POLICE HOURS OF WORK

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 258, 1 November 1939, Page 8

POLICE HOURS OF WORK

DEFINITE REDUCTION TO I 48 SOUGHT AGE UMiT FOR RETIREMENT j ENCOURAGING YOUNGER FORCE | [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Oct. 31. I Two of important matters affecting i the police themselves discussed at the j police association conference were the | question of hours and the age of retirement. The working week at pre- I sent consists of six days totalling 48 , hours, but there are instances where j a reduction to this condition has not I yet been made effective and the con- , ference decided to seek to consolidate ; the 48-hour week and make it fully operative. With regard to retirement, a deter- , mined effort is to be made to have it reduced to the age limit of 60. II j was regarded as an anomaly that the rule of most State departments of retirements after 40 years’ service does not apply to the police. An earlier retirement than exists is regarded athe first essential to obtaining a younger police force, which delegates thought was needed in the interest.: both of the men themselves and the public. The problem ot housing also wai: revealed as part of the policeman'., unhappy lot and a proposal along the lines of more houses being erected the Government for the department is to be submitted to the authorities.