Physical Evidence in Arson Cases

Detective Lieutenant Glenn D. Bennett is the Commanding Officer of the Arson Squad, Detroit Police and Fire Department. Lieutenant Bennett has been a member of the Detroit Police Department for better than 15 years and was transferred to the Arson Bureau in 1947. He assumed his present command in 1952. This article is a condensation of a lecture given at the 1953 Seminar in Arson Detection and Investigation, Purdue University.-EDITOR.