MODERN CRIME.
PUBLIC PANDERED TO BY NOVELISTS PROTEST BY CHIEF CONSTABLE OF ESSEX PEOPLE LOSE AIVE OF POLICE Australian Pleas Aasn.—United Servico Onitea Press A sen. by El. Tel. Copyright LONDON, Nov. 5. At the Police Inquiry Captain Urietj., Chief Constable . of Essex, protested that the public taste in late years bad been pandered to by endless literature, in which crime was the basis of successful stage plays, novels and cinema plays. Publication of tho steps taken by the police when investigating a crime could not; be helpful to the. police, and drastic steps should bo taken to prevent the leakage of news . from official sources. Moreover, such expressions as “Big Five” and “Flying Squad” should be entirely discontinued. The defection of crime was a serious matter, he said, and such expressions savored of picture palaces Since the war the public spirit bad altered. People had not the same awe for the police and were more inclined to ho truculent.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10737, 7 November 1928, Page 6
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