Commentary
| Published date | 01 May 1961 |
| Date | 01 May 1961 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X6103400301 |
| Subject Matter | Commentary |
THE
POLIfJE
JOURNAL
VOL.
XXXIV, No. 3
~ommentary
MAy-JUNE
1961
A ROYAL OCCASION
IN
OUR
LAST
issue we published an account of the new buildings
at the Scottish Police College, which were opened by H.M. the
Queen on October 12, 1960. In the present issue we are happy to
record another signal instance of the gracious interest which Her
Majesty takes in the Police Service. On April 25, 1961,accompanied
by H.R.H. the
Duke
of Edinburgh, the Sovereign visited the Police
College at Bramshill and unveiled a plaque to mark the taking into
use of its new home in the splendid new buildings erected in proximity
to the fine Jacobean mansion which the Service acquired in 1953.
To commemorate this Royal Visit,
THE
POLICE
JOURNAL
now
publishes in the present issue a special Supplement, A Royal Occa-
sion, which contains areport of the proceedings at Bramshill, an
account of the College's achievements since its inception, a descrip-
tion
of
the new buildings and several pictures. One of these is a
reproduction in full colour of a painting specially commissioned for
the occasion from Mr. R. O. Dunlop, R.A. The picture itself is to
hang in the Police College.
The Police College at Bramshill and its parallel establishment in
Scotland both symbolize the future of the Service. Her Majesty's
visit is a good augury of the years of proud service and achievement
that lie ahead.
CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
If
recommendations made by an inter-departmental committee
on the business of the criminal courts are given the legislative effect
they deserve, the present pressure of work on courts of quarter
sessions and Assizes will be substantially relieved. From them the
police may hope to get a measure
of
relief from some of the heavy
preparatory work of inquiry and documentation which is entailed
in modern criminal investigation and the prosecution of indictable
offences not triable summarily. By reason of the substantial growth
in numbers, in practically every calendar, of prisoners for trial or
sentence the tardiness of courts in disposing of cases has become
notorious. Where a few years ago a calendar might not contain
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