New Protection Scheme to be Introduced A scheme providing police Kidnapping inthe International Settlement drawn up by Maj. F. W. Gerrard, Commissioner of Police, has been approved by the Shanghai Municipal Council and will be enforwed at an early date, The proposal of Commissione calls for the introduction of a street telephone system, wireless communication between headquarters and police patrol vans, the acquisition of additional patrol vans jand motor cycle combinations, the establishment of special plai clothes parties, and the provision of accommodation for a detachment of the Reserve Unit in the Western District.
The initial cost of the scheme will approximate Tis, 118,000, and the recurring annual charge Tis, 58,000.
Wireless communication between police headquarters and patrol vans be effected by means of a radio telephony system. Receivers. will be installed in district patrol vans which can thus be directed immediately from headquarters, The introduction of this system will enable all or any number of cars t> be rushed to the scene of armed crimes and will prove an invaluable aid to police work.
The patrol vans, fitted with wire-3 receivers, will normally cruise the district areas and their crews will carry out searches and check motor cars. Motor cycle patrols will be used on narrow streets and alleyways while vane and cycles will be used by permanent search parties holding strategic points on the roads leading out of the West em District where the greater number of armed crimes occur. The minimum amount of transport required under the scheme is 12
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