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Wednesday, November 29, 1972
REPORT ON CIVILIAN PERSONNEL IN POLICE UNDER CONSIDERATION
A "massive report" has been submitted by the working party considering
the greater use which might be made of civilian personnel in the police force,
the Colonial Secretary, the Hon. Sir Hugh Norman-Walker said today.
Replying to a question by the Hon. P.C. Woo, he said he received the
report one week ago and it would take some time to process.
However, Sir Hugh said he had issued directions that the report should
be dealt with "with the greatest expedition."
"From a preliminary examination, I hope that it will result in a
substantial relief of the position in which the police find themselves - short
of effective manpower engaged on the prevention and detection of crime - a
matter which is very much in all our minds at the moment," Sir Hugh said.
In reply to a question by Dr. the Hon. S.Y. Chung, the Colonial Secretary
said auxiliary police recruitment at inspector level had taken place in the past.
"But experience has shown that the present system of appointing to
the inspectorate from the lower ranks within the force is in fact normally
the best and is preferred by the auxiliary force itself," Sir Hugh suggested,
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