Letters to the Editor
| Published date | 01 November 1962 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6203500621 |
| Date | 01 November 1962 |
| Subject Matter | Letters to the Editor |
Letters
to
the
Editor
THE
CYPRUS
POLICE
Dear
Sir,
Towards the end of your very excellent appreciation
of
the career
of Mr. F. J. Armstrong in the May-June issue
of
THE
POLICE
JOURNAL,
it is stated that, "Recommendations (of the Commission advising
the Governor on the re-organization of the Cyprus Police) led to the
secondment
of
Police who served with distinction in the Cyprus
Police Force
...
".
The Commission
of
which Mr. Armstrong was a member was
appointed in March, 1956 and arrived in Cyprus on March 18.
In November, 1955, I had asked for and arranged the recruitment
of
150 members of United Kingdom forces and this is acknowledged
in paras. 21 and 25
of
the Commission's report dated April 27, 1956.
The secondment
of
police officersfrom the U.K. to the Cyprus Police
was not therefore due to the Commission's recommendations, though
they did recommend the number should be increased.
Yours faithfully,
G. H. ROBINS,
Commissioner
of
Police Cyprus 1954-1956
Commissioner
of
Police Bermuda
ASCOTTISH VIEW
Sir, Law Enforcement and the English-Scottish Border
I read with great interest the excellent article by Inspector Bowley
and I am sure all police officers will agree
that
the time is long due
for some simplification
of
the process for enforcing warrants and
serving summonses. There seems little possibility of the change
taking place in the near future and a clear understanding
of
the
present position is, therefore, valuable. You may be interested in the
following comments on Inspector Bowley's exposition.
Execution
of
Warrants
" The arresting officer must have the warrant in his possession at
the time of the arrest." This may be the law in England but in Scot-
land possession of the warrant is not essential. There is,
of
course,
variation in the way the Scottish forces look at the problem. Gener-
any, in this area, the arrest will be made so long as the warrant
exists and even before it has been indorsed. The indorsation is
considered necessary for the removal
of
the accused from the
437 November-December 1962
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