WATCHING CRIMINALS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 14, 7 April 1927, Page 3

WATCHING CRIMINALS

OBJECT OF POLICE GAZETTE DAILY ISSUE STARTED According to recent exchanges the Police Gazette is in future to be published daily. It is an official journal printed and published at New Scotland Yard and circulated among the police forces throughout the country. It contains descriptions of persons who have committed crimes and whose apprehension is sought, special details regarding persons in custody who may be wanted on similar charges elsewhere, information relating to convicted prisoners, descriptions of motorcars and motor-cycles stolen, photographs of wanted criminals, descriptions and illustrations of stolen jewels, and various other matters relating to every class of crime. Supplements are also issued giving the history of notorious and habitual criminals on their release from prison, and also a list of deserters from the Naval, Military, and Air Services. As it is a private publication the “Gazette” contains no advertisements. The decision to publish it daily is due to the need, now fully recognised, for details of crimes and criminals in all parts of the country to be circulated with the least possible delay. In these days criminals make all the use th-ey can of modern forms of rapid transport, which enable them to travel quickly and with ease all over the country, and it is essential that all forces should be made aware of these activities at the earliest moment.