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Several belters from Signs of Crime: A Field Manual for Police by Assistant Commissioner David "Crazy Horse" Powis, Scotland Yard's top CID man in the late 70s. The crime detection manual was first published in 1978 and Sir Robert Mark, the Met Commissioner, commended it to all serving police officers and cadets.
Some advice on political agitators:
"Watch for criminals using vehicles who may, owing to extreme political views, intend to harm the community you have sworn to protect. This will show in their ordinary conversation, where almost unconsciously they will use the jargon and phrases of their beliefs. This intense and extremist gabble, if spoken with a cultured voice, particularly if the speaker is a woman, should make you pause and think through the likelihood you have stumbled on an important matters."
On searching a derelict building:
"Give commands to an imaginary dog handler, implying in these commands that the dog is quite a savage example of his species. Use a name like 'Viceroy' or 'Khan'. It may bring about the surrender of nervous thieves. Do not be prejudiced against the use of dogs. Of course they have failures and mistakes and can embarrass you in good-quality premises, but are infinitely worthwhile."
Keep your eyes peeled:
“Watch for the “athlete” dressed in a tracksuit, running about residential streets, either at dusk or early morning. While one must not become morbidly suspicious, experience does indicate that there seems to be a correlation between such persons and homosexual nuisances.
And it’s not just dawn/dusk joggers:
“Whether my experience is statistically significant or not, you must decide for yourselves, but of all the really skilled inside sneakthief ponces I have known, every one was homosexual.” |
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