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''THESE DISCUSSIONS'', MR CRANE SAID 'WERE VERY USEFUL -AND HAVE

GIVEN US AN INSIGHT INTO PUBLIC ATTITUDES AND FEELINGS.'' HE ADDED

THAT HE INTENDED TO SEEK THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS OF OTHER MEMBERS

OF THE PUBLIC, SUCH AS DISTRICT FIGHT VIOLENT CRIME COMMITTEES, AT

A LATER STAGE.

DURING MR CRANE'S ABSENCE, HIS COLLEAGUES, CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT

ALFRED WALLEN AND CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT ERIC HUMPHREY, WILL CONTINUE WITH THEIR WORK. IN PARTICULAR, THEY WILL CONSIDER STAFF WELFARE, RECRUITMENT, TRAINING AND CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE

FORCE.

MR CRANE SAID THAT HE HAD TO LEAVE AT THE PRESENT TIME

BECAUSE OF A LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT, BUT HE WOULD RETURN IN MID-MARCH WHEN HE HOPED THE TEAM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH

POLICE HQ, WILL HAVE COMPLETED THE RESEARCH STAGE OF THIS MISSION

AND BE PASSING TO THAT OF ACTION,”

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