HORSES AND MOTORS

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 48, 6 September 1928, Page 10

HORSES AND MOTORS

USE BY POLICE MORE WILL BE REQUIRED The part which horses and motor-ears play, or aro destined to play, in tho work of tho Police Force is referred to by Commissioner W. B. M'llveney in his annual report. With tho trend of modern transport making for considerable rapidity of movement it has become essential for the members of the Police Department to have at their command for immediate use in connection with the detection and prevention of crime higb-class and powered motor-cycles, says , the Commissioner. Tho timo is approaching when a squad of motor-cyclists will be roquired at each of the principal centres of population. For constant and imperative supervision and inspection duties by the commissioned officers, to expedite the performance of their general work, and for emergency requirements of tho detectives, suitable motor-cars are indispensable. An increase in tho number of those at present in use is very urgently required. Horses, adds the Commissioner have ever played a prominent part in tho operation of the Police Department. Though their sphere of usefulness has been cut by the- advent of motor-cars and motor-cycles, they still are a necessity, and will continue to be so for a long time. In handling crowds they are invaluable. Of recent years there has been difficulty in obtaining suitable remounts, and it is not unlikely that in tho not-distant future the Department will find it necessary to provide for a stud farm and. breed the class of troop-horse required for it.