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3. (vi) Under this arrangement each Gazetted Officer will have a single branch of Police work for which he will be responsible and to which he can give full attention. The existing system taking each new police duty that has arisen during the course of t le and dividing that duty territorially into several pieces and then adding each piece to the General load of duties of the officer on the spot, is one way out of asking for an increased staff of officers to meet the extra duties which have arisen but it ensures that the duties cannot be properly performed. I now ask that the necessary steps taken to secure an addition of 2 Assistant Superintendents to the approved establishment of Gazetted Officers. The appointment of an extra Deputy Commissioner has been referred to the Secretary of State in C.S.0.298/. 49/6251/40
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Temporary Measures Recommended.
Since new gazetted officers cannot he appointed in a hurry and when appointed will not be available until after 2 years training. I propose to select the following officers from the European Contingent and to place them in charge of the duties shown opposite their names:-
Inspector A. L. Hopkins.
Inspector L. R. Whant
As officer in charge of Traffic for the Colony. His immediate and principal duty will be to bring Traffic Regulations up to date and to start on a long term traffic plan for Hong Kong and Kowloon cities.
To take immediate charge of the Water Police and Waterfront Searchers. This is a big hole in our defences. Inspector Whant's immediate and principal duty will be to stop this hole and to cure the corruption among the Water Police and Waterfront searchers.
These two officers, if satisfactory, would be considered for promotion to A. S. P. when the two new appointments are approved. They have been selected after consultation with my senior officers who unanimously agree that these selections are in every way suitable.
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General Remarks.
(a) We have recently suffered heavy casualties in senior officers at a time when we can least afford them. Mr. King and Mr. Perdue, the two most senior and experienced officers in the Force have recently left us. My next senior officer, Mr. Scott, has ten years less experience than Mr. Perdue. My other senior officers have of course less than Mr. Scott. Mr. Sparrow who is next senior to Mr. Scott is engaged entirely on duties connected with Defence and is not available for regular duties. Mr. Heath, Assistant Superintendent, is in India but is expected back in a few months' time. It will be seen from the subjoined table that the posts of officers in charge of the Chinese Contingent (1262 men) and the European and Russian Contingents (300 men) as well as the posts of 0.C. Traffic and 0.0. Water Police and the post of A.S.P. "Y" and "S. S. P" divisions will have to be filled by men selected from the European Contingent because we have no Gazetted Officers available.