force and of the Folice build-
-ings wita & grusy of their deficiencies and to make and urge
desirable recommendations as to their both being placed on a
proper basis. Had this been done the Captain Superintendent would
have been able to excuse himself completely from any responsibility
for the events which have ccurred.
13. Conclusion -
Iour Committee considers that the Captain Duperin-
-tendent ras aware that the station was not at all satisfactory from any point of view; that he did not anticipate or conceive the possibility of any armed attack and that consequently not anti-
-cipating