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Show POLICE MAY USE THE MOVIES TO raw Moving picture as a sure means of positively indcutifying criminals crimin-als are contemplated for the city detective bureau of Pittsburg. Pa., by Superintendent of Police AV. N. Matthews, Acting Captain of Detective De-tective Homer E. Crooks, and Detective De-tective Joseph Linden, Bartilion operative. The present system of taking bust photograph, front and profile, pro-file, of criminals, with their measurements and finger im-prints.t im-prints.t is intricate and unsatisfactory unsatis-factory from the police viewpoint, view-point, although the measurements and finger prints are considered infallible for identification purposes. pur-poses. The claim is made that motion mo-tion pictures thrown on a screen are much more satisfactory, show, iug all of the pceuilar characteristics, character-istics, facial expressions and gaits of criminals. Tt is also the belief of the police that victims of robbers, rob-bers, highwaymen and pickpockets will much more readily indentify a suspect when the prisoner is seen in action in the moving pictures. pic-tures. The police say it frequently happens hap-pens thai a much-wanted criminal ; escapes justice because posed pictures pic-tures fail as means of iclentifice tion. The plan Superintendent Matthews Mat-thews has under condideration, the expense of which will be included in-cluded in his estimate for the 3916 budget, is to have a moving picture pic-ture camera, to be operated b' Detective Joseph 'Linden. An ideal place for a "walk around" on the roof of the public safety building is available. It will be enclosed with a heavy glass roof. |