POLICE METHODS

Otago Witness, Issue 4042, 1 September 1931, Page 32

POLICE METHODS

OBSERVATIONS ABROAD PATROL CARS FITTED WITH WIRELESS. AUCKLAND,,August 24. “ Apart from the use of patrol cars the New Zealand police force has nothing to learn abroad,” said DetectiveSergeant Doyle, of Auckland, who returned by the Niagara after studying police methods in England and Australia. During his stay in England Detective-Sergeant Doyle attended the Birmingham Police School, which, he said, was the most up-to-date school of its kind in Europe, and Scotland Yard, where he examined the methods of the Criminal Investigation Department. The use of wireless in the detection of crime was the most interesting advance in police strategy in other countries, said Detective-Sergeant Doyle, and of all places to observe its working Melbourne, in his opinion, was the best, its equipment ranking equal, if not superior, to that of London. A fleet of six fast cars was employed, each fitted with a wireless set which kept the car in continuous communication with police headquarters. The Morse code was adopted and an operator stood by his set continuously. Among the tutors at the Birmingham Police School, added Detective-Sergeant Doyle, were two university professors and a well-known barrister. Besides a study of police methods such subjects as English and geography were taught, the object being to raise the general culture of the police force.