CRIME DETECTION
NEW SOUTH WALES METHODS GANG TENDENCIES CURBED The steps taken in Now South Wales to curb tendencies toward crimo of the gangster type were outlined by Police-Sergeant P. \V. Selley, of Newcastle, who arrived, with Mrs. Selley, by the Awatea yesterday to spend a holiday in New Zealand. He explained that the work of the police was materially assisted by the Consorting Act, which made it an offence for men and women known to have criminal records to congregate. Sergeant Selley said that it was usual for offenders to receive a warning, but, if it were disregarded, they could be taken into custody. A close watch uixni the "underworld" was maintained bj' a "consorting squad," and he recalled two occasions on .which crime of the gangster type had been speedily suppressed. He added that modern methods of detection were spreading throughout the State, and now Newcastle possessed radio patrol cars.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22822, 1 September 1937, Page 18
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152CRIME DETECTION New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22822, 1 September 1937, Page 18
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