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Tuesday, February 13, 1973
"One of the long-term remedies is to put this right, and also to
improve the quality of the force through the better conditions now being
offered, and by pre-service training in a police cadet school to open this year."
However, it takes time to recruit and train a regular policeman and
for this reason, during the interim period, Sir Murray had earlier called for a
massive increase in the strength of the auxiliary police.
The Governor said that he and the Commissioner of Police had agreed
that very considerable operation involved in the selection and training of
young volunteers for the auxiliary police must now be treated as a matter of
top priority.
More Police Presence
By the middle of this year, Sir Murray predicted that they should be
available for action to help the trained and expert regular force.
"This will give us more muscle, more police presence and more enthusiasm,"
He went on to say that a group of officials under the Secretary for
Home Affairs had been working hard on details of crime prevention that would
involve efforts by both the Government and the public,
"Fairly soon now it should be possible to go to district committees
and subsequently to area committees and discuss what the Government believes
members of the public can do, and do safely, to help the police, hinder the
criminal, and make life safer for themselves, their families and neighbours."
In order to achieve the necessary impact of reversing the criminal
trend, the Governor emphasised that everyone's full and active co-operation
would be necessary.
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