(F) Conditions Of Service

Personal Records.

34). The Personal Record of each member of the police force must contain entries of his description, particulars of his birthplace and date of birth, his family, his previous service (if any) in the Army, the Navy, or the Air Force or in another Police Force, the date of his appointment, all postings, transfers and removals all changes in pay and promotions, all injuries received, all periods of sickness and of leave of absence (if records of sickness and leave are not kept separately) all commendations, rewards and punishments, and the date of his ceasing to be member of the Force, with the reason cause or manner thereof.

35). On leaving the force (except in cases of transfer with the written consent of the Chief Constable to another force) every man shall be given a certificate showing his rank and setting out the period of his service and the reason, cause or manner of his leaving the force, together with particulars of his personal description.

36). The certificate shall show the cause of the man’s leaving the force, according to the circumstances of the case, in one of the following ways:

Pensioned on completion of service.

Pensioned in consequence of injury received on duty.

Pensioned on account of ill health.

Discharged on gratuity on account of ill health.

Discharged before completion of period of probation.

Resigned.

Required to resign.

Dismissed.

and the Chief Constable may append thereto any recommendation which he feels Justified in giving, such as:

His conduct was exemplary.

His conduct was very good.

His conduct was good.

In the case of a member of the police force who retires after completing five years’ service without any punishment having been recorded against him during his service, and any such recommendation shall be “His conduct was exemplary”,