The POLICEMAN

““" SCHO

THE NEED of scientific methods as a man-
datory part of criminal investigation has
been realized more in the last decade than
ever before and results to date have amply
justified the expense and time which have

| Staff-Sergt. Colin Mackenzie.
In charge Police Training
School.

been devoted by police departments the
world over to introducing them.

The British Columbia Police have al-
ways kept pace with the latest develop-
ments in crime detection, as illustrated by
the extensive correspondence courses in
criminal law, procedure, etc., which have
been inaugurated through the police train-
ing school.

The latest innovation which the school
has undertaken is instructional and discus-
sional classes for N.C.O.’s in which crim-
inal investigation and police work generally
were viewed from various aspects, with par-
ticular reference to the scientific viewpoint.
These classes were conducted for all non-
commissioned officers of the force, and
through the kindness of Commissioner Par-
sons were made available to senior officers
of departments outside the Provincial
Police.

SUMMER EDITION

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Provincial Police Keep Pace in Crime Detection—School for
N.C.O.’s, Latest Innovation—Expected That All Ranks Will
Eventually Be Included in “School” Instruction.

ATTEND R.C.M.P. SCHOOL

The lead in this type of instruction was
taken by the Royal Canadian Mounted Po-
lice and the courses conducted in British
Columbia were an outgrowth of the three
months’ intensive instruction arranged by
the federal department at its training depot
in Regina. This class, the first of its kind
ever held in Canada, studied during July,
August and September of last year. Its
members were acquainted with all modern
scientific aids in criminal investigation.

The British Columbia Police, along with
various other forces of the Domnion, were
invited to send a representative for these
classes and Staff-Sergeant C. K. Mackenzie
received the assignment from headquarters.

Upon Staff-Sergeant Mackenzie’s return,

lished a travelling school as an experiment,
the purpose being to put on short courses
and lectures at each divisional headquarters
to be attended by N.C.O.’s from nearby dis-
tricts.

BACK TO SCHOOL AGAIN

So the N.C.O.’s and senior officers of
other forces went back to school. Not to
learn the conventional “readin’, ’ritin’ and
*rithmetic,” but to learn how science could
assist them in tracking down criminals and
the speedy administration of justice.

No. 1 CLass AT VICTORIA

The first of these classes was held in Vic-
toria last December. Its membership cov-
ered “A” Division and senior officers of
Victoria City, Saanich, Oak Bay and
Esquimalt municipal police departments.
The following were the members of this
class, known as N.C.O. Instructional Class
No. 1: B. C. Police, Sergt. D. O. Tweed-
hope, Courtenay; Sergt. R. Dunn, Duncan;
Sergt. G. J. Duncan, Port Alberni; Sergt.
G. A. Johnson, Victoria; Sergt. Harold Ray-
bone, P.M.L. 14, and D/Constable G. Arm-
strong, Sergt. J. McNaught and Sergt. T.
Kennelly, all of Victoria; Victoria City, De-
tectives Henry F. Jarvis, Percy W. Richards,
Fearon Woodburn, David Donaldson,
Sergeants Thomas Hall, Duncan MacPher-
son, George Varney, Arthur H. Bishop,
James H. Petterson and Sydney H. Wilkin-
son; Oak Bay, Sergt. L. G. Clayards; Saan-
ich, Sergt. Eric Elwell, and Esquimalt, Con-
stable Gilbert Stancombe.

The instructional staff was headed by
Staff-Sergt. Mackenzie and included Con-
stable P. H. “Spike” Brown as illustrator
and Sergt. James Paulding at lecturer.

Crass No. 2 AT NELSON

Class No. 2 for “B” Division was held at
Nelson during January and its membership

N.C.O. Class, No. 1, Victoria, B.C., December, 1938.

B.C. Police, Victoria City Police, Saanich

Commissioner Parsons decided the benefit
of his knowledge gained at te school should
be passed along to other N.C.O.’s of the
force rather than confine scientific investi-
gation to a limited few as had been the
policy of the past. Accordingly he estab-

Police, Oak Bay Police, Esquimalt Police.

was: B. C. Police—Sergeants A. Fairbairn,
Grand Forks; D. Halcrow, Penticton; J. W.
Hooker, Nelson; E. Patterson, Nelson, and
H. N. Wood, Cranbrook; Corporals R. J.
Holliday, Princeton; E. A. Jarvis, Kimber-
ley; G. R. Lennox, Rossland; J. G. M. Lock,

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