WOMEN DETECTIVE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22444, 13 June 1936, Page 6 (Supplement)

WOMEN DETECTIVE

SCOTLAND YARD RELENT

" MRS. " SHERLOCK HOLES Mrs. Sherlock Holmes -will be actional character of the near for woman has broken down the fial barrier in the London police, andjfls been admitted to Scotland Yard. Tleg aro now attached to the C.1.D., jut they do not wear uniform. | Finding them efficient and usefufes policewomen —roles which they ive filled for years—Scotland Yard hasfecided to admit them to the rankiof detectives. The female sleuths ire already proved their ability, and pe Yard chiefs are not above calling tlm in when baffled, in the hope that sainine intuition will succeed where rile minds have failed. • 1 For years there has been a femg of resentment against women in pe police force —not that their valutas policewomen has not been appreciad —hut simply because of their They had invaded what was regard ns being solely man's domain, Id while it was agreed that they informed valuable reclamation work jjd " got underneath " crimes where a dn would have immediately become |spect, credit was given them grudging. But now they have, by sheer abi&, broken away the last shred of £~ judice, and the male chiefs of land Yard report that they are p|ing of great value for tasks wile patience and attention to detail Be needed. | They keep secrets equally as wells men, and in all the inquiries they hp undertaken have exhibited a tact fcl determination that have earned tfti the respect of the male members offb staff. 1