LAZY POLICE
IDLING IN THE STREETS. SMOKING ON DUTY. COMMISSIONER’S EVIDENCE. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. (Received Nov. 19, 11.55 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Nov. 19. Giving evidence before the- Royal Commission which is enquiring into the circumstances of the police strike, Chief Commissioner of Police Nichol son said he saw men idling about the streets, leaning against lamp posts, gossiping and actually smoking in uniform in broad daylight.’ At night lie saw them drunk. He repeatedly travelled in Melbourne district and suburbs without seeing a sign of a constable. There were many burglaries in houses and shop breaking, and only rarely did the police know anything about them till the owners reported the offences next morning. Even when front doors in main streets were broken in the police never found them. Nicholson also gave details of serious offences committed by the police while on duty.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 November 1924, Page 5
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142LAZY POLICE Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 November 1924, Page 5
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