MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LVI, Issue 27, 8 July 1931, Page 422

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

Appointment as Detective. No. 2794. Constable Murray, James Jeremiah. Ist July, 1931.

Circular No. 4/1931.] Uniform Clothing, Wearing of: Police Regulations 598 and 506, Although there are occasions which render it necessary for members of the Force on some special duty to wear plain clothes, the rule of the Service that all members of the Force who are required by departmental directions to wear uniform while they are on duty shall be consistently and strictly observed.

Officers in Charge of districts must see that uniform is not discarded except for good and sufficient reason, and treat as defaulters those who disregard these instructions. This is particularly applicable to members of the Force at country stations. When mental patients, children of either sex under sixteen years of age, persons committed to an inebriates institution (whether voluntarily or otherwise), and all females are being escorted, plain clothes should be worn unless there are special reasons to the contrary in any particular case ; but the fact, together with the class and number of the railway pass used by the escorting official, must be recorded on the route of the escort and the entry signed by the responsible officer who issued the'pass. Within the Dominion uniform shall be worn when on escort duty with all other classes of prisoned and- on tha returnjourney to the station from which the escort was sent. Railway passes are not to be issued to-or used by escorting officials on such occasions. Occasions justifying members of the Force being in plain clothes are when making inquiries into the circumstances of old-age pensioners, interviewing children at public schools, and inquiries at or interviewing inmates in borstal institutions. Failure to observe or insist upon this instruction will render the members of the Force concerned liable for breach of Regulation 353 (1), apart from liability for the breach of any other regulation applicable to the default. Circulars 16/1895, 8/1904, 5/1917, and 14/1926 are hereby cancelled. rTT „ TTT 3/&/'3<i W. G. Wohlmann, Commissioner of Police. Wellington, 6th July, 1931. (P. 26/686:)

Memorandum.] Uniform Trousers. —Provision for Baton. The uniform trousers of all members of the Force below the rank of Sub-Inspector are to be provided with pockets in which a baton may be carried. W. G. Woiilmann, Commissioner of Police. Wellington, 6th July, 1931. (P. 27/571.)

Memorandum.] ! Identification Cards. Members of the Fordo/ presentT'ori monthly parades are to produce .to the inspec|uig officer their .identification cards in addition Cb ihercMjkf theina^poiMments. The iffswSptmg offit'£]jLwill examine all such identification cardsHqeusure they ais those on issue to the members of the Force presenting them for 'inspection. W. G. Wohlmann, Commissioner of Police. Wellington, 6th July, 1931. (P. 29/152.)