Chapter 161: Chapter 156: Joining the Army Tide
The grand naval parade in Australia received a positive response, and even New Zealanders paid so attention to it.
After the naval parade, an obvious difference could be felt: there were more people gathered in front of the Administrative Building every day, among whom many wanted to enlist in the military.
Unfortunately, Australia’s current conscription system does not allow them to enlist now. After the last conscription was completed, the next one might not happen for several years.
Seeing that their goal of joining the military was unattainable, these people turned their focus to joining the police force.
After more than two years of expansion and developnt, Australia’s police departnt has beco very advanced, including strict police training schools and a trial period system, before one can officially beco an Australian police officer.
Of course, with strict training systems, Australian police officers have considerable power.
As the most important weapon for maintaining public order in the Public
Security Departnt, Australian police are not only equipped with the standard Australian-made As-1898 semi-automatic pistol, but also have the right to control so heavy weapons.
Like other semi-automatic pistols of this era, the As-1898 semi-automatic pistol adopts and draws from the principles of Maxim heavy machine gun automation, allowing handguns to achieve preliminary semi-automatic capabilities.
Of course, it is also influenced by the principles of the Borchardt C93 automatic pistol born in 1890.
Strictly speaking, the Australian As-1898 semi-automatic pistol is an improved version of the Borchardt C93 automatic pistol, with significant performance enhancents.
The As-1898 semi-automatic pistol has a total length of 270 milliters and a weight of 1.05 kilograms.
This pistol uses a bow-type magazine with a capacity of eight bullets, which are nickel-plated, giving them strong penetration power.
The effective range of this pistol is 500 ters. Although it is not as long as the current rifles’ effective distance of several hundred to thousands of ters, it is sufficient for practical purposes.
As effective distance increases without using a magnifying scope, soldiers view of distant enemies becos increasingly blurred.
In this case, the current rifles’ effective distance of thousands of ters is a complete waste, which is why countries around the world started developing rifles with an effective distance of around 400 ters after World War I.
With the growth of Australia’s population, public security is becoming a very serious issue.
Although the police departnt has undergone more than two years of change, building various-sized police stations in major cities and training hundreds of excellent police officers, this is only a drop in the ocean considering Australia’s vast territory.
Based on the current population and urban distribution of Australia, at least a thousand police officers are needed to better maintain public security in Australia.
Although there was little resistance to police recruitnt earlier, the number of people willing to beco police officers was not that high.
The salary of police officers is not as generous as that of soldiers but can be considered mid-to-high level compared to Australia’s inco level.
Although it surpasses the average inco, it only surpasses it slightly. Australia’s per capita annual inco is twelve pounds and six shillings, while the average inco of Australian police is only thirteen pounds and two shillings.
Compared to these police officers, the inco of the Australian Defense Force at fourteen pounds and twelve shillings and the Guards at eighteen pounds and ten shillings seem quite generous, which is why people are more willing to join the military.
(British currency conversion: one pound equals twenty shillings, and one shilling equals twelve pennies.)
Since they cannot join the military, these people can only shift their focus to joining the police force. This has had a very positive impact on the expansion of the police, allowing the relatively slow-growing police departnt to enter a period of rapid developnt.
Of course, while this is good news for the police departnt, it does not an that the security departnt will relax its training of police officers.
On the contrary, as more people register to beco police officers, police selection and training beco more and more stringent, even surpassing previous training programs and ti requirents.
The enthusiasm for enlistnt after the National Day lasted for half a month. Within this ti, the security departnt received nearly 4,000 applications to join the police departnt.
After several rounds of selection by the security departnt, a final group of 800 people, who t the requirents for their background, physical fitness, cultural level, ideological performance, and previous experience, were selected as reserve police officers.
These 800 people need to undergo six months of training to beco a true Australian police officer.
Of course, this is not the end. After that, they still need to go through a three- month probationary period, and only after they have proven their ability to master their previous training and shown no problems can they beco a genuine, full-ti Australian police officer and be assigned firearms.
Yes, although there is no official gun ban instituted by the governnt, Australia’s control over firearms has beco increasingly strict, basically not allowing the sale of firearms to civilians.
While many Australian ranchers and hunting enthusiasts still own firearms, they also need to register with the Australian Governnt, and each ti they replenish their ammunition, they need to explain the use of their previous ammunition.
Although Arthur is eager to promote the developnt of Australia’s gun ban, he understands that this cannot be achieved in a short period.
Australia has a vast territory with sparse population and a proliferation of wildlife. Many of these animals can pose a threat to human safety, such as venomous and carnivorous animals.
In these circumstances, allowing ranchers and hunters far from urban cities to carry firearms is the best way to ensure their safety.
If their right to carry firearms is taken away, it may cause dissatisfaction among them.
However, in Australia’s major cities, the execution of a gun ban is still very smooth. At least, firearms cannot be carried into cities, but they can be deposited in city councils and police stations and collected when leaving the city.
During this period, by paying a small maintenance fee to the governnt or police station, they can maintain the deposited firearms to ensure that they do not rust or beco unusable due to long-term storage.
The city-wide gun ban has succeeded in putting an end to various gun-related incidents. In cities, no one can match the legally ard police officers, which gives Australian police greater confidence and ability to maintain public security.
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