Correspondence
| Published date | 01 June 1964 |
| Date | 01 June 1964 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6403700614 |
| Subject Matter | Correspondence |
FROM
CANADA
To the Editor
of
THE
POLICE
JOURNAL
Dear Sir,
The writer is an avid reader of
THE
POLICE
JOURNAL,
and I am especially
interested in the varied activities of
theBritishpoliceforces,and theexcerpts
of case law from the English courts.
In the latter interest, I am struck with
the tremendous scopeof learning that a
British peace officer must absorb in
that your laws, in the criminal sense,
are statute bystatute insteadof by the
codificationsystemthat welive under in
Canada.
I have read with interest an item
severalissues back by an N.C.O. of the
Australian Policein which he described
the fundamentals of his force. I
believe
that this special faculty of
garnering the views of the Common-
wealth police systems is what sets
THE
POLICE
JOURNAL
apart.
In conclusion may I say again that I
find THE
POLICE
JOURNAL
most
enriching.
Yours very truly,
DON J. TOWERS,
Chief Constable,
Town of Rocky Mountain House,
Alberta, Canada.
Among
our
Contributors
Mr. Henry James Vann has been a contributor to THE
POLICE
JOURNAL
since 1937.
Born
and
educated in Nottingham, he joined the West
York-
shire Regiment at the beginning
of
the first world war
and
was wounded at
the Battle of the Somme. He
joined
the Swansea Borough Police in 1919
and
was successively Acting Chief Constable
of
Newark
on Trent, Chief
Constable
of
Lancaster,
of
Maidstone
and
finally
of
Birkenhead.
It
was during Mr. Vann's tenure
of
office in Lancaster
that
it fell to him
to direct inquiries into the
Ruxton
double murder
case-a
key operation,
in which the extensive use
of
forensic science gave impetus"tothe establish-
ment
of
more laboratories in the provinces. Mr. Vann flew to the Middle
East at the
end
of
the second world war to assist in reducing stealing from
British service stores, visiting Malta, Sicily
and
Egypt. He was a pioneer
of
the Aberdeen system
of
team-policing
and
whilst at Birkenhead made
aconsiderable contribution to the problem
of
dock thefts; his introduction
of
original measures was uncommonly effective.
Mr.
Vann
was honoured in 1938, by the
award
of
the Queen's Police
Medal, in 1954 by the O.B.E.,
and
in 1955 by being appointed a Serving
Brother
of
the Order of St. John.
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