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Detective Inspector Jack Whicher. Detective Inspector Jonathan "Jack" Whicher (1 October 1814 – 29 June 1881) was an English police detective. He was one of the original eight members of London's newly formed Detective Branch, which was established at Scotland Yard in 1842. [1] During his career, Whicher earned a reputation among the finest ...
The Big Five was a nickname given to five superintendents in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, from about 1906 onwards. The first five to be appointed were: Charles John Arrow, Paul Crane, Walter Dew, Frederick Fox and Frank Frost. These men and their successors, with ...
Alfred Hitchcock's 1929 thriller film Blackmail (widely considered the first British "talkie") features a Scotland Yard Detective Frank Webber (played by John Longden). [22] Scotland Yard appears in the 1972 episode of Columbo, "Dagger of the Mind". Columbo visits Scotland Yard to study the investigative techniques they use in London before ...
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Jack Kenneth Slipper (20 April 1924, in London – 24 August 2005, in Pershore) was a Detective Chief Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police in London.He was known as "Slipper of the Yard" (referring to Scotland Yard).
After retirement from the force in 1949, he worked as crime writer. His work was dramatised in the BBC drama series, 1954–56, Fabian of the Yard, based on his book of the same name (in reference to New Scotland Yard). Each episode ended with an epilogue in which Fabian described the real-life case on which the preceding story had been based. [1]
In 1887, Jenkinson resigned, and Anderson was once again the only man available with experience in anti-Fenian activities. He was asked to assist James Monro, Assistant Commissioner (Crime) at Scotland Yard, in operations related to political crime.
On 1 June 1920, Chief Inspector Wensley was made a member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), [9] and in December 1921, now a Superintendent, he became head of the CID at Scotland Yard. In March 1922, Wensley was appointed to the new post of Chief Constable of the CID, having overall command of some 800 detectives in the London area ...