CITY OFFICERS' POWERS.
CHRIST CHURCH PROPOSAL.
Adverse comment has been made 011 the decision of the Christchurch City Council to have 11 of its traffic inspectors sworn in as special constables. The reason given for this action was "that on occasions when assistant traffic inspectors have approached persons in reference to a breach of the law they have been subjected to obscene language and insolence." As a number of other officers of the council arc also employed in detecting breaches of the law, as it relates to sanitation, buildings, and water supply, and presumably arc therefore subjected to the same indignities, some citizens contend that to be logical the council should have them also clothed with powers of arrest. The City Council has asked the senior magistrate of the city to swear the inspectors in as constables. Mr. H. Macintosh, chief traffic inspector, and Mr. J. Bruorton, assistant-chief traffic inspector, were sworn in as special constables about 18 months ago. So far, it is stated, they have not arrested anybody.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20307, 15 July 1929, Page 12
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170CITY OFFICERS' POWERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20307, 15 July 1929, Page 12
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