NEW POLICE RULES
THE “PRISONERS’ CHARTER.” Despite strong protests from the Police Council and senior officers of Scotland Yard, the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Police Powers and Procedure, described as “the prisoners’ charter,” were recently accepted by the Home Office and embodied in the police regulations. This is the reason for the resignation of Sir Archibald Bodkin from the position of Director of Public Prosecutions. Sir Archibald's resignation, arising from his total disagreement with the proposed drastic changes governing procedure for the questioning of persons under arrest, follows that of several famous figures of the C.I.D. The finding of the commission concerning the questioning of witnesses by detectives was that: “A rigid instruction should be issued to the police that no questioning of a prisoner or a person in custody about any crime or offence with which he is, or may be, charged should be permitted.” According to men with many years’ police experience, this decision confers on prisoners a degree of protection which increases the difficulties of those engaged in criminal investigation.
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Southland Times, Issue 21090, 23 May 1930, Page 8
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175NEW POLICE RULES Southland Times, Issue 21090, 23 May 1930, Page 8
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