XN000022-1987-12-10 — Page 8

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1987

"WE HAVE ALREADY DONE SOME WORK ON IT, DONE. BUT WE HAVE AN OUTLINE OF HOW WE PEOPLE.

AND THERE IS MORE ΤΟ BE SHALL RECRUIT THE EXTRA

IN VIEW OF THE TRAINING CAPABILITY OF THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL, HE SAID, THE FORCE COULD NOT HAVE A HUGE INFLUX OF PEOPLE IN ANY ONE YEAR.

**SO WE SHALL PHASE THIS OVER ABOUT THREE YEARS OR SO FOR RECRUITING. OF COURSE, ONCE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RECRUITED, THEY HAVE TO BE TAUGHT TO BE PROPER ORDINARY POLICEMEN BEFORE WE TRANSFER THEM IN OUR NORMAL WAY INTO POLICE TACTICAL UNIT DUTIES, HE SAID.

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"THIS IS NORMALLY ABOUT TWO YEARS. SO THEN YOU CAN WORK ON SOMETHING LIKE A THREE YEAR PHASED PROGRAMME AFTER THAT.

"BUT WHATEVER PROGRAMME IS DECIDED FINALLY, IT WILL BE A FLEXIBLE PROGRAMME GEARED TO BE ADAPTABLE AS CHANGES OCCUR.

"THEY WILL BE RECRUITED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. SO THEY WON'T BE RECRUITED IN FIVE YEARS TIME. IT MAY BE THAT WE SHALL START RECRUITING PERHAPS NEXT YEAR. BUT THEN WE SHALL RECRUIT GRADUALLY OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS.

"WE COULD PROBABLY RECRUIT SUFFICIENT NUMBERS TO FULFIL THE MAIN REQUIREMENT OVER ABOUT THREE YEARS.

"IT WILL PROBABLY BE A SLIGHTLY LESSER NUMBER THAN THAT, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER MORE PERIPHERAL PARTS TO BE RECRUITED LATER ON. BUT THE MAIN BODY WOULD BE SOMEWHAT LESS THAN 2000, I WOULD IMAGINE

AND THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS OR So.

ASKED IF THE POLICE WOULD GET A BIGGER BUDGET IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR. MR ANNING SAID: WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE IS MORE MONEY TO CATER FOR THAT EXTRA AMOUNT OF MANPOWER OF COURSE, BECAUSE THAT HAS NOT BEEN IN OUR ESTIMATE FOR THIS YEAR.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE RECRUITMENT PROGRAMME FOR THIS PARTICULAR PURPOSE HAD NOT STARTED.

TURNING TO NATURAL WASTAGE OF MANPOWER, THE COMMISSIONER SAID IT VARIED YEAR BY YEAR.

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"JUST ABOUT THIS TIME, WE HAVE BROUGHT IN A RETIREMENT AGE OF WHICH WILL AFFECT THE WASTAGE RATE. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT. THERE IS THE NORMAL EXPANSION OF THE FORCE TO CATER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY.

"SO WE WILL HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF POSTS TO RECRUIT EVERY YEAR, AND CERTAIN A GOOD NUMBER FOR NEXT YEAR TO CATER FOR NORMAL EXPANSION,

/"SO YOU