POLICE FORCE

Waikato Times, Volume 193, Issue 22205, 26 November 1943, Page 2

POLICE FORCE

OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Thursday Police regulations as far back as 1887 provided that the wife of a member of the Police Force should not engage in a trade or business, and the amended regulations were designed to ensure that wives of members did not engage in employment that might embarrass their husbands in th* performance of their duties, the Minister in Charge of Police, the Hon. P. C. Webb, stated today. Beyond this tne regulations had no application to the private activities of wives of members of the force. There was no conflict of opinion between the manpower authorities and the Police Department, and the fullest co-operation existed between the two departments. In no instance* had the Commissioner of Police refused permission to wives of policemen to engage in remunerative employment, or sought to use the regulations against the manpower authorities in cases in which policemen’s wives were involved. Employment in Spare Time The Minister said the amended regulations were necessary because there were cases of men working for the department during the day and for private employer sat night, while others during their period of night duty worked elsewhere during the day. It was obvious that the men could not give efficient service to the public or the department under such circumstances. Complaints had been received of policemen undertaking work that could have been performed by civilians, who were waiting for work and could not get it through preference being given to policemen. In the interests of the State the Police Department must have the right to decide what work, if any, policemen should be allowed to perform apart from their official duties.