POLICEMEN AND MARRIAGE
FOUR' YEARS’ PRIOR TEST. Metropolitan police recruits in London have always been advised not to marry pnti'l they have Established themselves, in the 'service, or at least have had time to decide that they are -fitted foe a police career. Four years have been set down as the period necessary for resolving this problem. • ' ■ ‘ • , ...'. The commissioner . (Lord* Trenchard}, in pursifinp; his efficiency campaign, has emphasised the wisdom of this rule as making for the betterment of the service and of service conditions. This expression of a desire cannot, however, be regarded as any new discouragement of marriage. It merely emphasises afresh the view .of the authorities, based on long and practical experience. . Another aspect of the matter is the difficulty—a general and almost.permanent o ne _i o { securing proper .accommodation for marHed policemen, whereas smgle'men can teadily be acommodated-ln the section houses attached to the police stations. Single men so accommodated are always available in casew of emergency, but married members living some distance, from the stations eannot be so easily reached.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22066, 23 September 1933, Page 22
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175POLICEMEN AND MARRIAGE Otago Daily Times, Issue 22066, 23 September 1933, Page 22
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