Force Orders 1941_16
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TO BE CIRCliLATEDTO ALL RANKS.
No.16. (
10th. Apri1, 1941.
TA I TG OF FINGER PRINTS AND PVOTOGRAPOSOF PERSONS ARRESTED FOR CRIME.
The followingcaeeshava recentlyoccurredwhere the proper
procedurehas not been follawed.
2n October,1940a canwas arrestedia a Boroughin this Couaty
whea disposirg of a bicycle vIiich had been abolen ia this County.
8e vas hendedoverto au Officerfrom this County,takento the
PoliceStationand biled to appearat the ne.ctPettySeasions,when he
was fined d allowedtime in which to pay. .
sfhenarrestedhe statedhe was a nativeof London,nathingwas
known of his antecedenthistoryand he was not photo;raphedor fingerprinted.
0e failedto pay his fiae and when a warrantwas issuedit was
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found he had left the district end his preseat whereabouts are mimown.
On the 2nd.Apri1,1941,a maa vho had been arrested£or larceny,
escapedfrom Policecustodywhilebazng conveyedto prisonoa recand.
Ois fingerprintswere takenbut he was not photographed.
Ae a result of his fingerprints being taken it was fouad that he
was wented for escapingfrom a Borstalinstitution3a Ju1y,1938.
In the firstiastancenothingis karnnof this prisoaerand we
are not in posseesionof fingerprintsor photograph.
In the secondiastancewe are not ia possessionof a photograph
fox'circulation.
MlauteNo.315of SuperinteadentsConferenceclearlyindbatos the
proceduroto be followedin caseswhere a peraonis admittedto bail - A
coaditionof the bail shouldbe that the prisoaerconse rtsto his or her
photographand fingerprintsbeingtaken.
StandingOrderNo.116dea1sw3th the takingofph tographsand
fingerprintsof persoasarreetedfor crime.
Chief Conatable. .