Force Orders 1938_05
X
No. 5.
31st January, 1938.
CIRÇUTATED TO ALL RANKS 0F'
THE cHESxIRE CONS ul Y.
C IMR;AL ROUTE HAP.
The Chief Constablehas £orwardedto Divisions large
maps of England and ti4ales,aid a supply of flags for the use
of Sergeants,aad a supply of sma11 maps for the use of .
*Constablesfor the purpose of followingthe move entsof
crimina.lsreported as wanted in Police publications,i.e.,
Po11ce Oazotte, Police eports, Dai1y Informationsand
Inforoationsfrom ather Forces.
The large maps are supplied for use at the stations
sh • non th® attsched list marked supplement1. The Chiaf
Constable directs that Sergeantswi11 themselves select a
oriminal whom they observe Prom the publicationsis travelling
from place to place c000aittingcrime, and whom they presume
may come into the County. They 'dU indicate on the map by
flags the places visited by the criminal and follow the movements
as shown by subsaquentcrimes reported in the publications,until
he is arrest'ed.
A referenceas to where the informationis obtainedwill
be recorded in sequenceon a piece of }aper and kept on the right
hand corner of the map (specimenattached),marked Supplement 2.
Having selected a criminal and when, £rom his movements,
it is consideredthat he is 1ikely to visit the County, the
Sergeantwi11 take tho necessary steps to warn a11 the persons
o£ the class the criminal is attacking and they wi11 be given his
descriptionand any informationwhioh ray be of assistance.
Sergeantswill report to C.I.D. Headquartersthe
criminalthey select to map, and çontinue to do so from time to
time.
When the selected criminsl is arrestad,whather in the
County or not, the Sergeanl5wi11 remove the particularsfrom the
map aid ensure that a11 t!:epersons who have been warned wi11 be
informedof the arrest. The movements of on1y ono criminalv 11
be shown on the cap at any one time.
At stationswhere there are more than oie Sergeant,
the Chief Constabledirects that they wi11 each bo responsible
for reading the publicationsand followingthe movements of the
seleotedcrimixal on the one cap provided.
The smaller maps wi11 be in possessionof every
Constablewho wi11 select a criminal and follow his movements
by insertingthe places visited by him on the map, and also
warn persons on their beat when they considerthe oriminal is
1ikely to visit the County. Constableswi11 not seleci the
sainecriminal as a Sergeant,but wi11 endeavourto obtain a
result by their own intelligence.
Criminalsto whom the Chief Constabledraws the
special attention o£ the Constabularyon Dai1y Information
wi11 not be mapped by Sergeants or Constables.
Sergeantsand Constableswi11 not show on the maps
criminalswho are operating in far distant óount es, i.e. the
South of England, and who appear to confine their activities
to that area, but *81 select persons who may reasonablybe
expectedto commit crime ia this County.
Constablesare not to report to the Chief Constable
who they are mapping, but Sergeants wi11 periodicallyinspect
the maps o£ the Constablesin their Command and see that the
Chief Constable'sinstructionsare being compliedwith.
Any successfulmapping of a criminal by either a
Sergeant or a Conetablewi11 be reported to the Chief Constable,
stating whether the criminal they have been mapping has committed
an offence in the County; whether he has been arrested or not;
and, if arrested,whether it was a result of any w arning given by
them.
Any points that may ca11 for advice can be referred to
the DetectiveSuperintendent.