The Colonial Police
| Published date | 01 March 1964 |
| Date | 01 March 1964 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6403700302 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
Senior Assistant Commissioner,
Nyasaland
Assistant Superintendent, Aden
Assistant Commissioner, Nyasaland
Assistant Superintendent, Aden
Assistant Superintendent, Aden
Deputy Superintendent of Constabu-
lary, Sarawak
Deputy Inspector of Police,
Bahamas
It
might not be in the public interest, but it would certainly be in
that of the police, if distasteful duties of these kinds could be
performed by someone else.
Maintaining Morale
Knowing how to keep up morale is an essential part of leadership.
When police affairs are the subject of unfavourable comment, whether
well or ill informed, it is no easy task and it is made none the easier
by people in public life who quote rumours as facts. The Service
has long since built up a strong tradition of being determined to
uphold its standards and to have alleged infractions of the discipline
code or alleged offences against the criminal law dealt with by the
proper procedure. At least the Home Secretary and all parties in the
Commons gave a timely reminder during the historic second reading
of the Police Bill to commentators of the need to maintain the
morale of the Service. This was especially fitting at a time when
isolated and individual cases of misconduct were before the courts
or disciplinary authorities.
An opportunity missed may well be recalled here. On December 3
last the London Gazette announced the award of the
RE.M.,
for
gallantry, to Inspector A. W. G. Jenkins of the Reading Borough
Police. He had forced an entry, restrained and disarmed a mentally
unbalanced and violent man who had barricaded himself in his house
and threatened amental welfare officer, a doctor and other police
officers. The citation aroused the admiration of Inspector Jenkins'
comrades and the public in Reading.
It
received little mention in
the press, which was currently giving much attention to the judgment
in the Queen's Bench Division discussed in
our
previous note. Had
the two items been juxtaposed the public might well have marvelled
at the paradox. The Service is not sufficiently concerned with the
need to bring home to the public its innumerable instances of
difficult duty bravely done.
THE
COLOXIAL POLICE
The following appointments have been notified by the Colonial Office:
NOVEMBER, 1963
Holmes Acourt, R. D., Assistant Com-
missioner, Nyasaland
Ahmed, S. S., Chief Inspector, Aden
Bevan, A. T., Senior Superintendent,
Nyasaland
Khan, O. A. R., Chief Inspector, Aden
Mohsin, T., Chief Inspector, Aden
Crennell, T. A. (Previous Overseas
Service)
Wilson, W. B. R.
104 March /964
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