Police Force Regulations




SEPT. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2905

  1. No one shall wash articles of clothing in any bath or lavatory-basin in barracks.
  2. No boots shall be kept by any man in his sleeping-quarters except the pair he has been wearing during the day. All other boots must be kept in the boot-room, in a clean condition.
  3. Men shall not keep any part of their uniform in their sleeping-quarters in barracks where a uniform-room is provided.
  4. No member of the Force shall use articles of clothing or appointments belonging to any other member without the owner's permission, or remove them from the place where they are usually kept, or wilfully or negligently damage any such articles.
  5. No one shall wilfully or negligently cause any noise near the sleeping-quarters of the men whereby their rest may be disturbed.
  6. Where the bathroom is near the men's sleeping-quarters it must not be used between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.
  7. No one shall bring intoxicating liquor into any barracks, or keep any intoxicating liquor therein.
  8. No one shall gamble in barracks, whether by playing at billiards, cards, dice, or any other game.
  9. No one shall use indecent, obscene, profane, abusive, or threatening language in any barracks or Police gymnasium.
  10. Nails must not be driven into the woodwork or walls of the men's sleeping-quarters. Suitable hooks for hanging plain clothes thereon will be provided by the Department.
  11. If men wish to hang pictures in their sleeping-quarters, suitable hooks to hang them on will also be provided. No pictures of an objectionable nature will be allowed to be hung in barracks.
  12. Maps or other papers shall not be gummed or pasted on the woodwork or walls of any of the offices, rooms, or passages of any barracks.
  13. All men residing in barracks must polish the linoleum in their sleeping-quarters weekly.
  14. Men having windows in their sleeping-quarters must clean them weekly.
  15. Each man residing in barracks shall keep his card in the card-case placed on the door of his sleeping-quarters for that purpose.
  16. No one shall smoke in any part of a barracks, except in such room or rooms as may be set apart for that purpose by an order in writing issued by the officer in charge.
  17. Persons taking exercise of any kind in a Police gymnasium must use rubber-soled shoes. No one will be allowed to exercise therein in ordinary boots or shoes.
  18. Civilians will not be allowed to frequent or take exercise in any Police gymnasium without the permission of the officer in charge.
  19. Constables residing in barracks and performing ordinary duty shall be told off in their turn for duty as barrack orderly.
  20. Two Constables must be told off daily for orderly duty where the number of men on the station is sufficient to allow of this being done. One shall go on at 7 a.m. and remain on till 3 p.m., when the other shall take up the duty from that hour till 11 p.m. They shall relieve each other for meals.
  21. On the orderly taking up his duties in the morning he shall place his card in the card-case provided for that purpose. Such card-case shall be fixed in some prominent place in the passage where it can easily be seen.
  22. He shall then carefully sweep out and dust the library, uniform-room, passages, and billiard-room, brush and dust the billiard-table, shake mats and return them to their proper places, polish brasses, and have this portion of his duties completed by 9.30 a.m.
  23. He must wash out or hose down the floors of closets and urinals, and flush the closet-pans every forenoon, using a disinfectant in these conveniences when necessary.
  24. Cubicles and other sleeping-quarters must be swept out and dusted, and the beds therein made by their respective occupants not later than 2.30 p.m., after which time the orderly shall brush and dust all passages, stairs, banisters, &c., and have the whole barrack premises ready for inspection at 3 p.m.
  25. The orderly shall turn on lights when they become necessary, and turn them off at 11 p.m., unless orders to the contrary have been issued by the officer in charge.
  26. He must not quit the barracks during his hours of duty without the permission of the Senior or other Sergeant in charge.
  27. He must not play billiards before 3 o'clock in the afternoon; but he will be held strictly responsible for the collection of fees from those who have played billiards during his hours of duty, and also for any damage that may have been done to the table or its appointments, unless he can show by whom such damage was done.
  28. On the day following his turn of duty as orderly each Constable shall pay to the treasurer of the billiard-table fund all fees for games of billiards played during his hours of duty, and get the treasurer to initial the billiard-table book as having received such fees and mark it as correct.
  29. If any one refuses or neglects to pay what he owes for games played, the orderly responsible for the collection of same shall report accordingly without delay.
  30. The members of the Force attached to a station where a billiard-table is provided shall meet in the billiard-room at some convenient hour on the first Tuesday of June in each year, and select a committee of seven members from among their number to look after the billiard-table and its appointments, and the fees derived therefrom, and the gymnasium and its appointments.
  31. Such committee shall elect one of its members as chairman.
  32. It shall meet at least once a month, but oftener if necessary. Three members shall form a quorum.
  33. The Superintendent, Inspector, and Sub-Inspector shall be ex officio members of this committee.
  34. When a billiard-table is kept at the headquarters station one of the clerks in the district office shall act as treasurer of the billiard-table fund, and pay all moneys received by him on account of such fund into a trust account kept for that purpose at a savings-bank, and the Superintendent or Inspector for the time being in charge of the district shall act as trustee of such fund.
  35. The use of the billiard-table for play, and the amount of the fees for playing thereon, shall be in accordance with rules to be approved from time to time by the Commissioner.
  36. All fees for games shall be applied as follows:
    (1.) Keeping the table and its appointments insured against fire:
    (2.) Providing newspapers and magazines for the reading-room and books for the library,


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1919, No 115


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