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not always suitable. Recently, boys have been taken into
the Police straight from school and it is possible that
they may develop into potential officers.
There is a suitable establishment of Native N. C. Os.
3. Value of the Force. —The Police Force are all enlisted
locally, but come from a variety of districts and races.
There is quite a fair proportion of Sudanese. They are an
efficient force, entirely loyal, and could be counted on in
any emergency. Their chief disadvantage is their short
age of Native Officers.
4. Training. —A man enlists in the Police Force for 4
years in the first instance and is re-engaged for 2 years at
a time. He carries out a 6-moriths' course as a recruit
at Headquarters, the police fort south of Manama, and is
then transferred to general police duties.
Four Indian Army Instructors are attached to the
police and police are sent on nine-months' courses to Indian
rmy units. In 1939, nine police had completed these
courses.
An annua] rifle course is fired on an outdoor range,
ranges up to 300 yards. A very satisfactory standard
is obtained.
5. Natnors. These are armed guards who perform duties
enmlar to chowkidars in India. They are armed with old
I j rifles. Many have had previous service in
the police and they are quite reliable.
i T1 ;V nut, nn trniaing, but y ^ prapy w-iw fw
!-- O U ''gii—some form' of" training and collected
for yhoi'(^-weapon training conraca.--
For f ^ formation of »-kaaL-de£w«
A W Ined 1 from the British if jxwsftfe,
anTrnvprl' P^ 0nne ' er np lo y e d in the oil^fie^T^sbeen
and poiii-nr»Pfi ! n n u ee full y organized, trained
vital noints ' f in tiie protection of the
Ir atteZL in , tlie ^ f^against local tribal attacks
or attempted acts of sabotage.
Ameriin 11 ^' the T e Were 280 British and 80
C«Hrnsny--{I n !^ )nn( .f vaiIa ^l e ; Th e Bahrein Petroleum
^^"J^^y^^^itted their employees trr jolu -m