INCREASED POLICE ASSISTANCE
MOVE BY WHAKATANE BOROUGH COUNCIL URGENT NEED FOR RELIEF Concerned with the amount of crime at Whakatane, the Whakatane Borough Council has decided to write to Police Headquarters, Wellington, requesting increased police assistance in the town. The Mayor, Mr B. S. Barry, said that the position was serious and getting out of hand, gs there were only two Constables on duty, under a Sergeant who was in very poor health. He felt that until Sergeant Farrell was in better health, somebody should be sent to relieve him. Other councillors supported Mr Barry and stressed that the need for relief was most .urgent. The council made a similar request on a previous occasion, but the reply received stated that tire question of another Constable would receive consideration when the existing shortage of staff in the police force was overcome. The council decided to write again, this time stressing the urgency of the need for a relieving officer.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 14858, 21 December 1948, Page 4
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