AUXILIARY POLICE

Grey River Argus, 13 June 1935, Page 2

AUXILIARY POLICE

COMMISSION’S ADVOCACY. WELLINGTON, June 8. The advantage of service in the ' auxiliary police force, both to the reI servist :md the community was emphasised by the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. G. Wohlmann) in an interview to-day. lie said enlistments in the auxiliary were fairly satisfactory, but there were vacancies in each of the four centres. So far only at Auckland, on the occasion of the Duke of Gloucester’s visit, had it been necessary to call up the reservists for duty and then only for two or three weeks Apart from the benefits to the State and to the reservists individually, the Commissioner said it was expected that employers would value and readilv avail themselves of the services of police reservists, whereby they were assured of the integrity and trustworthiness of their employees, and the sense of security of their interests in the presence of such men in their service must necessarily create. There was doubtless also satisfaction in helping an organisation designed to benefit in a very material way the business life of their city by an assurance of peace and good order. Mr. Wohilmann added that the reserve offered the advantage of preference in selection when vacancies occurred in the regular force.