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Worcester Democrat And The Ledger Enterprise
Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland
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Wayne County, Michigan, implements a telephone alert system to notify farmers and businesses along highways to watch for fleeing criminals after serious crimes like bank robberies. The system, discussed at a recent sheriffs' conference, has proven successful under Sheriff George A. Walters.
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FLEEING CROOKS
Michigan Sheriff's System Of Giving Warning Virtually Closes All Roads.
A telephone notification system that virtually closes the main highways as avenues of escape for criminals has been adopted in Wayne county, Mich., and is now being extended throughout southeastern Michigan.
The plan was discussed at a recent conference of county sheriffs, State and federal police officers. The automobile has made it so that the criminal knows no boundary lines and, as a result, law enforcement methods must be revised to meet these changed conditions, declared Sheriff George A. Walters, who has had great success in tracing criminals through the use of the telephone.
This has been accomplished by listing farmers and places of business along all of the main highways in the county, care having been taken to secure the co-operation of persons who are so situated as to be able to see passing automobiles. When a bank robbery or other serious crime is committed in Detroit or in a nearby city or town, the plan is immediately to get in touch with the places that have been listed along the roads that seem likely avenues of flight. Careful descriptions of the fugitives are given and a watch is then kept for them. If they are located, the sheriff's office is immediately called by telephone and arrangements are made to intercept them.
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Wayne County, Mich.
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great success in tracing criminals
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A telephone notification system that virtually closes the main highways as avenues of escape for criminals has been adopted in Wayne county, Mich., and is now being extended throughout southeastern Michigan. The plan was discussed at a recent conference of county sheriffs, State and federal police officers. The automobile has made it so that the criminal knows no boundary lines and, as a result, law enforcement methods must be revised to meet these changed conditions, declared Sheriff George A. Walters, who has had great success in tracing criminals through the use of the telephone. This has been accomplished by listing farmers and places of business along all of the main highways in the county, care having been taken to secure the co-operation of persons who are so situated as to be able to see passing automobiles. When a bank robbery or other serious crime is committed in Detroit or in a nearby city or town, the plan is immediately to get in touch with the places that have been listed along the roads that seem likely avenues of flight. Careful descriptions of the fugitives are given and a watch is then kept for them. If they are located, the sheriff's office is immediately called by telephone and arrangements are made to intercept them.