THE POLICE FORCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 258, 30 October 1926, Page 15

THE POLICE FORCE.

UNREST IN NEW ZEALAND. SYDNEY POLICE JOURNAL'S COMMENT. '"Evidently matters are not pleasant for some of the New Zealand police, and it is not surprising to find men getting out of the Force and coining to Australia," says the "New South Wales Police News'' of OctobeT 7. "New Zealand and Tasmania lag hehind in the recognition of the Police Force as an occupation for manly men, who should be treated and paid on a scale commensurate with the importance of the duties they are called upon to perform.

"Old traditions and methods seem to prevail ip the control of parts of the New Zealand Force. As a matter of fact, they still hold sway In certain minds in this State. ' The right kind of Anzae control is employed by- the majority of modern: officers, who. glace good work before forms and' ceremonies. ; -

''Police rules and regulations are like the laws of any country. It is. the way they -are administered that matters. The basis of most laws is the Ten Commandments, but' military discipline caused the expansion of-those simple laws, ana human ingenuity and fault-finding added more to police rules hi the old days.

"There are some minds that are similar to those possessed by' the Hun leaders who caused Germany to arouse world opposition. They are not happy minds. They are not plastic enough, and are of the Spartan character. They arenqt softened by charity and able 'tolerance.

'""Any man who is placed in authority oyer other men should remember the mistakes made by those over Mm when he Was young, and should recognise that the forms of discipline are not the real thing, also that credit comes to the man on top from the good work done by willing and contented men under him. The chains of discipline should be like silk, and have as much "give" in them as silk."