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I owe this story to my dear colleague and friend, Mr Oswald Mirado Pinto Investigation police officer in Chile, who has provided me with details concerning the police methods of his country.
This is the note he has communicated to me. A few months after your project the Intelligence Department started a series of experiments for the establishment of a judiciary cinematographic service. A completely successful attempt was made to film the reconstruction of a criminal procedure. All the details of the investigations and progress of the Chilean detectives were shown. The criminal had confessed that as the result of a quarrel regarding the booty he had killed one of his comrades and buried him on the spot.
The projection of the film clearly showed the criminal digging a hole in the ground and placing the body of his unfortunate comrade in it.
Following the excellent results obtained in this experiment the Intelligence Department has decided to stort a « Judiciary Cinematographic Service. It was inaugurated at the end of October 1928 in the presence of Ministers of State and the High Functionaries of the Police ».
To-day the Chilean Intelligence Department is in the possession of living" archives which serve for the information of detectives. The most dangerous criminals are cinematographed and we are in possession of their complete portrait, with all their movements, habitual gestures, etc.
Although this new police service has only been functioning a short time a noticeable reduction of all kinds of crime has already become apparent. This demonstrates the truth of the old saying, Union is strength, I shall in future be one of the most ardent adherents of this project both audacious and positive of my colleage M. Eustatzieu, I do not think my task of propaganda will be difficult fr my government has a very exalted and clear idea of the duties of the police force and has already given us proof of the great interest for this question and of its desire to modernise the service ».
M. Eustatzin ha expressed the desire that his project might be a « call to action ». I am sure that his appeal will be heard and I am happy to be able to testify to the positivitv of his methods.
(from the French)