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13. That Your Petitoners submit that a Police Officer
has a harder existence, works longer hours, and encounters far
greater danger, than other Government employees in that :-
(a) His hours of duty are long,
(b) His duties must be carried out in all weathers,
(c) At least one-third of his time is night duty,
(a)
A substantial part of his duty is either in the
early morning, or evening, and outside ordinary
office hours
(e)
His duties are staggered and consequently his
meals and routine of life are irregular to the
detriment of his health •
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(f) His duties in the Water Police and in some out-
stations are " hard lying [1 and often involve
substantial additional expense
(g)
The duties are often dangerous. He is under
active service conditions and must at all times
whilst on duty carry a revolver
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14.
That in the past the above conditions have been
recognised in that a Police Officer was allowed to retire on full
pension on attaining 25 years service. That this important
privilege is challenged by the Salaries Report ( paragraph 89 )
which recommends in effect that an officer must serve 33 years
before he gains a full pension, and is under the consideration of
the Secretary of State, but, the Establish Officer in his
Circular Letter of the 29th January 1948 ( paragraph 33 ), and
paragraph 163 of the Salaries Report, indicate that the conditions
may contain an unilateral term that a Police Officer may be required
to retire at 45 years of age, presumably on part pension only,
and that a Folice Officer may only retire at 45 years of age if he
shall give 3 years prior notice. That Your Petitioners submit that
these conditions alone should give a rolice Officer the right to
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