CRIME DETECTION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22819, 28 August 1937, Page 2 (Supplement)

CRIME DETECTION

POLICE CHIEFS* AT SCHOOL LEARNING LATEST METHODS Forty chief constables, heads of some of the finest police forces, in Britain, went back to school recently in London to learn all about the latest methods in police work. Day after day they sat listening to lectures given by men who have made names for themselves in the work of crime detection and other branches of police duties. Sir Norman Kendal, ' Assistant-Com-missioner at Scotland Yard, spoke of the value of newspaper co-operation in the work of crime investigation. He stressed that the essential aim of every policeman should be to bring offenders to justice, and in this work, he atated, the press could be very helpful. Chief-Inspector A. Bell, of Scotland Yard, described his methods in the investigation of the Sherbourne poison mystery, which eventually led to the conviction and hanging of Mrs. Bryant for the murder of her husband. This case is now regarded as a police "classic," and it is certain that the methods then used will be adopted by every police force in the country. • The chief constable of the C.1.D., Mr. John Honvell, demonstrated the ideal system of taking witnesses' statements, and Mr. E. Clayton, of the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, described the methods adopted in the police war against sharepushers.