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The number of Commissioned Officers in
the Police Force is so small, especially in view of the fact that the Captain Superintendent of Police has hitherto been
and no doubt will as often as not in the future be a Cadet
Officer, that I think this is eminently a case where it is desirable to avoid stagnation and inequalities of promotion.
If the Captain Superintendent of Police is not a Cadet
Officer, I would pay him at the rate suggested for Class I
(if retained) of the Cadet Service i.e. 12,000 - $500
$15,000. For the Assistants I strongly recommand a systam
of continuous ingrements such as I have suggested for the
Cadet Service, As Police Probationers are some years younger
than Cadets I would start on a lower scale. A Probationer
should, I think, receive 83,000 and on passing his examina- -tions he should draw 83,500 rising by $250 annually to 88,000 and thence by 8500 annually to 11,000.
If the proposal for continuous incre- -ments is not accepted I would propose that the Deputy Superintendent of Police should be paid the salary of Class II of the Cadet Service and the Assistant Superintendents salaries rising from the minimum of Class IV to the maximum of Class III La 85,000 - 8250 - 88,000. The slowess of promotion which must be anticipated is the justification for the high minimum suggested.
I concur in Mr. Severn's suggestion as
to the Station Engineer (i.e. a salary of £3,500 rising by $100 annually to 84,500).
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In the case of the lower ranks of the European Police Force I find myself unable to agree with the recommendations in the report, as I do not think that the Commissioners have appreciated the extent to which the emoluments of the men would be affected by the abolition of the allowances, to which they refer. I agree that
those
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