The Archive · 1941

From New York From Honolulu

3/3 Yawata M 6/3 24/3 fae joined the police he Central Station and e then has been the departing officer to accept a sift from the Chinese detective ar of the station. This was a beautiful silver bowl duty during the year, They comprised 29 foreigners Section I, 18 Section N, 48 and 122 Chinese. Thirty igners Section I, 14 Section LI, 25 Sikhs and 118 Chinese remained under training at the end of the year, AN the foreigners joining Section the Force were recruited locally. esher courses for Chinese constables in traffic control, police duties and drill were carried out continuously throughout the year, During the year, the staff and recruits of the Training Depot were called upon to stand by during 20 et periods of emergency and on 43 occasions left the Depot to supplement the staffs of various Police Stations.

During the year 79 foreigners, Section I were trained in the use of the Thompson sub-machine gun, 316 Police and warder recruits and 274 police watchmen were trained in the use of the automatic pistol revolver The total number of practices fired by the various branches of the Force, including police watchmen, was 11,510 during which. 164,146 rounds of ammunition of various calibres were expended, The usual high standard of marksmanship has been maintained throughout the year.

The Reserve Unit turned out to the 14 shooting affrays, 1 bomb throwing, 19 labour trouble, 1 flour riot, and on 1 occasion assisted district police in dealing with trouble at the Internment Camp.

The Unit also "stood by" on 17 occasions, carried out 1,302 "fixed post" Searches, 64 "tip and run" searches, 7 bridge searches, 69 mobile patrols, 58 hotel and lodging house searches and 10 searches inside a cordon formed SAN by members of the Russian Regiment, S.V.C; supplied 1,113 guards to courts, and assistance was rendered to various police districts on 85 occasions. The high standard of efficient

amed, the Unit has been fully main-

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