POLICE FORCE

Hokitika Guardian, 2 April 1930, Page 3

POLICE FORCE

IMPORTANT CHANGES. WEBLTNGTON; April It Important jphanges in the organisation of the police force, and ..partioipai)-, iy. of the detective branch, will Stake; place to-day, tin accordance with the' promotions arid transfers annpimcdd by the. Commissioner (Ajr W. *’R. AjcUvoney) on Afijpreh .21st s

. Three .of the Outstandi ng chan ges'', relate to Wellington. As static! blithe Commissioner, the detectivetjoffiels at Auckland and Wellington wjill :£ii f,ititle Ihe controlled by subjin-jtbctois. This alteration hks been made to keep pace with the gfeowth of the ■ two cities, and to cope) with the increasing responsibilities devolving upon the plain clothes branches -of .the force. Senior-Sergeant l|. It. J. AVard, of Wellington, has bran promoted to the rank of sub-inspector, with control of the city’s detectiv'e. staff. The present chief-detective,|Mr 0. AV. Lopdell, has been promoted! to the rank of isuh-inspeptor uniformed branch ami 'ii'c. Svlir.rcpla.c| sub-inspector J. M; Liiiider,-. who ‘has been appointed relieving: iiiS])ector S ir the Dominion. •Seii'vor-Sergeant J. '].A. Dempsey, of Hastings, wijj occupy- the v post vacated bv Air AA’ard. .ff ' . . .

From tc-day' Duncan’s police status wiil he raided -by thV constitution of a metropolitan district) to be- controlled by Inspectob Jafnes Cummings, formerly of tlie , youngest inspector-ill the- three.* ‘lt it interesting to recall that' it was in Dunedin that All* Alcllveneyj the present Commissioner, entered ojm Ptco as a junior constable. Diijmclin has now been -brought into line \%rtli Auckland, AA r ellington, and Cbn>tc,hurch, where the metropolitan .district* ’system -ensuring efficiency 0f..: control c-f the. central city areas has been so satisfactorily. ~ ,h-.i /"•