mitted his Annual Report to the Shanghai Municipal Council. It has been summarized in three articles, the first of which is attached.
Six Chinese members of the Force, one detective constable and five constables, were killed in the execution of their duty by armed criminals during 1939.
Three Chinese constables were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, Class I, for exceptional braver and devotion to duty; one foreign sub-inspector, one foreign sergeant, three foreign probationary sergeants, one Indian constable, one Chinese sergeant, fifteen Chinese constables and one Chinese detective constable were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, Class IL.
Long Service Medals were awarded during the year, and distributed amongst Branches as follows:—Specials 13, Foreigners 12, Sikhs 29, and Chinese 23.
Many Killed or Wounded During the year the Police took part in 73 encounters with armed persons in which shots were ex-Changed. The casualties in the Police Force were 6 killed and 14 wounded Altogether 629 shots were fired by.the Police and 369 by armed persons. Fourteen armed persons were shot dead and 14 were wounded.
On May 1, 1939, the designations Foreign Branch and Japanese Branch were altered to Foreign Branch (Section I) and Foreign Branch (Section LI) respectively.
At the close of the year the number on the register of watchmen under Police supervision was as follows:—Russians 138, Indians 298, and Chinese 3,832.
No difficulty was experienced in obtaining suitable recruits, and the general standard of recruit has been fully maintained. The Foreign Branch is under strength and as far as possible vacancies will be filled by. local recruitment. Altogether, 469 recruits were trained and posted for duty during the year. They comprised 35 Foreigners Section I, 48 Section LI, 36 Sikhs and 350 Chinese. The whole of the Foreigners Section I joining ihe Force were recruited locally. Refresher courses for Chinese Constables, in traffic control, police duties and drill, were carried out continuously throughout the year.
The standard of discipline was satisfactory and the general bearing and conduct of members of all Branches of the Force was excellent.
The health of the majority of the Force is satisfactory. The average percentage of sickness per diem was:—Foreign Branch (Section D 292, Foreign Branch (Section ID 8.23, Sikh Branch 231, and Chinese Branch 1.77 as against 341, 7.15, 2.54 and 1.72 respectively in 1938.
During the year a total of 4,717 Police weapons were overhauled in ihe Police Armoury at little cost and all weapons are in effective condition: 152 Police weapons were used in shooting affrays during the year. Of the 354 bullet proof vests on charge. 118 were reconstructed and 101 overhauled or repaired. Of the 80 bullet proof shields on charge, 19 were overhauled.
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