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May 8, 1930
Watauga Democrat
Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina
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Editorial comparing England's unified national police force, which catches criminals faster, to the fragmented US systems. Highlights Pennsylvania's new statewide telephone-telegraph network connecting police headquarters for rapid crime response, urging nationwide adoption to match England's crime suppression record.
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One of the reasons why criminals are caught more speedily in England than in America is that England has a single police force for the entire country and in the United States we have as many different police departments as we have towns, each operating under a different system and with no co-ordination between them except in rare instances.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has made a start toward remedying this. A network of telephone wires connecting every important town in the State with all the rest, and with four main centers of operation, operates a typewriter-telegraph system in every police headquarters. The moment a crime is discovered anywhere, all the facts and possible clues to the criminal are printed in the office of every chief of police and the whole criminal-catching machinery of the Commonwealth is set in motion.
We shall never get our criminal element under control until such a tie-up is in effect in every State and throughout the nation. Then we may have a chance of equalling England's record for the suppression of crime.
One of the reasons why criminals are caught more speedily in England than in America is that England has a single police force for the entire country and in the United States we have as many different police departments as we have towns, each operating under a different system and with no co-ordination between them except in rare instances.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has made a start toward remedying this. A network of telephone wires connecting every important town in the State with all the rest, and with four main centers of operation, operates a typewriter-telegraph system in every police headquarters. The moment a crime is discovered anywhere, all the facts and possible clues to the criminal are printed in the office of every chief of police and the whole criminal-catching machinery of the Commonwealth is set in motion.
We shall never get our criminal element under control until such a tie-up is in effect in every State and throughout the nation. Then we may have a chance of equalling England's record for the suppression of crime.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Police Coordination
Crime Suppression
Pennsylvania Telegraph
England Police
Us Law Enforcement
Where did it happen?
England, United States, Pennsylvania
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England, United States, Pennsylvania
Story Details
England's unified police catches criminals faster than the US's fragmented departments. Pennsylvania introduces a statewide telephone-telegraph system linking police for instant crime alerts and coordination. Advocates for national implementation to control crime like England.