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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1987

INVOLVE EXTRA MANPOWER. "SO YOU HAVE THREE ELEMENTS WHICH WILL

EXTRA NUMBER YOU FIRSTLY HAVE THE WASTAGE REPLACEMENT, THEN YOU HAVE

AGREED WITH FINANCE BRANCH AND THEN IF IT IS

WE'LL FOR EXPANSION,

FOR THE POLICE HAVE EXTRA NUMBERS TO COMMENCE THE EXTRA RECRUITMENT TACTICAL UNIT."

"THE EXTRA

NUMBER

EVENTUALLY WOULD EXPANSION OF THE POLICE TACTICAL UNIT.

THEIR FIND

WAY INTO AN

MR ANNING SAID AT THE MOMENT THE FORCE WAS LOOKING EXPANSION OF SOME FOUR OR FIVE COMPANIES.

AHEAD TO AN

"BUT WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THE PLAN WORK OUT,

SORT

"WHEN YOU PLAN FOR A PERIOD OF YEARS SUCH AS THIS, BEAR IN MIND THERE MIGHT BE NEW DEMANDS OF SOME FORCE.

"WE NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE YEARS. THE FORCE MUST ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO RESPOND. VERY SENSIBLE FOR US TO KEEP PLANS OF THIS SORT PREPARED TO REACT TO SOME FRESH DEVELOPMENTS."

HE ADDED.

YOU HAVE TO PLACED ON THE

NEXT YEAR, TWO THEREFORE IT IS FLEXIBLE AND BE

TO ASKED IF THE RECRUITMENT OF THE 2000 EXTRA OFFICERS WAS MEANT

OF THIS NUMBER REPLACE THE GARRISON, MR ANNING SAID: "WHEN I TALKED OF UP TO 2000, OR UNDER 2000, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO.

"THERE WILL BE NORMAL WASTAGE AND THERE WILL BE NORMAL ON TOP OF THAT NUMBER.

EXPANSION

"THE NORMAL WASTAGE AND EXPANSION COULD AMOUNT UP TO SAY 1500 A YEAR, OR 1400 IN A YEAR. THAT COULD WELL BE THE NORMAL WITHOUT WITHDRAWAL OF EXTRA NUMBERS TO CATER FOR THE PHASED AND GRADUAL GARRISON.

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IN

ANY THE

AS THE ASKED IF THE POLICE WOULD RECRUIT EQUAL SIZE OF MANPOWER

NOT. CERTAINLY

THERE IS NOT A PRESENT GARRISON, MR ANNING SAID: "

BECAUSE THE BRITISH GARRISON QUESTION OF AN EQUAL SIZE OF MANPOWER HAS MANY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES WHICH WON'T AFFECT US.

ri

IT IS NOT A

QUESTION

OF

SAYING

WHATEVER THE BRITISH GARRISON IS NOW THE POLICE FORCE WILL EXPAND BY. WORK THAT WAY AT ALL.'

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