The Promotion Exams
| Author | J. Daniel Devlin |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6303601010 |
| Published date | 01 October 1963 |
| Date | 01 October 1963 |
SUPERINTENDENT
J.
DANIEL
DEVLIN,
LL.B.
Of
the Southend-on-SeaConstabulary and theDirecting
Staff
of
the
Police College.
The tenth
of
a series
of
articles
of
interest to examination candidates
and all concerned with training.
TH.~
PRO~IOTION
.~X,,"MS
x...
BREAKING
OFFENCES
Almost without exception, promotion examinations include a
question on at least oneof the breaking offences, and ifa candidate
is wise he can earna good manymarks by anticipating such a question
and attempting it.A word
of
warning,however.All police officers
are conversant, indeed familiar,with thelaw onthese offences and
there is a greatdanger
that
candidates will persuade themselves that
theyhave asufficiently wideknowledge to enable them to answer a
question without difficulty.This attitude is foolish intheextreme.
A glance at previousquestion papers will convinceanystudent
that the examinersvery properly expect a detailedandextensive
knowledge of the subject; andin any case, since one can almost
guarantee a questionon thisbranchofthelaw,he wouldbe most
unwise who failed totakethe opportunity tolearn itvery carefully
indeed.
Mostof thequestionsconsists ofapiece ofnarrative which tells
the careful reader:(i) the time of the commission
of
the offence;
(ii) whether breaking occurred; (iii) whether the accused entered;
(iv) the kindof building concerned; (v) whetherand,if so, what
intent was possessed by theaccused;and (vi) whethera felony was
committed. All the breaking offences consist of someorall
of
these ingredients, and a candidate who haslearnedthe subject well
need only apply the facts to the offences to discover which is
appropriate. He should be prepared, of course,to arguedoubtful
cases and discuss the arguments for or against aparticular decision.
The subjectis contained in ss.24 to 27 oftheLarcenyAct,1916,
and because these are short andeasy tolearn, itis recommended
that they be committed to memory.Candidates will find that the
learning and understanding of thesubjectwill begreatlysimplified
by a studyof thetableatp.518. Whenitis thought
that
it has
been committed to memoryit shouldbe written
out
without reference
to the original or to booksor notes.Doubtless some difficulty
will be experienced atfirst,
but
if the processis repeatedseveral
times it will soon be firmly fixed in the mind.Thiswill be an excellent
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