THE POLICE FORCE.
NEED FOR MORE RECRUITS. "We are always in need of recruits.' ays Commissioner O'Donovan, in an ad jess to tlie police fofce. " Recruit! losscs.sed of the qualifications—physical noral, and mental—set out ill the regula ion are what arc wanted. Men who hav< uftered grievous injuries, or illness sue! s rheumatism, indigestion, gastritis vhich are not always discernible bj he surgeon, should not attempt t< onie into the police force. They mus oon leave. So also the.man who think: hat a moral standard inconsisten fith* truth and honou:: will suit. I lerchince such a mm eucceeds in pass ng the training stage into the polio anks without his mind being disabuset n" that false idea, he is a pest and i ilagus. He should decide to reman mUide rather than be cast out in dis pace, which would undeservedly ad ■era 1:0 his comrades. Further, thi crank' and the agitator have no con ;enia! place in the police force: the; »ill be weeded out when their proper! tities are discovered."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17663, 27 December 1920, Page 6
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172THE POLICE FORCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17663, 27 December 1920, Page 6
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