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POLICE AND PUBLIC SECURITY

(From the Reports by Shaikh Khalifah bin Mohamed, Superintendent of the State Police and
Inspector R. Cochrane.)

THE POLICE
Strength.—At the end of 1366 the strength of the Police force was as follows :—
Police Naturs.
Superintendent....................... 1 Manama .. 52
Inspectors ....................... 2 Muharraq 54
Sub-Inspector....................... 1 Outposts 35
Police Cadets (under training) .. 5 Naval Base 3
N.C.Os and men....................... 307 R.A.F. Station 26
Civilian staff including clerks, 170
boat crews, gardeners, etc. .. 35
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During the year 26 men enlisted, 10 men ware discharged on completion of service, 2 men were dis­
missed, 2 men died, 2 men deserted and one N.C.O. was suspended. The death occurred during the
year of Sub-Inspector Mahmood Ismail, one of the senior police officers in the force who had served
in the State Police for over 20 years. Sub-Inspector Mahmood had been for some years in charge of
the Police at Muharraq where he discharged his duty loyally and efficiently.
Duties.—The usual guards and outposts were maintained by the Police and Naturs, these
included the following duties :—
Police Naturs
Manama Police Station 22 Hawar .. 6
Manama Night Patrol 25 Sitra 4
Muharraq Police Station ti Suk al Khamis .. 2
Muharraq Night Patrol 8 Safrah z
Palace Guard 5 Nasfah .. 2
Agency Guard .. 4 Hedd 4
Traffic Section .. 39 Halat Om Shajar 2
Hedd ..................... 7 Galali 3
Jida ..................... 13 Quarantine z
Jaw ...................... 5 Halat Om el Baidh 2
Budeya ..................... 13 Halat al Naim .. 3
Manama Pier 10 Om al Hassam .. 2
Jufair..................... 9 Ain al Hakim .. 1
Om al Hassara .. 1 Jazirat Nabi Salih 2
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Sea patrols were carried out in the police launches and shore patrols were undertaken by the camel
and horse sections. No musketry course was fired as the last year’s practices were only completed
during the last month of the year.
Police Cadets.—In February 1946 a class of six Police Cadets began a course of training; they
were carefully selected from a number of applicants who applied in answer to a Government Ahlan.
It was hoped that more than six suitable young men would be found but only ten of the applicants
fulfilled the necessary requirements and out of the ten, four failed to pass the medical examinations.
After a short time one of the selected candidates retired for medical reasons. Of the five cadets under
training three are from the Khalifah family, one being a son of His Excellency Shaikh Mohammed