Cooks First Speed-Cop Pays Way
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In early June, the Police Department of the Cook Islands im ported a 250 c.c. Velocette motor cycle for traffic control, and Constable Teokatai Miipu Katu became the Group’s first speed cop.
Within a month Katu made two arrests for dangerous driving. and one for speeding. His demands for the production of driving licenses has resulted in increased revenue for the Police Department.
In 1952, there were 161 licensed motor vehicles in Rarotonga, now this figure has grown to 411.
Most of Rarotonga’s 16,500 acres are composed of ridges of bush covered, volcanic hills, which leave little space for roads. The main mad, which links the villages, follows the 21 miles of coastline, and there are secondary roads used by motor traffic, but the majority of the traffic is concentrated on about 14 miles of coast road between Titikaveka, Arorangi, and the central settlement of Avarua. — WHP.