RECRUITS FOR THE POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17267, 17 September 1919, Page 10

RECRUITS FOR THE POLICE.

VACANCIES BEING FILLED. CANDIDATES OFFER FREELY. [BY TELEGBAPH.SPECIAL BEPOBTEB.} WELLINGTON, Tuesday. 1 The ranks of the police force of the ' Dominion are being rapidly filled, according to the annual report of the commissioner, who says:— " The depletion of the ranks of the force to which I drew attention in my report of last year reached its maximum towards the end of the year, and continued for many months of this year. Great difficulty was experienced in securing suitable recruits. "Two causes produced that result—the high wages obtainable in civil occupations, and the fact that almost all eligible recruits were still absent with the Expeditionary Forces. As the troops | returned, however, and the advantages of employment in the police force became known, candidates began to offer more freely, and in a short time it is expected that all the men required now will be enrolled. In this connection I. may .say that ' all former members of the police force who served at the front were immediately re-engaged on offering themselves if found to be physically fit. Many of them resigned from the force in order to enlist, and I have recommended that at the forthcoming session of Parliament legislation be proposed for the purpose of reviving the superannuation rights which they forfeited on their resignation. It is proposed also to restore these men to I their former positions on the seniority list. " Returned soldiers are given every possible encouragement to join the ranks of the force."