Bigger Police
f °h reasons of economy London is to have fewer mounted police in the future, and a reduction .of .10 per cent, in their number is to be made. On the other hand, policemen aie to be (tiller, for the standard is to r>e raised from sft. Pin. to sft. lOin. This decision was taken in view of the many applicants for vacancies in the London police force. Since we cannot mako our bobbies better, we will have them bigger. Their standard of intelligence will be just as high, if not higher. In fact, the Medical Research Council has just announced that children who are tall beyond their years are likely to have more than normal intelligence. This seems to dispose of the old idea that brain and brawn seldom go together.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17738, 26 March 1932, Page 9
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134Bigger Police Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17738, 26 March 1932, Page 9
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