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SUNDAY, MARBH 12, 1989

"BUT WHAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO IS TO DROP OUR STANDARDS.

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ASKED IF HE WOULD OFFER 2-YEAR EXTENSION CONTRACTS то RETIRED OFFICERS, MR ANNING SAID THAT WAS JUST AN OPTION BEING CONSIDERED.

HE SAID: "WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF ALLEVIATING ᎢᎻᎪᎢ .

LITTLE ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE WOULD STUDY IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A EXTENSION AT THE END.

"BUT AT THE MOMENT IT IS ONLY AN OPTION. IT IS BY NO MEANS CERTAIN OR EVEN PARTICULARLY LIKELY.

"AT THE MOMENT WE ARE JUST STUDYING EVERYTHING TO SEE OPTIONS WE SHOULD TAKE ON.

WHICH

"WE HAVE AS YOU KNOW A NEW POLICE SUB-COMMITTEE WHICH IS GOING

THE TO LOOK AFTER

QUESTION OF CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR POLICE

THAT WE WILL OFFICERS AND WE SHALL HAVE TO SEE WHAT ISSUES

PUT TO THAT AT THOSE. OF COURSE THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF WORK BEING DONE ON THE MOMENT.

ON WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST PROMISING OPTION, MR ANNING ΤΟ "WE CANNOT TELL UNTIL WE HAVE EXAMINED THEM ALL. WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO.

REPLIED.

LOOK AT

"THE SITUATION IS BY NO MEANS CRITICAL. WE WILL NOT PUT OUR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL. WE ARE A VERY LARGE FORCE. IT IS ONLY INDEED AS

THAT STARTED THE FALL SHORT RECENTLY AS JANUARY THIS YEAR

IN OUR

RECRUITMENT TARGET."

COMMISSIONER SAID, THIS. AS SOON

ASKED WHEN A DECISION WOULD BE MADE, THE "WORKING PARTIES AND WORKING GROUPS LOOK AT SOMETHING IS DECIDED THAT IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS, WE SHALL DO IT.

AS

**AT THE MOMENT WE ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT OUR RECRUITING DONE IN THE CAMPAIGNS. WE ARE ALREADY EXAMINING THINGS THAT WE HAVE PAST TO SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE COULD DO BETTER.

"

MR

PAST AND A BEING

ASKED IF HE WOULD SUGGEST ANY NEW MEASURES TO FIGHT TRIADS, ANNING SAID: "WE HAVE SUGGESTED NEW MEASURES AS YOU KNOW IN THE WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN THE WORKING GROUP IN GANGS BEING SET UP NUMBER OF

MEASURES DIFFERENT

BEING EXAMINED AND ALREADY

IMPLEMENTED.

DOES NOT "THE ACTION AGAINST TRIADS CONTINUE AT ALL TIMES. IT

ALL LEVELS FROM COME IN, STOP AND GO. IT IS CONTINUOUS. IT WORKS AT DISTRICT LEVELS THROUGH THE REGIONAL

POLICE COMMANDS, RIGHT UP TO HEADQUARTERS.

"YOU CAN SEE FROM YOUR OWN NEWSPAPERS THAT WE DO DEAL OF SUCCESS IN DEALING WITH TRIAD ACTIVITIES."

HAVE A GOOD

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