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POLICE WORK IS
HAMPERED
Goulburn Behind
The Times
Observntions made in recent
months by the Evening Post's'
police roundsman have shown that
as a result of the curious in.
difference displayed In official
quarters to the needs of Goulburn
police officers in the matter of
transport facilities, the latter
are being seriously handicapped
in their work.
It cinot1 bo denied, 'for res?llls
amply plroe It, thit tile I)ol1Ce Iptn
tectlon given (o the city is tlirott?hly
efficient but, while thIe puolleo cliim
no Injustice in their working co'h-t
tons, it is quite alilirent to t hti
',pblic eye that reliance oin 1l: ol0)it
letl and ugly patrol woggoai if tyins.
port to tntd fromnit scenes of climlTe or
on oirdhtiry investlgatilons is ne oinl:'
undeilrable: frolil tife Ilublie view-'
pointll bult also hltilllletrs aIe off.icer
tliemnoelv'es.
\Ver'' few lleltlblers of tilhe gln
pbllie have Ia lue plieclption of ll?e
nistlfohil duLes that lre the daily
lot 'o' a l police officer, I):rtlcuttI rly
the moo entrutoed with Issues' of a
crhiminl land cemti-criniiinul intonu';
consequently, the dif'fieultls con
fronting ilembers of the Goullnurn
force in cary'i'lilg out sieit dtleti have
excited no tltb!lc conmment.
These difficulties truse 'toni the
tick of tmoden'l tr:iilllort I'lellities,
the pirovislon of whlich would relieve
the police of thile Iheavy load they hlveI
to cllrry iIIn Ithei endevollullr to. ni,
Itli Gollburn''s singulthr freedoMi
from serioss cilitme.
BETTEH OFF THAN GOULBURN
Sntlll rura'l cent1res not far dlistant
fronl this city hlvr upt to two mlolor
vehicles efeh--flour' towns with 1an
llggl'rgllte Ipopulltl,1n well below 10hal
of Goulburn halve eo'; ht vehicles bLo"
'tweell themll to Ineet I1ollee lneeds in
their resllective areas--while Gouli
b11urn, with i polltpulationl o' 17,000, is
restrdlled , tllhree vehiclles. lapart'
front the Wiheless "lmtrol, which '1:
naturall'lly used for the IuL'orloail.was
slupplled-1tr flfice adilnlstral o11l.
O 111 te hree vehicles in question
olle (1 I l 1nol1or-cycle andll sdllecal',
which is devoted aIlmost 1oxcl sle1y
1t stel1tock andl sltill Ilon patrols. Aother1
is n recenlly supplied seldan car, butl
here aIgainl Cn)111lbnl derives little
onllleft as this vehlicle Is neleded
largely for official inspections in the
Southernl anlld Goullbullln Police Dist
ricts.
As a result;, the only vehicle
available for use in crime de.
tectlon and prevention within
Goulburn and environs Is the
antiquated patrol waggon; even
so its use Is dependent upon It
beIng in a sufficient state of re.
pai r.
'I'o 11pa l0, wh11ch looks 1bout L20
years old, Is i t ftill 'ro lt 1 1 atisl'ctor)t"
it'un 'l l IIfo n tI 11 -t . 118nn i lewto'lit t
ao111n11- impo111 r tant. spect in these
days of petrool rto11lllllg--whle It:
vahlue 1i1n the detection or Iprevoeilion
of elrille etil well be I hlllli ned when
duo I'reg1' I gItVlt 0 to '1 s sln tll' es
as \well Ias Its colour' land deslgIn,
which avertIl es In, the, wo0ld 1 It
laIrgo thaIllt It II police wa:ggon.
USEFULNESS OUTLIVED
\Vhen ,the ,nt'rol wis fIlht pIut On
the roads it was an essential utnt,
11s In 11108hse yier It was O l1111 Oil IIto
convoy t.o theo (nllbtll'll lolorlnulol'y
Intly large escorts arriving by I.trai
f'nlll Sydney 1 II i tlunderstood, h1ow
o\vel, that11. the wl ngo11 Is n1o longerl
required o'ol 'l' tills purpose.
So I'ai' 11t 11 011t 01' one two lI;t(is l'r
occtHionltiy I'roughlt to0 Gf1b11urn) 11 '1inc
countrly cenll tres are ecnllOelrnllle, ,these1
anro taken to the t.l0nln atI. the 01111
of depll lltl'ture b1y I11olor' ell ' 111111 Ilnth 1
1s 11o rIolan n lwhy i n11111111' vehollll
eo ld llI 0L be t0lled for till stinle p1llr.
pose lit this on.11
n"on why the patrol Shlloutl not be
replacllted by I nitolo'rn, hlghl-powered
cral', wlleh woulldl 0b\lviolly tlly spt
polle0 o 1?1' t1 1 111tll1 8lty n11 a I'oting
more in I(Olfping wIth the fourth city
of Itllo 11gost oo,1llleo InsbeItollto e lln
Ill State ll
1 11ho p)it, thorte hav\' oo0 111t1111.
l'OrtlH Ill an' cep ,w'lioh n Ipglic ,wolt has
huorn to'loRaly 111 handicapllo'l 01imply
hIcanuso itldeqtl to I.'nilDorL, 'l11c1llltl1o
Unie which might well ,do+er've the
attention o'f ithe Chiiftbor of Coin.,
niorce and smlt nlla public tnodles.
It l ' if 11f11 lnlht to dllboll Iotllt Id
(lIotulbturn o 101100 officero li('0o !0ot
1themselves'o illposedtl i\'lli whatl IH
o? v\'inly n I11IIhna tlo usoles pat11t111
va\'n sid hl've It 'oplcceod by Spinetlhlllg
nIll(lern andII 11 111 1111 In (oping with
the IImportanc of this city.l
\n,7lOd,--At- ille- yFol (L0 ,,l -
th e h lo t. (Ile 0 o ulh tu l , ,ve n in g T ,t
Lilt. II, for yeo .
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