Police Force Must Be Above Politics And Remain Intact
It was increasingly important that the New Zealand Police Force should be an official body of men, well equipped both physically and intellectually to perform their duties without fear or favour, states an editorial in the current issue of the New Zealand Police Journal.
The editorial, which deals with three problems facing the force — an earlier retiring age, salaries and recruitment—adds: “There may be difficult times ahead for the nations of the world and the civil police force’ will always be ah important bulwark against undesirable forces that would tend to affect adversely our well-established democratic way of living. “Governments may come and' go, but the police force, remaining intact above political controversy, must concentrate on service to the public irrespective of party. “No economy programmes of any Government must be allowed to interfere with the welfare of the police force. No expenditure should be considered as more urgent than that required to pay us well, to house us well, to accommodate us well at our work, and in every way ensure our welfare.”
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 68, 12 July 1950, Page 5
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183Police Force Must Be Above Politics And Remain Intact Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 68, 12 July 1950, Page 5
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