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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1990

POLICE PAY REPORTS TO BE OUT SOON

A REPORT ON POLICE PAY FOR THE JUNIOR RANKS WILL BE OUT IN SEPTEMBER AND THE ONE FOR THE OFFICERS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL SUMMER CAMP, STR DAVID SAID THAT HE HOPED THE PROPOSALS TO BE MADE BY THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE POLICE FORCE AS A WHOLE.

"WE ARE GOING ON IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS FOR POLICE OFFICERS GENERALLY ON AN ONGOING BASIS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED THAT WE WILL BUILD A LARGE NUMBER OF NEW QUARTERS FOR THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES. SOME $600 MILLION WORTH OF QUARTERS. FIVE HUNDRED OF THOSE QUARTERS WILL GO TO THE POLICE FORCE.

"THIS IS AN ONGOING SITUATION IN WHICH WE ARE VERY ANXIOUS ΤΟ KEEP UNDER REVIEW THE POLICE'S TERMS OF SERVICE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY LOOKED AFTER.

**THE POLICE FORCE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT WE SHOULD NOT LOOK AFTER THEM TO THE BEST

OF OUR ABILITY," SIR DAVID SAID.

SIR DAVID ALSO SAID HE DID NOT THINK THERE WAS A MORALE PROBLEM WITHIN THE POLICE FORCE.

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"I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE INDICATIONS THAT ONE HAS FOR MORALE GENERALLY WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT IS BAD. THE POLICE IS A VERY EFFICIENT ORGANISATION. THERE IS NO QUESTION OF ITS EFFICIENCY BEING IMPAIRED AT

ALL.

"THE WASTAGE RATE IN THE POLICE FORCE IS ABOUT THE SAME AS IS FOR THE REST OF THE CIVIL SERVICE AS A WHOLE," HE ADDED.

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ASKED HOW HE WOULD ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEMS WITHIN THE POLICE FORCE WITHOUT A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN BOTH PAY AND CONDITIONS, SIR DAVID SAID WHAT THE POLICE FORCE WANTED FOR THEMSELVES WAS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

HE SAID: "WE CANNOT IN EVERY CASE MEET THE DEMANDS FOR PAY INCREASES FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT RELATIVITIES ACROSS THE BOARD BETWEEN THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES AND THE REMAINDER. AND THEREFORE WE HAVE TO TAKE A BALANCED VIEW TO WHAT IS NEEDED AT ANY PARTICULAR MOMENT IN TIME.

"IT DORS NOT MEAN TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TO NECESSARILY IN ALL CASES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ASSOCIATIONS WHETHER THEY ARE FROM THE POLICE OR ANYWHERE ELSE. IT IS A QUESTION OF BALANCE AND THAT WHAT WE TRY TO ACHIEVE.'

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