Force Orders 1945

X 1b No. i &. 8th June,1945. TO BE CIRCULATEDTO ALL RANRS OF THE CHESHIRE�ONSTABIILARY. I wlsh to drawattentionto my GeneralOrderNo. 1 o� 12th Jenuary,1945. I regretto saythattodayI had be�ore me a Conetablewho, afteran inter-divisionalcricketmatch,got underthe influenceof driakand behaveddiscredltably. I have been very impressedby the fact thatthe concassion grantedin GeneralOrderNo. 1 of12thJanuary,1945has been honourably keptthroughouthe Force. I do not, therefore,intendto penalisethe Division concerned. Thereare two polnts,howeve ;thathave arisenthroughthis regrettabreincidentupon whichI wishto comment. It ie imperativethatcricketmatohesaud othersocialevents shouldbe heldwithoutany unseemlybehaviour. In�thiscasethe Constable, who was in uniform,borroweda mackintoshfromthe Licenseebeforeenteing the publichouse. It must be o1early understoodthatsucha procedure doeenot alterthefactthatthe Coastable1s deemedon duty. I hope thatthis deceitfulamd illusionarypracticewi11not be repeated,for I wish it to be clearlyunderstoodthatI shouldtreatit aa aggravatiagthe otfence. Chief Constableof Cheshire.