POLICE METHODS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 48, 25 August 1931, Page 4

POLICE METHODS

ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA

THE USE OF WIRELESS

(By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.") AUCKLAND, 24th August. "Apart from tho use of patrol cars, (he Now Zealand Police Force lias nothing to loam abroad," said DcleetivcSergeant Doyle, of Auckland, who returned by E.M.S. Niagara after studying 'the police methods in England aud Australia. During his stay in England, Detec-tive-Sergeant Doyle attended the Birmingham Police School, which ho said was the most up-to-date school of its kind in Europe, and Scotland Yard, whore-ho examined the methods of the Criminal Investigation Department. ; The use of wireless in the detection of crime was the most interesting advance in police strategy in other countries, said Detective-Sergeant Doyle, and of all places to observe its 'working Melbourne, in his opinion, was the best, its equipment ranking equal, if not superior, to that of London. Six fast cars were employed, each fitted with a wireless set which kept the car in continuous communication with police headquarters. The Morse code was adopted, and an operator stood by his set continuously. Among the tutors at the Birmingham Police School were two university professors and a well-known barrister. Besides the study of police methods, such subjects as English and geography were taught, the object being to raise the general educational level of the Police Force.