Queensland Police Museum, Sunday Lecture Series
February 23 – Free Entry
11:00am – 12:30pm
Queensland Police Headquarters, 200 Roma Street
The Modus Operandi Recording System
Speaker: Lisa Jones, QPM Curator
A uniformed policeman calls in at the modus operandi section to check details of a missing person, 1949
On 1 February 1935 a system of recording and classifying crime, and recording the methods used and the particular peculiarities of criminals, such as visible scars or missing limbs came into operation and was managed by the Queensland Police Modus Operandi Section. The MO section existed until 1972 after which, it became part of the Information Bureau.
In a presentation titled, The Modus Operandi Recording System: a common fund of knowledge, Lisa Jones, Curator of the Queensland Police Museum, will revisit a 1936 lecture given by Inspector Alfred Jessen, head of the Criminal Investigation Branch. The Inspector’s lecture outlines the workings of the branch and the expectations of the system to increase the efficiency of linking reported offences to their perpetrators.
This one and a half hour presentation will start at 11am on Sunday, February 23 and will be both informative and educational, and is suitable for any audience.
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The Museum opens its doors to the public on the last Sunday of each month from 10am to 3pm in addition to the standard Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm opening hours. Monthly Sunday openings feature guest speakers from across the historical and crime-solving spectrums.… Continue reading