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4. THE OVERALL TARGET SHOULD BE 60 PERCENT OF LOCAL OFFICERS IN THE GAZETTED OFFICER RANKS BY 1995 INCLUDING A LOCALLY RECRUITED COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND LOCALLY RECRUITED DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS.

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5. THIS ISSUE IS A PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE ONE WITH THE EXPATRIATE

STAFF OF THE POLICE FORCE. NO PUBLIC STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE SO

FAR. BUT IN A STATEMENT TO THE POLICE STAFF ASSOCIATIONS, THE

COMMISSIONER HAS TOLD THE ASSOCIATIONS THAT A PHASED POLICY OF

INCREASING THE RATIO OF LOCAL OFFICERS IN THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT

LEVELS OF THE POLICE IS BEING CONSIDERED ALTHOUGH THERE WILL STILL

BE A NEED FOR OVERSEAS OFFICERS FOR MANY YEARS. THE FOUR STAFF ·

ASSOCIATIONS WILL BE INVITED TO COMMENT AS THE WORK PROCEEDS.

6 IN ANSWER TO QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC, AT THIS

STACE IT WOULD BE BETTER TO GO NO FURTHER THAN SAYING THAT IT MAY

BE NECESSARY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LOCAL OFFICERS RY 1997

AND THE WAYS OF ACHIEVING THIS END ARE BEING CONSIDERED,

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