BRITISH COLUMBIA POLICE HEAD QUARTERS GENERAL ORDER No. 1 Victoria,B.C ______July 3. 1925 Administ ration : Notice is hereby given for the information of all ranks, “ that, for the purposes of administration the provincial police Force from this date will be divided into four Divisions, as follow s:
"A" Div. Insp. W. Owen Div.Hqrs. Victoria,B.C. comprising the following Police Distriots: Hansirao police Dist. Diot .Hqra. Nanaimo,3 .C. Vancouver " " " " Vancouver,3.0. Victoria " " " " Victoria, 3.0.
" 3" Div . Dept.Insp. ,1 .L.Fernie Div.Hqrs. Kamloops, B.C. comprising the following Police Districts: ham loops Police Dist. Dis.Hqrs. Kamloops,B.C. Lillooet r' " " " Quesnel,B.C. vernon " " " " Vernon, B.C. Yale " " :l " Ashcroft, B.C.
"C" Div. Dept.Insp. vJ.R.Dunwoody Div.Hqrs. Nelson,B.C. comprising the following- Police Districts:
Boundary Police Dist. Dis.Hqrs. Greenwood, B.C. North-East Kootenay P ol.D ist. Dis.Hqrs. Golden,B.C. Bouth-Haot Kootenay Pol.D ist. Dis.Hqrs. Fernie ,3.C. vilest Kootenay Police Dist. Dis.Hqrs. Nelson,B.C.
"D" Div. Dept.Insp. IViV.o. Par sons Div.Hqrs. Prince Rupert, comprising the following Police Districts:
Fort George Police niat. Dis.Hqrs. Bo .Ft. George , Haselton Police Dist. Dis.Hqrs. Smithers ,B*C. Peace River Pol.D ist. Dis.Hqrs. Pouce Coupe,BC Prince Rupert Police Dist. Dis.Hqrs. Prince Rupert.
Appoint- Deputy Inspector ,1.Owen has been appointed Inspector ments. of Police for the Province. Appointment dated July 1st,1923.
Vouchers; All vouchers must be approved by the Inspector or Deputy Inspector in command of a Division before being forwarded to Headquarters.
Requisit- All Requisitions must be initialled by the Inspector Tons .____ in charge of t Division before being- forwarded to Headquarter s. ) 3IAPOeIC S l^j3*iUAR i!LR S' u&i3K£.J, ORDER lio.l - .supplementary Vic tori.'; ,3-0 July 16,19B:Ti
;.dminiatr.-. tion : hot ice is Lereoy given for the iniormation of all roans the t the Police Divisions are as shewn hereunder and not as shown on page 1 ox General order i!o.l :
"A" l i v . Insp.G.Cwen Div.Kqrs. Vic tor i s , 3.0. comprising the following Police 'Districts:
i’lanairao Police Dist. jUis.Hqrs. iiana imo, 3 .C. Vancouver P olice Dist. " " Vancouver, B.C. Victoria 11 " " " Victoria, B.C.
1131? Div. Dep. Insp. J.R.Dunwoody Div.hqrs. Melson,3.C. , comprising the following police Dietrie to:
Boundary Police Diet. Dis.hqrs. Greenwood,B.C. hofth-Last *.ootenay f o l . .jis . Dis .Kqrs. Golden,3*0 Couth-Past jfootenay Pol. Pis. Dis.Hqrs. Fernie ,-B.C Vest Aootenay P ol.D ist. Dia.Kqrs. II el son, B.C.-. 11C" j&iv. Pep . Inop. W.L . Fernie Div. 1 qrs. Earnloops, 30 comprising the following Police Districts:
Laniloops police h ist. Dio.Haro. Earnloops, B.0 lillo o e t " ,T " " C?ue sn el, 3. C. Vernon " " " ,f Vernon, B.C. Yale ,r '■* » " Ashcroft, 3. C
"p" Div. Pep. Insp. T.R. 1. par sons Liv.Ears. Prince Rupert. comprising the following Police Districts:
Fort George Pol.D iat. Dis.iiqra. oO. Ft .George ,30 xiazel ton Police L ist. " " Bmithers ,3.0. peace River police List. " Pouce Coupe,3.0 Prince •Paper t Pol.Diet. 11 " Prince Rupert, 30 ------oOo------
Please mahe the necessary corrections on General
Order Bo.l
J.Ii.LcLULLIii
Gup er in t e nd ent. / Crime Reports.; V/ln n nmpiy i n t-of a erira-ina.1 nature is a Crime Report must ■ ck* made. Crurao uajvruH?#. w ill take tlie fod lowing: form: ••"
BRI.i.' I ,.!H C01.U1L3 U. POLICiV Div...... F ile Ho. nisorio t • • • • • ...... ,t>ate• »». station ...... £ R r ME REPORT (heading as in ject. 8. Sub-sections (a) & (b)
1. Crime Reports are important records and require to be frequently referred to. It is therefore essential that great care be taken in their preparation.
2. The Crime Report on any case should give: 1st, a complete history of the case from its inception to its conclusion: 2nd, every act of the Police in connection therewith should be recorded: 3rd, the statements ox ell persons should be taken in the first person, end given as nearly verbatim as possible.
3. It is the duty of the Police to supply a ll evidence available, and i f it has not been produced at the preliminary lie firing;, to procure any further evidence possible and forward a carefully prepared Crime Report, l'here is a tendency for members of the Force to rest satisfied when an accused person lias been committed for t^ia'l, whe ther the evidence produced on committal is conclusive of his guilt or not.
4. iieparate Crime Reports must be submitted for each case handled, where two or more persons ere charged jointly with, the same offence and tried together, it will not be necessary to render a separate report for each person; but, where there arc several charges against one person, or, when during the investigation of one charge cnotnur oxienue oourniitceu ey sumo person is disclosed, and a charge laid, separate Crime Reports for each charge should be rendered.
5. v/lienever a complaint of a criminal nature is received a Crime Report must be rendered, and any subsequent information which has any bearing on the case must also be sent in in the form of a Crime Report. On no account should such information be submitted in the form of a letter. Should this be done, the letter will be returned for a proper Crime Report to bo made out.
6. In many cases where onquiries are made regarding persons missing, lost stock, sudden and accidental deaths, and other matters not of a criminal nature, the reports submitted .should be headed "REPORT". Such Reports should, in all cases, be made out in a Bimiler form to a Crime Report - not a letter - but headed "Report" only. 7. All Crime Reports must be dated, and v.hen subsequent Crime Reports are rendered, the dote of previous reports should be correctly given in the margin. The first report should state in the margin "P.C.R. - none". 0. As it is most important for the purpose of filin g and reference that all Crime and other reports should be given a proper and distinctive hooding, members of the Force will be good enough to ooscrve tne xoixowing ruxe&:
(a) where there is reason to suspect any particular person of having committed the crime, his name, in a l l cases, should be inserted in the heading, followed by the nature of the offence, which should be given as shortly as possible, thus:
"Re: HSMY JOOcJOI* - th eft, by taking" or "Re: Murder of ./ill ism Fraser at Ashcroft". 9. In coses of reports other than criminal, or where the above rules will not apply, the heading: should be made as distinctive as possible, in order to identify it with the particular oaso referred to. A general heading which might suit any ono of a dozen similar cases is valueless.
10. It is unnecessary to include in the headings the address of the complainant or accused, a detailed description of articles stolen, the section ox the criminal Code under which a charge id laid, etc., etc., The heading should be as short as possible and the above particulars included in the body of the Crime Report,
11* Cer« should he taken to adopt a suitable heeding for the • fir s t Crime Report in each. oaso. This heading should not be changed unless absolutely necessary. If found unavoidable to do do, the old heading should be placed underneath the now one, in parentheses. 12. In a ll cases where a complaint is made and the suspected party is found to have left the country, the Crime Report thereon should state whether warrant has been issued, end i f so, a copy should be attached go tno report, wnion buwuI u ow ucoOw^anied by a fall description of the suspected person, when obtainable.
13. Crime Reports on the preliminary hearing of any case should contain a synopsis of the evidence given, in which a ll the fa cts given are clearly stated. They should not contain, nor it it necessary for them to be accompanied by, a copy o f the verbatim evidence, as this is often long drawn out, and considerable time is wasted in reading it through, and in copying. The Officer commanding the .Division has no time, nor has the Juperintendcnt to read the same.
14. In all cases where preliminary hearings are held, in the Crime Report should be stated whether the accused was committed for trial or remanded on b a il. /hen. committed, it is sitanecessary to state what disposal was made of the prisonor, and the date on which he was turned over to the Provincial Gaol or guard room) also, the name ox the member ox' the Force having him in charge. 1 o • When a Crime Report is sent in before the member o f the jj’oroe leaves his detachment for the purpose o f escorting a prisoner committed for tria l, to the provincial Gaol or guard room, the date on which he intends to leave his station for this purpose should be inserted.
16. In cases of persons committed for t r ia l, at the termination of the Crime Reports a list of the witnesses required at the trial is to be given, v;i tn the odcreas of each, This is required for the information of the Crown Prosecutor having the cc.se in hand.
17. At the conclusion of a case, when final Crime Report is sent in it should end with the words "Case concluded".
18. Considerable confusion has resulted from illegible hand writing in reports, particularly in the case of proper names. Caro should be t a icon to write these plainly, as, especially in foreign names it is often impossible to distinguish "n's" from "u 's" etc.
19. Typewritten reports should be neatly prepared, correctly spelled, and carbon copies clear and d istin ct. Machines should be frequently cle ned , especially the type, and carbon paper changed frequently so that plain copies can be made..
80. Previous reports have been (sometimes rendered with a considerable number of mistakes, such as words improperly apaMoni, spelled, a rticle s m iscalled ( sometimes with d ifferen t terms, for instance, a vehicle called a wagon, a democrat, and a buggy); brands improperly made or ommitted, dates l e f t out, end the places of trial left out. 21. opecial attention should be given to the spelling of proper names, particularly in the case of those of foreigners, which are often spelled in several different ways in various reports on the oasc. vtfhen p ossible, an e ffo rt should, be made to obtain the correct spelling’ of names in the first place and this adherer1 to throughout.
22. For a l l crime and other reports, no matter how short, whole sheets o f paper must be us or- whenever possible. In the case of typewritten reports, letter ho ads should not be used for making the first copy, rfhen requisitioning for stationery for this purpose, typewriter tissue, 8 should be asked for.
23. All Crime Reporta or correspondence regarding the crimo must bo forwarded in duplicate when sent go Headquarters, Victoria .
24, station Grime Reports may be written with indelible pencil and carbon sheet used to enable a copy to be retained on the station and the copies for the Superintendent and others will be prepared at the Divisional Headquarters on the typewriter.
26. Officers commanding Divisions will forward to the Superintendent Crime Reports in duplicate, one copy being for the Hon. the Attorney-General. 26. In case of murder, or other very serious crime, the senior member of the Dotachmont w ill, whore practicable, telephone or telegraph direct to the Super intend ent as well as to his Commanding O fficer. 27. Crime Reports should be concise: (a) pacta should be distinguished from specuLation. (b) The authority for my statement should bo quo tod. (c) Hearsay should bo avoided. (d) General assertions are not to bo made, unless supported by reasons. 28. A criminal return vjill be attached to the monthly report giving e list of a ll offences which have occurred in the District. 29. Membors o f the Force should remember that their duties do not cerse when they have reported a crime, fhey should actively follow up oacn case until the perpetrators have been brought to justice, no mooter whether it is of minor importance oir not. 30. It is only by persistent effort and activity on the part of every member of the Poroe that peace and good order can be successfully maintained.
General Orders: General Orders will be published as a general rule, onoc a month, with supplementary orders i f found necessary, ihey w ill contain gcnoral circular instructions, notices of changes of stations, appointments and all other matters of interest to the Force. It is hoped by this means to keep the members of the Force in touch with each other and with Headquarters, and, .in issuing this, the First General Order, the Superintendent would take the opportunity of calling on all ranks for efficient, cordial co-operation to establish a police Force the Province may be proud o f.
J.H.McMUIiLIN Superi ntendont. c, BHIrliH COLUMBIA PROVIIICIAL POLICE
HEADQUARTERS OnhliitAL 0RD1*a Ho .2 Vic tor is., B. C August 14, 1923.
FORM3: The following forms are being issued and are to be brought into use on and after jeptanber 1st, 1923:
Form d monthly , Analy 31 s This torn: w ill tele the place of the Monthly Police Report and one copy w ill be sent by each Constable to his Chief Constable. Form 2 Crime and Duty Analysis This form is to be used by Chief Constables and w ill be compiled from the 5'orms 1 sent in by Cohstebles of the b istric1 1 This form will be forwarded in duplicate to the inspector comnahding the Division* who w ill forward one oopy to Headquarters. (Hotel** In this form, uncler "Monthly Crime Analysis" fi column was made headed "Offender''i (This coiukti can be ignored^ rrnAvorl ;\ • ^ ___ aHWWfW* ' Form 3 Car and Launch Ret: ort ^Fhis form is to be used by Chief Constables and will be compiled from the Constable's reports, and forwarded in a manner 3imilar to Form 2.
Form 4 Inspecti on Report Is to bo forwarded in duplicate to the Inspector commanding the Division by Chief Constables making inspections. i Form 5 hist of Cov11.proper by One copy of this' Form is to be kept at every a'oa.0 ion allowing e ll equipment char geo to that station and a duplicate is bo be kept on file in the office of the Officer commanding the Division. BOOKo At every station the following books are to be kept: (1) Oirence Book, which shall contain all possible information which can be gleaned in regard to each recorded crime. Offence Books will be issued in due course. (2) liia.ry , which is to be kept up by the .Senior Constable at Stations where this is more than one Const r-.ble. (3) Police Court Record Book, At present in use.
livery Constable must keep a pocket notebook, which must be open to inspection if required.. Q 0 RRE 8P Oi'i JBH CB:
As some misunderstanding se6ma to obtain e.3 to the channel of correspondence the following is laid down for the information of all ranks, as the avenue of travel i
(a; Constable to Chief Constable, (b) Chief Constable to Divisional 0/0. (c ) Div . o/C * to Duper intendent. General Order !o.2 Page 2.
Corr eapondenc e; Correspondonce should not be addressed to the individual, ur. "T>Jones, Esq »• Chief Constable, 3 .0 .P olice, Vancouver , B.C.
but to : ’’The Chief Constable, B. C .1'olice, Vancouver,B.C." o r :
The O fficer Commanding, "A” Division, 3 .C.Pol ice , Vancouver, 3 ,0 ."
as the case may be.
LEAVE Oi’ ABSENCE Applications for leave of absence must be forwarded by Constables through the Chief Constable of their D istrict to the O fficer Commanding the Division, who may grant annual leeve of absence up to two weeks. Chief Constj^blos in emergency can grant leave of absence up to four (4 ) days, which will give time to communicate with the Divisional o/C for confirmation or further period i f necessary.
ESTATES OB' LECE.ivtiEE .•Then the effects of a deceased person come into the PERSONS hands of c Constable, he should immediately advise the Official Administrator of the District and ask for instructions, at the same time forwarding a Report to the Chief Constable of the D istrict.
COIIM loo IONS Constable who make collections of Trade Licences, etc., must turn in their collections at frequent jLxiuervaia, anu oho money they c o ile c t must not be used for travelling or any other expenses. Claims for commission on collections must be submitted at least once a month.
glNOEltPAlNTS The following oxtraot from a letter is published for inf or mat ion :
"Police officers should be instructed nevor to touch any article that they find at the scene ox a crime, as in doing so they are liable to spoil the only evidence through smudging up the la ten t prin ts. This is one of the most important things in connection with fingerprint work. If a residence or any other building is broken into,, it is always best to care fu lly examine the glass or woodwork around the place where entrance has been gained, such as the inside of the window-sill; on the glass, or on any object that could hove been touched-by those gaining entrance to the house or building, which might show fingerprin ts. After cere fu lly examining the window-sill and glass go inside the building end make a further search. Some of the best places would be on a table, ohairs, or the safe, etc, , nxcm which the a r tic le s wera stolen., or on any cmdoth or riolisbed earf»oe. I f there is evidence of £j rger impressions an export should be sent to one premises for the purpose of developing or powdering the impressions, so that they .General Order no.2 Page 3
FIHGBRBRIHfii: . ..may bo photographed for future use, or until such time that the sneoeot or person to whom said prints uoiong, is ar res too, ’.'then the same can be us ed for co inpe..• v so n. One of the boat methoda in searching for prints rt the sceno of a crime, is to get about four inch os away from the place you think the prints have been left and blow your breath against them. If a print is there the little lines or ridges will stand our for a moment so the.t you can plainly see tho pattern. In locating a finger print alway-v get the light reflooted against tho impression. The different motnods in which tho fingerprint system may be advanta eouoly a ,plied are -Imost unlimited. Its infallibility is genorelly recognized as the only true moans of idontifiaation. Ho matter how many finporprint experts may be engaged in the lebour of comparing two prin ts, their verdict must bo tho samo CRIME HEP OR 13 It is noted with considerable satisfaction that the instructions as to Crime Reports are boing oarriod out very efficiently. It i3 necessary, however, to point out that Crime Reports must bo dated, end forwarded et once end not allowed to accummulato. Chief Constables when forwarding Crime Reports should mako any remarks of th eir o«n at the foot of the Crime Report and a notation as follow s:
"Forwarded to the O/C "A" Div'n.
Chi of 0 on st able ."
so that it may bo apparent that the Chief Constable has seen the report.
Crime reports are to be made out on Express Hanilia (second sheets) and not on 8 13 papor as mentioned in Genere i Order Ho.l (jection 22). Requisitions should be mado accordingly. COKSuEHDAl'IOH3 The superintendent wishes to express his appreciation of the prompt and efficient aotion in the following oases:
Chief Constable G.L.Adam i/o ICamloops D istrict - for" his systematic soar oh in the following case:
Being; notified of the loss of a two yoer old ohild in the bush ho obtained the assistance of threo Indian trackers. Locating the footp rin ts of the ohild they were traced until the child was found, within an hour and a half of being notified. A largo search party had been soarohing for several hours in effectu a lly . The systematic steps taken in this case ’were the probable cau3e of saving the c h ild 's l i f e .
Constables J.W.Cruiokshank and J. P.M. Hanna - Vancouver Dist/Hars. Office.:
While on patrol on the Eburne Bridge their attention wos drawn to the fart that a throe’ year old ohild had f c lien off briag.-*. t.vry Mediately obtained a boat and pulled the boy out the river and applied fir s t eid p &:cu ag the a m v&l of tho Boo tor, wnioh resulted in saving”the boy’ s life. General Order ilo.2 page 4
COMMBflj)iU.,IQjlS: Constc/olo W. V.ffentpn - i/o T-an c-ley Prairie Station:
Por the; prompt arrest of Chung Sam Bow (Chinese). On July 18th, 1923, whiUst driving o Police Car on Main Street, in the City of Vancouvor, he witnessed the murdor of a 3.0.telephone lineman by being shot by Chung Sam Bow. Ho stopped his car and immediately pursued tho Chinamen, disarmed him and handed him over bo one Vunoouver City p o lice .
J.H.LoMULLIW
superintendent. GEKEHAL ORBBH Bo.3 Victoria ,B..C ...... Qc t;. 3rd a 19S3 ^
ADMIR STRATI OB 3" Div.______Dotice is hereby given to all ranks, the t, for the uurooues of adrninistr tion the SOUTH-EAST KOOTEHaY POL I OB Jl .ji’RIC 1 ho 8. been divided into two Police Districts, to be Kno.vn as (1) the ‘i’ernie Distriot, and id) the Cranbrook D istrict. The boundaries of the new Oran or o ok Police District are as follows:
Commencing at a point wnere the Aootenay River passes from the North-East Kootenay D istrict and enters the South-Ba3t Kootenay D istrict; thence following the Kootenay River to the point where it enters the State of Montana; thence in a woo ter ly d irection along the Intern.tionul Boundary Line, to a point where tho Kootenay River again enters British Columbia; thence to Kootenay Landing and across the lower portion o f Kootenay Lake to the town of Kuskonook; thence in a northerly direction until meeting the original bound::iy line of the tfost Kootenay and South-East Kootenay Districts; thence following tho last mentioned boundary line to the point of commencement. The Crenbrook Police D istrict w ill consist of the following Detachments:
D istrict H q rs/office. . .CRADBROOK.. .Chief Const* G.C.Mortimer. 11 .. .Const .G.J.Duncan Creston...... Const ,H. McLaren Kimberley.. . Const.M.J.Condon Gardner...... Const .O.rf.Donahoe Yahk...... Const ..V.A.Wal ker
MOTOR-VEHICLE ACT. vYitn further reference to Circular Ho.852, all officers are requested to exercise particular vigilance insofar as infractions of the marginally noted are concerned. Complaints have boen repeatedly received as to the careless mennor in which the Regulations under tho Act are being carried out by many automobile drivers. Oars Deing driven at night with only one heed light l i t are a menace to other drivers. Spotlights are ofton improperly, frequently dangerously, used, and there must be a general use of the driving signals recently approved of. Chiefs of Police of Municipalities, especially the larger ones, should be asked for their co-operation in enforcing all the provisions of the '’Motor-Vehicle Act" and Rogulations thereunder.
CRIME REPORTS. The in stitu tion of Crime Reports has proved very successful. It is neoessary however to remind the -Force that they should bo sent in promptly, and attention is drawn to the follow ing: Crime Reports It hes been noted that o ffice rs have not been (Cont'd) following up unconcluded oa«es with further Crime Reports, either to show that the c-.ue has been concluded or that the investigation is proceeding, giving any new developments, etc. The words "Case concluded'* are not being used in inst-nces where th ey shoul d bo.
In many cases lately the he; dings of Crimo Reports have been changed from the original wording on the fir s t Crime Report submit tod* The or iginal hooding should be strictly adhered to in every following Crime Rep or t . In some cases, where a prisoner is committed for tr ia l, a list of the witnesses with their addresses, is not always giyon. It is imperative the t the dates of previous Crime Reports be quoted in the margin, os outlined in General Order N o.l, or, where no previous Crime Report has been submitted, the wordst
"P.C.R* n il Generally speaking Crime Reports are very will submitted, ospeoially by ”B” Division, the South-Brst Kootenay or Pernio D istrict being worthy of special mention, but a ll o ffic e rs could again study General Order No.l to advantage, and also use tho sample copies of Crime Reports more diligently.
It has bean notod that approximately 90$ of the Crimo Reports submitted to date have been received from officers within "A" Division*
GOVESUKEIJ J? LIQUOR ACT. //hen persons aro convicted of infractions of the "Government Liquor Act" the Magistrate should be asked for an Order oancelling the oonvicted defendant's permit. The Justice's authority to cancel is contained in Sub-section 2 of Section 18 of the Aot. It is quite cleer that the Justice cannot make an Order under the provisions of Seotion 18 of the Aot unless the defendant is before him or given an opportunity to show cause why his permit should not be cancelled. »Vhan therefore, a Justioe (or Justices) have reached their oonolusion and mado sminute of their adjudication finding the defendant guilty, they should be asked to require the defendant to show cause why his liquor permit ( i f the defendant holds one) should not be cancelled. The defendant is then before the Court end this is tho proper time and pleoe for the Justice to deal with the permit. Should cancellation be made, notice o f such cancellation must be Bent to the Liquor Control Board as required by the Act. COMUBNuh21o N 6The Superintendent wishes to express his appreciation ox' tno prompt and efficient action in the following cases; Oonst.A.J.Smith, i/o Elko Detachment;
On Au;iust Snd ,19^3, Const .Smith, whilst on temporary duty at Oranbrook, received a telephone message fit 4 a.m* from *ort dtoele. On his arrival at the house of Jean Black, (lV miles from Ii’ort Bteele) he found that a man named Andrew Tascare, erased with drink, had fired two shots from a r if le through the door at Miss Slack# Constable Smith then proceeded to Penwick siding alone and there entered the section house occupied by the accused and another man (also known to be crowed with drink) and arrested Tescare at 6.30 a.m. 'fosoore was, on the 9th of August ,1923, committed for tria l on a charge o f "Attempted Murder".
Const .G.vf.ponahoe, i/o Wardner Detaohment:
On August 3rd,19£3, Const.Donaho© of Gardner, whilst on temporary duty at Oranbrook received the description of one W.McNair, wsnted by tho Vancouver City Police Department, for th eft. Constable Donahoe remombered having seen a man answering the description of McNair in a restaurant, and after making enquiries Conit.Donahoe arrested McNair thirty minutes later. McNair hed been avoiding contact with the uniformed City Police for three days prior to hiB arrest.
J.H.KoMULLIW Super intend ent. BRITISH COLUMBIA POLIOb HMIX-UARTER3 GENERAL ORDER Bo.4 Victoria,B.C Nov.3rd,1923
-A DIvi IN13 TH AT ION "B" Hi vi si on 1. In General Ordor No.3 (3-10-23) the name of Const.G.Thomas (Oranbrook Dist/Eqrs. O ffice) was ommittod from the lis t o f oi'fioar8 o f the new Oranbrook D istrict.
CRIlvlE -REPORTS. 2. Grime Reports are required in all eases where the accused is oommitted for tr ia l from a Kunioipality * from and aftar commitment. They are no t required where other Forces have been in oherge of the entire proceedings.
CORRESPONDENCE. 3. Attention is again drawn to the fact that one subject only should be set forth in all le tte rs to Headquarters* This is neoessary to avoid confusion in filing.
CO-OPERA TIGi.j WI TH OTHER FORCES. 4. A ll members ox the 3ritish Columbia p olice are asked to oo-operate to the fu lle s t extent with O.P.R. and C.N.R* investigation Departments an «. to give the utmost assistance to Georet Service operators of the Liquor Control 3oard when oulled upon to do so.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
E3t r 6atment o f b a il. 5. In oil casco where bail is estreated, a warrant ohotild bo askeu for at the same time. Employment o f Couyaol and s teno grap hers . 6 « In no case ar3 the marginally named to be employ cd w ith out fir ct" ob t sinin g instructions) from Headquarters through the usual channel.
Proof of Jurisdiction. V. In drawing Informations, Convictions, and Commitments, o to., as woll as in givin g evidence in any Court, officers should careirtiilly state all neoessary particulars. It sometimes happens that the piece where the offenoe is alleged to have taken piece io not stated as being in any County o f tjae Province or within the jurisdiction of the Mugistrato aoting in suoh case. Any suoh carelessness mxist bo avoided by officers of this Force. Gener a 1 Crder Eo. 4
Oaicalls. Prison
A.4. 1 9. Tho attention of o i l rrnfcs is clrrxn to Order In Counoil K0 . 944, dated the 28th day of August, 1912, which orders: "That the prison building situated on lo t 84, Group 1, flew /eaiaalnster hist r io t, known as the Prison ?erm, be and is hereby appointed to be a common gaol for the Counties of A tlin, Cariboo, Kootenay, flannimo, Vane ouv er , Vio tori a , Westmi.net er and Yal e . "
J&SUjl&M! x' TO "GAilL REGULATION 1923” 9. The "to e Regulations, 1923” have been amended by Order in Council cs regards the open sc-ason for fur-bearing animals, as follows: The '/ords "except as hereinafter provided” have been added to the fir s t paragraph of Clause (H), to which paragraph the following addition has then boon made: "All that portion of the northern District described as follow s: Commencing at the intersection of the 60th Parallel of Latitude, and the 120th parallel of Longitude, thenoe 3outh along the 120th Parallel of Longitude to the intersection of the 55th Parallel of Latitude, thenoe west along the 66th parallel of latitude to the intersection of the parsnip River, thence north west along the ssid river to the mouth of the Pindlay River, thence uorth- weat along the Pindlay River to the mouth of the ?ox River, thence along the Pox River to its aourco, thence in a north-westerly. direction to the source o f the Jfechika River, thence nortjr- wost along tho Kachicka Rivor to the mouth of the Coal Rivor, thonce north along the Coal Rivor to the 60th Parallel of Latitude, thenoe east along tho 60th Parallol of Latitude to point of :.cr.mencement, opon season, flovomber 1st ,1923, to April 30th, 1924, both dates inclusive."
POLICE P0RM3. 10. In oonneotion with E*onn #1, submitted by Constables, in a great many cases it has b-on notioocl that the anount incurred by the offioor in oonneotion vdth the operation of the Polioe oar or launch in his oharge is not being included in the "Revenue Analysis" under "Expenditure- travelling Expanses)", Thosa expenses, being a part of travelling oxpensos, should, besides being itemized in the "Car Report" (or "Launch Report” ) columns, be added in with the total of other travelling expenses in tho space reserved for that purpose under "Bxpondituro” .
VOUCHJiU Invoices. 11. Invoioss for goods supplied and oovering vouchers. Suppliers of goods are instructed to "Invoioo in triplicate to the consignee". Officers will therefore, as soon as possible after receipt of goods and Invoice, pass vouchers for payment, subject to the following: General Order No .4______Page 5______voucaias Invoices 11* (a }..3 oe that the Purchasing Agent's Order No* is quoted on the invoico. I f not, return samo to supplier for thi3 information. (b )..A ll invoices or covering vouchoro to be certified by the oonsignoo who should oeo that tho goods are as ordered and in sound condition. If the goods ere returned for any reason the invoice mu3t also accompany tho samo. (o).*Any discount allowed must, in every case, bo dcduotod from tho invoico and the voucher is to oe forwardod for payment within tho time allowed for suoh discount. (d)..Paato tho invoio e to tho face of the vouohor to savo unntoesoory work.
COMMBirhAflCh. 13. Ihe oup er in tendon t wishes to e g r e s s Ids appreciation •f the prompt manner in which the undermentioned arroats were carried out:
tf01) tSi >M»J. QGH DON. l/o Kimberley Pet achmont:
•bout 9 p.m. on the 24th October, 1923, Constable Condon received a report that an assault had been committed on H.Drew, North Otar Hotel, Kimberley, Upon his arrival he found Drew in a semi-conscious condition, with Doctors Hannington and Green in attendance. It was ascertained that John Young and Patrick McGuire had caused a disturbance and had boen ojeoted from the Hotel, Young afterwords coming beck and throwing a stone at Drew which ceuaed a serious injury. There were quite a number of drunken men around the Hotel and the offenders had taken oovor in the bush nearby. No one offered tiheir services to the Const able, but without any hesitation Const. Condon eniorod the bush, locatod and secured both offondcrs and placed thom in custody. John Yeung and Patrick McGuire, were, on October 25th, 1923, remanded for oi$it days owing to tho condition of the injured man.
J.H.KcMULLIN
Superintendent. QUESNEL, B.C. BRIII3K COLUMBIA POLIOS HE/jC.'UAkfBRS GLkJLRAL ORDER Mo.5 Victoria ,B.C poo .3rd ,1923
A DLi IN13 ?R A T 3! 0 i • The foilowim- Chief Cona tables have been transferred as from November E lat,1923: Chief Const .A.C.minty Prince Rupert to Queanel Chief Com at. O.K.Greenwood Ouosnel to Femie Chief Const. h.G piller I'ernie to Prince Rupert
CRIHIbAL For the in f or me ti on of e l l ran i:a the follow ing is PROCEDURE given v.ith reference to latent prints found at the scene of a orime: (Fingerprint a) "Officers investigating premises after the commission of a crime should ’look "for evidence in the way of fingerprint impressions left unconsciously on various articles by those gaining entrance. Finger impressions are general 1$found on o wide variety of subjects, ciich" as glass, woodwork, silverware, psper, safes, e tc ., which present an extensive range of base oolour. //herever prints have accidently been made without the aid of developing powders, such as dust, grimo, blood, etc. the faint impression left must be brought into contrast with the material upon which it occurs, by dusting it with a- suitable powder, which adheres to the oily ridges l e f t by reason of the moisture that is always present on the ridge surfe.oe of the hands. For powdering prints found on silverware, glass, nicklewure, dark or polished surfaces, a white powder should be used, such as aluminium or meroury with ohalk, known as "Chemist's Gray Powder". For white surfeces ouch as chinaware, pepers, etc. charcoal, lemp black or graphite may be used. To develop the latent printa they should be sprinkled with the powder, s very fine caraols hair br-uoh being used for this purpose. Another method is to put a an/ill amount of the powder on a piece of cmmunji card or psper and blow i t on to the print with an atomizer. The surplus powder should then be removed by dusting the print lightly with tho brush, groat care being tkane not to brush too herd and thereby remove the powder adhering to the greasy ridges. After this is done the print is re dy to be photographed. " Officers who may be desirous of practicing the development of fingerprints should obtain s small quantity of the two kint s of powder, white and black, (about 5p worth of ouch kind being su fficie n t) and they can practice by making their own finger imprejsions on dliferent ar tioles. GAME ACT (Issuance of Attention has been drawn to the fa c t thet in some firearms instances firearms licences issued by officora have licen ces) not beon properly signed. In one instance, in the piece of signature merely appoars "p.Oon" . All licences should be signed by tho issuing o f f i c i a l » < ^ n «r^ wJOrdac- ...... 3 TATIONERY Chief^fkms'taLJe a ere r-©que a ted to sub,.it a requisition for e supply of rt^tdsc/nsrT Woqvr.te enough to supply a ll Detachments rn the31 Dichi jo"« Gbi-p Ptctionery w,ill--be supplied to the Chief Cots to 13 o who-^.J ll-iwHrp-'jU in stock an> distribute iti to .'(6lurLinei.tr fie a time to time, as may be necessary. It is urgently reeuect-ea that not more stationery be ordered than ir actually required for cne year, so that each year's stationery may come out of each year's Vote. The greatest economy should be observed in the use of stationery, as the wastage through the careless use of forms, eto . amounts in the aggregate to a very considerable sum, which might possibly be used to muoh better advantage in other lines of p olice work. COMHEJ.JLAI'lGii The superintendent wishes to express his ejprecietion of the manner in which the undermentioned case was handled by: Const. tfm.Greenwood, 1/c Lytton Leteohment - "C" Division.
On August 6th list, the house of Michael Devlin, C.P.8. watchman of opences Bridge, B.C. was broken into while the owner was absent, and a blue serge suit, an overooat and a Waltham watch stolen. Cons t, Greenwood went to Spences 3ridge end investigated the scene of the robbery and found that entrance had been gained by breaking a padlock on the front door and the house hed been thoroughly ransacked. The Constable suspeoted one, Paidy Ryan (who had just been released from Oakalla) as the perpetrator. Whilst examining a ll the a rticles at the scene of the crime that may have been touched by the criminal, the Constable discovered in e bedroom e coal o il lamp, apparently used by the th ief. Two fingerprints were found on this lamp. The prints were treated and photographed and Ryan's fingerprint oard obtained from the Oakella Prison farm• In comparing the two records it was found that Ryan's right little finger and le ft ring finger were identical with the prints found on the lemp. Ryan's record is ; Sentenced 26-7-09 3 months at Revelstoko, aj Maloolm Graham, for housebreaking. Sentenced 23-7-19 2 yrs.B.C.Pen. from Revolstoke, as Malcolm Graham, for stealing. Sentenced 24-12-21 2 months at Lytton, as Patrick Ryan Vagrancy "A" 3entenced 10-6-22 3 months at Lytton, as Patrick Byan Vagrancy, "A". Sentenced 25-9-22 stealing and supplying liquor to Indians 6 months on each charge, consecutively, from Spences Bridge as Patrick Ryan A Warrant was issued and Kyan wes arrested at spenoes Bridge on the 25th o f October. The accused appeared before a Justice at Lytton end was remanded for eight days. At the preliminary hearing he was committed for t t ia l to Kamloops and upon appearing before Kis Honour judge swanson at Kamloops on Hov.6th, he elected for Jury trial. He appeared at the Vernon A,size on November 8th, before Mr.Justice Morrison, Const. Greenwood gave evidence as to the finding of the fingerprints and o f having compared tJiern with the * record card obtained from Oakalla, The Jury retired to the Jury room, and as the cese depended on the fingerprint evidence the jury were inclined to be doubtful'of the efficien cy of the system. It wes however decided that the Chief Constable, • Vernon .District, should take the finger prints of a ll the jurymen and the constable was then to pick out on individual msiaber of the jury by his prin ts. This was done to the sat in faction of the jury and they returned wish a verdict of guilty. Ryan was sent one od by Mr.Justice Morrison to five years in the 3. C.penitentiary«
J.K.MoMULLIH
Superintendent o Al Rna , Ran,a. ll A Jo: }13i;!B ORDER .m Ho. O C E S 3l hn fn i ipsd o a ifato of infraction an for imposed is fine When a 3|l VOUCHERS: C H I MRE B P O R T S : required are proceedings extradition vfaera PUCOB-OUhh; IS-* HIgaAL 1. KOTOR-VEHICLE ACT: . C V eea' Dprmn t te ehd f attaching method of the to Department General's v 3 . 0 6 Police: . .- 6 * h "oenet iur .t te sot charges esoort the /.ot" "Government Liquor the ** * or teto i dan o h nt wih is whioh note the drawn to is attention Your 5* . beto ha Objection 4. fsee o te ae f h vuhr n the in vouchor the of faoe the on fastened ✓ I ae en die b te eita of Registrar the by advised been have I . o trvhce emt ad iecs a been has lioences and permits mo tor-vehicle 93 akr o ter as uig h month of the during oars their on markers 1923 Highways, Public Department of Liotor-vehicles, rtn add o hs rqiiin atr they after requisitions these to added writing euse t ade y h Kn' Printer's King's the by abdde to requested lcd n eh i . h Kn' Pitr advises Printer King's The ". e lin eeah on placed aur,12, a b pritd o operate. to permitted may boJanuary, 1924, that order in This you to forwarded January,1924. is of information Ontario 31st the 1923 to ll extended a of term the that Toronto, r rcie b to igs rne, t os not does it Printer, King's tho by received are e ht h mjrt o rqiiin wih aro which requisitions of majority the me that rne a te o o sainr requisition stationery of top the at printed as detail short as in in typewritten may be orss rm h Poio o Otro displaying Ontario of Provinoo the from tourists Detachments outlying from branch that by received ie hm ey uh om Al rns are rankssuggestion. ll A much room. them very give om rqetn ta "n atce ny be only article "one that requesting forms possible. r tpwitn u i ms oss nr ae two are tnere oases most in aud typewritten aro items between each lin e , , e lin each between items hc cno b dn wtot osdrbe waste considerable without done be cannot which pc poie fr tis ad sol an should and, etails, d for provided space rgnl nocs et , hud e atd or pasted be should ., to e invoices, original the on of instead vouohars, of hand corner ft le xlnto o te xes b nosay this nooessary, be expense the of explanation eah eti ppr, uh s requisitions, as such papers, oertain detach atnns n ae wee t s eesr to neoessary is it where oases in fastenings ntutos r hrb gvn o ak that ranks l l a to givon hereby are to order vouchers, instructions In out making in vouoher. work unnecessary the save damage and to time of f h pioe ad h ecrig fie are offioer escorting the and prisoner tho of sot umr o te vdne o e given be to evidence summary the ox short a ah As t te ie f ahn o permanent or maohine of \ise the to Also bach. owre popl* n oe ntne, n the in be instances, must some In not} or promptly* forwarded B.C.Police the byoonduoted either and l ia tr for committed is accused u-eeps ivie, o. t te rn top front the to ., to e invoices, sub-receipts, o e hre t te oie Vote. police the to oharged be to speedy a at previously pas or Jury case a the by (whether tried l be tria to elects r te assac dard rm Headquarters, from deaired assistance other or hud e moid n h Cie Report Crime thesubmitted. embodied in be should BRITISH CO fies ae en elcig o o this do to neglecting been have officers LlFuB O H I -.U , Z» C ie eot fr l ae wee the where oases ll a for ReportsCrime ■ •:J 3 en ae b to Comptroller- tho by taken been s a 1 Viotoria.B.O
hr i considerable is there H S A j j Q U A R T S R G Jan,7th.1925
N comiaihmoKs: 7. I wish to exproBS my appreciation- of tho highly effioiont manner in whioh the following oase was handled by:
OOIUT.anaaHY CL IhE. i/'c Haaelton Betaohmont; On the 9th of December la st, Ernest Petorson reported to tho Smithers X>iat/Bqra.Office, that, whilst undor the influenoo of liquor he had been robbod of the sum of ^160.00 at the Hioolinl Hooms, Broedway, Smithers. Aotg.Chief Constable Service investigated the oomplaint and his suspicions centred on three men, strangers to the ^istriot* Two of the so men wore interrogated and the third, Charles Kilby, i t was found, had le ft Smithers on a freight train. Const.Cline of Hezolton was oommunieatod with end at 10 p.m. on tho same night he adviaod the Smithers/ hist/Kqrs.Office thet Kilby was undor erreat, having in his possession the sum of $1 4 1 *7 5 . ✓ Conafceblo Cline, oh reoeipt of word to the effect that Kilby waa on a freight train hoading ' in the direotion of Haaelton, met the train, end although it was thoroughly aoarohed no tra«e of the aocused oould be found, Kilby having taken to the bu8h while the train waa stopped. He, how over, got aboard again whon the train moved o ff, and Const.03 ino arranged with the train crew that tho train tficuld be stopped at a point past South Hazftli-ou where oocape would be impossible for Kilby- Acoerdirgly, at a pcint whore a high bluff on one side ayd the Pkceca Hiver on the othor ef+c.-lusL'ly blocked eccape, Const.Cline took Killy off an o il car and escorted him back to Smithers, where, cc. the 1 1 th o f hocember he elected for summery trial and was sentenced by Stipendiary lie gist rate p. E-Hoskins to a term of twenty-throe, months imprisonment. 'The rosouroe. and in itiative displayed by Constable Cline in this oase were of tho highest order. The darkness of the night, the laok of aoourate information (whioh was not available) as to the accused's appearanoo, and the faot that there woro several other men riding on the some oar, made the arrest nearly impose!ole. Thore is no doubt that without the very able assistanoo of the train orew, Const.01in e's work would have been very muoh hampered. The conduct of Conduotor Clayton, C.fi.K. of Smithers, Enginoer Frank Foster, C.N.R. and their erews have been reported to the propor quarter for recognition.
J.H.iioMUXLKN
Superintendent • vAiamm. jCiUixbia p o li c e Supplementary to 1 ^EADQUAKTAtlvJ General Order #6 Victor:la^DO
To: A ll Chief Constables British Columbia Police♦ In order to consolidate end oentralize the work of Criminal Identification throughout the province a Criminal Identifioation Bureau has been started at Be a cl quart era, with whioh also is inoorn orated a Fingerprint Branoh. Constable vf. J.Voiaey, who, up to the end of lest month was stationed at Ivow Westminster, has been attached to ileadquartors, and this offioer (under the supervision of Insp. Owen) w ill bo in ohsrge o f the Bureau. Mr.Voisey has a thorough praotioal knowledge of fingerprint work in a ll its phases end, at the same time has long experionoo with the Force. On tiie 12th of July, 1918, ell uhief Constables n. ‘ \ wore circularized with regard to fingerprint ou tfits, and I understand tliet tho Chief Commissioner of polioe at Ottawa forwarded, at the request of the late Juperintondont, fingerprint outfit to each D istrict Hoadquarters Office in the I’rovinoe. Those outfits, oonslstod of desoriptlve forms, tubes of fingorprint ink, a gelatine roller, book of instruction, and stationery and envelopes addrosaed to the Chief Commissioner of polioe at Ottawa, it was requested that, to complete this o u tfit, a piooe of plat© glass 3” x 14" should be proourod, on which to ink tno fingors. It has not boen ascertained lately how many fiist/Hqrs.Offioes have still the oomplote fingerprint outfit issued from Ottawa, or, in whet oonditiou the various components aro, and I would be glad i f eaoh Chief Constable would edvise mo (through tho usual ohannal) as to: the oondition of the ink in this outfit; whother the pieoe of plate glass was proourod; in what condition i t is now; i f the illustrated book of instruction is to hand; tho oondition of the gelatin© roller; and what supply of fingerprint forme are in stoofc at each D ist/ Kqra.Offioe.
In the pfcat it has beon the praotioe to fingerprint eaoh prisoner upon his ddmiesion to the Oak alia Prison Farm and the officials at the ?rrra have forwarded one oopy of the prints to the Identification Bureau et Ottawa. For the future it is intended that prints wifcl oontinue to bo taken at the Oakalla Prison Farm but those prints w ill be forwarded to the Bureau at H eadquarters and one oopy w i l l be sent from Viotoria to Ottawa. Where offioers of this Force are oonoernod a ll prisoners not oonanitted to the Oakalla Prison Farm must: be fingerprinted, end, eaoh officer taking fingorprinta w ill do ao in quadruplicate, all four copies bein« eont forth with to the Criminal Identification Bureau, B.C. Police, Victoria, (three (3) sets of the aooused persons' -prints w ill be taken on the oard form usod by th is Foro© and one o et on the long paper form used by the Ottawa bureau. supplementary to General Order ilo.6
A supply of 8 " x 8'* B.C.Police fingerprint oar da will be forwarded to you in the netr future, as well os a supply of envelopes for malcing returns to Headquarters. These cards, of course, must on no aooount bo folded, but must be moiled to the Bureau in the envelopes provided, fhe ocras, it w ill bo noted, are provided for prisoners of both sexes, those p r in t s in, blaok boing for mole prisoners, and those printed in rad dJor Female cords must not be tiaad for taking prints of male prisoners. Should a prisoner be committed to the OvkcvLla prison ?arn. it w ill not bo neooosary for the officer to fingerprint the subjeot, as this record w ill be mode by tho o ffic ia ls ot the Farm, and w ill afterwards be recorded ?;.t Headquarters in the usual manner.
Upon receipt c.f information from Baoh Chief Constable as to the presont oendition of eaoh of the artioleB of equipment originally isauod to eaoh D istrict Hoadquarters Office, it will bo decided whether frosh rollers or fresh tubes of ink w ill have to be supplied and In what quantity. For the present, the oards are being forwarded and a large supply of the Dominion Government ferns have been asked for and upon receipt of them at Hoadquarters o. proportionate amount w ill be forwarded tc eaoh Chief Constable.
The oards ic might be mentioned are quite expensive when large numbers ore ordered, and you are asked to oonserve them as muoh as possible and only use them when 8 prisoner's prints are to be reoorded. For practice purposes, of oourse, any oheap white paper is good enough and equally good results orn bo obtained.
J.H.Uottullin
aUpmUHTEhDENl'.
I Supplementary to General Order lJo.6 Page 3.
PIBGERPRIKTSt Onoe the finger print a of a person are olessified end flledhe Is reoorded inescapably, for, unlike the xaoial oharaoteriatics, the patterns nover ohango* A. man may grow a board, or shave one o ff. He may woor his hair a dozen different ways or he may dye it, or lose it. His features may ohenge with ago, u n til, by oomperison with an earlier photograph,, he is unrooognizablo. But the delicate and intrioate pattern of the ridges in a fingerprint never vary. The improssion made by the fingers of a doad man may be compared with the Imprint of his fingers made when ho was a baby a few days old and a-perfoot identification will bo made. fhe following is tho simple prooodure for taking improseions: A piooo of plot© glass should be procured 14" x 3 ", which wo w ill refer to as the "sla b ". This Slab is used for spreading tho ink on, whioh is in tube form. The ink, when in proper oondition, squeozos out in a similar manner to tooth paste, and a very slight amount (two or three dabs at a timo) should be plaood here and there on the plate. Tho roller is then brought into use (similer to those usod in photographic work) and tho small dabs of ink on the plate are then rolled evenly over the entire surface of the plate. When this h?»s been done the plate should then present the appearance of having been smoked and should have a light brown tint when held up to the light. Officers when taking fingerprint impressions should bo careful to s o g that the subjoot's fingore ere froo from dirt, and, i f it is thought neosssary, they Bhould bo washed. Fingerprint ink can bo easily cleaned from the subject's fingers with a little gasoline*
Fingerprint improssions are taken in two ways, namely, "rolled" and "plain". Rolled impressions of the fingers aro made beginning always with the right thumb end then in order in the proper plaoes provided therefor on the card, the Index, middle, ring and l i t t l o fingers. Always aeleot a new space on the inkod slab for eaoh finger* It is bottor to ink eaoh finger separately and make the impression on the fingerprint oard at once, for, if all tho fingers are fir s t inked the ink on the l i t t lo finger w ill be praotioally dry before the improssion is made and an imperfect fingerprint lacking in uniformity will result. The side odgo of the nail should almost touoh the inked slab, then the finger should be rolled over until the other side of the noil almost oomos into contact with the slab. The Bamo prooess is then repeated on tho fingerprint oard*
The reason for taking rolled prints# It is easier to dotermino the type of pattern from a rolled improssion *3 the greater surfaoo reproduced enables tho largor number of points for comparison to be seleotod whoh it is a question of oontrasting the details of two prints with a vlow to deoiding whether they *rc the fingerprint impress ions of the seme or different fingers. jupplemontary to General Order tfo.6 Page 4. fllHQERERHTCa: Plain impress Iona. A plain impression is obtained by plaoing tho bulbs of tho fingers on tho inked slab without any turning movement and then pressing them simultaneously in the spaoes provided at the bottom of the fingerprint form# Care must bo taken that the fingers of the right hend are plaeod in the right hand spaoe, those of the l e f t hand in the left hand sp&oe. The objaot of these plain impressions is to oboefc ths single finger rolled impressions so that the plaoing of a rolled imprecision in the wrong apaoe on the oard may be detooted by the of floor classifying the prints*
Qare of ths apparatus* Aftsr use the inked slab should bo thoroughly oloencd with ggsoline and dried with e olean rag. The same method is used in eleaning the r o lle r . Composite rollers however (such as those furnished from Ottawa to offioera o f this Joroe) must be cleaned with turpentine, as gasoline lo injurious to them* The roller and the slab should be kept absolutely olean and the ink should net be allowed te dry on either of these articles* one small pieoe ef dirt on the slab cr roller might oause serious trouble should i t be found neoessary to enlarge the prints or impressions taken when a dirty slab has boon usod* I f the slab is le f t unoovorod or the ink should dry thereon it is likely to leave a rough surfaoe whioh is highly undesirable when sharp olear impressions are neoded* Always lay away the slab and tho r o lle r , after they have been usod, thoroughly oloanod, in a place free from dirt or dust wrapped round with the drying oletfc.
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ERRATA: Page 4, para. 2, line 4 Substitute the word ’’gelatine” for the word "oomposito” • Administration: 1* For the information of all ranks. For the better administration of "A" Division, which comprises the Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo Polioe Districts, it has been decided to sub-divido the Division as under: "A” Division
Vanc'r Sub-div'n. Victoria Sub-division
Vanoouver District Victoria District New Westminster Diet. Nanaimo D istrict,
It w ill be seen that the Vancouver Polioe D istrict has been made a sub-division of "A" Division with a Dist/Hqre.Office at Vanoouver and one at New Westminster. Sub-Inspector F.Cruiokshanks w ill be in oharge of the Vanoouver Sub-division. S.North in charge of the Vanoouver D istrict: J.MacDonald in oharge of the Now .icst'r D istrict: E,Owens in oharge of the Victoria District: and A.T.Stephenson in charge of the Nanaimo D istriot,
This to be effective on and after Jan.29th,1924. Correspondence: 2, As w ill probably have been noted a new form of letterhead has been provided for the Force, (1) for use at Headquarters, and (2) for use at Divisional and D istrict Headquarters O ffices, In order to obtain uniformity in correspondence the following rulo is laid down in oonneotion with the use of the new form of letterhead. Letters from Divisional Headquarters Office should be headed in the right-hand top oorner in the lines provided therefor, as under: (example)
"B" Division Divisional Headquarters.. . .Offioe. Nelson...... B.C. Date.,. January 11th,1924...... and letters from Distriot Headquarters Offioes: (example) Distriot Headquarters Offioe Vanoouver..,...... 3. C Date...... January 11th,1924.,.,..
"Motor-vehlolo Act11
0. The members of the Fo.ro e are particularly requested by the Honourable the Attorney-General to pay close atc.to:*ion to the enforojment of the "Mjoo : •."-nuc'Je Act’1. op* d a l ly the fegulations thereunder, within their respective sub-distriote Sonoral "Order Do. 7______Pa/-;o 2 ______' 5-2-33'______
"Aotor-vehiole Act" 3. There has been not!cod lately a serious non-compliance on the pa ft of the automobile driving public in the matter of motor-vehicle Regulations generally, and attention is drawn to the necessity for the enforcement of:
(a )* i * The Common danger ru le: (b).,iThe regulations as to headlights: (b),*#The regulations as to spotlights: (d).»*The regulations as to driving signals: One way to prevent accidents is to arrest thoso driving to the oommon danger. The practice of driving with one headlight instead o f two, or with headlights of unequal candlepower should be stopped. The publio should be made to comply with the regulations regarding driving signals. Personnel: 4. Under the authority of Section 6 of Chapter 57 of the Statutes o f British Columbia, 1933, ’’Police and Prisons Regulation Act", Mm an Order in Council (No.137) was approved of on tne olst ultimo, setting forth the fo 11owing appo intment s:
As Assistant Superintendent: Inspector W.Owen...... Headquarters. As Inspectors:
Deputy Insp. ...E.Dunwoody, Commandg. "B" Div. Nelson,B.C.
Deputy Insp .vV.L.Pernio , Commandg. "C" Div. Kamloops,B.C. Deputy Insp.T.V/.S.J?arsons , Co.mnandg. "D" Div, Prince Rupert,BC.
As Sub-Inspector; Chief Const, P.Cruichsiiank, Vancouver District, Vancouver,B. C. Commendations: 5. The Superintendent wishes to express his appreciation (Sf the e ffic ie n t manner in which the undermentioned offio e rs oarried out their duties in connection with the arrest o f George Hannay:
Const.W.J.Voisey i/o Fingerprint Branch (C.I.D«) Headquarters.
ConsttW.Kler. i /c Duncan Detachment, General Order No.T Pa,:e 5,
Commendations: 5. On Hi3 corning o f Deo,.25th, 1923, the Maple Leaf 3to seat Dimoan, 7.1. was entered and a' quantxby of goods stolen. Constable cler whilst assistin g the Miuiioipnl Chief of Polios in the oa«?o found that the parties gaining ontrancw ••ad hr clean the glass ahovo the door and then clipped the oolt. Pieces oi the glass had evidently been lift e d out by hand and upon one of these pieces Const, lia r noticed fingermarks. These marks were photographed and enlarged photographs of the latent prints were forwarded to the Criminal Identification Departmont at Headquarters, Prom one of the prints Constable Voisey established the identity of the person breaking into the premises as one George Hannay, a noted character in the Nanaimo Police District, having a previous record in penitentiaries both in the U.3, and Canada, Hannay was arrested by o ffic e r s of the Nanaimo D istrict at Alberni.B.O, on Januayy 16th last, and escorted to Duncan and handed over to the custody of the Munioipal authorities.
J.H.McMULLIN
Superintendent. J..-.10- E3£EQH£SW9P "-*■ ral Order No.O V ictoria, 8.C ______March5,1924 _
FlVRIKTp; For the in f ormation o f a ll Chief Constables .
1. with further reference to Supplementary to General Ordor No.6, with regard to the taking of fingerprints at Dist/Bqrs.Offices. Persons admitted to the Nelson Provincial Gaol, Nelson,B.C. are now Being fingerprinted in tho same manner as is done at the Oakaila Prison Farm, and it w ill therefore bo unnecessar-, for o.floors of this Noroe to fingoiprint any person admitted to the Nelson in stitu tion . 2. hen the details of the prisoner's description, etc. are not typewritten in on the fingerprint card out written in ink, the prisoner's name should be printed not written. 5. Cards have been received giving as the prisoner's offence: "Sect.467 oi the CJC of C". The name of the offence should be written in, as: "Uttering forged document" eto. as the case may bo.
4. Officers are requested not to write in the space provided for Record: "No previous reoord". The prisoner's ^uio’-ti previous record, with correot dates of sentence, eto. should be writton in this space, But, should the arresting o ffic e r know of no previous record the space should be left blank. Only e3:act details or previous convictions should be set forth. 5. Cards or forms should not be pinnod together whon forwarding them to He,dquarters.
5. Ins tone ..'S have been noted recently wnero o ffice rs of this force have communicated with i'ingerprint Bureau's in the United ft cites in an ondeavour to obtain tuo previous record of a prisoner. As set forth in Circular Letter No,905, in oases of urgonoy requests may bo made diroot to the fin ger print I)ranch, Royal Canadian Mounted P olice, Ottawa, for tho previous criminal reoord of a. prisoner held by this Force. The prisoner's fingerprints should be submitted to Ottawa on tho long paper form used by that Department and, should a previous reoord be obtained tho information should oe afterwards forwarded to the Criminal Identification Department, B.C.Police, V ictoria. On no account should officers submit copies of a prisoner's prints gto Bureaus in the United States as, once information in regard to the previous record has been submitted to a member of this foroo from suoii a .Bureau, the authorities in charge of the American bureau consider the matter completed and that tho British Columbia fo lio e have a il the information necessary. Subsequent letters from the Headquarters Bureau at V ictoria therefore e l i c i t no reply. In. a few instances lately a male prisoner's prints nave been recorded on a female card. This should never be done, l.iale prisoners should have their prints taken on the card printed in black, and female prisoners on the cards printed in red. On no account should a female prisoner's prints be t a kerf o n* a male card and the card underlined in rod ink in an attempt to conform with instructions.
It has been noticed that, in a few instances throe or lour .1,C.i?olice cards nave been submitted to Headquarters bearing the prints of one priso'.ior's fingers, whilst another prisoner fingerprinted at the samo offioe has only one or two seta of his prints submitted. In evory instance three sets of the accused's persons fingerprints must be tanen on the B.C.Dolioe card form and o.ia sat on the long paper form used by the authorities at Ottawa. I In quoting on fin o r p r in t oards the date and plaao of offonoe, the irovinoo should always be uddod after the name of the town. For. instance, oards have been rooeivod giving in the spape provided for Record: 5.2*24 Vanoouvor steal 1 month h .l.
This should be given as:
5.2.24 Vanoouvor,3.C. steal 1 month h.l.
Should a copy o f suoh a record he forwarded to a foroi.;.n bureau, it might be thought that Vancouver meant Vanoouvor, >\asniiv-'ton.
The space provided for number on the card forms should be le ft blank as this w ill bo i il le d in at Headquarters. For the In formttion o f a ll ranks ■ith rolorenco to tne forwarding of reports and Crime no ports, Rubber s tamps have been* requisitioned for and should, in the course of a few days, bo supplied as under:
To all District Hqrs.Offices in "3" "0" & "D" Divisions a small ru&jor stamp bearing the following FORv- A R DSD to the 0.0." "Div ii.C.O.i/o .Distriot (date) To Vanoouvor and Hew wostminstor Dist/Hqrs. Offices a small rubber stanp:
F O R \i A R j) E i) to The O fficer Commandg. Vanoouver 3ub-Div'n.
11.0.0., i / c D istrict
( date) and to the Victoria and Nanaimo Dictriots a rabuer stamp: - ? 0 K V A RDSD to the Superintendent
n !c !6 ! ' i / o *District
(date)
These rubber stamps are to be used in stamping Reports and Crime Reports submitted by Constables to tho N.C.O. in charge o f their D istrict. The N.C.O. should, a3 far as practicable, stamp reports on tae bottom right hand side immediately under the Constable's signature, signing his name on the line provided therefor and plaoing a date stamp on the bottom lin e. The stamp w ill then show, when completed in tais manner, that the report has passed through the hands of the N.C.O, i/o District who has signed and forwarded it to Div'l.Hqrs. Upon receipt of the report at Divisional Hqrs. the Inspector's "PORvr.RDED" stamp w ill be placed immediately under the D istriot staris?, the Inspeotor oo-.amandin2 the Division in itia llin g his "Forwarded" stamp. The Divisional Headquarters "Reoeived" stamp ma’ be placed in the lower left hand side of reports, in order that confusion in regard to the different dates may not arise.
Tne Audit Offioe has sonsantod to aooept vouchers oovering supplies of provisions purchased by the D.C.j?olice for patrol purposes, without covering requisitions,’ whioh the rrrchvsing Agent's Department have previously insisted upon. In the oa3e, however, o f a large purohase intended to cover a patrol which may extend over a lengthy period, requisitions will be necessary.
All vouchers for expenses incurred by this Department during the fisoal year ending the 31st of -.larch, 1925, should oa charged to Vote 67. As this is the same Vote number a., for tho current fiscal year care must be exercised to see that expenses incurred during tho current fisoal year and expenses incurred during tae coming fiso a l giiire year are not submitted on the same vouchor, and, in order to avoid confusion kindly see that the words "FI3Cki< YEAR ENDING- MARCH 31st,1924" are placed on tne top of all vouohers for expenses incurred during the current fiscal year which may be suomittad for payment after the 1st of April next. All vouchers should be made out neatly and correctly and no voucher should contain items ohargoablo to more than one sub-head. In order to obviate the possibility of duplicate payments being made, duplicates of vouchors should bo made on the yellow voupher forms and the word "DUPLICATE" marked plainly thereon. All further oopios of the voucher whioh may be roquired should be made on blank manila and marked "fRIPLICAIB COPY" "QUADRUPLICATE COPY" a3 tho oase may be. General Order No.O Page 4______3-3-84______VOUCHERS: 15, A great deal of unnecessary work has been occasioned in the past through having to return vouchers for the want of sufficient explanation as to the various items shown thereon. Please therefore when making out vouchers see that a brief explanation as to the reason for incurring tho expense shown, is given. I f in connection with an arrest, transportation of a prisoner, eto. the prisoner's name, offence and sentence should be given. 16, For your information I am setting out hereunder the sub-heads under Vote 67 for the fisc a l year ending the 51st of l.laroh,1925, as well as other Votes in whioh this Department is lik ely to be interestod: Vote 67 Salaries Office supplies, eto. Travelling exponoes, eto. Furniture and fixtures Uniforms, olothing and equipment. Rents. Maintonanoo and repairs. Fuel, water, light, eto. Provisions (keep of prisoners) Incidentals and contingencies.
Game Laws Enforcement branoh:
Salaries Expenses
Vote 71 Officers oollecting revenue, inoluding temporary assistance. Office supplies, eto. Travelling expenses, eto. Furniture and fixtures. Plates, badges, etc.
Vote No.72 Department of the Attorney-General Summoning and paying witnesses.
Vote No.74 Department of the Attorney-General. Prosecutions and interpreters. Vote No.75 Department of the Attorney-General. Expenses of inquosts and inquiries. Vote No.70 Department of the Attorney-General Bounties on noxious animals, salaries and expenses of Game Conservation Board.
Vote No.84 Department of the Attorney-General. Incidentals and contingencies. General Order Uo.O______£aue_k5______5-5-84...... Yv)iJ0HlJR3: 16, Vote No.210 Department of Drov.Secretary. Provincial Board of health - Incidental a and emergencies.
Vote No.215 Department of Prov.Secretary. Mental Hospitals Ss3ondale (hxaminations, committals and transportation)
Vote Vo.816 Department of Prov.Secretary i.iental Hospitals * Hew 'Westminster. (2xirainations, committals and transportation) Voto No,219 Department o f Prov.Secretary. Provincial Home Kamloops (Transportation of inmates) Vote Wo.228 Department of Prov.Soorotary In aid oi destitute, poor and sick. Vote Wo.230 Department o f Prov.Secretary Burial of indigent persons.
OOiiuHJDAl 10 Nj
17. I wish to express my appreciation of the highly e fficie n t manner in which the under mentioned oasa was oarried to a successful conclusion by Inspector W.R.Dunwoody, Commandg. "B" Division and Chief Const.J.A.Iraser, i/c Boundary D is trict...... On the morning of December 8ri,1925, Dan Docksteader and his son Oroville, wore held up by two masked men near Spencer on the Inter national boundary lino and robbed of their automobile and twenty two oases of liquor. After unremitting efforts Inspector Dunwoody and Chief Const.Praser were successful in linking up the evidence; obviating the necessity for extradition proceedings, and causing two men, Dan and Robert Cress, to be fin a lly brought before a Magistrate at Grand Porks,B.C. to stand trial on a charge of robbery with violence. Through the excellent work o f Inspector Dun woody an a lib i which Dan Cress sought to prove at the tria l was refuted and, on tho 17th of January last, His Honour Judge Brown at Grand fork s,3 .C. sentenced Dan Cress to a term of four year3 in the Penitentiary and Robert Cress to a term of five \oars in the same institution,
J.H.MflMULLIN
Superintendent, c o
BRITISH COLUMBIA POLICE
m s s ^ m s f m Victoria,!}. C Apr.8,1924 1. The Supe?inton&ent regrets to announce the death oi’ Constable H.Avison, which took place at the Prince George General Hospital on the 2nd instant. The Force has lost a faithful and conscientious o ffic e r. GAI.1S iCT: 2. The Courts of this Province have decided that the "Game Act" of British Columbia does not apply to an Indian noserve, ad soon U3 the pelt or any part of an animal trapped on an Indian Reserve is brought off the reserve, the trapper or pereon in whose possession it is fo-.aid is subject to all penalties of the Act for being in possession of a fur-bearing animal during the closed season. 3. ’with reference to Clause (c) and Clause ( o o) of Section 24 o f the "Game Act", Clause (c) reads "To a resident other than ono to whom Section (co) applies, to carry firearms and traps and to hunt big gamo and game birds and to trap fur-bearing animals,...and the fee for such lioenco and accompanying badge shall be ten dollars" Clause ( oo) reads:- "To a resident who is not a British subject, and is not a farmer, to carry firearms and to hunt big game and game birds but not to trap, and the fee for such licence shall be ten dollars,"
It has been ruled by the Deputy Attorney-General that a resident farmer who is not a British subject may obtain a licence under Clause (c) while a resident who is not a British aub.ioct and is not a farmer may only obtain a licence under Clause (c c ). CRIMINAL CODES 4, All ranks are requested to 3oo that copies of the Criminal Code in their charge are kept up to date, and that the ..afl?jndmonts thereto issued from timo to time, are pasted in at the back of the volume. This rule must be str ictly adhered to. DEPORTS 5. As it has been found that Crime Reports in connection with oases appearing at the different Courts of r.ssize have not been completed until after the day o f sentence, and, in a great many cases completely overlooked, officers must submit a daily Crime Report o f cases at Assize Courts and preliminary hearings which arc carried over from day to day. These reports can bo written after each days sitting of the Court and should be in tho usual Crime Report form, showing: (a) name of accused; (h) witnesses called; (c) result of the cane, i f any. General Order No.9______Page 2______8/4/24______Reports It is not nooossarj to set forth any of the (continued) evidence submitted, should bhero be a number of ca^ea-at the Assize, but ifc has been found desirable to know the progress of certain cases as the aooused appeared from day to day. VOUCHERS ATiJ) Ii'/VOICAi: 6. In the future officers of this Force in charge of police launchos will be allowed the sum of seventy five cents ( 7£>$/) per dioa for maintenance 7. From the first of January, 1924, the ohargo on Ford parts installed by a dealer will bo 25$ discount plus 14$ surcharge and sales Tax inclusive. Any invoices whioh carry different ohargoc than these should be returned to the dealer for correction. 8* The Purchasing Agent's Department advises that owing to the various tire manufacturer*s altering their system of selling tires for the year 1924, it ha3 been found neoessary to amend the oustom that has been in foroe during the last two years of allowing the dealers list price less 10$ for a ll tires purchased under the Emergency Clause by officers of this Foroe. For this year a not prioe is being issued by the various firms and their agents make their own price selling to the public. Please be advise! therefore that the Purchasing Agent's Department will allow a 10$ additional to the not list price, ub issued for all dealers plus the freight, for example 1 All weather Cord tire, 30x3£ Prioe list 13.40 Plus 10$...... 1.34 Plus freight, (for example)...... 40 15714 with a oorresponding arrangement for tho larger sizes of tires. COlEffilfDATIONS: 9. Tho Superintendent wishes to express his appreciation of the action taken by:- Chief Const.H.Spiller i/c Prinoe Rupert Dist. Const.A.Saint Pr.Rupert Dist/Hqrs. Const.R.P.Pondor Pr.Rupert Dist/Hqrs, in connection with tho salving of the launch "Harbathong" at Shawatlin Passago, near Prince Rupert,B.C. on the 22nd of Haroh,lS24. Information was roooived at the Prince Rupert District Headquarters Office on Saturday, March 22nd,1924, that the "Harbathong" a motor launch of Prince Rupert, was sunk in an unknown bay in Shawatlin Passage, near Prince Rupert. Chief Conat.Spiller and Constables Saint and Ponder proceeded to the scone in the Police Launch "Myfanwy" whore they saw tho "Harbathong" underwater, They returned to Prinoe Rupert and C'enoial OrderrHo ,9______Pago 5 ______8/4/24
Coianend&tiono. 9. the services of the motor launch "Paoliena" a larger bout, we:e procured, after extensive salvage operation^) lasting throughout tho day, v/hicix wor e successfully carried out under tno able supervision of Chief Const."pillar, the "Nar n athoiirc" wao at length high md dry at low water. at 6• uO a.n. (half ebb) Chief Const. S p iller ooarded the "Narbathong" from the "i’achona" and found tho owner of the vessel ( Gapt.;i.K. >;r >evian ) in the -muxno room, ho .d to starboard. .'..1 though powerful gas fu.*aes wore a till imprisoned in the small compartment Constables faint and Pondor successfully completed the passing of the body of Captain •'•roe xm to the dock through a small hatchway, heintw ico driven from tho engine room during the operation. The very courogeus example of these three o ffice rs and the e fficie n t manner in which tno *alva.ro operations were oarriod out makos them ovaluable asset to the Prince huport Police District and to ”D" Division generally.
10. I have also to express my appreciation of the manner in which tho case of Kox v.Kelly and Dibley was brought to s successful ooDelusion by tho close co-operation of:
Chief Const.Stephenson i/c Nanaimo District Chief Const»H.Owens. i /o Victoria D istrict Sr. Const. J..folly * • Jane *r .Dist/Hqrs. Const. J.N.Hoqors i / o Ganges Detachment In this instance fr xl Holly and Victor Dibley on the 29th of November,192b, in company with another sun who w. s subsequently drowned, roobod the store of C.T.Grogort at Oaliano Island,B.C. stealing various goods and the sum of §270.00. both Chief Const. Ctephenson and Const.hogors hoaid taat two unknown men had been picked up in an exhausted condition near 3teveston,B. C. an the aOtn of November and on 3r.Const.Kelly investigating the matter evidence was obtained that the two suspects were connected with the robbery at Oaliano Island. Chief Const.Owens of the Victorio. District collected all material evidence and, on March 4th,1924, Victor Dibley was sentenced by His Honour Judge Cayley at Vancouver to a term ox seven years imprisonment, On t.ne lath of .far oh, Kelly was sentenced to a term ox five years imprisonment, The uiphly successful manner in which these cases were completed oan be attributei in a large measure to the cordial co-operation bwtween the officers of the Vancouver, Nanaimo and Victoria Districts.
J.H.McMULLIN
Superintendent. r cot,in3u pobic:: )uUARTT5.ttb GENER&L ORDER No. 10 Victoria.B.C ______Hay 3rd ,1924
ADMIN 13 TR1T I ON: 1. The Polioo He *u]& tions aro now being printed and will be issued shortly. It was not considerod advisable to include in the Regulations certain general instructions. The undermentioned General Instructions are now laid down for the information of all ranks, viz: 2, Under the provisions of Section 14 of the "Police and Prisons Regulations hot", the following ranks have been establishod in the British Columbia Provincial Police:
Superintendent .Ust .Superintendent, Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors Non-coinmi33ione4 o ffic e rs and men:
Staff Sergeants, Sergeants, Corporals, Co ns tables, Probationers, Special Constables Constables snail be divided into three classes, viz: First, Second and Third Class Constables. 3. It is impossible to give directions for the execution of every duty which the police may be required to perform or to anticipate every d ifficu lty that they may have to encounter. From the nature of the service their duties must vary from time to time with circumstances, and the membors oi the Force should therefore endeavour by individual zeal, discretion and intelligence to supply the unavoidable deficiency of particular instructions. To this end they should make themselves thoroughly acquainted with every detail of the Regulations furnished for their guidance. Inspecting officers shall examine the officers and v men, and impress upon a ll those under their orders that no man ' can be recommended for promotion who does not possess a competent knowledge of his duty, ’• '*S 4. Members of the force should bear in mind that the Police are a preventative as .-ell as a repressive Forco, and that the prevention oi crime is of even greater importance than the punishment of criminals.
9 5. Towards the attainment of complete polioe efficiency it is essential that the members oi the Foroe should oultivate itiln and maintain the good opinion of the country at large, by prompt obedience to all lawful oommands, by pursuing a steady and impartial line of conduct in the disoharge of their duties, by clean and orderly habits, and by a civil and respectful bearing to all olasses. 6. O fficers are to cultivate that s p irit of unanimity and good fellowship among themsolve3 for which every Foroe should be distinguished. 7. Each member ought seriously to consider the totally new position’ in which he is placed by his admission to the Force, Whereby he becomes n police officer, and is consequently invested by lav/ with cortnin powers, whioh he must exercise with great caution and prudence. He is, thoreforc, to avoid alternations and squabbles o f evory kind. I f wantonly assaulted ha has a legal rernody. C moral order 1-o.lQ t P a p £ • r < '*•}. An officer in temporary command is not to issue any standing * orders, or oancel, or alter, or in any way depart from the routine established, without authority from the Superintendent ■5 or, in his absence, the Assistant Superintendent.
9, It is to be observed as o.n invariable rule, that, in tho absence of a superior, his authority and responsibility devolves upon tho next in rank, unless othorwise specially directed. A due regard for discipline, therefore, renders it indispensable that every police party, however small, proceeding upon duty, should ftre a responsible head, ond it is to be understood that when there is no non-commissioned officer prosent to take charge of the party, any officer or non-commissionod officer will be at liberty to name a Constable for the purpose, who shall be accountable for the proper performance of the duty, and be obeyed for the time being. In default of any such appointment the senior Constable is to tako upon himself the command, and be held responsible for the discharge of the required duty.
10* The members of the force are required, on all oooaslons, firmly and persistently to perform their duties. Every member of the force is to receive tho lawful commands t o of his superior with deforenoe and respect, and to execute them $o tho best of his ability, without question or oomment. Officers and non-commissioned offioors must be oaroful to qouoh their orders in clear and explicit terms, and in temperate language; to see that the orders are properly understood by those to whom they are Addressed and to exaot tho strictest obedienoa and attention from those under their oommand* Ignorance of orders can nevor bo admitted as an excuse for neglect or non-performanco of duty, 12, No member of the Force shall contract debts whioh he is unable or unwilling, to discharge, and thereby fetter himself in the foarloss and impartial discharge of his sworn obligations as a peace offioer.
INSPECTORS 13. In any contingency demanding instant aotion, an Inspeotor shall, on his own responsibility, take such measures as aro necessary reporting thereon to the Superintendent by telegraph, if available, but whonever the case admits delay, he shall ask for and await his instructions by telegraph, before depleting his available strength to any great extent. 14. It is of great importance that the Government should receive immediate intelligence of every important publio occurrenoe of any unusual character, more especially those effooting tho public peace.
DETECTIVES 15. As considerable latitude must necessarily be allowed detectives in the performance of their duties, they aro p articu larly cautioned against practices calculated to destroy publio rospeot and confidence. 16. Great importance w ill bo attached to tho manner in whioh detectives discharge their difficult duties; it cannot be too deeply impressed upon them that, however, anxious the Government may be fo r the conviction o f crim inals, even the greatest delinquents aro not to bo brought to justice by unjustifiable means. Cen9ral Order No.10 Page 5 May 3rd,1924
CONo'r.-iBLHS 17, Jiivexy Constable should by his conduct endeavour-to support the character o 1 the Porce, either on or off duty* 18. They are always to appear cleanly and properly dressed and shaved, etc. 19, Constables 3hould always remember that obedience is the . ,. first quality required of thon. It is the oeSonoe of discipline and the channol of advancement* 20. A Constable should be able to speak quite confidently and. to prevent the possibility of his evidence bbing shaken of other matters being tverlooked he shall keep a memorandum book on whioh he shall write on the fir s t page his name and address * and all particulars respecting arrests, accidents, or occurrences, etc. at the time they occur,
31' It is desirable to impress upon the minds of Constables the necessity of oourteous hehayiour to eaoh other upon all oooasions. A mutual feeling of good will ought to exist fcafcweon a ll ranks; and the older Constables by their tone and manner, should do everything in cheir power to encourage unanimity, and abstain from anything that may approach ridicule or alight towards their younger or lass experienced eoraradesi 22. The Constable shall be attentive to his duties * and when oil Detachment duty must be active in patrolling his sub-distriOt and in endeavouring at a ll times to pick up information which would be of service to him in the prevention and deteotion of crime, which is his most important duty.
23. As a peaoe officer in the execution of his duty, a Constable is frequently called upon to aot on his own responsibility and ho should therefore be a person of sobriety, intelligence, Aisoretion, active habits, firmness and good temper, and avdiid the use of intemperate language and be oourteous in his demeanour towards the public and prisoners.
ESCORTS 24. The first consideration of an osoort must be the security of the prisoners or property placed in his charge*
25. They shall frequently and closoiy inspect the handcuffs, ohains, etc. placed on the prisoners; the fastenings of the doors windows, etc. of placos in which they may bo confined, and the locks, seals, etc. or other means by whidh the property in their charge is secured. Neither by night or day should dn escort separate from or lose sight of its ohhrge* Speoial procautions should be taken with prisoners going to lavatories. General Order Ho, 10 rage 4 May 3rd,1924
( escorts) 86. Tho Officer, non-commissioned officer, or Constable in charge of the part:; shall take possession of any property belonging to tne prisoners, mice out a list thereof, and hand both over to the person to whom ho delivers the prisoners, taring a receipt for the same.
27..,: Immediately after the arrest of a person charged with any offence the Constable should search the prisonor for weapons, or for anything connected with the orime, or anything which might facilitate his escape. A list of property as taken is to be at once propara cl and signed by both Constable and prisoner, in tho presence of a third party, if possible; where no property is found a statement to that effeot must be signed in the same way. This duplicate mu3t accompany the prisonor and a receipt for his body taken in every instanoe when he is handed over to tho custody of another person. The duplicate list of property is also to be handed over with the prisoner. 20. Special care must be oxeroised with regard to weapons to see that they aro carefully secured in a safe place. If the prisoner be a feraalo, a woman should bo invariably employed to moke the search. 29. 31. The Officers commanding Divisions shall, whenever a female prisoner is in custody” o&uuo a woman to be employed to act as matron. 32. Prisoners confined in tho oustody of tho British Columbia Provincial Police must not be- loft alone for the night or long periods without anyone in charge or present in the building, as such a praotice night possibly endanger a prisoner's life. 33. Where a Gonetable alone on Detachment has a prisonor in chargo and finds that pressing duties require his absence, he is authorized to employ a Special Constable to take charge of tho prisoner. He shall make a report of the circumstances without delay, to his superior office r. o General Order No .10______Page5 ______May 3rd,1924. 34* Officers commanding Divisions are requested to oarefully look into the c e ll aooommodation at eaoh station, and report what Improvementa, i f any* should be made for safety and convenience* They will bear in mind the menaoe to life from fire* and the serious responsibility resting upon the Porce should a prisoner lose his life while in custody. 35. Prisoners requiring medical attention are to receive same promptly. Bedding of suapioious cases is to be fumigated before being used by other prisoners* Bedding is to be aired frequently and must bo at all times kopt in a state ox absolute cleanliness, 36* It is to bo remeubored that lunatics confined in guard rooms are only held for their own safety* Every oura should be taken to prevent them injuring themselves, or setting fire to the guard room. A matron must invariably aooompany esoorts proceeding with female prisoners and lunatics, and the rtmanaril matron w ill be in immediate oharge, under the d irection of the escort, but the eooort shall be responsible for the security of the prisoner or lunatic. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: 3G. As the question has been raised o f an alternative punishment of Imprisonment where a fine only is mentioned in any Aot, the attention o f tho Roroe is directed to R.S,B.O. Chap,59, 3ee*52,(l) ( b ) , GOVT..01 iUOR ACT: 39, Reports submitted by officers as to conditions under the ,fGov 't .01 quo? Aot” within their respective districts should hereafter be submitted monthly, instead of semi-monthly. VOUCHERS: 40. Officers should dearly indicate on vouohers for expenses in connection with the serving o f summonses, whether summonses are being served or subpoenas. The former word is used in roferenoe to defendants and tho latter in roferenoe to witnesses. J.H.MoMULLIN Superintendent. jr o BEITI.D'H COLUMBIA POLIOS _ ttiiSWZBHSBSr GENERAL ORDER Ho.II Victoria,3.0 ______June <3. 1924 B001*3: 1, An o ffic ia l diary is to bo kept at every Detachment in which daily entries should be made by the N.C.O. or Constable in charge of a ll work and duties performed. Details of crime are not to be entered in the diary as these are given in Crime Reports, The original or first copy of this diary should be forwarded to tho N.C.O. in charge of the District at the end of each week, for his information. Duplicate letter books are being provided for use as diaries. 2. It has been noted that in some instances the date is being le ft out in offence books. At present the books are ruled thus: and offioers are requested to insert extra lines to provide for the date, thus: l » ESCORTS: &. Officers escorting prisoners to tne Oqkalla Prison Farm,' the B.C.Penitentiary and patients to the Mental Hospital, otc. are to return to their stations immediately upon completion of the escort. There seems to bo a growing tendency for officers to come to Victoria when escorting to Vanoouver. They are not to do so unless given leave. LE.lV Z OP ABSENCE: 4. 0ffio9rs in oharge of Districts when advising their Commandg. Officer that they have granted leave of abaenoe to a member of the Force should state at the same time whether it is necessary to employ speoial assistance during the absence of the Constable from duty. PROCEDURE: 5. It has been brosight to the attention of the Department that in some instances where prisoners from Municipalities have bean committed for tria l, afterwards eleoting for speedy tria l, when being brought before the County Court Judge ploaded guilty and were allowed out on suspended sentence, apparently with the consent of the Constable without having male proper enquiries of the circumstances surrounding tne case, In future, in bringing cases of speedy tria l before the Judge, investigation ie to be made as to the circumstances surrounding tho oase in each instance, dimply because a man pleads guilty is no reason why enquiries should not bo made as to tho crime in order to assist the Judge to a proper sentence. It will be the duty of officers to find out from the local authorities the whole circumstances and bring them to the attention of the Judge, and, under 3ect,2 of Section 1081, Criminal Code, not to consent to a suspended sentence without first reporting the matter to tne Crown Counsel, i f there is one acting in the case, or to the Superintendent, in order thit tho samo may be referred to the Hon. tho Attorney- General . The prisoner can be held in custody while this is being done. The procedure in the foregoing must also be followed in convictions under the 3*0.Statutes, as no Constosla has authority to agree to a suspended sentence; and no Justice of the douce can give a suspended sentenoe undor the "Summary Convictions Act" without the consent of tho Department. J.H. My MULL IN. 6 BRITISH COLUMBIA POLICE General Order No.IB Victoria,B.C ______Jul. 3, 1924 —CONSTABLES: 1, Constables are not to leave their Detachment without leave. Should, for any ocoasion, they v isit another Detachment, their District or Divisional Headquarters O ffice, they should sign the o ffio ia l diary. Officers arriving ac Head par tors will sign the offioial diary at Victoria Dist/Hqrs. PENITENTIARIES' ACT: B* Attention is called to the fact that at the Third Session, Fourteenth Parliament - 14-15 George V.1924 - House of Commons, Ottawa, Seotion 44 of the "Penitentiaries' Act" was amended by adding at tho end thereof the following 3ub-sootions: *(2) A convict shall not be conveyed to the penitent iary ponding any appeal against his oonviotion or sentence, nor until after the expiration of the time limited for suoh appeal, but, subject to the provisions of the Criminal Code for admitting an appellant to bail pending the determination of his appeal, shall be confined in any gaol or other plaoe of confinement wherein he may be lawfully kept after sentence while awaiting removal to the Penitentiary. (3) I f a oonvict wleot not to appeal he may at any time before the expiration of the time limited for appeal give notice in writing of such election to the oonvioting Magistrate or to the proper officer of the Court in which he was convioted, and thereupon the time limited for appoal shall be deemod to have expired* (4) Any period during whioh a convict is detained in the gaol or other plaoe of confinement pursuant to the authority of this seotion shall not be oomputod as time served in the execution of his aentenoe.1 In accordance with the foregoing a roquest should be made to the oonvict asking him i f he elects not to appeal In whioh oaso a written notice should be obtained from him and he should be sont direct to tho Penitentiary. In other cases a conviot should be sent to either the Oakfclla Prison Farm or.Nelson Prov'l. Gaol. The period in British Columbia during whioh a oonvict oan appeal is thirty (30) days. » STATIONERY: 3 ,In the future when submitting requisitions for stationery supplies, it should be stated on tho requisition whether the supplies aro to be shipped by freight, express or parcel post. As far as practicable, stationery should be shipped by freight, but, in some oases when goods are required at short notioe, they may be shipped by express or parcel post. In every instance, however, shipping instructions should be set forth on the requisition oovering the order. General Order No.18 Page 2 3/7/84 VOUCHERS; 4. In regard to the new voucher form recently iS B U od for the use of the British Columbia Polioe, the attention of all ranks is directed to the following instructions: Division, D istrict and Detachment aro to "be shown in the blank spaces provided for this purpose* A ll vouchers are to be made payable to the person or persons (called on the voucher the "Original Creditor") by whom services have been rendered or materials supplied. When accounts (other than those for travelling expenses) have been paid by an officer such officer's name is to be shown in the spaco opposite "Original Creditor". As travelling officials aro considered to be "Original Creditors" a ll vouchers for travelling expenses are to be made out in the name of the offioer incurring the expense - his name in a ll oases to be shown on the le ft Of the voucher under "Original Creditor". As far as possible all original bills, invoioes, etc* must be attached to the face of tho vouchor in the space provided for "Details". If additional information is necessary this should be noted in the body of the vouoher under the attached b ill or invoioe. One voucher only is necossary covering more than one account payable to the same person or persons, The totals of the separate acoountB should, however, be extended on the voucher. SALARY VOUCHERS: These are now prepared ot Divisional flqrs. each month. In cases where special officers are employed a salary voucher form is to be used. Workmen's Compensation is to be deducted in a ll cases no matter for what period suoh special offioer has been employod. Short and concise information concerning the employment of such specials must be given in tho body of the voucher. EXPENSE VOUCHERS: Vouchors covering travelling expenses aro to’ to made out monthly. In oases o f omergency, however, additional vouchers may be passed but must not exceed tv/o vouchers for tho month. A ll expense vouchers should be made out as soon after tho close of each month as possible and forwarded immediately for payment. Explanation for incurring the expense must be shown on the voucher, suoh explanation to be set out in as short and concise form as possible. CURRENT EXPENSES: Aooounts for ourrent expenses suoh as lig h t, telephone, exprossage, water, etc. should be charged and paid once a month, exoepting in such cases as are now paid for more than one month in advance. Theso aooounts are not to be paid by membora of the Force But' are to be vouchersd and paid through tlie (To vornmont Agent. Accounts on which discounts are allowed are to be sent throiigh for payment as soon as reoeived. SEGREGATION OP ACCOUNTS: A ll expenses must be segregated according to the following sub-heads: O General Order Ho ,12______Page 5______3 /7 /2 4 Vouchers: Office supplies Travelling expenses Upkeep of autos and launches Furniture and fixtures Uniforms, clothing and equipment Rente Maintenance and repairs Fuel, water and light Provisions (for prisoners) Incidentals and contingencies GAME LAWS ENFORCEMENT BRANCH Salaries: Expenses; GENERAL VOUCHERS: The proper sub-head to udilch expenses are chargeable must be shown immediately under the Vote number in the space provided for ,!Sub head". I f the aooount is one covering telephone charges the sub head w ill be "Office Supplies" and not "Telephones" For tho information of the Foroe the various sub-heads above quoted cover the following principal items: Office Supplies, etc: Postage, telegrams, telephones, P.O.Box rents Stationery, office supplies and expressage on same Filing cabinets, books, papers (news) Statutes Premiums on Bonds, eto. Travelling Expenses and Transportation: Travelling expanses of Constables and prisoners Launch, livery and auto hire Freight and express on police effoots when transferred Services of extra help on police launches Services of guides on special patrol work Upkeep of autos, launches: New cars, motorcycles - rent of garages Maintenance and repairs of police autos and launches including gasoline, oil, eto. (Note, tho cost of upkeep of personally owned oars used in the police service and for which allowances are made must be oharged to "Travelling Expenses") Furniture and fixtu res: Furniture(other than office supplies) Book shelving, blinds and other more or less permanent fixtures whioh may reasonably come under this hoad. Expressage or freight incidental to the above Uniforms, clothing and equipment: Constable 's un ’.forms Clothing for prisoners, blankets, etc. Police equipment (arms) - flash ligh ts, etc. Expressage or freight incidental to the above. o General Order No.IS______Page 4______3/7/24 Vouchers: Rents: Rent of lookups and Constable's quarters Malntenanoe & repairs of buil dings, grounds, eto. Stoves, heaters, eto, Eleotrio light fixtures, wiring and repairs. Plumbing and repairs Repairs to buildings - inside and out, Upkeop of grounds, tools, eto. Janitor's oervioes and oleaning supplies, toilet supplies and scavenging. Wator and Light: Wood, coal, water, lamp o il, eleotrio current and meter rents. Hauling fuel, electric light aamps Inoidentals reasonably ohargeablo to this sub-head. Provisions; Provisions (meals for prisoners) Medical attontion to prisoners, hospital and drug supplies, Incidentals and oontlngonoies: Criminal Identification - photo supplies, eto, « ___ Exhibits - analysis required for purposes of evidenco. Othor items not proporly ohargoable to any of the fore going sub-heads. ^ > SAME LAW ENFORCEMENT IQUOHERS: \ Exponsos ohargeablo to Game L&v/b Enforcement cover a ll expanses incurred in connootion with the enforcement of I ’ the "Game Act". When an officer rJ.ed for this V ) work is engaged in straight pvJ.i p.m-L as the % escorting of prisoners {c*hei p & t ? ' pis4oner:5 convioted under .< the "Game Aot") the expenc>.s-:f.h eo*u,«»o*ion with the same • shall be oharged to tho. • Polio a per I v-..n c l rhe Vote, All :^\ expenses incurred byv-offic»®xs ret ceT'-,rl-c ter special game V; duiy, in conneotion with special t .o t s . c :. prtn n.s under the \ > "Game Aot" shall be ohargec: \\ "Gar-? Infer cement", xhis shall'not apply to expenses i n * -'n jon with '\ the general enforcement of the ' Givrr0, *.<■•1.5 v.i cn tho same are > oatfried out in oonjunction with relief* rtrk. WITNESSES; In the payment cf v.i tnecc a?, th9 fbrm of pay l i s t for witnesses is to be vec-c. in a il cases. The form may be amended in respect to oertr.Lc dealings as and when naoesaary to suit the nature of cue otfo, such as for preliminary hearings or summary convictions. GENERAL ORDER No.12 Page 5 ?/7/P4 Vouchers: EXAMINATION AgDD QaSOKIM? O^-J’OITOHERS: The responsibility lor the examination iX'c-chcrl:.,ng" 5'f aj.I vouchors, as to vote numbers, sub-hoads, otons.’ons, totals, etc. shall be placed on the officer in charge of tho Division. When bo examined .and cheokod, each vouchor shall b e in itialled immediately under the total to the voucher by the offioer doing the work. I Items must agree with sub-receipts, b ills , eto. which must be attached to the voucher. Statements for goods and material supplied should be carefully checked and particular attention given to discounts or othor allowances which are to be deducted. Strict attention to examination of vouchers before payment w ill prevent petty errors and the return of the vouchers for amendment. Vouchers covering materials or Bupplies purchased by requisition (other than emergenoy requisition) must have the Purchasing Agent’s requisition number quoted. flOHCEfrtiqiS: 5* Major C.S.Oowan, Porester, Forest Branoh, Victoria, has oxpressod to me his appreciation of tho valuable and timely assistance rendered by: Const.W.A.WALKER, i/o Yahk Detachment (Cranbrook Distriot) in connection with the Ryan bridge fir e , which he states was most likely the direct means of preventing a very sorious forest fir e . Mr.J.P.Forde, Distriot Engineer, Dominion Public Works, Victoria, has expressed to mo his appreciation of the prompt and efficient manner in which Const.3 .W.DAWSON, i/c Campbbll River Detachment (Nanaimo District) succeeded in locating a Publio .Works Department float, which had been missing for some lit t le time. Mr.C,A.Shown of San Josef Bay, Vancouver Island, has written to me expressing hia appreciation of the work of Const.Geo,WILLIAMS, i/c Port Alice Detachment (Nanaimo Distriot) in connection with a recent case at that point. I have also to express my appreciation of the very prompt and excellent work performed by: CONST. F.G.BROWN, i/c Waldo Detachment in the case of Rex v. Thomas. On the 5th of June, Const. Brown received a Complaint from one B.W.Palmer that a bridle and saddle had been sto]en from his bain sometime during the previous night. Whilst Investigating this complaint, Chas.Limberge of Waldo reported to Const.Brown that his horso had been stolen on the previous night. al Order No .12 Page 6 3/7/24 ndatlons: Following the horses’ tracks from Waldo to a point on the Libby Highway near Rexford, Montana,. Const.Brown caught up with the suspect about to oamp for the night. Tho prisoner was escorted back to Pernio,B,C. via Newgate, arriving at Ibrnie Dist/llqrs.Office at 3.30 a.m. on the 6th ulto* At the door of the District Headquarters Office Thomas made a dash for lib erty whioh wao frustrated by the quiok action of Constable Brown, the prisoner jumping a fenoe and running about a block before he was oaught* At 9 a.m. on the 7th u lto ., Thomas appeared before Stipendiary Magistrate R.J.Stenson at Pernio, oharged under Sect.386 of the Criminal Code. He was remanded for eight days, his fingerprints being forwarded to Headquarters, On a search being made it was found that Thomas had a considerable provious criminal history, having been convicted of theft and stealing at Vanoouver, Steveoton, Calgary, and Silver Bow, Montana. On the 11th u lt o ., he was sentenced to a term of three years in the B.O.Penitontlary for theft of a horse, and three years for the theft of saddle and bridle, both sentences to run concurrently. J.H.MoMUXtLIH Sup e r in tend ent. tee o BRITISH COLUMBIA POLIOU ...... GENERAL ORDER No.14 Victoriu.B.C ______Sopt.8. 1924____ CORRESPONDENCE: 1« In some instances it has beon noted that officers in charge of Detachments have been communicating on letter head paper. A ll reports * communications, eto* (unless instructed to the contrary) emanating from Detachments should be made out on blank manila sheets * headed up in tho same manner as Crime Reports, viz: II " B.C.POLICE " Division: File No*; " District: Date. ” Detachment: II Only Headquarters* Divisional Headquarters, and District Headquarters are allowed the use of letterhead (as laid down in General Order Noi7). FINGERPRINTS: 2, When it is found necessary to submit prints diroct to the Commissioner, R«C.M.Police, Ottawa (.hero time does not allow of them being forwarded through the Headquarters Buroau at Viotorla) the usual number of forms to be forwarded to Victoria must not be depleted for this purpose. Fingerprints of prisoners must be submitted to Headquarters in quadruplicate, three sets of prints on the B.C. Police card form, and one sot on the R.C.M.Police (long) form. Should it bo found neoessary on account of shortage of time to submit a set of prints direct to Ottawa an extra sot must bo usod for this purpose, taken on the long papor form. Aavice that this has been done must aocompany the sets forwarded to Headquarters. Should the offioe forwarding the prints to Ottawa be in roceipt of a provious criminal record, the original communication from the Bureau at Ottawa, must, after it has served its purpose, be transmitted to the Headquarters Bureau for record purposes. VOUCHERS: 3. As there is an agreement between the Superintendent and tho Fire Marshal at Vancouver, relative to tho expenses of investigating fires, whereby such expense shall bo paid from the I‘*ire Marshal's Fund, ploase soe that in future all vouchers covering such expenses are forwarded from D iv 'l. Officos to tho Tiro Marshal, Court House, Vancouver. X./. General Order /f!4 Pape 2 8-9-24 COiLiBND .TIONo: I have to oxpross my appreciation of the splendid mannor in which C0JiT.»BLE A.W,COLLINS performod hio duties as a police offioer whilst temporarily on duty at Oooan Palls rooontly. Const.Collins had occasion to accost one, Joe MacDonald, concerning his behaviour. MacDonald struck the Constable a te r rific blow in tho face lollin g him to the ground, and kicked him in the face and head, severely cutting his loft oyo and taking out a portion of his lo ft oar. During tho ensuing strugglo on the ground MaoDonald obtained posoosoion of Const,Collins1 automatio pistol and when they both regained their foot, attempted to shoot the Constable, but the safety catch being on tho jun it did not fir e . MaoDonald threw aside the revolver and tho Constable dosed with him, but being temporarily blinded oould not continue his efforts and broke away. A fow minutes later Const.Collins sought MaoDonald again, finding him in a lano near tho Hotol and again attempted his ar»ost but was prevented by four othor men, who hold him whilst MaoDonald pounded tho Constable with his f i s t s . The Constable then got away and had his wounds droasod, tho cut under his eye necessitating throo stitches. His other injuries woro to tho mouth, nose and lo ft oa»« Upon receipt of a tologram from tho Constablo, Sorgt*Spiller of the Prinoo Rupert D istrict proooeded to Oooan Palls and looatod MacDonald at Louko Camp, Burko Channel. Ho was brought to Oooan Palls and a chargo of wounding with intont is now being prooeeded with. Two othor suspects in tho oaoe, Borg and Bremner, wore later arrested by Const.P.Carr on tho 3 .3 . "Prinoo George11 and two men havo boon returned to Prinoo Rupert from Vancouver by tho Vanoouvor Dict/Hqrs.Office, in this connection. Constable Collins' action in repeatedly attempting to arrost MacDonald and his forboaranco in not using .his revolver aro worthy of high praise. Although badly injurod tho Constablo has romainod on duty, I havo also to express my appreciation of tho actions of Constable H»C.Clarke ( Ydlliams Lake) ?.nd Const,Ian McHao (Hanoovillo) in effecting the arrest of John Solomon (Indian) wanted at William^ Luka Detachment on charges of rape and oarnal knowledge. This oaso camo to the attention of Const.Clarko on tho 4th of august and although Solomon evaded arrest on numerous occasions tho excellent spirit of co-operation amongst tho officors of this Poroe in th© Lillooot Distriot prevailed, and, through tho untiring offorts of Constablo H.C.Clarko especially, Solomon was arrostod near Alexandria Indian Rosorvo at 11 a.m. on tho 22nd August, Solcmon had an oxcollont knowledge of tno Chilcotin country and was known to bo a dangorous character, armed with a rovolvor. Ho had previously boon an inrnato of tho Mental Hospital. My appreciation is also oxtendod to tho officers of tho Vornon District, ospeoially Sorgt.Carter and Constables McConnell and Robertson, for their oxcollont work in offooting tho arrost of Gus Marohand, alias Mike Hoarns, an escaped prisoner from the Oakalla Prison I.arm. Attention being drawn to a burglary at Ewingd Landing on the night of tho 29th of August, Sorgt. Carter promptly followed tho ooourronco up and learnt that an Unknown rider on horoobao.k had boon scon in tho lo ca lity of Nahun on tho morning of tho 30th of August. On the evening of tho 30th ulto. Consts.Me Connell and Robertson got track of tho burglar'south of Pontioton and by remaining on hi3 trail all night offooted hio arrost noar Vassoux Lake on tho early morning of tho lo t instant. Const.MoConnoll immediately ronognizod tho culprit as Gus Marchand an escaped prisonor from tho Oakalla Prison Farm. Tho aocuoad was riding a horse stolon from tho Douglas Lake Cattlo Co. (Pish Lako) at tho time of his arrest, and later on admitted tho thoft of another horse. J.H.MoMULLIH Superintendent. BRITISH COLUMBIA POLICE HEADQUARTERS GENERAL ORDER Ho. 1C VICTORIA, BC Oct. 9, 1984 ADMINISTRATION: 1. All ranks are advised that, for tho future, tho Clinton and Lillooet Detachments w ill be included in the Yale D istrict. PERSONNEL; 2. Const .C-allagher, i /o williams Lake Detachment has been promoted to Corporal from the 1st Ootober• CRIME REPORTS; 3. The Pull Christian and surnames of persons charged with offences should be plaoed in the headings of Crime Reports* Vdhere the offender's name is unknown the full Christian and surnames of the ooraplainant must be set out. INSaNE PERSONS: The Medical Superintendent of the Public Hospital for the Insane at'New V/estminster, advises that after Nov.1st,1924, the neiy Hospital building at Esoondale w ill be the Reception Hospital for the admission of all insane persons to the Mental Hospital, the institution at New Westminster being closed as a Reception Hospital after that date. Now patients are to be brought to the Acute Building, Eosondale,B.C. for admission. ESCORTS; 5. As set forth in Circular No,906 a considerably amount of insonvenienoe is oauoed at Vancouver D istrict HeqdquarterB Office when advice is received that a prisoner and escort will be arriving on a specifio boat or train and upon the patrol wagon meeting the boat or train it is found that tho escorting officer has taken some other moons of getting his prisoner to the Oakalla Prison Farm. Any expanse inourred for special auto or taxi hire when the patrol wagon is available will not bo / recogniaod. J. H. Mo Mull in Superintendent. © o BRITISH C0LU..I3IA BO 51 Cl GENERAL ORDER No. 16 VIC TORI.!., BC NOV. 0. 1924 ’ROCEDURE: 1. when it is nocescary to summons any Liquor Vendor to appear In any Court or take him any distance from his store, at least four (4) days notice should be given in order that arrangements may be made to have his duties carried on in his absonce. I’lHOERrRINTS: 2. whore fingerprints are submitted to Headquarters in an endoavour to establish the identity of a prisoner, or trace his previous original history, it is asked that the usual quota of four sets of prints be augmented by a few extra sets of prints, say four or fiv e , as, in communicating with other fingerprint bureaus a defin ite id en tification cannot be made by formula, the actual prints of the suspect being necessary. HIGHWAY aCT: 3. The Deputy minister o f Bublie orks has sent a circular letter to all District and Assistant , D istrict Engineers and General Foremen through out tho Province, instructing that where cord- wood is piled within the limits of any publio highway right-of-way to give the owner thereof one month's notice to have such cordwood romovod entirely from any land under the ju risd iction of tho Minister of Public ..orks. In any particular instance whore it is oonsidered that the oord- wood is so piled within the limits of the right- oi-way as to constitute a danger, direotly or indirectly, to the travelling public, instructions huvo been issued that the owner thereof is to be advised to remove tho cordwood within ten (10) days. A ll ranks aro hereby instructed to assist tho Publio works Department, where necessary, in the enforcement of those orders. ADMINISTRATION: 4. Tho D istrict Headquarters of the Boundary Police D istrict have been movod from Greenwood to i\nticton, leaving the Greenwood O .fioe as a Detachment in charge of Const.J.M.B 11a. This from l/X l/2 4 . PERSONNEL; 5. TRANSFERRED: Corpl.F.Fryor - from Brinceton Detachment to ICLraoerloy Detachment. Const. w.a . walker - from Y. hk Detachment to x rincoton Dotuoiimant. Const.G.C.Siiarpe - from Mlmberloy Detachment to Yaiik Detachment. T .is from l/ll/x .4 RESIGNED: Sargt.Goo.Carter - 15/10/24 Const.f.F.H- Reed - 17/10/84 J.H.MoMULLIN Sup er in t ond ont. • • • i I Const wl« .H* Clark BRITISH COLUMBIA POLICE ------GENERAL ORDER No.17 VICTORIA, BC ______Poo. 3rd .1934 OIVIL PROCESSES: 1. The attention of all ranks is directed t# Headquarters Ciroular No*645, dated Deo.£3rd, 1919, with reference to the Bervioe of oivil prooossos by officers of this Foroe. It has been notod that, in a few instances reoently, fees paid by Shorlffs f*r the service of oivil writs have boon allowed to aocumulato at some Detachments, a ll suoh fees should be forwarded through the usual channel to Headquarters promptly at the end of eaoh month. CRJME REPORTS: 2. At the oonolusion ef a oase in whioh a fine has been imposed by tho Juatioo (or Justices) the disposition of such fino must be shown on the covering Crime Report* Whora the aocused is charged costs in tho oase, tho Crime Report should show tho amount of oosts and to whom A^aid, 3. All ranns w ill, horoaftor, whon submitting Crimo Reports, reports, and a ll other communioations, conclude the report with thoir name writton on tho typewriter just bolow thoir signature. Tho following is an example for guidance: (A.J.Jones) Constablo i /c Kelowna Dotaohmant. GOVT.LI4UOR ACT: 4. Attention is drawn to the fact that ull aootions of the "Government Liquor Act” from 36 on have been re-numbered, undor tno Ravisod •itatutos, Tho following sections are of particular importance to members of the Eoroo and the change in soction number should bo notod: Eormor Section 36 is nowSoction 28 31 35 43 48 44 50 46 53 68 70 63 71 64 ' 73 68 77 71 80 88 98 Commencing at once, lay a ll charges under tho now soction numbers of tho. act. VOUCHERS: 5. where an officer loavos the 1'oroo for any roason tho last salar; voucher submitted on his bofcalf should show the deduction for superannuation in the usual manner. This is to bo done in order that tho aooounts may bo kopt in proper shapo and that tho Government's contribution may be applied to the j-und. Suoh contribution is lost i f not deducted, and theso deductions must be mado from a ll and any salaries paid to any employee contributing, including tho final amount of salary paid, no mattor how small this amount may bo. J.H.MoMULLIN Superintendent. BRITISH COLUMBIA POLICE . HEA5 (TuXRfER3' general order no.is victoria,b *c ______Jan.3rd,1925 CRIMINAL PROCEDUH3: 1, vvhoro Berioua ohurgos are preferred againat Indians, tne Indian agent in whoBe jurisdioticn tho oifcnce oocurs should, in every instanoe, ho notified. CRIME REPORTS: Paragraph 26 of General Order Nj.1 is canoelled and the folio wing' substituted therefor; In the oaao of murder or other very serious crime the senior rnem'o )r of the Detachment w ill telegraph or telephone to the N.G.O. in oharge o f the District, who shall immediately make a report by wire to the Superintendent as well as to his Commanding O f i c e r . ^ CAME ACT| A ll officers should be particularly gigilant in .checking up the books of fur dealers within their ju risdiction , jj’ur in stock, should be checked over, and, in general, every care shoULd be taken to seo that no illioit fur dealing is carried on. VOUCHERS: 4. It has been notiood that in a few instances lately Constables in using the new form of sub-reoeipt are onlj placing one or two items o f one sub receipt and attaching a number of suoh receipts to a voucher. A ll sub-receipts should be fully fille d in. 5. All accounts submitted on vouchers should be certified to by the officer receiving the goods, if tho voucher itself is not certified to by him. COMMENDATIONS: 6. I have to oxpress my appreciation of the highly e ffic ie n t manner in which Corpl.Service and Probationer Thiis handled the rocont case of Rex v« Sovek at Smithers. Sevek held up and robbed E.LiJackson at Smithors on the morning of the 7th December and took from him the sum of £100.00. He made his osoape to the bush, but the pursuit being well oonduoted Probationer Thiis succeeded in locating Sovek. Showing groat coolness and courage Probationer Thiis placed the men with him to out o f f oscape and himself advanced and captured Sevek, who was under cover and armed. After arrest eorpl.Servioe prepared tho case with promptness and completeness and on the 20th Deo. Sevek was sentenced at Smithers,B.C. by His.Honour^ Judge Young to a term of five years-in the B.C. Penitentiary. J.H.MoMULLIN Superintendent. UliXTirill COLUMBIA POLICH Headquarters General Ordor No.19 Victoria.B,C January 3rd,1925 iDi ilKISTRATIOK: 1. It should vQ noted that from ITov. 1st ,1924, the Grand rook and i’ornie D istricts wore merged into tne "Pernio" P olice D istrict, CEI.r’ RKP0RT3: 2. Line 3, section 10, General Ordor No.l, is hereby cancelled. The section of the Criminal Code or Statute under which a charge is laid w ill, for tho future, be inserted in the hoadinga of Crime he porta. 3. H.C.O's in charge of districts could, in a greater number of instances, when forwarding reports and communications (submitted by Constablos) to thoir O ffice r's Commanding, set forth some remark or recommendation relative to the subjeot matter of the report, for instance: should a Constable on detachment request additional assistance to enable him to cope with Borne unusual ocourrenco, the H.C.O. in charge o f the d is tr ic t, should, invariably, add his recommendation or otherwise at the foot o f the report, GiUJE ACT: 4. It is no longor considered necessary that monthly printed "Report o f Prosecution" forms under the "Oh. ie :-ct" should bo submitted. GOVT. LI .’UOh -iCT: 5. Tho amended section numbers in the "Government Liquor Act" do not effect tho legal value o f the letters of authority (with regard to the searching of premises) issued by the Hon. the Attorney- General to certain members of the force. PERSONNEL: 6. Sergt.w.Cpilior, l/o Prince Rupert Distriot takes charge o f "D" Division from 2 l/l/2 5 pending the return of tho Officer Commanding - at present away on duty. S/3gt,E.Gammon, i/o .Vest Kootenay D istrict takes charge o f "3" Division from l /l /2 5 ponding tho return of the Officer Commanding - at prosont away on duty. VOUCHERS: 7. Attention o f a ll ranks is again directed to tho necessity for more prompt attention being given to tnoso invoioos entitled to cash disoounts. Invoices having a oash discount quoted thereon should be vouchered promptly, 8. ./hen submitting pay-list vouchers (witnesses) it should bo noted that the scale of fees under the Provincial and Dominion Summary Conviction ..cts is ,,1.50 per diem with travelling expenses at tno rate of 15/ per mile. Those v/itnass fees should be included in the oost-a when impose,t and o ffice rs should see that a ll co31s provided for in tne scnedulo are cnaTged, J. U.MeHullin .Superintendent, I © o 3. I?I:V1 GOLUlBLi POLICE Heodquarters Cenoral Order No.SO Vi o t e r is ,3 ,C liar. Z. 1926 COHiiESPO UDEIICE: 1. Officers in their private correspondence must not use o i£io ia l notepaper nor sign their rani:. 2. ..hen Officers Commanding Divisions forward eoxrespondenco to headquartors, which would appear to call for further enquiry, or in instances whore the ooMiiunicauxon may concern other Departments or polio 3 ox'ficors (as in the case of missing persons,etc) they will please send the same in in duplicate. 3. A recent newspaper item quoted a subordinate officer of this force as naving given a reference in regard to the qualifications of a candidate for employment in another folioe force. It is desirable that this practice must be discontinued. There is , however, no objection to suoh recommendations or testimonials providing they are of an unoffioial' nature, that is, Provincial Police letterhoud paper must not bo usod and the o ffic e r 's rank omitted, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: 4. Constables must not admit prisoners to bail themselvos. The accused person must be brought before a Justice and bail granted in a proper manner. CRIME REPORTS: 5. Liquor Control Board Officers will, for the future, submit their reports on the new printed Crime Report forms. Other officers throughout the Province will, for the future, when reporting on liquor proseoutions, do so on the new printed Crimo Report forms, one additional copy of each report being made for the information of the Assistant Superintendent, V ncouvor,B.0. which copy should be forwarded direct to him from D ivisional Kqrs.- and a memo, to the e ffect that this has been done placed at the foot of the original and duplicate reports before such reports are forwarded to Headquarters. 6. When referring to the Section number in the Criminal Code in C-lme Reports, the letters "CC" *Ef should be inserted, a * ° 7. It is not desirable to refer to a date as "the hUNSTABLE 24th instant", but t£e full dato should be illS Or tod n * "V.ThniitrVTr'February 24th,1925”P.A+.h 1 Q P. F>11 ._ 8. Crime Reports will, for the future, be submitted by a,11 ranks on "unglaaed white onion skin papor - 13-?; x 8&”. J?j*03ent supplies of manila, however, to be fir s t exhausted. The new printod form o f Crime Report to be used only in connection with liquor nroseeutionsr-'as—CHaiXined- Mr F. t «b General Order No. 20 . B :£e_2_ lLr.grA.19S5 __ ;'0RIiS It is desired that a Form 5 ("L ist of Government Property") be submitted from each Detachment (through the usual channel) every six months hereafter. They will be prepared and forwarded at the 1st January and 1st of July in each year. D ivisional and D istrict O ffices w ill x^opare and forward re;X)rts at the same time. A Form 5 covering the property on hand at February 28th,1925, raust"Trc^tIDmfttbd forthwith from each Divisional and D istrict Hqrs.Office and Detachment, • GOV.LIQUOR ______ACT: 10, All ranks should draw to the attention of their local Justice of the Peac’e, Section 121 ( sub-section 2) of the "Government Liquor Act". There is no sp ooifio requirement for Justices acting in extra-ilunicipal d is t r ic t s , REQUISITIONS: 11* Attention is again drawn to the fact that neoessary supplies for police cars must first be requisitioned for, as in the case of tir e s . Only such supplies as aro used in repairs, and tho oost of gasoline, oil, etc. w ill be considered as emergency purchases* This allows tho'Purchasing Agent’s Department time to oheok up any overcharges» 12, In certain instancos rec mtly (particularly in tho case of fuel) supplies hav> boon drawn upon prior to their purchase having been approved of. This xjraotice must caso forthwith. VOUCHERS: 13, The Department has rec jntly circularized Justices o f , the Poaco and Stipendiary Magistrates in tno Provinco to tno following e ffe c t: "Owing to the number of accounts being received for oervicos roadored by stenographers at xtf*oliniinary hearings which services were not authorized by the Department, it is doomod advisable to stato the policy of the Department in regard thoreto. Magistrates are required to tako down the ovidonoo of witnesses in writing. They aro supposed to tako this ovidenco down themselves and it is a part of their duty to do so. In cases of preliminary hearing in murder or manslaughter oases er other important oases, and in whioh a largo number of witnesses aro to bo hoard, and a stenographer is available, no objection is taken to the employment of one, but permission must first bo obtained from tho Department, .hen a Magistrate mako3 application for permission to employ a stenographer he should furnish this Department with the name of the case, offonoo and his reasons for requiring ono. Accounts of stenographers which have not fir s t boon authorized by the Dopartmont will, in future tbe disallowod." 14, It should oe remembered by all ranks, when preparing vouchers for railway or steamship transportation, that the Provincial Government is relieved from the payment of any Federal tax on such railway or steamship tick ets. J.H.MclvlULLIN Superintendent o COPY. BRITISH COLOMBIA PROVIHCIAL PCL10B# Divisional Headquarters# kahiogps. ' March 20th.1925. The H.C.Os. i/o .D istrict Headquarters# I7illlaias Lake, Vernon and Ashcroft# S lr :- With reference to the marginally noted General Order oonoerning the Federal Tax, I teg to * advise you that sinoe this General Order was issued, attempts wore made at Kamloops to obtain th is tax reduction from both the Canadian national and tho Gen#Order. Canadian Pacific Railways,hut these Companies r e f Noi20. Pare# used to make any such reduction# The matter was 14# Federal referred to Headquarters ,'7iot or ia who have replied Tax# as follows "The Crown cannot be charged a federal tax qnd when requisition for transportation is submitted*by voucher the Company concerned is amply protecttd# 1 may say that this question has already been raised in Viatoria and thaf a General Passenger Agent here produced an official oirdular supporting the contention laid down# Of course,where cash is paid and a sub-receipt taken this ruling does not apply* " Above fo r your information and guidance# t "A5LE Yours obodiently, ■" V\ 3GD. W.l.Fernie. Inspector Commanding "C” Division# Toi ler be ian. QQEo: .rovineicX Constable« nesr.el" Detachmentn P.O. For your Information in co otion with the General Order above quoted# I Williams lake. ffrinlf W.CLJ.Oalltelwr ./ l i s t Hd.Qrs. H.G.O.in charge lillo o e t District# April 5th#1925# B ritish Columbia Police# ©/ of BRITISH COLUMBIA POLICE. He a cl quarter e , GENERAL ORDER No. 21. V ictoria, B.C. JiHj 9. 1935. CRILIE 1. When reference ie made to any specific event, its REPORTS: fu ll date should be given in the le tte r , crime or other report dealing therewith. It seems that Crown Counsel has strongly oommentad on inexcusaole ommiesions o f this nature. 2. The arrangement outlined in para. 5 of General Order No.20, relative to the forwarding of liquor crime Reports, has seen altered. Crime and other reports in connection with liquor oases, will, lor the future oe forwarded from each Div isional Headquarters Offioo to the Asst, superintendent at Vanoouver in quadruplicate, und one oopy w ill then be forwarded from Vanoouver to Headquarters. GOV# ( § '* ) * ACT* #. The method of disposing of oonfiecated liquor has oeen altered; Upon reoeipt of copies oi' monthly reports the Seoretary o f the Liquor Control Board immediately orders such liouor as is reported ooniieoated into the uovernnent Liquor warehouse instead of into Government Vendors as heretofore. iiiOTOR The following ruling has reoentJy oeen given; **n VEHICLE automobile salesman employed Dy a firm selling ______ACT; automobiles who ie paid on a salary basis must oe in possession of a Chauffeur's Lioenoe. A f.-tesman. paid on a oommission oasis need only have a D river's Licence. One employed on a Jart commission-part salary basis must have a Chauffeur's licenoe. a meohanio employed by an automobile agency, who drives new oars from the depot to the agenoy, is considered a "Chauffeur" under the "Motor-vehiole .-iCt" and should be licensed. PROCEDURE: 5. The Division Commissioner of Immigration and Colonization at Vanoouver is to oe immediately advised by the Offioer Commanding a Division when any alien suspected oi having unlawfully entered Canada is committed to gaol. 6. Some cuestion having arisen as to the desirability of showing photographs of wanted persons to witnesses for id en tification purposes, a ll ranks should carefully study and keep in mind the following ?hoto..raphs of persons sus^oted of crime may oe u tilized lor two purposes; (1) To establish their identify; (3) To traoe them as perpetrators of a orirne.. © O General Order Ho.21______Page ~2,______Apr ,9 th ,1925 .he use of photographs of convicted or suspected persons by police officers or others engaged in tracing the perpetrators of a crime is. permissible, and map often be resorted to with success, and careful scrutiny of such pi..';tog.aphs for the purpose o f noting any physical peculiarity such as abnojvm^l si^.e of ear or any other -turos - is likely to be of great assistance in the search for criminals in addition to the u’ aal description. It is very necessary however to take precautions against the use of photographs of suspected persons in Buoh a way as to lead to a misoarriage of .justice and to prevent an erroneous improssion being conveyed to any person who may afterwards be called as a witness to speak as to their identity. As a general rule it may oe laid down that photographs of suspected persons should not be shown to a witness i f the person himself can be arrested and put up for identification, and oertainly not if it 1b intended to urrest and charge the person forthwith with having committed an offonea; but, i f a person suspected o f a crime cannot be found, or if it is still merely a matter of suspicion that he may have committed a orime there is no objection to his photograph boing placed among ten or a dozen other photographs and shown to a witness with tna object of making a selection, but no assistance should be given, no consultation with other witnesses allowed, and all names and other indications of identity on the photogruph should be carefully kept out of sight. Inmaking uoo of photographs caro should be taken that the persons attempting to effect reoognition do so under fair conditions. Several photographs, not showing any visible number or mark specialising them should be shown and tho recognition made from them and not from a single photograph, when several similar photographs aro plaood on a table and a witness picks out one as the photograph of tho suspeot the test may be said to have been carried out under as fdir conditions as possible. VOJCCmS: 7. Por tho information of all ranks I am sotting out hereunder the sub-heads under Vote 67 for the fisc a l year ending tho blst of tlaroh, 1926, as woll as other Votes in /hich this Department is likely to be intorested; Vote 67 Salaries Office Supplies, etc. Travelling s c><• use», etc. imriii irai-e and V .*:tu*os. Uniforms, ac«-.outv'-;.i»-r.tts, oto. OLovp.ng and equipment Kents l-ononoo and repairs fu el, water, ixgi.it, etc. Pro visions v Incidentals and contingencies. GaUE Law3 £n?ORCKEHT BRaHC-l Salaries Expenses Vote 71 Officers collecting revenue, including temporary assistance Oflice supplies, ate. Travelling expanses, etc. furniture ni fixtures Plates, badges, etc. Vote 72 Summoning and pacing v/itnosses Vote 75 Coroner's inquests and inquiries Vote 74 Prosecutions and interpreters Vote 78 Bounties on noxious animals, salaries and expenses of Game Conservation Board and game propagation* etc. Vote 82 Incidentals and contingencies Vote 210 (DS URTiiENT OF PROVINCIAL SECRETARY) Prov^Board oi Health : (Incidentals and omergonoios) Vote 215 Uental Hospitals - Essondule : Examinations, committals and transportation. Vote 216 Mont...Is Hospitals - How .estminuter : Examination?* committals, and transportation * < Vote 219 Provincial Homo - ICamloops : Transport Vote 227 In aid of d estitu te, pooT"'€tntr~Slclc, etc. Voto 229 Burial of indigent persons General" Order No .21 ? a g e ~ 4 "____ ~~____n-prll 9th.1925 vx,. UHER3; 8, It will be notiood that tho sub-hoad "Uniforms, Clothing and Equipment " (Voto 67) has boon divided this year— two sub-ho&ds bbing substituted thorofor, tho first: Uniforms, Accoutrements, etc. . and tho second; Clothing and equipment. The sub-noad "Uniforms, ^ocoutromentu, etc" is to bo used only in connection with expenses pertaining to uniforms, boots, hats, shirts, belts, etc. while tho sub-head "Clothing and equipment" includes, clothing for prisoners, bIannets, police equipment (arms) flashlights, etc. 9. Only expenses that are actually incurred in connection with the holding of an inquest or inquiry should bo ohargod to the Inquest Voto (No,75). Polico expenses whicn can be charged to this Vote should include only those incurred or arising out of instructions issued by the Coroner, such as in tho service of witnesses or juror3. Expenses incurred preliminary to the holding of an inquest or inquiry ahst be t hen as coming within tho regular duties of the Polico and charged to tho Polioo Vote. 10. Game Laws Enforcement Vouohore. Tho instructions contained in pago 4 of General Ordor No ... connection with Came Laws Enforoomonts^vtJuchors are amended as follows; .mything of&.«££f6riotly game nature ^should bo charged to tho &a.no^Jtfw3 enforcement sootion x of tixo Polico Voto, incljidille also costs, of prosooutions. Tho costs howovor inpetfhnoction with the oscort of prisoners convictjjdr'iindor tho ’’Game act" should bo borne by tho Polico Ueflfe, as on tho conviction of a person under tho on^'all expenses of onforoement cease. In tho costs of^fosocutions should bo included witness foo3, stenographers fees and any other expanses in connection wfyr'wamo .Law Enforcement which should be charged to "Game Laws Enforcement Brunoh expenses" Attention is again directed to para. 15 of General Ordor No.8. sufficient explanation of the various item3 should be shown on vouohors and i f in connection with any specific case the name of the offender and sentence should bo given. J. H.UcMullin Superintendent •> o BRITISH COLUMBIA POLICE. SUPPLEaLSIIISIB TO GJSNSRAL CRDJflR Ho.21 Vic t S a ^ &C...... Apr il_21^192 £>1 ADi.IIIvISTRrt.TIQH: 1. It having oeen iound neoessaiy to suo-divibe ”a " Division notioo is hereby ^iven tor the information of all ranks that the Polioe Divisions are now as shown hereunder " a ” Div'n. O.C. Inspr. T.W.S. Persons. Victoria. (Victoria Distriot) (Nanaimo D istrict) "B" Div ’a. O.C. Inspr. W.R.Dunwoody. Nelson. (Pcrnie District) (Boundary Dis*.j.ict) ( West Koot en ay Dist rio t ) (N.-G.Kuot enay D istr io t). ”0" Div'n. O.C. Inspr. W.L.Fernio. Kamloops. (Kamloops D istrict) (Lillooet District) (Vcman Distri ct) (Yale D is tr ic t). "D” D iv’ n. O.C. S ta ff Sorgt. W .Spiller. Prince Rupert (j'ort ueorge D istrict) (Hazelton Distriot) (Peaoe Riv.ir D istrio t). (Prince Rupert D istrict). "iS" Div*n. O.C. Inspr.P.Cr«*iokshank. V«ncouver. (Vcnoouvor Distriot) (New Westminster D istr io t). Liquor Asst.Supt. W. Owen. Vancouver. iSnt or 0 ement Ins p r . Goo . Iii 1 le r , Bran oh. C. I . D. Inspr .P.Cruiokshank. Vanoouver. -----0O0------AdminlDtrat ion. Corps Headquarters. Victoria, B.C. Superintend ant. Lieut. Col. J. H. Icilullin. Inspe 0 tor . T. V». S. Par son c • Sub-Inepa ctor . Goo. A. Hood. Offioe of tho abbt.Superintendent , Vanoouver, B.C. Asst. Superintendent. '.V. Owen. Inspootor. F.Cruiok shank. Sup »lemon tary to General Ordor No. 1 is hereby cancelled. J.H.MoMullin. Superinten dent. o BRITISH COLUMBIA POLICE. GENERAL ORDER No.22 Headquarters, Victoria* B.C. .IfeSLlfiU-iSSfiA. CORRESPONDENCE: I. i/o. tho future salutation and velediotory nay bo oranitted from all inter-departmental correspond once . CRIME Riffi OORTS: 2. On liquor crime reports the words ’’unorganized territory" should be placed in the top left hand corner of the report, within the printed marginal line , thus: UN OR GAIT I ZeDTERRI T3RY PERSONNEL: 3. To ce Aoting -Inspeotor when in charge o f "D" Division S/Sergt. W.Spiller, Prince Ruper t Diet /Hqrc. REPORTS; 4. Original reports made out on die printed fire report form under the "Fire Marshal Act" should, for the future, be forwarded direct from Divisional Hqrs. to the i-ire Marshal, 015 Vancouver Block, Vancouver, B. C. a copy being forwarded in eaoh instance to Headquarters with a notation ehowirg that the original has bean bo forwarded. . This also applies to tiie printed Inspection Report Bubmittod oy those ./Bmoers of the Force who have oeon appointed assistant Fire Marshals. \ RUBBER STAMPS; 5. as Divisional o f floes w ill, no doubt, require rubber forwaiding stamps ibr stamping liquor reports forwarded to tha Assistant Superintendent, requisitions may be submitted for VOUC HE :$ The new form of sub-re oe iot (Form 8) should be used in connection with a ll polios expenses. The sub- reaeipts should be pasted on the face of vouchers in a similar manner to invoices, and they should bo filled in as completely as possible. It has been noted that in some instances sub-receipts have been only partially filled up and three or four such euo-reooipts attached to a voucher where one would have Euffioed. | J. H.MoMULLIN, & Superintendent. PROVHnGiA lconstable f l ECEEWE MAY 2 0 1925 QUESNEL, B.C. / > ~\ ' . ■ o r / BRITISH COLUMBIA POLICE. Hoadquar te r s , GENERa L ORDER H o. 2 3 . Viotoria, B.C . Juno-5T_ 1925... CANADA SHIPPING ACT: 1. The Do par tment of Marine and Fisheries at Ottawa recently wired to the Colleotor and Registrar of Shipping at Victoria, as follows '’Definition of wreck does not include logs and no olaim for salvage can be irade under Canada Shipping i.ct« ” Thi s in f or mat i on should he borne in mind by ooaotal of fio e r s . CIRCULARS: 2. Ciroular Ho.995 dated 19-5-25 in oonneotion with "Moorite Products Co. of Canada Limited” should oe ra-numoered us Ho.996* Divisional o ffic e s w ill please make the required change. CORRESPONDENCE : 3. Should necessity arise, Constables acting as Divisional Clerks uay (with the consent of their superior officer) sign certain correspondence in his absence, but for the future they v/ill sign his name only, in itia llin g the samo. Example :- ” John Doe” (John Doo) Inspr. Commondg. ”D” D ivision. CRIME REPORTS.. 4. The instr uo ti one which have oeen given from time to time with regard to the rendering of orime reports might 09 again referred to oy some ofl’ioers. It is imperative that the date or dates o f previous orimo reports on the Ban© suDjeot be referred to in the margin. If no orime reports have oeen submitted and the subjeot is anew one, the word ’’n i l ” must invariably be inserted in the margin. At the top left hand corner (as previously instructed) tho words: DIVISION DISTRICT DETACHMENT should be placed. The 3x order must not be reversed. In concluding a re .port it should be addressed at the bottom l e f t hand corner , as for example ; To the N.C.O. in charge, Huzelton D istrict, 1.0.P., Smithers, 3.C, RUBBi® STAMPS: 5, as far as poesiole all forwarding stamps should bo plaoed, in rotation of,.offices, under the oft’ioor's signature and rank, as; ’’ John JoneB” (John Jones) Constable, i /c Pair view Deiachmait 3.0. Police (Dist rio t Hqrs .Stamp ). (D iv’ l . Hqrs. Stamp). PROVINCIAL CONSTABLE If ’’reoeived” stamps are used they should be placed at the loft hand side, in rotation offioos, and as E^CEIVEp close together as pos siole . The for war din 0 etarapl however, is the most important. JUN 2 4 1925 T If these small particulars are adhered to uniformly throughout the Force much more space will oe left V at the foot of reports, allowing for notations by QUESNEL, B.C.’ tho Officer Commanding the D ivision, and to other Ic ffio ia ls , and Departments. © CUUiS A'CT: 6. All ranloEi should sag that Section 12 of the Act is enfbrced. Complaints have been reoeived of laxity in this connection. MOTOR-VAHICLD 7. It has been ruled by the Fxeoutive Council that all ACT. officers driving Government owned motor vehicles on Government service will be required to provide theiiBelves with d river's (*>1.00) licences at their own oost. It has been noted that in eome instances the foe has been paid by Governmait agents in which case steps should be taken by the Offioer Com.iancing the Division to ootain a refund . POLL TAX ACT: 8. Tho instructions given members of the Force in March, 1918, relative to the commission on collection s of poll taxes should not bo lost sight of. Constables are not paid commission on poll taxes collected from employers of labour where the number of employees exceed five in number. VOUCHERS: 9. It would appear that not a ll raeraoers of the Force are aware "that expert witness fees are only paid to: "....barristers, solicitors, physioians, surgeons, engineers and surveyors, when oaXted upon to give evidonco o f, or in consequence o f, any professional opinions orevidonoe depending upon the ir sk ill or judgement." In a recant oaso two doctors morely gave ettlflenoe of fa ct only. v iz : as to certain signature's that hud oeen suosorioed to oortain documents. If a lawyer, doctor or other person coming within the above class of experts is a witness to a oertain aotion, the evidence he gives is of fact only and as it does not pertain to his profession he is trotted as an ordinary witness. This distinction should b6 borne in mind when paylists of witnesses are prepared. JSSCORTS: 0. All prisoners and insane patients will, for the future, oe escorted via Vanoouver and not through New Westminster. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE . Owing to confessions having played a large part In recent oases and as a doubt appears to exist in the minds of some members of the force as to the proper procedure governing admissions or confessions made by prisoners, the following rules are brought to the attention of a ll ranks, and should be thoroughly stud ied . The first four of theBe rules were formulated by H.M.Judges of K.B.D. in September 1918, and the remainder have sinoe bean added to deal -with points on which doubtB have sinoe that arisen as to the proper interpretation of the law. With regard to rule 5. This rule, from a police standpoint, is the most important of a ll. The words commonly used by CcnetabLos in warning a prisoner are usually as follows; "Whatever you say w ill be taken down in writing and may be given in evidence." There are oases on record whora the offioer warned the person about to be arrested, or in custody, and used the words "taken down in writing" and thbroufter failed to take his uttsranoes down in writing or make any record of them whatever. The oourts having held, and the authority is olear , tiat if the officer statoB to the suspeoted person or prisoner that he w ill take the statement down'in writing, the offioer is oound to do so, and thatiany statement nude oy a suspeoted or arrested person1, whioh is not talen down in writing, is inadmissible. \ \I \ — 3— £ What ever a suspected or arrested person may say, either in relation to tho offenoe or in answer to tho officer, when the charge is wade under which the person is arrested, is necessar ily material and vital. Consequently, suoh a statement should be taken down in writing but experience shows that it is safer to miss out the words "in writing" in the police warning or oaution, and this should for the future be done. This will not prevent a member of the force taking d own a statement in writing, and if he does do so, then rule 9 will apply. Should an o ffic e r omit the words "taken down in w ritin g ." whan warning a suspected or arrested person, it would not prevent him making a written reoord of the statements made nor should it pievent him from complying with rule 9 when that reoord is made, reading it over to the prisoner, inviting him to make any corrections he mqy wish, and i f possible getting his signature. Written reoords should be made at the time of the admission or as soon as possible thereafter. Tnese written reoords if not submitted to the suspeotod person or prisoner for revision ard signature, help the offLoer this far, that they are oorroborative of his story, and enable him to meet any cross-examinat ion . RULES TO 'JjS OBSERVED IN WARNING PERSONS SUSPECTED OP OR IMG, AND IN WARNING PERSONS IMMEDIATELY AFTER ARREST. (1) When a police officer is endeavouring to discover the author of a orime, there is no objeotion to his putting qua st ions in respoot thereof to any persona or persons, whether suspeoted or not, from whom he thinks that useful information may be obtained. (2) Whenever a police offioer has made up his mind to oharge a person with a orirne, he should first oaution such person before asking any questions, or any further questions, as the oaoe may bo . (3) Persons in custody should not be questioned without the usual oaution being first administered.. (4) If the prisonor wishes to volunteer any statement, tho usual caution should oe administered. (3) The caution to be administered to a prisoner when he is formally charged, should therefore be in the following words:- "Do you wish to say anything in answer to the oharge? you are not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so, but whatever you say may be given in evidence.” Oare should be tal®n to avoid any suggestion that his answers oan only be used in evidence against him, as this any prevent an innocent person making a statement which might assist to d e a r him o f the charge (6) A statement mado by a prisoner before there is time to caution him is not rendered inadmissible in evidenoe merely by reason o f no oaution having been given, but in such case he should be cautioned as soon as p ossible. (7) A prisoner making a voluntary statement must not be cross- examined, and no questions should be put to him about it , except for the purpose of' removing ambiguity in what he has actually said, for instance: Ii to has mentioned an hour without saying whether it was morning or evening, or has feiven a day ox the week and a day of the month which do not agree, or has not nade it olear to what individual or what place he intended tp refer in soma part of his statement, he nay be questioned sufficiently to olear up the point. ? » t — 4 — (8) Wiaen two or moro perBons are oharged with the earns offence end statements are taken separately from the persons oharged, the police should not read these statements to the other persons charged, but each of suoh persons should be furnished by tha police with a copy of such statoments and nothing should be said or done by the polLce to invite a reply. If the person charged deBires to make a statement in reply, the usual oaution should bo administerod. (9) Any statement made in accordance with the above rules should, whenever possible, be taken down in writing and signed by the person makin0 it after it has been read to him and he has bean invited to make any corrections he may wish. COMMENDATIONS. 12. I have to express my appreciation to Constables *.*. Wulker and 3. S>all for their prompt action in effeoting the arrest o f D..,vid Lloyd Chrisman, fo r whom a warrant has bean held at Princeton Dc u«.ohiiBnt en a charge o f oat tie stealing. In order to avoid the delay and expense of extradition pr ooee dings, the Constables were instructed to keep a sharp lookout for Cnrismsn cn one of his intermittent visits to this side of the line and if possible effect his arreBt. Although Crtrieman appeared in Keremeos for only a few hourb v isit from the United States, Consts. Walker and Spall immediately effeoted his arreBt on the 16th May. Inspr .Dunwoody, Comnnnding ”3" D ivision, has reoeived a letter from M.-. Benjamin Downes, the Chief o f Police o f iMail, 9.C. expressing his appreciation for the prompt aoticm of Ccrpl. J.F. Johnston (T rail Detachment) on tho 26th of A pril, when Oorpl. Johnston offootod the arrest of three men in tho City of Trail whom he deteoted in the aot of creaking into ths beer parlour of Ambrose McDermott. Although two o f the men ware inclined to oe violent Corpl.Johnston succeeded in arresting them and afterwards captured the third men who had tried to escape. They were each sentenced to three months imprisonment on Hie 27th April. I would like to oouple my appreciation with that of If-.Do •me s for Corpl. Johns ton (smart action . Ii.s r.Wheat ley, of the Department of Investigation, Canadian National Railways, Vancouver, writes to ine under date of the 18th of May, thanking the force for their efforts in dealing with persons unlawfully travelling on thair trains, and assuring na that this co-operation is not only appreciated oy himself but by Mr. Hesketh, his Superintan dent. Mr. Wheatley also wrote to me on June 1st, oonveying his appreciation of the prompt notion of Con stable P.Carr i/o Burns Lake Detachment, in reporting to the C.N.R. despatcher at Smithers, LG., on April 3rd, 1925, the prosonoe of a rock slide between Tintageland Burns Lako . J.H.MoMULLIN, Superintendent. *, I i* W YmOU^ CGKSTABLE - ^ , « tr?» t? 7 TT rf v^« I'vV v/ ■* ;:Ab J U L . i 1L: V q u l s n r-:i-. B.C. British Columbia police. $ Headquarters, GENERAL ORDER No. 2 4 .^ V ictoria, B.C. July 3rd, 1925 looks: 1. Tho single-sheet "Sohedule o f Fees and Expenses allowed to Coroners, witnesses, etc. attending Inquests and Coroner's Inquiries" (copies of whioh were recently supplied to all ranks) should be inserted in tho Magistrate's Manual following page 71. Fingerprints: 2. In some instances lately articles purporting to bear latent prints have been forwarded to Headquarters and on examination it has been found that the material on which the prints were le ft was o f such a nature as to preclude their proper development. For instance, prints le ft on rough wooden a rticles are in most oases impossible to develop. With the grain of the wood intervening between the fain t ridges of the fingerprint i t is an extremely d iffic u lt task to make any comparison. In some instances, too, officers should sa tisfy themselves that the prints are capable of development. Smudges or smears on the surface of any article are useless for identification. It should not oo difficult for any officer, even should he possess no knowledge whatever of fingerprint work, to determine if the latent print is of any value. It is necessary that at Least nine points of comparison be visible to establish an identification. It should also oe remembered that, where possi ble , the fingerprints of the suspect in the case should oe forwarded to .ieadquarters with "the exhibit, and no time will oe lost in advising the officer if the latent prints on 1he exhibit compare favouraole or otherwise with the prints of the suspect. It is recognised, of course, that in a largo numberof oases the prints of the suspect oannot be taken as to do so would arouse suspicion. Co v. Liquor 3. Where a person is charged with intoxication (Seotion a o t: 38G La)the Crime Report coveringthe caseshould furnish information as to whether ornot the a ccu se 1 was asked whore ho obtained the liquor, in aooordaru-.o with the provisions of Seotion 02 of the *.ct. Tho resulting information might also be shown on the report, so that, if necessary, suitable aotion can bo taken. Motor-vohicla 4. attention of all ranks is drawn to an error in tho Act: "Motor-vehicle met" Regulations insofar as the form of "Ilotioo o f Entry of Foreign Touring Motor-vehiclos" is concernod. (Section 6 ) . - Instead of the words "Ninety days" the words "s ix months" should be used. The ce rtifica te of re gist ra tiorn issue d in oonse nuance of such application should alsoJba valid for a period not exceeding six months. Noxious Weeds 5. wuite a number of complaints have been recently received Act: with regard to the prevalence of noxious weeds in oertain of the unorganized portions of the Province. A ll ranks Bhould soe that the provisions of the "Noxious Weeds aot" are striotly enforced within the area under their jurisjliotion. r I Procedure: 6. When prisoners sentenoed to terms of imprisonment m the B.O.Penitentiary sign waivers in connection with their right to appeal, such waiver must accompany the prisoner to his place of incarceration. A duplicate of tho waiver may Oe retained on file at tho District or Divisional Headquarters office. Common- 7. Mi*. Geo. Walters, City Clerk of the City of Greenwood, Jations: 3.0. has written to me on behalf of tho Mayor and aldermen of Greenwood, B.C. conveying to me their appreciation of the valuaole assistanoe rendered to the City o f Greenwood polioe by Constable. Wm.Stewart, i /o Midway Dataohnont, BCPP when he recently Drought to justioe the perpetrator of a sorioo of thefts in Greenwood . Mr. Walters states in his letters:- "The investigations brought to a successful issue oy Constable Stewart oalled for much of his time and without his oo-operation and good judgement i t is doubtful i f the Kndqntitadfc cu lp rit could have been looated." My vwn appreciation is coupled with that of Mr .v/alters. I also wish to oxprese my appreciation of the exoellent work performed oy Constables J.G. Cunningham, W. V.Fenton, end W.Clark, who, with tho launch "Watla" made two vory comprehensive patrols in the Howe Sound area during the month of June 1925. The patrol resulted in numerous oonviotlons under the Game, Liquor and other «cts, and Constaole Cunningham and his assistants are to be commended for the e ffio ie n t manner in whioh the duty was oarried out. Constables S.H.Fox and Carl Ledoux of the Liquor Lnforoemant Sranch are to bo commended for the excellent work they have done in conneotion with their invest igation of the robbery whioh took place at the Govt. Liquor stare, Mission, B.C. on the 12th Maroh, 1925. Thoir unremitting efforts to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justioe were in some aiassure rewarded when, on the 12th June, 1925, Milton John Merkley was sentenced at New Westminster, 3.C. to a term of two years in the penitentiary. These two officers have patiently followed innumerable d u es in the oase and it is hoped that others of the gang may yet oe arrested. J.H.MoMullin Superint endent. BRITISH COLUMBIA POLICE. Headquarters. GENERAL ORDER No. 25. Victoria, 9 0, August 7, 192G, INDIAN RESERVES: 1. Whore an Indian reserve is situated within the bound nr ie s ox a M unicipality, it is the duty o f the Municipal authorities to enforce tho criminal law on that reserve. INDIAN ACT: 2. Where officers of this Foroe are connected with prosecutions under the ’’Indian Act" and perform all duties appertaining thereto* the Information should be laid by a member of this Force. This ooviaces the necessity of paying moieties to Federal o f f ic i a l s , MENTAL HO 3?ITALS; 3. It has oeon drawn to ray attention that in some instances in the past relatives of a person committed to the Provincial Mental Hospital havo been given tho impression that patients committed to that institution are not subject to a maintanance charge. Care must be exercised to see that no such impression is given. It make s it especially hard for the Hospital authorities to afterwards collect ma in t e nan cs ch urges. PROCEDURE; 4. The Deputy Attorney General has given the follow ing ruling with regard to suspended sen ten ces;- "A Magistrate has no power bo suspend sentence or penalty in the case cf a conviction for the infringement of a Provincial Statute made imder the Provincial ’’Summary Ccnvictions aot " . Under the code, power to a court to suspend sentence is given by Section 1081, "Court’’ is defined in that part of the Code as any Judge of a Superior Court and any Judge exercising jurisdiction under parts 16 and 18. This defin ition does not include a Court exercising jurisdiction relating to summary convictions and my opinion is tha t therefore in such oase a Magistrate has no power to suspend sentence .’’ 5. In future, whan moieties of fines are claimed, full particulars covering their reason and necessity should oe given in the Crime Report. 6 . When inf or mat ions are laid under the Opium and Narcotic Drug Act, the title of the Act should be speoifioally set forth as; "The Opium and Narcotic Drug act, 192 3." VOUCHERS. 7. Tho instructions set forth in Circulars Nos. 374 (2 2 /l/l8 ) and #921 (.15/4/24) should be brrne in mind when officers are transferred from one point of tho Pfovinoo to another. In no case will the Governmont pt-.y freight on personal effects of an officer at provincial CONSTABLE the unreleased freight rate, as the difference between released and unreleased freight rates is If-o (C IE H equivalent to an insurance on such goods. No vouchers will be passed for freight charges on SEP 2 1925 an officer’s household effects, or) transfer, where the weight of the goods exceeds 3,0C0 lbs. QUESNEL, B.C. — 2 — V‘N^OHiiiRS: 0. The Bursar of the Provincial Mental Hospital, jissornlale , 3.. C., has asked that a ll vouchers in connection with the examinaticsi, oommittal and transportation of insane persons be submitted to him in duplicate. In order that this may be done, all vcuohers for euoh expenses should, for the future, be submitted to Government Agents in tr ip lic a t e . COMMtiiflDAT I CMS; 9. I wish to express my appre oiati can of the prompt and effective service rendered by Constable V/.H.Hadley of Alert Bay Detachment at a re oent and seriots fir e at the NimkiBh Indian Reserve. But for this officer's energy in securing and organizing some four hundred fire fighters of both sexes the entire settleroent would probably have been d estrcyed. On several occasions during the past year I have also noted that Constable Hadley displayed conrnendablo activity in connection with the general policing of his d is t r ic t, 10. In oonneotion with the case o f George Lee Spring and James Barr, charged with breaking and entering the premises of the Ross*Saskatoon Lumber Co. at Waldo, B.G, on {the night of Juno 21ot, 1925-—I have to also express my appreciation of the work of the officers connected with this case. Constable F.G. Brown i/o Waldo detachment; Sergt. G.H. Green wo od i/o Fornie District, and Mr. D.Ritchie, th® Chief Constable of Calgary, Albeits., each did their jpart in the case with a romarkable degree of s k ill and unity and the oo-operativa spirit which each displayed resulted in the speedy arrest o f the of fenders. J.H.MoMullin Supo iln t end ent. i) r-t' ,4 HgECEHVEjpPROVINCIAL CONSTABLE SEP 2 1925 QUESNEL, B. C. BRITISH CO LU LIBIA POL I CL. Readquar te rs'. GENERAL CRDJJ. Ho. 26 Viotoria, 3.C. Sept. 10. 1925 PROCJDURo 1. Imrrediately upon their reoeipt a lis t should je .ade of all exhibits pertaining to any pai tioultjr case, and each individual article should be numbered and tagged, ’whore exhibits are forwarded fro inn one Police offioe to another a copy of th is lis t should acoompany them and a reoeiot given therefor. 2. Where any order or oonviction is made by a Magistrate in any prosecutions preferred by the B.C.Polioe tho o ffice r in charge o f the case should see that a proper order or conviction is made out on the form provided for that purpose. It has been found on soma occasions when it was necessary to prove previous convictions ■J that the convicting Magistrate had gone out of offioe or was d ead . a proper convi otion. should therefore be pre pa red and presented to the Magistrate for si mature and afterwards filed with the records of the 0o.se. FOREST BRANCH.3. The Chief For ester advises me that in order to extend -j the spirit of co-operation at present existing between j the B.C.Police, and the i-orest k.anch it has been th/ought! desirable to allow officers of this ioroe to send urgent ’ messages by ForeBt Branch w ireless systems from points where other service is not ava ila ble. This would mean boats or land stations. All rangers and Forest Branch operators have been advised to this effect. The Forest Branch will not guarantee delivery but will use every effieavour to transmit the message to its ultimate destination. REPORTS. 4. Crime reports, vouohers, eoc. received at Headquarters offioe occasionally contain slang expressions. Offioers Commanding Divisions should Bee that, for the future, this pr&otioe oeasee. 5. Crime reports dealing with serious offences are not being forwarded with su ffioien t promptitude. On several oooasions reoentLy Headquarters has been asked for information regarding oases fully reported on by the press, and o f which no o ffic ia l particulars had been reoeivjd. For the future Officers Command ing Di vis ions will please see that no oauce for complaint arises by reason of such ommission. Reports cove. ing automobile poold ents (Form 6) should always be promptly submitted. In some instanoes lately such reports have Deen notioeably lacking. PERSONNEL: 7. The fo llowing e xtraot is quoted from an Order-in-Council approved on the 1st day of September, 1898 oy the Lieutenan t-Gov erncr-in-Council " .....H o Governmait o f f ic ia l or employee shall be allowed to engage in any business or employment of any kind whatsoever , other than his work as a Government o f f ic i a l or employee, without the consent of the Lieutenant- . Goybrnor-in-Counc il.. COMMENDATIONS: 8. I have to express my 'very warm appreo5ation to the B.C.O's and .ran of the FERN IE POLICE DISTRICT, especially Sergt. Geo.H.Greenwood Const, A.J.Smith.; ConBt • F.Brindle^f. CONSTABLE Const, I . J.Brown.> Const. F. Ward . S£P 25 1925 . 5 " QUESN EL, B. C, • ‘^ - f t •4M — 2 — for the very efficient manner in which they effected the arrest of Josoe Mansfield, who, on the 19th August, 19 25, shot and k illed one Gjo. Whiting a t jfllk Prairie, 3.0. Const. a.J.Smith is particularly deserving of credit in this instance. He advanced towards Mansfield in an open field and although the accused had a loaded rifle and threatened to shoot him, Const, Smith placed him under arrest. All officers are to be commanded for the very prompt manner in which they turned out to investigate the case. Constaoles Smith and Brindley arrived at the soene of the tragedy in the short spaoe o f fiv e minutes after the oocurrenoo and their loyal co-operation with Sorgt. Greenwood, ooupled with the oool manner in whioh Can etc Smimli effected the arrest, is deserving of the highest praise. I have also to express my appreciation to Const. A. 0. Sutton i/o Powell River D.taohment, who, on 21st august, 1925, arrested one Coo. McLennan at Squirrel Cove, B.C. on two charges of oeing unlawfully in possession of stolen property. He reoognized the prisoner to be George HSmay who, in January 19 34 esoaped from the oustody of the Municipal Polioo at Dunoan, B.C. Headquarters oiroular dated 31/1/-14 oan now be oanoelled. Const. P. B;.oughton i /c Abbotsford Letaohment is deserving of rauoh credit for the efficient manner in whioh he investigated the breaking and entering of the Govt.Liquor Store at Abbotsford on the 13th August, 1935. His initial investigu$ion was s k ilfu l and speedy and with the oo-operation o f Sheriff Gaston of Sui.as, U.and Customs O fficer Sates, two men, J.Hapora and G.F.Wallace were arrested near Yarrow, 3. C. later in the day. These .sen subsequently made a oonfessian to the N00 in ohargo of th e d is t r ic t , Sergt. J.Macdonald , which resulted in a oadhe of stolen liquor being found near Abbot sford. Constuoles n. 1 Irving and C.C. Jaoklin of Viotoria Dist/Hqrs. are also deserving of praise far the effio ie n t manner in which they conducted the search for ndward Hid ridge, a small ohild who had strayed in the oush near Sayward'B Buaoh, Cordova, Bay, B.C. on the 12th ^u^ust, 1925. Although large searoh parties had coen soarohing for the ohild overnight, the officers located the ohild in a remarkably short space of time and returned him to his ja rents. Const. Jaoklin again showed exoollent Judgement an the 20th August, 1935, xdien, cm patrol in the Ualahat List riot. He had located a stolen Pord truofc, but his attention was called away to a oueh fir e tfiiohhad broken out on some nearby fla t s . Making the neoessary arrangements to oope with the situation ho raturnod to the truck and found two youths trying to move it. They gave tte offioei a plauBible story out he took them to the nearost telephone aid Const. W.J.Hatoher o f Dist/Hqrs. responded. He iden tified one of the boys as having oean lately in the hands o f the Viotoria City Polioe. The ./ouths wore escorted baok to Viotoria where it was found they had committed a series of burglaries and were wanted by the Munioipal authorities of Viotoria and Oak Bay, as well as for theft of the Ford truok. J.H.LIbMullin Superintendent. lTISH COLUMBIA POLICE. Headquar ter s , General Order No. 27. Victoria, B. C. Oct. 14. 1925. BOOHS. The concluding paragraph of my Circular Latter #943 dated 30-&-24 is cancelled and the following is to be insorted in lieu thereof:- "In oaee of an officer transferring from one detachment to another the Police Regulations and Constaole'B Manual which he has been charged v/ith, should accompany him to his new station. CREffi 2. In a good many instances headings on Crime Reports d o not REPORTS conform with the instructions originally laid down. The fundamentals of a olear and ooncise heading axe: 1. The fu ll Christian and surnames of the aocused (where known). 2. The nature of the offenoe (in brief). 3. The particular section of the Statute or Criminal Code under which he is oharged, thus;- Rex v. James Anderson - Failing to assist in fighting fir o . Section 118 Forest Aotf or:- Rex v. Andrew Johnson - Common Assault. Seo.'291 CCC. Where Andorson (a Forest Ranger) lays an information against Johnson for failing to fight a fire, the heading should NOT be as under;- Jamss Anderson vs. Andrew Johnson,, but:- Rex v. Andrew Johnson, etc. etc. Whero the namo of the accused is unknown then the fu ll Christian and surnames of the complainant should be shown, thus: Complaint of arthur Bell - alleged theft of wagon. In so far as a particular case is oonoerned, eveiy subsequent Crime Report should bear exactly the same heading as ibe initial cue. This might also apply to other reports and cor re sp end enoe. It is of immeasurable assistance when the sans heading (on reports) or marginal referenoe (in correspondence) is adhered to. Tho marginal references on a Crime Report, that is the dates of previous reports submitted should only be those of Crime Reports submitted in oonnection with the case mentioned in the heading. For example:- Should a person be donvicted of an infraction of the Game Act in Soptemoor and bo re-arrested for an infraction of the same Act in Octooer, the reports dealing with the latter case should not show in their margin the dates of reports submitted in connection v/ith the first oaso. ii/her j the holder of a Driver's Lie enoe is convicted under the Motor-vehiole .aot, the Crime Report dealing with the ease should always show the disposition cf the Driver's licence concerned. Probationers and newly engaged men should carefully peruse eaoh seotion of General Order No. 1 and subsequent General Orders having referenoe to reports, so that they may bo acquainted with every phase of this highly important portion of the ir • dut ie s ;- the submission of clear and understandable reports Dominion 3. With referenoe to Circular #1005 dated 26-6-25, in regard F hory to the Fishery Regulations, and a letter dated 15-6-25, Regulations from the Chief Inspector of Fisheries, Vancouver, 3.C. copies of which were distributed among members of this Force. I am now advised yby the Chief Inspector of Fisheries that an error © This should have read: "...rh e fish in the Dominion Forest Rase rvec and Railway Belt are the property of the Federal Government where as the o the r s and those of the tidal waters are the property of the Provincial Gove m mailt >" A ll officers in possession of copies ox this letter should make the ohungo ao e ord ingly c Procedure.^. 4. It has oeen reported to the Department that in some instances (particularly in Municipalities) persons charged with infractions of the "Motor-vehicla act" have estreated their oail and through no further action having been takan by the polioe they have retained thoir white Driver's licenoe. This procedure is altogether ultra vires; a police offioer has no authority to oompute or aooept oail, aid where bail is properly accepted by a Magistrate, and the offender fa ils to answer to the charge in due course, then a bench Warrant should be aslced for by the polioe. This proceduro must ootain in every instanoe where a parson oharged with an offence fa ils to appear in Court and estreats his (or her) bail. This natter was bxou^it to the attention o f members of the Force in General Order r’4. Commondati one. 5. I am in receipt of a letter from the Chief Forester, Forest Branch, Victoria, in whioh he says;- "...It is desired to command the action of Corporal W.J.Servioe oi Smithers on a fire which oocurred near Mar ice town on May 18th. It was through the prompt and in tellig en t measures of Corpl. Servioe that a disastrous fire was averted." I would like to add my appreciation of this officer’s action to that of the Chief Forester. UniforuB.6. As tho uniforming of the Brit ish Columbia Police is rapidly being proceeded with, it is my desire that the members of this Force presont as smart an appearance as possible so that outside criticism may only be of tho most favourable nature. The selected design appears to meet with publio apjbroval, anl as the boots, Shirts , hats, eto. should prove extremely serviceable, it only remains for every uniformed member of the Force to display that natural pride, efficienoy and personal courtesy towards the public, far whioh the British Columbia Polioe is becoming noted. In the past many of you havo had the p rivilege o f wearing other uniforms and in oansequence are aoquainted with the usual methods employed in its pro pa- upkeep, and to you I particularly ask that the benefit of past experience be passed on to your younger comrades. I think it is needless to point to the standing order in paragraph 18 o f General Order Ho. 11, but every member o f the Force shoull see that hiB personal appearance, is, at a ll times, bey end deprecatory comment from his superior officers. Hair should be kept trimmed, ard as far as possible the o ffio e r should always present a ole an shaven faoe. Boots, belts, buckles, buttons and badges must be kept polished. With these details of parsonal appearance receiving attention, eaoh IICO and Constable w ill bo going far towards furthering the efficien cy of the Provincial Police.- Dress regulations will be promulgated in the very near future, and every member if the FGr-se is required to abide thereby. As laid down in Section 26of the Police Regulations eaoh Officer Commanding a Division iB responsible for the dress and general efficien cy of the members of the Foroe therein, aril Inspectors w ill Bee that every nun in Mb comi«and has due regard for hie personal appearonoe and the care of the a rticle s of equipment in his charge so long as he nay bo a member of this organization. I am sure you w ill a ll realize my wiBhes in this respect. J.H.McMuilia Su>yj. intends nt. MOV 4 1925 QUESNEL, B.C. BRITISH COLUMBIA POLI Ci Headquarter s , GENjjjRAL ORDER No. 28 Victoria, B.C. Oct. 26. 1925. Dross Regulations for Officers, F.O.O's and men of tho British 0 o lUifibia Po 1 ic e : - Slavics ORDER:- Stetson hat (cap if ordered), khaki jaoce t " oreeches. " shirt and collar. Green t ie . Field ooots. Belt, S. 3., holster, pouoh and revolver lanyard. Note: (1) Staff clerics nay wear khaici slacks and ankle boots in lieu of oreoches and field ooots. (2) Revolvers, if ordered. UNDRhSS ORDER Cap Khak i jacks t " breeches " shirt and oolhar. Gr eon t i e . Note; (1) Khaki slacks and ankle boots may be worn in lieu of breeches and field boots. WINTER DRESS; Pur cap . Pea jackot. Putties or German sooks - blue or blaok. ivIoocac6ins or field boots. GENERAL. 1. Except when on office duty, a l l ranks w ill wear "service order. " 2. Offioer s abo vo the rank of Staff Sergeant are permitted to wear brown puttie leggings and ankle boots. 3. When in charge of automooiles, motor cycles and launches, memoer s of the Force nay wear caps, Details for duty in orimlnal courts will wear oaps, oniy unooverirg when~giving evidence or assisting coinsel. 5. Sam Brown shoulder straps w ill ba worn to the righ t by officers and to the left oy all other ranks. 6. Revolver lanyards will oe worn over the right shoulder tinder shoulder strap. If a revolver is not oarried, the running end should oe tuoked into the right breast pocket. 7.When worn, whistle oords will bo looped over the 1b ft shoulder under the shoulder strap. 8. Hat bands on Stetson hats w ill buolde to the le ft with tcngues pointing to tho rear. All ranks so entitled will wear medal ribands in depth above their jacket breast pooket, medals themselves will be worn as ordered. 10. Members of the foroe in mourning may wear a 3^-" ©rape band above the le f t elbow. 11. Water proof cap covers, waterproof coats or pea jaokets to oe worn as necessary. 12. Under no consideration w ill any uniformed member of the force wear other than a khaici sh irt and ooll&r and a piain myrtle green tie . 13. When in uniform, any display of jewellery suoh as watoh chains, fraternal badges, eto. is striotly prohibited. 14. Uniform w ill be worn at a ll times when on duty, but. as there will be occasions when it is more desirable to wear civilian clothing this is left to the disore tion of Officer Commanding Division.- It must be borne in mind, however, that interference by a peace offioer in civilian clothes is likely to cause a breach oi the peace v/hioh would very possibly not occur if uniform wero worn, therefore, whenever a duty can oe sat is fuotori ]y aooonp&ished in uniform, it should be so do no. J. H. MoMULLIN, Sup^rinten dent. BRITISH COLUMBIA POLIO ii. Headquarters. OKU BRA L CRDIR No. 89 Victoria, B.C. Nov. 28 th, 192 5 < Pis c ipli ,e : 1. Members of the Do/ce, particularly when in uniform, should be careful of their conduct in publio. Both speech and action must be above reproaoh and a ll should see to it that their clothing arid equipment invariably presents a clean and neat appearunoo. /,s every man is accounted keeper of his oorarades honour und reputation lapses upon tho part of one 'man jeppordize the good name of all, a fuot recently exemplified in u regrettable incident which involved the dismissal of the officer cone ernod, 2 . It cannot be too strongly impressed upon a ll ranks that, othir than as laid down in their Oaths of O ffice, they are for bidden to discuss o ffic ia l matters in publio. During an Assizo it is not unusual for police of floors to be approached for an opinion as to a possible verdict or as to persons in some Wuy connected with the tr ia l. .iB any opinions expressed in such iratters m«y indirectly tend to influence tho oourse of justioe it should, oo explained that thoir expression is striotly prohibited.. Dress Rogulati oiiB.3. Attention is drawn to Item 5 of General Order tfZ8, (Dress Regulations). All members of the oe above the rank of S taff Sergeant w ill wear their oross belts over th ; right should or , and a ll members below the rank c f Sub-Inspector will w 'ar thim over tho left shoulder. This order must oe strictly adhered to. 4. It is noticid that Item 6 of the t.mo Order is not being followed out oy all ranks. Officers Commanding Divisions will cco that revolver lanyards arc worn in aocordanoo with the instructions. 5. Caps, fur. These w ill oe issued in the near.future. Cap badges w ill be worn in the centre of the front flap, and should be removed from the cloth caps for this purp ose. 6 . Cap and collar badges as well as a ll buttons and shoulder titles must be kept polished. 7. Spurs: Inspectors may authorize Arny jack spurs ard spur shields being worn by NCO'si *. and men in their Divisions. Detachments, 8. Attention has b con druwn to the fuot that on occasions, Constables, on their ovn initiative, have given instruct ions for alterations to Government premises they occupy. It should be noted that the Department does not propose to pay for such unauthorized work. ifiqul prnen t. 9. Arrange mem ts having bean made to f i t swivels to service revolvers butts, Officers Commanding Divisions ehould, from time to time, send as icany revolvers to Headquar lea. z for this purpose as can conveniently be spared. Gome a ct. 10. There is no provision under the ’’Game i.ot" for substitut ic of a lost licence. V/hen persons are issued v/i th licences they should be s o informed. 11. An example has coma to light where a 1924 Game Licence has had the year date altered to 1925. as there would appear to b a some oasis lor the belief that this practice is oommon throughout the Province, all ranks on patrol should oare fully exam Die lioenoec pie sent ed to them and oheok the numbers and dates thereon. Criminal action should follow whore a fraud of this nature is discovered • Inc 1 gents . 12. Assistance to indigent s; Although on general principalB the Provincial Seoretury'a Depar tment objeots to officers of the 3.0. Police jiving; relief to indigent8 without authority from the Dopar tmen t , thib rule does not apply in oases' of emergency. Members of thib Force appear to i x}perfectly competent o f jud ging tho necessity or o.horwise of any indigont cases ,uici if any person is in urgent need ConetuxLeu have authority to issue necessary supplies. HOv/over, when acting on their own volition the circumstances should be reported for thwi th . Prooeduro. 13. It has oeen found desiraole to prove the appointment of the Provincial A.rjulyst whenever his oertif'icates are tendered as ovidenoe. a notioe of Mr. D.ju. Whittaker'a appointnsnt as Provincial analyst on the 7th May, 1918, appeal's on page 112 5 ot British Columbia Gazette No.19, published on May 9th, 1918. -x 14. By an Order-in-Co n cil (No.1208) dutod Nov, 16th, 1925 , the Prince George loolaup situatod on Lots 7 to 14, in Blook 131 of Sub-Div ision Lot 343, Group 1, Curiboo was made a oommon guol for the gaol district of tho counties of Prime Rupert, Cariboo, Kootenay, Yale, Vancouver, ,Yost minst er, Nanai mb and • Victoria, 15. Attention of a ll ranlcs is once more drawn to paragraph 11 of G.0./f2j "Statements of accused"-— . In a recont impor&tot o..xo valuable evidenoe was disallowed booruse the instructions referred to ware cot oompliod with. Commend at ion s. 16. I would like to express my appreciation the smart work performed on Oct. 30, 1925, by CONSTABLE F* BRINDLEY i/o N.tul Detaohment. a ijuantity of clothing, watohes, eto. had been stdlon from tho Section House at Crows Nert and Ccnstaole Brindley investigated. Pioking up slender olues whioh led him to Miohal and N.tal he was successful in finding the stolen pLoperty in a room in the Vonezia Hotel, Natal. The two oooupants of the room, Edward andreason and Frank P hillips were placed under arrost four houi s after the offonoa oocurred. Both men were ohargod with breaking and entering and on Nov. 11th, 1925, were eaoh sentenced to 14 months imprlRnruimil} Tlie initiative displcyed by ConBttole Brindley in this instance was of a high order and refleote groat ored it upon him. 17. I also desire to express my appreciation of the excellent work porformad oy Const aaL es I>ickson, Murray and Stud of the Licurr Enforcement Branch and the officers of "1)" Division who so suooessfuly carried out operations und er the vovornmant Li* uor ^ct in Stewart, H.;der , and Alice aij recen tly. The harmony which prevailed ootween tho various officers concerned resulted in eight oonviotians under the Licuor ..ct and Vila?: rant 3 have bo an issued for the arrest of throe other offenders. Fines totalling v3,300,00 wore paid into Cour t . 18. I have also to oxprass my appreciation of the work of Constables .,.0. Sut ton and Allan MoCluun, o f Powell River Detachment, who were successful in re-arresting escaped prisoner Joseph Aioert Martin on the 3dth Oot. 1925. Mutnorjam. 19. In tho death of Robert James Sutherland at Golden on Saturday , Novemoer 21st, 1925, after sixtoon years servi ; $10 Provincial Police lost one of its most trustod o ffic e r s . Appointed to the Force in November, 1909, «r3rc*TMriAi CONSTABLE 'the deceased was BUGooeoivoly promoted to the ranks of FMUVi.1 ----- Chief Constable in 1914 and Staff Sorgeant in 1924. Kindly, tactful and oourtoous, Staff Sergt.Sutherland was a groat favourite and his presence will oe missed . throughout tho North East Kootenay Polioe D istrict which he so successfully administered for tho past ten years. , ‘ J.H.UoMULLIN w Suoerintend ent. 3B IT ISH CO LUM3IA POLICE. Order quarter's GENERAL N o. 30 Victoria, B.C. Dec. 14 th. 192 5. CONSTABLES: 1. The attention of Constables is drawn to para. 1 of General Order -,rl2 (i/7 /2 4 ). These instructions apply to any Detachment, Distriot or Divisional Headquarters o ffic e . Besides going through the formality o f signing the official diary they should report their presence to the officer in charge. CORRESPOND BN CK 2. Unless the matter is of extreme urgency a ll communications to other police forces, or to relatives of deceased persons, eto. should be made through O fficers Commanding Divisions. FISHERIES ACT: 3. Order in Council #1923, dated August 1st, 1914, provides that where complaint is laid by a Provincial Police officer all fines and penalties imposed and so paid shall be paid into tho Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Province. VOUCHERS: 4. In all cases where transportation is hired the time oocupied, mileb travelled and reason therefor must be shown on vouchers. COMMENDATIONS. 5. Hr. P.Philip, the Deputy Minister of publio Works in writing me reoently regarding CONSTA }LJ3 A.T.REGAN, i/o North Bend Detachment says : . . . . ” 1 wish to congratulate your Department on havirg a iian, who, in my opinion, is a good type of official and a credit to your organization. This recomjiBndation is entirely voluntary on my part...... " It is most gratifying to hear an o ffic e r spoken o f in this nanner. 6 . Mr. Geo. A.Lundie, M.A. a member of the ed itoria l s ta ff of the Vanoouver "Daily Provinoe" wrote me a very congratulatory letter on the 5th inst., in regard to Constable D. A. Hazel ton, i / o Hope Detachment. Mr. Lundie whilst travelling between Vancouver, B.C. and Montreal, had his overooat stolen from the train near Hope. He states; "the oonduotor of the train sent a telegram to Constable D. Hazel ton of the Provincial Police, which telegram reached him at 3.50 a.m. on Friday morning. Mr. Bazelton sooured the neighborhood for the thief in detestable weather without resting &t all and eventually offeoted his arrest with the ooat. My object in writing is to oongratulate you on suoh a High type of offioer as you have in Mr. Hazel ton to protect the interests of the travelling publio " Mr. Lundie was high in his praise of the courtesy shown him by Const. Hazel ton and it is indeed very pleasing to ms to hear him spoken of in such a praiseworthy manner.