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SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1974
APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION R 1
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COMMANDER NIGEL HOWELL OF NEW SCOTLAND YARD, ONE OF BRITAIN'S TOP DETECTIVES, HAS ACCEPTED AN APPOINTMENT WITH NO. THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND WILL TAKE OVER AS DIRECTOR OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
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THE PRESENT DIRECTOR, IR. J.B. LEES Q.P.M., C.P.M., COES
ON RETIREMENT LEAVE ON AUGUST 29.
THE APPOINTMENT IS A KEY PART OF COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR. BRIAN SLEVIN'S DRIVE TO COUNTER SERIOUS AND ORGANISED CRIME.
IR. HOWELL HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE BY COURTESY OF SIR COBERT HARK, COMMISSIONER OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.
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COMMANDER HOWELL, AGED 46, IS MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN.
HE JOINED THE METROPOLITAN POLICE IN 1949 AND HAS BEEN IN CID SINCE 1954. HE HAS SERVED IN THE KURDER SQUAD CKNOWN AS THE FLYING SQUADD AND HAS SPECIALISED IN CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE USE OF COMPUTER ISATION AS AN AIDE TO CID INVESTIGATIONS.
HE HAS PARTICULAR RECENT KNOWLEDGE OF DRUGS AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND, LAST YEAR, WAS DRIEFLY SECONDED TO THE TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT AS POLICE ADVISER.
IT IS KNOWN THAT THE COMISSIONER REGARDS CID AS BEING OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME RESTRUCTURING OF THE DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AND THE INTRODUCTION OF FURTHER MODERN COUNTER CRINE KETHODS ARE DEING PLANNED.
HR. HOWELL HAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE GAINED AS A SENIOR OFFICER IN ONE OF THE LOST SOPHISTICATED AND ADVANCED CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENTS.
HIS EXPERIENCE IN BOTH METROPOLITAN POLICE WORK AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL MATTERS WILL DE VALUABLE IN ADVISING THE COMMISSIONER ON METHODS OF IMPROVING AND STRENGTHENING THE CID.
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