Force Orders 1938

X 16th. December1938� TO ALL RANKS OF THE CHESHIRECONSTABULAR Y. PROBATIONARCYONSTABLES- EDUCATIOIW,TRAIN2NG . P7hana_Constableon probationis posted to a Division on paeeing out of my Pol ce School he wi11 each month thereaftercommencingwith the month succeedingthat on which he left the school copy out the month'e examinationquestionsand model answers and also the month's issue of , my InstructionalMemoranda. During tha pariod he ie on probationthe Constable,whether specially emplayedor not, wi11 write these matters in his own handwritingand in ink in an exercisebook kept for the purposa. This book wi11 be examined and signedby InspectingOfficereat the aame time aa the rest of the man'e books and documenteare examined. As the work can be spread over the whole of the month compliancewith thie General Order is secured if the Monthly Memorandaand ldodelAnswers are written out by the last day of the month of issue. This wi11 mean that an occasionalhalf hour throughoutthe month will enab1e the young Constableson probationto carry out thie form o� home study. I am satiefiedthey now spend a reasonablaamount o� time in study. "y intantion,therefore,is not to increasethe amount of their off-duty time spent in study but to systematieesuch home study. This form of etudy wi11 be beneficialto the young men ae I cannot pass any man out of probationunleae he has reached a satisfactorystandardof efficiency. " I have decidedto insist on the work being done in the man'a awn handwritingeo aa to give thosa whose handwritingis not sufficientlyneat and legible the necessaryamount of practiceto securean improvement. The systemwi11 also do much to cure any weaknesein spelling,and writing out these instructionalpapers is an excellentway to memorisetheir cont�nte. 9lthough this Ganeral Order wi11 cease to apply to a Constablefrom the date on which he ie passed out of probationI have no doubt that many of the young men wi11 decida to continuethis system of study in their own intereets. Thie General Order will come into effact on 1st. January 1939� It wi11 apply to a11 Constableson probationon and after that date. Applicationshouldbe made to the Chief C1erk for a supply o� the necessaryexercisebooke.