TO START IN AUCKLAND

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 115, 13 February 1928, Page 8

TO START IN AUCKLAND

NEW SYSTEM FOR POLICE FORCE MODELLED ON SCOTLAND YARD Dominion Special Service. Auckland, February 11. The system under which the police force in Auckland will operate from the end of next week or thereabouts is said to be the most up to date in the British Empire outside Scotland Yard, and is modelled along the lines of the famous “Yard” system itself. Co-ordin-ation and co-operation are the two words which the Police Commissioner (Mr. W. B. Mcllveney) applies to the new scheme, which is designed to promote efficiency and incidentally reduce administrative costs in the force. The Auckland district has been subdivided into three separate and distinct districts, Auckland head district under Superintendent Wohlmann; Auckland metropolitan district comprising suburban stations within the city limits, under the control of Inspector Mcllveney; and Auckland central district, under the immediate jurisdiction of Inspector Hol-

lis, who recently arrived to take the place of Inspector Lewin. These three officers, whom the Commissioner this morning described as "three of the most efficient and reliable men in the New Zealand Force,” will assume control of the criminal investigation branch, as well as all stations on both sides of the harbour. 'Thus the districts are co-ordinated, and the controlling officers will meet each day in conference to decide upon questions affecting the administration of the Auckland police. “This is on the lines of the system . used in new Scotland Yard,” Mr. Mcllveney explained, ‘‘and any difference that occurs between the officers in conference will be referred direct to the Commissioner at Wellington. The Commissioner then will decide upon the points raised. This is the most up-to-date system that has been applied in the British Empire, with the exception, of course, of new Scotland Yard itself, and staffs here have been increased accordingly. The three commissioned officers who are to take charge have served many years in the force and know every branch of the service, clerical, detective, and uniform. They are men of experience ,and some of the most capable we have. Tins system precedes anything that has been discussed in the international conventions held in America in recent years.”