THE POLICE FORCE.
REFORMS TO BE INSTITUTED,
(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION). Wellington, Last Night. The Government has decided to adopt a. number of suggestions made by Mr Tunbridge and the Commission, for the improvement of the police force, and they will come into being as soon as the necessary preparations can be made. Four sub-Inspectors are to be appointed at the chief centres, and the office of Sergeant-Major will be allowed to die out.
The present classes in all ranks are to be abolished, and a system of increments for length of service substituted, on the lines laid down in the official report. Lodging allowance is to be given married men unprovided with quarters who have been over three years in the service.
Clerks and acting-detectives will get a shilling per day extra. Men who use their own bicycles with advantage to the service will receive an allowance.
A training depot is to be established at Wellington. Recruits will be taken from all ranks of the community, but the maximum age will be reduced from 40 to 30.
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 369, 19 November 1898, Page 2
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