The Suburban Policeman
The annual report of the Commissioner of Police (Mr W. S. Brown) contains the welcome
assurance that “the closing of “all suburban police stations “ has never been contem- “ plated ”. Does this imply that public misgivings have caused the Police Department to modify its long-term policy? Last October, at the Police Association’s conference, the Commissioner said he expected “ some resistance from the "public? to the proposed amalgamation of certain suburban stations. In January,
when he announced an overhaul of the police communications system, Mr Brown appeared to confirm the belief that ultimately all suburban stations would be replaced with car or motorrcycle patrols from central stations. As the older suburban constables retired, said Mr Brown, their stations would be closed. The Commissioner’s latest statement that " sweeping changes are not “ visualised * encourages hope that so valuable an institution as the suburban policeman will not, after all, be allowed to disappear.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28937, 3 July 1959, Page 10
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