'File 19/172 II (C 94) Bahrain Armed Police' [‎137r] (302/478)

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Th* Initial of & police man au&t comp re favo
with the highest labour n te # No police man ever con^iae
ers that such thin^^ ? free quarters ana clotiiing have
any effect on hii emoluments, A labourer earning t.i/Z/-
per day would e rn approxim: tily per month word
ing 6 days a week and if a police man sttbts .at
he would be earning &. 1 /- per montii more than this
when the Vi lui of rations (&.6J- in peace time) is
included,
I recou end the abolition of the pre ent aystem of
grunting gooa conauct pay after 1 years* service and
the introduction of $ scale of incr mtnts. It is essen
tial particularly in the case of the civil police that
men be given in incentive to serve a greeter period
than four years if the time spent in their training is
not to be wasted. It is true that the high proportion
ox js.C.Os to men .n the proposed forces should provide
considerable incentive but it is uniix iy to be less
thru four yecra before a man is promoted and in the
c^jg of an ilriterate man in the civil -once it mi^ht
be muen longer. I consider also that the emolum.nt^ of
'G police & n shoula increase as nil ustfuiness increas
es througii experience,
l£ clotning snowance be excluded, in regard to
which see page below. Hit yyii.it rates for men ere
slightly less then before in the c se of men staying
for short perioas only but become better th< n the present
rate for men remaining in service for over stven ye rs.
It is considered impassible to increase the rate
of pay of lowest ranks, as to do so woulil be costly and
would involve an increase in the rc Us of all otaer
ranks.
The seels of pay recommended for the officer re
cruits are baaed on the pay drawn by clerks in ihe em
ploy of £ hri in Government.