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WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1978
+AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT THE STRUCTURE SHOULD BE RE-ORGANISED ́TO ALLOW GREATER EMPHASIS TO BE PLACED ON PERSONNEL AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, + HE SAID.
MR. CRANE SAID THE TEAM HAD ALSO MADE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FORCE ESTABLISHMENT TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF COMMAND AT SUB-UNIT LEVEL, MORE EXTENSIVE BEAT COVERAGE, FLEXIBLE SHIFT SYSTEMS A REVIEW OF C.I.D. WORKLOADS, CRIME REPORTING PROCEDURES AND SHIFT SYSTEMS ADDITIONAL VEHICLES, CLERICAL SUPPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT FOR THE C.I.D.- HOUSING A RE-STRUCTURED COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE OFFICE EVEN GREATER EMPHASIS TO BE PLACED ON TRAINING, PARTICULARLY REFRESHER AND LANGUAGE TEACHING A MORE COMPETITIVE PROMOTION EXAMINATION FOR RANK AND FILE OFFICERS- A REVIEW OF ALLOWANCES AND METHODS BY WHICH I.C.A.C. AND POLICE RELATIONS MAY BE IMPROVED.
MR. CRANE SAID THESE CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE BEING CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, AND FOLLOW UP ACTION WAS BEING TAKEN WITH REGARD TO EACH SUBJECT. THERE WILL NOT BE A FORMAL REPORT.
MR. CRANE SAID THE FIRST PART OF THE ADVISORY TEAM'S STAY WAS FULLY OCCUPIED IN IDENTIFYING WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND THE COMMISSIONER AGAINST CORRUPTION THOSE AREAS REQUIRING STUDY TO FULFIL THE TERMS OF REFERENCE. HE SAID THAT DURING HIS ABSENCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR ABOUT A MONTH TO CONDUCT TWO FORCE INSPECTIONS, TO WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN COMMITTED, HIS TWO COLLEAGUES HAD EXAMINED THOSE AREAS IN MORE DEPTH WITH ASSISTANCE FROM A POLICE TEAM AND, WHEN NECESSARY, I.C.A.C. OFFICERS.
+BY THE TIME OF MY RETURN THEY HAD REACHED A NUMBER OF CONCLUSIONS WHICH TOGETHER WE DEVELOPED, MR. CRANE SAID. +FOLLOWING THIS I DISCUSSED OUR CONCLUSIONS WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND WHERE APPROPRIATE WITH THE COMMISSIONER AGAINST CORRUPTION. IN THE COURSE OF DISCUSSIONS SOME OF OUR CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN REVISED.+ THE GOVERNOR HAD BEEN KEPT FULLY INFORMED OF PROGRESS AND CONCLUSIONS REACHED,
MR. CRANE SAID THE TEAM HAD VISITED ALL MAJOR FORMATIONS AND MANY SMALLER UNITS OF THE POLICE FORCE AND HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH OFFICERS OF ALL RANKS AND ALL FOUR POLICE STAFF ASSOCIATIONS, THEY HAD ALSO MET THE U.M.E.L.C.0. POLICE GROUP AND THE I.C.A.C. COMPLAINTS AND OTHER COMMITTEES, HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND MET MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE PRESS.
+YOU CAN SEE, THEREFORE, WE HAVE HAD A FAIRLY FULL PROGRAMME,+ MR. CRANE SAID, ADDING OUR WORK HAS BEEN MADE EASIER BY THE HIGH DEGREE OF CO-OPERATION WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED.+
MR. CRANE AND CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT WALLEN LEAVE THIS EVENING TO RETURN TO BRITAIN. MR. HUMPHREY LEFT AT THE END OF MARCH TO ATTEND A SENIOR POLICE COLLEGE COURSE.
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