POLICE PASSES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1880, 14 October 1913, Page 8

POLICE PASSES.

RESULTS OF THE FIRST EXAMINATION. "EMINENTLY SATISFACTORY." Ninety candidates recently sat for examination in tho various grades of the Police Forco with a vi'ow to qualifying for promotion when the opportunities present themselves. Of these no fewer than seventy-nine passed, a result that tho Polico Commissioner (Mr. J.,Cullon) considers eminently satisfactory, and the Crown Solicitor (Mr. H. H. Ostler), who examined tho men in police and criminal law of evidence, notes in his report that the country is to be congratulated 011 tho quality of tho men who serve in tho Police Force. In tho course of an interview, the Commissioner said:— "Tho result of the examination has been highly satisfactory from a. police point of new. Ninety candidates sat for tho examination in tho various grades, and of these seventy-nine passed —a very high percentage. Of tlioso who did fail, many mado excellent passes in several of the subjects. ' A man had to obtain at least 33 per cent, in any 0110 subject to pass/ or average 50 per cent, over all. Tho papers that > I had to deal with —-Police llegulations and Polico and Detective Duties —were highly creditable to tho men all through. The various subjects wore dealt with exhaustively, showing that the candidates had a good knowledge of the work, and of the police_ and detective duties and the regulations. "A strong point," added Mr. Cullen, "is that the men had only six months to study the regulations—it is just about that time since tho regulations were published." For Sub-Inspectors. Tho following is a list of the successful candidates qualifying for the rank of sub-inspector (examination subjects: Arithmetic, geography, English, evidence, etc., prescribed Acts of Parliament, police regulations, polico and detective duties): Senior-Sergeants Georgo Hastie, William Mathieson, and John W. Martin Dart; Sergeants W. G. Wohlman, A. T. Emerson, Edwin Murray, 'Patrick Crean, Michael M'Keefry, (Stephen Till, John M'Namara, L. E. O'Halloran, J. A'. Mathew; Constables P. J. M'Carthy, John Lander, J. S. Willcocks, Hugh Cox, Dctective-Ser-geant J J. Cassells, and ActingDotectivo C. J. Salke. It is understood that Constablo P. J. M'Carthy (Cambridge) finished at the top of tho list after an exceedingly close contest with Sorgt. M'Namara (Training Depot, Wellington) and De-tective-Sergeant Cassells (Mount Cook), who finished second and third respectively. For Senior Sorgeant. The following passed the examination qualifying for rank of senior-sergeant (examination subjects: Evidence, prescribed Acts of Parliament, police regulations, police and detective duties): —Sergeants T. Barrett, J. Burrows, E. Eales, J. C. S. AVillis, C. W. Kelly. Michael Gaffney, J. K, Simpson, David Stewart, Peter Harvey, Win. Ecclcs, David Jackson, Richard Lanegan, Wm. J. Quinn, A. S. Bird, Donald C. Eraser, Ernest Bingham, John P. Clarkson, Thomas Ryan, and Detective-Ser-geants T. W. Boddam, A. E. S. Ward, and Allan Cameron. In this section it is understood that Sergeant tßaflrett (Nelson) gained highest markß. 1 Rank of Sergeants. Candidates successful in .the examination for rank of sergeant are as follow (examination subjects: Reading, dictation, and spelling, English, geography,' arithmetic, Police Offences Act and Evidence, Crimes, Gaming and Licensing Acts, police regulations, and police and detective duties): —Constables J. T. Waihhouse, E. J. Whitehouse, E. J. O'K. M'Kolve.v, B. J. Parsons, J. A. Cruickshank, H. D. Armour, Wm. Marshall, Daniel Murphy, James ' Fitzpatrick, George Hamilton Fray, H. C. D. Wade, David Hyland, H. J. Egan, John Neil Thomson, H. J. Montgomery, Charles J. King, James S. Reid, Paris 11. C. "Boulton, Patrick J. O'Hara, C. W. Lopdell, G. Scandrett, I. H. Mathic<nn, John J. M. M'Rae. Thomas Shanaban, Frederick Wade. F. It. Fearnley, John M'Alistor, ,'Michael Fleming, J. J. Hodgson. Ezra Woodlcy, J. J. O'Grady, G. B. Edwards, J. 11. Armstrong, Donald A. M'Leaii, H. HJ Butler, W. T. Dark, Hans P. Anderson, Frederick Longbottom, and Justin- E. M'Carthy. _ ... Highest marks in this division were gained by Constablo Whitehouse (Manners Street). Grown Solicitor's Report. One of tlie examiners (Mr. H. H. Ostler, Crown Solicitor) reports as follow: —"I have tlie honour to_ attach hereto the results of the c-xaminationß of the police in criminal law and, evidence—subjects conducted by me at your request. I have to report that, on the whole; tlie papers sent in showed a very good practical acquaintance with tho subjects and reflect credit on the intelligence and knowledge of tlie men that sat. .Tho best of tho papers in all three divisions were of a Very high order, and indicated a sound and accurate knowledge of both criminal law and evidence.' Every, candidate who lias(-ob-taincd 72 marks or over in any paper lias done what I can only call first-class work. Apart from these, however, there was hardly one candidate who did a really bad paper, and this is shown by the fact that, though the marking was not easy, only one candidate has absolutely failed. Most of them passed outright, but somo have been marked with a provisional pass only, as, although they got moro than 33 per cent, in both papers, in one or both papers they did not succeed in obtaining 50 per'cent. Whether they finally pass cr not will, of course, depend on whether they have gained an average of 50_poi' cent, in all their subjects, as provided by clause 435 of the Police Force tf-. gulatio'ns. In my opinion, the results of the examination show that tho country is to bo congratulated on. tho duality of the men who servo it in the Police Force." Tlie examinations were held on September 22; 23, and 24