Once they had established anthropology's role and applications in judicial investigations, Professor Henry quickly came around. The police needed prominent scholars to lend their credibility and assistance, while the scholars needed the police to supply bodies for research. Their interests aligned perfectly, and they soon reached an agreement.
Naturally, they also issued a public announcement about this partnership. That was how things worked in the Empire: as long as a plan had not been publicized, there was still room to change it. Once it was announced, however, they had to see it through.
The wording of the announcement naturally required some finesse. They could not simply tell the public that the police would hand homeless people's corpses over to scientists for dissection. That would be far too provocative, and might bring bleeding hearts or conspiracy theorists out to protest.
So how should they put it?
Like this.
"...In accordance with a directive from the Home Office, and in the interests of implementing more scientific and rational reforms to judicial investigations, the Fog City police have entered into a partnership with the anthropology department of the Royal Academy of Medicine. Distinguished scholars from the department will be invited to assist the police in conducting more scientific and thorough investigative research into a series of cases..."
As for what this "scientific and thorough" "investigative research" actually entailed, there was no need to explain that in the announcement. The public did not need to know the process, either.
This was not just empty talk. The police did indeed require the anthropology department's experts and professors to produce investigative results. They would not go so far as to demand that every corpse be identified, but at the very least, they had to clearly record each body's physical condition, cause of death, age, height, and