It was a common belief among members of the public, said Mr D. J. Cummings, Commissioner of Police, speaking in New Plymouth, that a policeman's chief job was to “run people in.” That was not so, he said. Only the wrongdoer needed to fear the law. and for every case that came before the Courts there were probably a dozen investigated by Die police that did not. The policy of the Department was not to prosecute trivial matters, and he personally was against that sort of thing. A police officer was encouraged to take an interest in social work, and in many cases, especially on the country stations, he became a sort of father confessor to whom people brought their troubles.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 December 1939, Page 4
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