POLICE METHODS.
REAL AND FICTIONARY.
CRIME PLAYS CONDEMNED.
(UNITED PBES3 ASSOCIATIOK—BY ELECTBIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.) (Received November 6th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 6. Giving evidence before the Royal Commission on police methods, Captain Dnett, Chief Constable of Essex, protested that the public taste in late years had been pandered to by endless literature in which crime was the basis of successful stage plays, novels, and cinema plays. This publication of the steps taken by the police when investigating crime could not be helpful to the police.
Drastic steps should be taken to prevent leakage of news from official sources. Moreover, such expressions as "The Big Five" and "The Flying Squad" should be entirely discontinued. The detection of crime was a serious matter. Such expressions savoured of picture palaces. Since the war the public spirit had altered. The people had not the same awe for the police, and were more inclined to be truculent.—Australian Press Association, United Service.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19461, 7 November 1928, Page 11
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