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The Colonial Police

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Vincent
DOI10.1177/0032258X4001300215
Date01 April 1940
Published date01 April 1940
Subject MatterArticle
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THE
POLICE JOURNAL
The
Editorial Department of the Bureau issues weekly
the Police Bulletin which circulates police information
throughout the country.
The
incidence of serious crime in Finland is fairly heavy.
The
population is roughly
3!
million, and murders average one
a day. These occur largely in the forest areas and are attributed
to the practice of the woodsmen of carrying knives. Most of
the cases seem to originate from drunken quarrels, and are
principally ones of stabbing.
F.G.T.
THE
COLONIAL POLICE
The
following appointments are announced by the Colonial Office:
KIRBY-TURNER,J.
G.(Constable,
Palestine) . Assistant Superintendent of Police,
Trinidad.
MALLARD, R. F. (Assistant Sup-
erintendent of
Police).
Superintendent of Police, Malaya.
OAKESHOTT,
B. F. (Assistant
Superintendent of Police) Superintendent of Police, Malaya.

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