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CIDCID: To read more about the origins of CID click on the photo Criminal Investigation Department.In 1930 the new chief constable Major Nicholson insisted that every indictable crime report was passed to him something that happened into the 1960s with Herman Rutherford when green ink was an acknowledgement of a job well done. He soon realised that his crime problem was the housebreaker from London, coming into the county and committing crime before returning to the city. It was obvious that many enquiries had to be made in London where much would depend on the cooperation of the Metropolitan Police. Five additional sergeants were appointed for enquiry work in London. They soon became known as detective sergeants and formed the nucleus of what was to become the CID, a designation the chief constable for many years was averse to recognising, as he feared non co-operation between uniform and plain clothes police. Increased numbers of officers in the force, from the 356 in 1930 and the 537 in 1939, allowed for a greater specialisation. (Excluding the Borough Forces). It is worth noting at this point that there had been no official police vehicle in the county until 1925 when one van was bought.In 1932 a murder occurred at Cutmill near Tilford, which attracted national attention then and still is written about today. Superintendent Fred Shoobridge in the late 1990s remembered that Sergeant Lucas took the recruits in the van to search the common for clues. The van had to go back so at the end they walked to the Hog’s Back and caught a bus. That night he was on duty at the police HQ in Guildford and had to clean the place. All the detectives would be called to the murder. Minter, Roberts, Curry the six or seven that formed the Surrey Constabulary Criminal Investigation Department. Fred Collins and Tom Roberts were photographic and fingerprints.In 1932 a crime bureau was formed at HQ for the study and collation of information relating to crime, scientific aids to detection and photography and was run by Superintendent Tom Roberts.Between 1935 and 1940 the Surrey Constabulary developed a Criminal Investigation Department with Tom Roberts as head, with Sergeants on each division with DC’s who would dust for prints. Crime Bureau would come to the scene to take photos and prints. In 1937 Professor Keith Simpson was appointed the medico-legal advisor to the Surrey Constabulary to give advice on all suspicious deaths. Tom Roberts D/Sgt. Roy Fox(later D/Supt) D/Ch Ins. Lionel Grundy D/Ch Supt. Lionel Simmons.Head Surrey CID Jan. 1973 D/Supt. Ron Underwood 1971 - Murder Squad 1980's Burglary Squad 1970's Drug Squad Criminal Investigation Dept. in the 1950's The Original 'Life on Mars'? Surrey Constabulary 'For those who served' 1851 - 1992 Editor: Robert Bartlett. Website Design & Maintenance: Denis Turner. This website was created using MAGIX Website Maker You will need the current version of Adobe Flash Player to view it. Further information can be found at magix.info - the Multimedia Knowledge Community by MAGIX, the market leader for music, photo, and video software. |