"In our previous report on the Police Force we recommended to the Council the disbandment of the Mounted Unit and the transfer the Police Force of the Russian De~ tachment. of the S.V.C. We have now completed our investigations into the Police Force and are able to make further recommendations to the' Council, Our Sub-Committee has sat for nearly ye months and held numerous meetings, all of which have been attended by the Commissioner of Police. Our Sub-Committee has visited the Municipal Gaol, the Police Armoury and Quartermaster's Store, the Police vehicle repair garage and the Amoy Road site to which it Is proposed to tramfer the Russian Detachment, and has. also seen a demonstration of the work of the Reserve Unit. We are me debied 10. the Commissioner Police for very full reports explain= ing to us the present organization of the Force and how that organization came into being. We are alo grateful to the Special Deputy Commis. sloner, Mr. Akagi, who has attended several meetings of our Sub-Commit-toe and has furnished us with valu able reports relating 10 Section the Foreign Branch.
'We would frst emphasise that present abnormal conditions, especlally' conditions in the Western Dis trict and in that part of the Settle. ment which lies North of the Soochow Creek, render it difeult, if not impossible, to make any final ro-commendations to the Council or to form any accurate estimate of the numbers or cost of the Police Force they will be when normal condi-ions return. "We have especially. in mind that the Couneit is at this time conducting negotiations in regard to the establishment of a Special Police Force in the Western Area, and that fan agreement has been made by the Council, which has not yet been implemented, in regard to the eonstita tion of a new Police Division, to be Known as "E" Division, in the North of the Creek area. must be asked to shoulder an extra burden, As an illustration of the volume of work being handled by the Police Force at this time we Invite attention to the fact that when the organization of the Police Force was laid down on the advice of Major Gerrard, it was contemplated that one executive and supervising detective could effectively handle from 150 to 200 cases a year. The Commissioner of Police has told us that such detectives at Louza last year handied between 500 and 600 eases each.
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