§ 37. Captain CUNNINGHAM-REIDasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if it is the intention of the police authorities to adopt the Poller process for use in cases where casts or moulds are required by them; whether British police officials have yet attended demonstrations of this process by the Austrian police; and what was the nature of their report?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir J. Gilmour)It is not at present the intention of the Metropolitan Police to adopt this process as it is not regarded as suitable in most of the cases in which casts or moulds are required. Demonstrations of Dr. Poller's process were attended by a representative of the Commissioner in 1928 and the conclusion reached was that whilst it might be useful for very delicate work, cases in, which it could be usefully employed would he extremely rare. In fact none has occurred in recent years.