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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

8. The engagement of every member of the force will
   be for three years, and thereafter until legally dis-
   charged.

9. Three months' notice will be required from any
   member of the force who wishes to leave the service.

10. Officers shall retire from the force on attaining
    the full age of 65, and other members of the force at 60.

11. Every member of the force will be required to
    devote his whole time and energies to the service, and
    will be held responsible for obedience to all lawful orders
    and conformity to all regulations.

12. Each member of the force will be presumed to
    know his duty in every case, and in the absence of orders
    or instructions will be held responsible for the due per-
    formance thereof, and in case of failure or neglect will be
    liable to punishment or dismissal.

13. Members of the force should endeavour to make
    themselves well acquainted with all Acts of Parlia-
    ment relating to crime, or under which any duties
    devolve upon the police. They should also make them-
    selves acquainted with municipal by-laws, and enforce
    them as far as lies in their power.

14. The attention of the preventive branch of the
    police will be specially directed, in the first instance, to
    the prevention of crime; but, whenever there is any
    reason to believe crime has been committed, its detection
    and the apprehension or punishment of the offenders
    will, as a matter of course, be the duty of every member
    of the force wherever stationed, and whether in the pre-
    ventive or detective branch of the force.

15. The police will be strictly impartial in the dis-
    charge of their duties towards all classes—the preserva-
    tion of order and the prevention or detection of serious
    crime being their first duty. Offences which are of a
    trivial character, and sometimes committed by law-
    abiding citizens in ignorance, should be dealt with dis-
    creetly. A caution will, in some instances, be all that is
    necessary, and have the desired effect; but this course
    should only be pursued when sanctioned by the member
    of the force in charge. For minor offences the extreme
    course of apprehension and incarceration should be
    avoided, when it is clear that a summons will insure the
    offender being duly dealt with by a Magistrate. By
    section 73 of "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882," any
    person charged with the commission of an offence may
    voluntarily appear to answer the charge, and the Justices
    may hear and determine the case without first receiving
    an information in writing, unless either of the parties to
    the case shall, before the commencement of the hearing,
    require an information in writing.

16. Every member of the force will co-operate with,
    and afford all assistance in his power to, other members
    of the force, and other officers in the public service.

17. Members of the force will be liable to dismissal
    for disobedience, neglect, or omission of duty, incom-
    petency, disrespect to any person in authority, insolent
    or indecorous behaviour, or any misconduct punishable
    by law, or contrary to regulations, in addition to such
    other legal penalty as may be incurred thereby.

18. The police will constantly report to the nearest
    Resident Magistrate, or Bench of Magistrates, the re-
    sults of the issue of summonses or warrants, and the
    steps taken from time to time for the purpose of giving
    effect to magisterial proceedings.

19. The Inspector of each district, when present, will
    bring all police cases before the Bench, and obtain evi-
    dence, so as to present the necessary particulars to the
    Magistrates as clearly and intelligibly as possible.

20. When prisoners are remanded from one Bench of
    Magistrates to another, full particulars of the case will
    be forwarded to the member of the force in charge of the
    station to which the prisoner is remanded, together with
    a report of the offender's antecedents, and Gazette refer-
    ences to previous convictions.

21. When an offender is committed for trial who has
    been previously convicted, his criminal history, reference
    to prison, photograph, &c., should be furnished on the
    prescribed form to the Commissioner by the officer in
    charge of the district.

22. Any member of the force who may arrest an
    offender committed for trial will be considered a witness
    in the case, whether summoned or not, and should see
    that all other witnesses are in attendance when required.
    Should any witness, after being bound over, change his
    residence to any place at a distance from the Court where
    a trial is to take place, the circumstance is to be promptly
    reported to the officer in charge of the district. When
    members of the force are subpoenaed as witnesses in civil
    cases, the parties who subpoena them must be made
    liable for their expenses.

23. In cases of police prosecutions, in which con-
    victions are appealed against, or prohibitions applied for,
    full particulars must be promptly furnished to the Com-
    missioner.

24. Every member of the force will studiously observe
    neutrality in political matters, and will rigidly abstain
    from the manifestation, other than voting themselves at
    elections, of any politico-sectarian or religious proclivities
    in the discharge of their duties to the prejudice of the
    public service, on pain of immediate dismissal or other
    severe punishment.

25. No member of the force will be permitted to
    derive any pecuniary profit or advantage from any public
    contract, or from any purchase made by himself or others
    in relation to the duties of his office.

26. Every member of the force will avoid incurring
    debts or placing himself under pecuniary obligation to
    any person whatsoever.

27. No sergeant or constable will be permitted to
    marry without leave.

28. No member of the force will be allowed to engage
    in any trade or business either by himself or his wife.

29. No member of the force will, upon any occasion,
    or under any pretence whatever, accept any money,
    gifts, or address from any person without the express
    permission of the Commissioner.

30. No member of the force will leave his district
    or station without permission unless in the necessary
    course and performance of police duties.

31. In the absence of any member of the force from
    his district or station, his duties and responsibilities will
    specially devolve upon the member of the force next in
    rank.

32. Members of the force, on their arrival at Welling-
    ton, whether on duty or leave of absence, will report
    themselves at the dépôt. Officers will report themselves
    at the Commissioner's office.

33. Every member of the force will endeavour, by
    every lawful means in his power, to make himself ac-
    quainted with the local features of the district where he
    may be stationed, and with the names and characters of
    the inhabitants thereof.

34. Every member of the force will make the arrival
    of suspicious characters, or the occurrence of extraordi-
    nary circumstances within his district, in so far as they
    have come under his cognizance, the subject of special
    report to his superior officer.

35. Should any epidemic of infectious or contagious
    disease break out in any locality full particulars should
    be promptly reported to the Commissioner direct by
    telegraph, and also to the Inspector of his district.

36. Members of the force in charge of stations will be
    careful that police duties are always impartially divided
    among the men.

37. Every member of the force in charge of a station
    will be specially responsible for the conduct, appearance,
    and discipline of the constables under him, and for the
    state of the horses, arms, ammunition, accoutrements,
    and other public property committed to his charge.