'File 19/165 III (C 24) Bahrain Reforms' [‎138r] (282/426)

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11/6/24
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* ' 3ua ' le rswith an application fron JeaaSar Ehudaaaa.There
0 ^ 0 -i-i-storas Prav62itftttv(3 Officer going,nor is the ere tion of
such a post contanp ate^. It has struck me however^that the applicant
laight b 3 uhe t Ight >1 j.or tha x o. ice. The ti&na :ae h Police, hitherto run
by the :"lunicipality^are ( all things considere 1, f-.irl/ efticdent,but we
cannot get a suitable man with any experience to run them,^ they j re
ne* rly all Persians,because frabs will n>t enrol in th force,and the;/
do not enlist for any given tine & are always changing >> s5 cannot be
trained f even if wo had a man to train them, xx&k The riunicipal council,
lover w^hich ohaik Hasad presides) have come to the conclusion that we
must look about for ? competent man from outside Bahrain to run the force.
as purely Municipal police thoy cannot be used outside Manameh /o the need
for a smalJ Police ii'orce is increasingly felt in Iluharraq. W9,soiie time
ago, deciderl that as soon as the .uevies come into being ^ are commandeo
by a British Officer,the itate should tcke over the Police c form an
efficient force which would be undr?r the Commandant levies for training,
discipline & administration,with a he^.d of Police responsible for the
^purely police duties. She intention is to form the force by increasing the
levies by the number required for the '"cnameh ^ nuharraq Police,who would
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consist mainly (if Baluchis ( all agree that they are least "ikely to
side with any of the many factions in Bahrain) who take kindly to this sort
of work & are willing to enlist for a t»rm of years ^ so can be trained.
3ome of the best of the present force would be retained consisting of
some arabs ( both sunnis ^ shiahs) & some Persians who would have local
knowledge.The two Municipalities would contribute to the ^tate Revenues
sufficient to cover the cost of the Police instead of directly oaying them
as at pre sent. The pry would be slightly better thin the Levies as dutie.. ^
? re more arduous & picked men from the Levies would be posto to the
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