LONDON POLICE
OLD IDEA OBSOLETE
BEST BRAINS ESSENTIAL
CHANGE IN CRIMINALS
United Press Association—By - Electric Tel»graph—Copyright (Beceived May 3, 1.30 p.m. . LONDON^ May 2. Lord Trenchard's annual report; as Commissioner of Police, foreshadows important changes in the character of the organisation 'of tho, Metropolitan Police;. The Commissioner emphasises that the entrance.examination is of the same rudimentary' character as a century ago, and, he urges that .efforts should be made to raise the level! "Tho old idea that too much mental development was likely to make a policeman discontented with his job," he says,""is obsolete. "The best brains arc essential for the higher poEts. The criminal is becoming more skilful, mobile, and scientific." Criminals registered- in the Record Office, statps the report, total 509,726.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 102, 3 May 1933, Page 9
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123LONDON POLICE Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 102, 3 May 1933, Page 9
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