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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1991
THE SECRETARY SAID THIS SITUATION LEFT
US
UNCOMFORTABLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECT OF ANY DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY, AND ALSO LEFT US WITH INSUFFICIENTLY SECURE SOURCES OF REVENUE, AT A TIME WHEN THERE WERE IMPORTANT AND COMPETING CALLS ON THE PUBLIC PURSE.
NEVERTHELESS, HE STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE COMMUNITY'S SENSITIVITY TO THE POSSIBLE INTRODUCTION OF A SALES TAX AT A TIME OF HIGH INFLATION AND HAD CAREFULLY MONITORED BOTH PUBLIC OPINION AND THE VIEWS OF FINANCIAL EXPERTS ON THE SUBJECT.
DETAILED POLICE ORDERS GOVERN USE OF HANDCUFFS
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OF
USE THE POLICE HAVE DETAILED INTERNAL ORDERS GOVERNING THE
FOR SECURITY, HANDCUFFS AND HANDCUFF TRANSPORT BELTS, THE SECRETARY MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A
FROM DR THE HON CONRAD LAM, MR
ASPREY
INSTRUCTED SAID POLICE OFFICERS WERE
HANDCUFFS NOT TO USE NECESSARY, UNLESS
FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE
WAS AN ARRESTED PERSON VIOLENT, OR LIKELY TO BECOME VIOLENT, OR LIKELY TO ATTEMPT ESCAPE.
A QUESTION
"A POLICE OFFICER HAS ΤΟ MAKE A JUDGEMENT HIMSELF WHETHER HANDCUFFS ARE TO BE USED," HE SAID.
то
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE USE OF HANDCUFF TRANSPORT BELTS HAD
OR AN OFFICER BE AUTHORISED BY THE DUTY OFFICER AT A POLICE STATION OF THE RANK OF SERGEANT OR ABOVE.
BEING
FOR "THEY ARE USED
PRISONERS OR ARRESTED PERSONS WHO ARE BECOME TO
VIOLENT LIKELY
OR TO
OR ARE ATTEMPT ESCAPE, MOVED THROUGH TO UNSECURED AREAS OF A COURT."
THE TO THE AND
COMPLAINTS
THE SECRETARY SAID ANY COMPLAINT AGAINST THE POLICE · ABOUT MISUSE OF HANDCUFFS OR HANDCUFF TRANSPORT BELTS COULD BE MADE
WHICH WOULD THEN INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE OFFICE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE POLICE COMMITTEE.
USED EXCESSIVE
"IF IT CAN BE ESTABLISHED THAT POLICE OFFICERS UNNECESSARY FORCE WHILST ARRESTING HIM, AN ARRESTED PERSON ABLE TO CLAIM DAMAGES AGAINST THE POLICE, HE SAID.
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