Force Orders 1942_28
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TO BE CIRCUL4TEDTO DIV2SIONAL
AND STAT20NOFFICES.
OFFICIAI. NOTE BOOKS - EN4lUIRIES.
Whenevër an enquiry is handed to a junior officer by a senior officer
the senior affioerwhofirst gives the instructionsfor the enquiry to
be onde wi11 be neid responsiblethat such enquiry is completedby the
Constable concernedand his reporb'handedin. Similarlywhenever a
senior officer gives a verbal order for a particularduty to be oarried
out that officerw111 be responsible£or seeing that his orders are
carried out and not hand his responsibi ityto another officer. For
instance in the case of a town beat where there is more than oie
sergeantthe sergeantwho first deals with the matter wi11 be held
responsiblefor seeing that the enquiry is completedas ear1y aa
possible. In other words the matter wi11 be dt witn by one
particular sergeantand constable.
In co e t onw$ h thia mstter a book wi11 be kept in which wi11 be
entered the particularsof doc'mieotshanded out for enquiryand columns
vr111beheaded as followso -
Date ,Date Purport of Officer Date
ece ed.handed To whom given, document, banding document
out. out enquiry. returned.
RECEIPTOF CASH
A11 ranks are reminded of the necessityfor strict complianoewith
Standing General Order No.'90 dated 6th. Apr11, 1911 which la d down that
whenever members of the Conslabularyother than Superintea3entsand
Divisional 0£fice Clerks receive oash on behalf of the public or Police
accounts they wi11 inaariàblyenter tRe fact in their official notebooks
on the date of receipt showing clearly the amount, from whom received,
and briefly what it is for.
When the money is paid over to Super ntendents,or other persons, an
entry to that effect wi11 also be made 1n tne official notebook.
ChiefConstableo£ Cheshire.