§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Home Secretary what were the circumstances which necessitated the provision at Metropolitan Police stations of caution registers; and whether the entry therein of trifling irregularities reported by sergeants and inspectors will affect the prospects of promotion of the constable concerned?
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§ Mr. SHORTThe object was to secure greater continuity of information in cases where officers or men are transferred from one part of the police district to another. The fact that trifling irregularities dealt with by immediate verbal caution are recorded does not mean that their importance is in any way magnified thereby. The whole procedure, moreover, has been adopted experimentally and will be reviewed after a time.