The Identification of a Camera
| Published date | 01 July 1947 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X4702000306 |
| Date | 01 July 1947 |
| Author | A. L. Allen |
| Subject Matter | Article |
THE
IDENTIFICATION
OF
ACAMERA 197
sum to spend on 'a subject which is of the greatest importance to the
community, namely, the prevention of crime.
Taking the wider or national view, however, efforts made by
individual police forces to awaken the public to a real sense of their
responsibilities merely represent anibbling at the fringe of the problem,
and although an improvement may be achieved locally, this, unless the
propaganda is maintained, will be transitory only. Sooner or later the
public will slip back into their old careless habits and a new publicity
effort will be needed.
To
be really effective, propaganda must be persistent and on a
large scale. Bearing in mind the lavish sums spent on publicity by
other Government Departments, there would seem to be no real
reason why the education of the public in the fundamentals of good
citizenship, particularly as they apply to the maintenance of law and
order, should not be undertaken on a national scale by the Home
Office, an annual grant being made for the purpose.
Handled centrally with energy and imagination, it should be
possible to deal with many aspects of crime prevention, in addition to
the safeguarding of property, e.g., warning could be given from time to
time of the various practices adopted by swindlers of one sort and
another, thereby putting the public on their guard. By making full use
of all the facilities available, e.g., the radio, television, the cinema, the
national Press, and by the judicious use of posters, the possibilities are
endless.
There
is ample material and the field is wide.
The
Identification of a Camera
By
DETECTIVE-SERGEANT
A. L.
ALLEN,
A.R.LC.
Lancashire Constabulary
and
Home
Office Forensic Science Laboratory,
Jordan
Street, Preston
THOSE who have read Sergeant Anthony's interesting article on the
same subject, which appeared in the October-December 1945
issue of THE
POLICE
JOURNAL,
may find that the following details of
an investigation of a similar nature, which was brought to a successful
conclusion, will act as a logical sequel. Sergeant Anthony largely
confined his remarks to the cheaper types of cameras, whilst in the
present investigation the camera involved was a Leica in which the
workmanship is of a very high standard and any peculiar features
which may occur will be microscopic in nature.
On December 14th-15th, 1945, a householder at Audenshaw,
Lancashire, reported to the Lancashire Constabulary that some money
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