POLICE PROMOTIONS

Evening Star, Issue 18698, 29 July 1924, Page 7

POLICE PROMOTIONS

A NSW DEPARTURE. Something in tho nature of a new departure in the Police Force has been made in the appointment of Chief-detcctive T. C. S. Kemp as sub-inspector in charge of the Wellington detective office (says tho ‘Dominion’). The appointment is the second of its kind made in New Zealand, tho previous occasion being over forty years ago, when Charles Townley Browne was promoted to a similar rank at Wellington, and later to the position of inspector, still attached to tho detective branch. Sub-inspector Kemp’s appointment is a popular one in police circles, and in expressing his pleasure, Superintendent MTlveney said he was glad to know that Sub-inspector Kemp would still remain in charge of the local detective office.

Sub-inspector Kemp joined the service as a. constable at Auckland in September, 3899, and after being transferred to Nelson and Wellington, was appointed a detective in 3.906. Tie went to Napier in 1932, and became detective-sergeant in the following March. Transferred to Dunedin in February, 1935, he was promoted senior detective in March, 1920, and came to Wellington as chief detective at the end of September, 1921. During his career Rub-inspector Kemp, who ranked' as one of the cleverest detectives in the service, has been instrumental in the sheeting homo of eight murders, and has been responsible for the apprehension of many a burglar. About eighteen monthsj ago'ho figured in an exciting chase at 2 o’clock in the morning of a"man ho had discovered in his house: Glad only in scan tv night attire, the officer pursued" the burglar for a quarter of a mile and arrested his quarry near the Thorndon railway station.

As the result of his experience, Sub-in-spector Kemp holds the view that the best detectives are made from young men who possess a good education and have ft liking; for the work.