Round the World
| Published date | 01 July 1965 |
| Date | 01 July 1965 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6503800716 |
| Subject Matter | Round the World |
scheme would require to be government-sponsored, with the obvious
implications of the cyclist-voter. However, it is worth noting that a
system of licensing pedal cycles has been successfully operated in
certain countries for many years and there is no doubt that compul-
sory registration on a national scale would be of the greatest assist-
ance in dealing with this problem.
Turning now to the question of providing a central point for
collation of details of all stolen and found pedal cycles on a country-
wide scale, the difficulties here do not appear so great. True, there
would be considerable expense involved in providing equipment
and manpower, whilst suitable accommodation would also have to
be arranged, but none of these problems is insoluble. Technicalities
would have to be worked out; modern methods would be required
to make comparison speedy and efficient and an effective chain of
communication down to station level would be a prime necessity.
Indices would probably best be formed on a regional basis, but with a
certain amount of overlapping in the fringe areas, whilst publica-
tions would doubtless be on similar lines. Much work would be
involved in the formation of a central index of this nature, but once
it was working efficiently, there would, undoubtedly, be a con-
siderable saving of time by individual forces, and we should avoid
the duplication which exists at present.
It
would be essential not to
allow a scheme of this nature to become unwieldy, and the co-
operation of all forces in the country would be necessary to achieve
maximum success: working in conjuction with a system of cycle
registration it could achieve much.
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THE
AUSTRALIAN
WOMEN
POLICE
Although there are 57 women serving with the police of New South Wales,
Australia, they have hitherto not been full members of the force. This situation,
it is noted in the New South Wales Police News, is now to be rectified by an
Act of the Legislative Assembly for the State.
Introducing the Bill earlier this year, Mr. Maloney, the Minister for Labour
and Industry, pointed
out
that
the women police had been appointed by the
Commissioner under Ministerial authority and sworn in as special constables
since 1915, and
that
although they had been accepted for many years as an
essential
part
of the police force, they were under no statutory obligation to
comply with departmental instructions or the orders of their superiors, or to
maintain secrecy
about
police business. Neither did they have the status or the
legal powers of their male colleagues, and had no authority, for example, to give
directions to motorists or demand the names and addresses of motoring offenders.
As a result of the Bill both women police already serving, as well as those
appointed in future, will serve under the same regulations and' have the same
privileges and obligations as the rest of the police force.
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