When I commenced as a 17 year old  cadet in 1959 I started work in the C I B Records Section remaining there for a couple of months. My duties involved filing and being a general roustabout. I enjoyed reading the completed police briefs. I learned many things that my mother told me about life. Within two  months I was transferred to the Technical Section which 10 years later was renamed the Scientific Section.

The photo is an aerial view of C I B H/Q which housed the City C I B, PCC and the M O Section. The building was located on a corner of Queens Park bounded by George and Elizabeth Streets. 

Across George Street in Morcom House which is the low set building there was the Technical Section in the basement, Firearms Section on the ground floor with the Fingerprint and Photographic Sections on the first floor.

In February 1962, all of these sections were moved to the recently renovated Egg Board building in Makerston St. which became the new Police H/Q for many years.

Det Insp Norm Bauer, later to become commissioner was in charge of the CIB at the time of the move.