HANDCUFFS FOR POLICE
ORDER FOR ABOLITION REVOKED. Sydney, January 21. Returning from a tour of Europe and America, Police Commissioner Mitchell recommended the abolition of handcuffs for uniformed police on the ground of dealing with prisoners, long since abolished in cities abroad. The recommendation met with strong opposition from the police, who urged that in a citv so comparatively sparsely policed as Sydney was, they were placed at the mercy of. a violent prisoner. unless provided with handcuffs. The Chief Secretary has revoked the order for adopting Mr. Mitchell’s recommendation, winch had been previously approved.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 100, 22 January 1926, Page 9
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96HANDCUFFS FOR POLICE Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 100, 22 January 1926, Page 9
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