Among Our Contributors
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6403700217 |
| Date | 01 February 1964 |
| Published date | 01 February 1964 |
| Subject Matter | Among Our Contributors |
Among
our
Contributors
Mr. C. G. Burrows joined the Somerset County Constabulary in 1927.
He was promoted sergeant in 1938 and inspector in 1942. While serving
in Somerset Mr. Burrows won a great reputation as a swimmer and water-
polo player. He attended the Police College on
the"
B ., Course in 1949,
returning to become a member of the College Directing Staff. He was
appointed Assistant Commandant in 1953 and as such was one
of
the
founders of the new order at the College, being in charge of the Bramshill
Wing while the main establishment was still at Ryton-on-Dunsmore.
Mr. Burrows is a Member of the Order of the British Empire and has been
Chief Constable of Oxford since 1956. The University of Oxford recently
approved the bestowing of the degree of Master of Arts, honoris causa,
upon Mr. Burrows and this was conferred upon him by the Vice-Chancel-
lor at a ceremony in the Sheldon ian Theatre, Oxford, on December 14,
1963. Mr. Burrows is secretary of the Association of Chief Police Officers.
Mr. W. H. D. Winder, our English Legal Correspondent, is a graduate
of
two universities, Oxford and London. He spent eight years as a lecturer
in law at the University College of Wales, where, among other things, he
taught criminal law and examined in that subject for the LL.B. degree.
He has published a good deal in the Law Quarterly Review and many
other legal periodicals. He was responsible for the volume on Criminal
Law in the current edition of Stephen's Commentaries on the Laws
of
England. He has prosecuted for government departments and in fact gave
up his academic career to join the Government Legal Service.
Chief Inspector P. K. Jempson joined the Surrey Constabulary in 1938.
During the war he served in the R.A.F.V.R. as a navigator. In 1950 he
became an instructor at
No.6
D.P.T.C. where he remained until 1953.
He was commended in 1955 for his entry in the Queen's Police Gold
Medal Essay Competition and has been prominent in life-saving competi-
tions. Mr. Jempson has long been a contributor to this Journal and to
the Police Review and has also written for radio. He attended the Police
College
"A"
Course in 1958, and returned as a member of the Directing
Staff in 1961. He was promoted chief inspector in 1962, shortly before
returning to his force to resume operational duty.
Sergeant R. L. Allen joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary in May 1953
and after initial training at the Depot at Enniskillen, Co. Ferrnagh, he
served in Ulster's second largest city, Londonderry, for two years. He
was then transferred to Belfast, where he was on beat duty until 1958
when he was posted to the Photography Department at Headquarters.
He was promoted Sergeant in July last year.
HELPING
THE
DEAF
An article on how Somerset police cadets were taught communication with
the deaf has now been made available,
free,
on request by any police force.
Copies may be obtained from the Editor, "Hearing",
320,
Regent Street,
London, W.l. We referred
briefly
to this article on p.
107
of our March,
1963,
issue.
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