The Colonial Police
| Date | 01 February 1964 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6403700202 |
| Published date | 01 February 1964 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
enter the already crowded field of the advertising of public services.
Traditional modesty, however, and traditional inertia, too, are now
out of place and Authority is anxious to see the Service " selling
itself"
to give the public a better idea of what it does for the com-
munity and what a rewarding career it offers to the right men.
The public, even the more influential and normally better-informed
members of it, very often have odd ideas about the police and
whatever television, cinema, radio and the press can do to put over
the truth about policing and policemanship must certainly be done.
There are encouraging signs that producers and editors are ready to
give the Service a fair share of their attention and it is obviously in
the public interest to afford them every reasonable facility.
The fact remains, however, that
the"
image"
of the police in the
mind of the public is predominantly one of the constable in his
helmet with the street as background, or of the constable in his
peaked cap in the police car, or of the detective calling about the
breaking offence. This image is an old one, more deeply engraved
than anything that ephemeral publicity can impose. In the long run
the popularity of that image depends upon the effectiveness of the
officers in daily touch with the community. Their skill and courage,
their kindliness, their courtesy and tact, are the final arbiters in this
basic relationship. In these days, when, as we have said before in
these columns, too few men are doing too much work, it is more
than ever essential to maintain the high standard of work and
behaviour (and behaviour is part of the policeman's work) that the
Service over the years has given the public every reason to expect.
THE
COLONIAL POLICE
Deputy Superintendent of Police,
North
Borneo.
Protective Security Officer, Sarawak.
Assistant Superintendent of Police,
British Solomon Islands Protec-
torate.
Assistant Superintendent of Police,
Swaziland.
Assistant Superintendent of Police,
Sabah.
Principal Investigation Officer, East
Africa Common Services Organi-
zation.
Chief Police Officer, Seychelles.
Assistant Superintendent of Police,
North
Borneo.
Deputy Superintendent of Police,
Bahamas.
Hobbs, M. R. (Previous Overseas
Service)
Hook, R. D. (Previous Overseas Service)
Knott, W. T. (Previous Overseas
Service)
Sayer, F. G.
OcrOBER,
1963
Morgan, I. L. H. (Previous Overseas
Service)
McCabe, J. (Previous Overseas Service)
Peirce, E. N. (Previous Overseas
Service)
Robertson, J. V.
The following appointments have been notified by the Colonial Office:
SEPTEMBER, 1963
Coupe, E. (Previous Overseas Service)
52 February 1964
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