Correspondence
| Published date | 01 July 1965 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6503800712 |
| Date | 01 July 1965 |
| Subject Matter | Correspondence |
DRINK
AND
DRIVING-A
REVIEW
To the Editor
of
THE
POLICE
JOURNAL
Dear Sir,
Since I wrote my article under the
above title, The British Medical
Association has published afurther
report entitled The Drinking Driver,
which replaces Relation
of
Alcohol to
Road Accidents.
Two most notable changes are:
(a) the recommendation that an
amount in excess of 80 mg.{loo mi.
of alcohol in the blood of the driver
of a motor vehicle should become a
statutory offence. Reference to
Table 1in my article shows that 245
cases out of 247 had blood alcohol
levels in excess of this recommended
figure; and
(b) the withdrawal of references to
consumption figures and conversion
tables. I gave reasons why I did not
favour the use
of
these and I am
pleased to-note that they have been
omitted. Yours faithfully,
A.CHAPMAN
A NEW
POLICE
STATUS
To the Editor
of
THE
POLICE
JOURNAL
Dear
Sir,
A recent important development in
the progress of this Crown Police
Force which is responsible for policing
aterritorial jurisdiction equal in size
to the combined areas of Texas and
California prompts me to write this
letter.
Police Forces of the British Com-
monwealth (as you are aware) are
built on a semi-military basis, requiring
a
similar.
chain of command and
utilizing military terminology including
the terms "Commissioned Officers"
and
"Non
Commissioned Officers",
although, with the exception of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
Commissions have never actually been
issued.
While this force has been no excep-
tion in the loose usage
of
the terms,
its status as a
"Crown
Force"
made
possible the regularization of the
terms.
It
was, accordingly, gratifying
to all of us when the Ontario Legisla-
ture by legislative enactment, author-
ized the commissioning
of
our
ranking
officers by the Lieutenant-Governor
of
Ontario under the Great Seal of the
Province.
Thus provision was made for the
issue
of
the"
Queen's Commission",
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to members of this force of suitable
rank in the same manner as maintains
with the Armed Forces (as well as the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
another Crown Force).
Accordingly on the recommendation
of The Honourable The Attorney-
General,
the"
Committee of
Council"
(an archaic but accurate term still
used to describe Her Majesty's Execu-
tive Council) advised that the 73
ranking officers in the Ontario Provin-
cial Police (which now numbers in
excess of 3,000) be appointed
"Com-
missioned Officers", and be issued
Commissions under the Great Seal.
Subsequently, at 3.30
p.m,
on
Thursday, March 18, 1965, in an
unprecedented ceremony, officers of
the Force were presented with their
Commissions by Her Majesty's official
representative in the Province, The
Honourable W. Earl Rowe, P.C. (C),
The Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario.
It
may at this point be
of
interest to
point
out
that as the result
of
extensive
force re-organization since 1963, there
has been considerable change in our
force's
rank
structure. As a Crown
Force, commanded by a Commis-
sioner, we have in addition adopted a
similar insignia of rank for
our
com-
missioner ranks as
that
used by the
Metropolitan force in London.
July 1965
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