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juties.
3.
The Constable who was on duty since 8 A.M., McLean, was at his
tiffin in e sile room..
4.
The orders are in page 18 of the Regulation Eook pers 14-
I attach a copy of an additional orier I issued after this escape.
6.
In my opinion the system is to blame - and the system is renderej
necessery owing to the paucity of Police, which reniers a proper
escort an impossibility without denuding some beats, and also on
account of an inelequate and unsuitable accommodation for prisoners at
the Police Court.
In order to effect a saving in men the custom has been for each
Constable who has arrested a prisoner to take charge of him.
In this case the prisoners were let out before each prisoner's escort
had arrived.;
The F.C.(VcLeen) thought that sufficient escort hai come for the
prisoners. Sometimes one consteole may have custody of more than one.
Situated as the Police Court is I consider that risk is run every day
of a prisoner escaping.
In the Stagits and Valay States the prisoners are kept in a cell
adjacent to the Court, and something more elequsts for their safe
custody is required here.
Your Excellency.
(S))
F. L.
18.8.08.
Eesides the regulations quoted see also paze 12. The Inspector on
duty has charge of the cells. The system is correctly described in replies 7 and 8 to Your Excellency's queries.
aburys
It has been the practice to utilise the Constableawho arrested the
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orisoners (supplemented by others when there are many prisoners) to act
as escort.. They are as 2001 as any other Folice. The cells are quite
close to the Magistracy. I must add that I cannot call to mini a case
in which a prisoner escaped while being removed from Police cells to
Magistracy.
(3) F. B. M. 19.8.03.
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