Police service forced to fall back on older ways of catching criminals

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Police service forced to fall back on older ways of catching criminals

The Flying Squad is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

Detective Chief Inspector Frederick Wensley who led the first Flying Squad unit in 1918

Date - 6th September 2018
By - Martin Buhagiar - Police Oracle

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Detectives may need to fall back on "older ways" of catching criminals as encryption of technology becomes more of a problem, the head of Scotland Yard's Flying Squad has said. Organised crime gangs are increasingly sitting behind...

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