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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 115

great extent be left to his own discretion, but he
will be held responsible if the public interest suffers
through undue reticence on his part. He must
conduct his business in such a manner as not to
clash with the action of the local Police, and also,
as far as practicable, keep the officer in charge of
the district informed of his movements.

223. If the members of the Detective Branch act
     in such a way as to deserve and obtain the aid and
     co-operation of the general Police, there should be
     no difficulty in detecting crime and tracing out
     offenders who, to escape detection, have fled from
     town to country or from one part of the Dominion
     to the other; and it is expected that the general
     Police will consider it imperative upon them to
     afford every information in their power to the
     Detective Police, and to facilitate in every possible
     way the proper discharge of their particular duties.

224. With a view to the detection of crime, mem-
     bers of the Detective Branch must endeavour to
     acquire a knowledge of the members of the criminal
     class, must watch their movements, and promptly
     communicate particulars of the same and other
     necessary information to their officers.

225. In reporting the particulars of inquiries con-
     ducted and arrests made, and generally of the steps
     they have taken, they must not omit to include the
     names of other members of the Force who have been
     engaged with them in the same duties, or on whose
     information they have effected the arrest.

226. Senior Detectives shall be located at Auck-
     land, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and
     the Senior Detective in charge shall be designated
     “Chief Detective.” It shall be their duty to arrange
     and supervise the work of their staff; to conduct
     all detective cases in Court, unless the Inspector
     (or in his absence the Sub-Inspector) desires to do
     so; to transmit all reports to the Inspector, and
     report daily to that officer all offences or other
     matters that have come under their notice.

227. While it is essential that the most suitable
     officer should be detailed for special cases, members
     in charge of the Detective Branch must be parti-
     cularly careful to so apportion the work as not to
     give rise to any suspicion of favouritism. They
     shall at all times strongly discountenance any
     friction amongst their staff or between their staff
     and the general Police, as, unless the two branches
     work harmoniously together, the public interests
     must suffer.

228. The Senior Detective, Detective-Sergeant, or
     Detective in charge shall keep a diary of the duties
     performed by each man under his charge. The duties
     may be posted up by each man, but the Senior or
     other Detective in charge shall see that they are
     properly posted and details of duty fully stated.
     At stations where there is a commissioned officer
     the diary shall be placed before him for inspection
     every week.

229. Promotions to the rank of Senior Detective
     shall be made from among Detective-Sergeants and
     Sergeants in the Uniform Branch who have passed
     the examination qualifying for promotion to the
     rank of Senior Sergeant, but no Detective-Sergeant
     or Sergeant shall be promoted to the rank of Senior
     Detective unless he is considered fit to perform the
     duties of Chief Detective.

230. No Detective shall be promoted to the rank
     of Detective-Sergeant until he has passed the
     examination qualifying for such promotion.

231. The total number of Detective-Sergeants shall
     not exceed the number of Detectives and Acting-
     Detectives.

232. For the purposes of promotion and transfer
     a Senior Detective shall be equal in rank to a Senior
     Sergeant, a Detective-Sergeant to a Sergeant, and a
     Detective to a Constable.

For the purposes of detective duty a Detective
shall be senior to all other Constables.

233. As vacancies occur in the Detective Branch
     Constables of exemplary conduct who have two
     years’ service and who appear to have the prescribed
     qualifications for detectives will be detailed for
     duty in that branch under a Senior Detective, on
     probation for six months. After that time, if
     favourably reported upon by the officer in charge
     of the district, they may be further employed on
     detective duties under the name of “Acting-Detec-
     tives.” As such they will continue duty under a
     Senior Detective for a period of two years, and if
     their work gives satisfaction they may after the
     expiry of that time be appointed Detectives.

In making selections for the Detective Branch
preference should be given to the younger and more
energetic men.

234. Members of the Detective Branch shall be
     under the control of the officer in charge of the
     stations at which they are doing duty, and as, being
     dressed in plain clothes, they may be required to
     produce the authority under which they are acting,
     each shall be furnished with a warrant-card for the
     purpose, signed by the Commissioner.

235. A warrant-card must on no account be trans-
     ferred from one member of the Detective Branch to
     another. They shall be numbered consecutively as
     issued, and on any member of the Detective Branch
     leaving that branch of the Force his warrant-card
     shall be cancelled. Each member of the Force shall
     be held strictly responsible for the proper care of the
     warrant-card issued to him, and upon no account
     is he to let it go out of his possession.

Any member who through neglect or carelessness
loses his warrant-card shall be severely punished.
He must immediately report the loss to his officer,
and unless he gives a satisfactory explanation as to
the cause of the loss he shall be at once suspended
from duty until the charge against him of neglect has
been disposed of.

Warrant-cards are the property of the Government,
and must be returned with other appointments by
members leaving the Force. In the event of the
death of any member of the Detective Branch care
must be taken to secure his warrant-card and transmit
it to the Commissioner without delay.

236. Warrant-cards shall be issued only to mem-
     bers of the Force who have been appointed to a
     rank in the Detective Branch. To those on pro-
     bation or employed on occasional duty in the Detec-
     tive Branch an identification-card shall be given by
     the officer in charge. The card must be given up
     by the holder on his returning to ordinary duty or
     when he receives a warrant-card.

237. Any instance in which improper use has
     been made of the documents thus issued to members
     of the Detective Branch shall be at once reported
     to the Commissioner.

Deaths.

238. The death of any member of the Force shall
     be promptly notified to the Commissioner by the
     officer in charge of the district.

239. The officer in charge of a station shall take
     charge of the private effects of any unmarried mem-
     ber of the Force who dies thereat, and shall make a
     careful inventory of the same in the presence of a
     subscribing witness, and shall forward a true copy of