Big Five (Scotland Yard)

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The Big Four was a nickname given to the four Superintendents in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, from about 1919 onwards.

They were:

References

  1. ^ a b Wensley, Frederick (1931), Detective Days, Cassel, p. 196 Cite error: The named reference "wensley" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ Woodhall, Edwin T. (1935). Crime and the Supernatural. London: Long. p. 46.
  3. ^ Harding, Arthur (1981). Samuel, Raphael (ed.). East end underworld: chapters in the life of Arthur Harding. Taylor & Francis. p. 337. ISBN 0-7100-0726-4.