XN000022-1973-02-13 — Page 3

N

Tuesday, February 13, 1973

"One of the long-term remedies is to put this right, and also to

improve the quality of the force through the better conditions now being

offered, and by pre-service training in a police cadet school to open this year."

However, it takes time to recruit and train a regular policeman and

for this reason, during the interim period, Sir Murray had earlier called for a

massive increase in the strength of the auxiliary police.

The Governor said that he and the Commissioner of Police had agreed

that very considerable operation involved in the selection and training of

young volunteers for the auxiliary police must now be treated as a matter of

top priority.

More Police Presence

By the middle of this year, Sir Murray predicted that they should be

available for action to help the trained and expert regular force.

"This will give us more muscle, more police presence and more enthusiasm,"

He went on to say that a group of officials under the Secretary for

Home Affairs had been working hard on details of crime prevention that would

involve efforts by both the Government and the public,

"Fairly soon now it should be possible to go to district committees

and subsequently to area committees and discuss what the Government believes

members of the public can do, and do safely, to help the police, hinder the

criminal, and make life safer for themselves, their families and neighbours."

In order to achieve the necessary impact of reversing the criminal

trend, the Governor emphasised that everyone's full and active co-operation

would be necessary.

/More

L