THE POLICE FORCE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1500, 24 July 1912, Page 5

THE POLICE FORCE.

NEW REGULATIONS COMING,

LONG DELAYED DEFORM, A complaint against (ho failure of Hip lulu Govern incut to give cll'ect tu' llio recommendations 0 f the, Police Commission which sat some thrco years ago, was -f'lil out by (.he J'rrss Association from Cliristchnrch tor publication in yesterday's! papers. The point especially stressed was that no now regulations had been gazetted. Of the nrcessitv for now angulations, Mv. 11. \V. JJishop, ?.M., chairman of (he Commission, wroto m his report:—"l can see 110 excuse for leaving neglected such an important matter lor so long e. time. That was three vcar.s ago, Imt IHo police force is Mill being controlled under regulations issued ill 18S7.

Asked whether anything was being done now about this matter, the Hon. A. , m .'' , >li "ister for Justice, said: What is happening is that Mr. Cnllen, Commissioner of Mice, has drafted a new Police Force Herniation Act, with 11 view to bringing legislation relating to tlio management of the polico forco up-to-date. Iho Act as drafted by tho Commissioner has been handed to me, and I liave sent it on to tho Crown Law Otlico lor examination. If tho draft Bill is ai?Pio\cd 4 by tho Crown Law Officers it Will be introduced at the earliest possible opportunity. \t is true that tho police forco is still ™: kll iK tho old regulations of ? ■ since Mr. Culleii has taken S l '? been actively interesting ? i/• 111 mi of new regulations. These will probably be cotn--1?W s '- As , 80011 <>* I receive the ill aft I propose to have the regulations examined by u,„ Crown T.aw Officeis, and if they are approved, to havo them gazetted , forthwith."