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POLICE AND FJ3LIC SECURITY.

In spite of lack of employment and central poverty there
hove been very few serious crimes during the year, Several
prosecutions were made agi-inst persons for manufacturing and
selling liquor but apart from these most of the cases dealt
sith by the Bahrein courts were for theft, assaults and im-
norality. The greater proportion of crimes are committed
by foreigners and so are not dealt with by the Bahrain
courts. On the whule the general state of public security
is better then it has been for several veers so much so that
it has been possible to v/ithdraw the local guards from the
village of Senabis which during previous years was raided
several times.
No. of Police prosecutions during 1349 - 378.
Owing to the undisturbed condition of the country which
is undoubtedly the result of continuous st..ble government,

it has been possible to make certain changes in the Police
Force. Hie Indiau Police are bein'-: gradually reduced and the
local Police ere being proportionately increased by which a
considerable saving has been made in expenditure on public
protection. It is proposed that by degrees the whole of the
Indian Force shall be substituted by local men.
Originally the Indian Police Force consisted of 110 men
ond the local police amounted to about 20. There are new
65 Indians and 30 local police. During the first quarter
of the new year the Indians 7/ill be reuu ced to 50 anl the
local Police will be increased to about 60.
uhen sufficient suitable men have been enlisted in the
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local police they will be gradually put through a course of
I1 intensive training, Previously it has not been possible to
do this as the numbers were insufficient to allow for a whole
section to be relieved of their duties while being trained.
At present a section of locol police are quartered at Hedd
end detatchments of Indian Police are stationed at luharrak,