CO129-612-1 Police Department- petition from European memebers of Inspectorate 21-1-1947 - 17-2-1948 — Page 110

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Points in connection with the submitted salary scale.

FIZ(A)

It will be noted that the incremental advancement is continuous,

the reas ons we put this forward is :.

Prior to receiving the initial and subsequent increments a report on

the all out efficiency of an officer is called for.

Should an officer

receive a favourable report, on sound judgement, and his increments are

received regularly then there should be no reason why breaks, such as

The mere fact that efficiency and proficiency bars should be imposed.

an officer is up-to-date with his incremental advances is proof of

efficiency or inefficiency on the part of the officer(s) responsible for

reporting on the fitness for the incremental advance.

On the other hand should an officer lose an increment this is

"gone for good" unless he improves to such an extent that he finally

becomes a Chief Inspector.

As it has been presumed that one normally reached the rank of Sub

Inspector (provided examinations were passed) on 14 years service, this

scale shows an increase of Pounds 65 per annum and the maximum salary

of an Inspector that of Pounds 100 per annum over the Pre-War and

proposed salary scales.

The rank of Chief Inspector is one of high importance and should

the right type of officer be selected to hold this office, the salary

enumerated is not excessive.

While times remain abnormal a high cost of living allowance should

be paid.

It is fair to state that the reason for granting such an

allowance is due to the high cost of essentials, a factor which is common to all irrespective of salary or position.

We would suggest that

a flat rate of $250 per month be paid to each is this salary scheme we

now submit is accepted.

We humbly submit that the foregoing salary scale and suggested

H.C. of L allowance is nothing but a fair request, especially when it is a known fact that conditions now as compared with 1941 are in the region of being up by 600%

If careful and considerate thought is given to this request it will readily be seen that we are making no excessive demands, but are fully

cognisant of the economic situation and are doing our bit towards the

economic recovery of the Colony.

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