Correspondence
| Published date | 01 March 1969 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6904200302 |
| Date | 01 March 1969 |
| Subject Matter | Correspondence |
system which would be too expensive to change quickly enough to
meet new requirements.
It
is up to the communications planners to
devise an overall pattern which is flexible enough to respond locally
to new orders of things.
It
was obvious at the exhibitions held last
year at Sunningdale and at Ryton-on-Dunsmore that the Director
of Telecommunications, Mr. W. P. Nicol, and his colleagues are
keeping this consideration firmly in the forefront of their minds.
Chief Superintendent,
Ayrshire Constabulary.
To the Editor
of
THE
POLICE
JOURNAL
SCOTTISH
POLICE
HISTORY
present year,
and
a Scheme for a better
Police in the County of Stirling having
been suggested to the Meeting as a
proper Model for them to adopt for
suppressing these enormities, and a
printed copy of the same having been
produced and read, the same was
unanimously approved of and agreed
to be adopted by this County
and
that
it should take place from and after the
first of January next."
Yours faithfully,
A.
CHARTERS
Dear
Sir,
I was very interested in your article
entitled
"The
Origins of 'Police'", on
page 540 of your November, 1968,
issue.
You may wish to know in the same
connexion that the minutes of the
"General Meeting of the Commission-
ers of Supply for the Shireof Dumfries"
held within the Court House at
Dumfries on October 1, 1776, record
the following:
"The
Meeting taking into considera-
tion the great increase of vagrancy in
the County and the disturbances oc-
casioned by them, particularly this
To the Editor
of
THE
POLICE
JOURNAL
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
Dear
Sir,
In built-up areas of Britain, a com-
mon
cause of traffic accidents is the
dog which has strayed from its horne.
Being concerned about this problem, I
wrote, some months ago, to the police
of several dozen major world cities,
asking whether they had a similar
problem and whether they had had any
success in overcoming it.
The replies which Ihave received
contain many useful facts, but owing
to other commitments, it is unlikely
that I shall have time to analyse them
thoroughly in the hear future. Ishall
therefore be happy to loan these
replies to any reader who is seriously
interested in promoting legislation
aimed at overcoming this problem.
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The long-term answer lies, of course,
in educating the owners of the dogs.
Two correspondents sent me a useful
pamphlet called
"On
Being a
Good
Dog Neighbor", published by an
American pet food company. This
pamphlet impressed me so much that
Iordered several dozen copies for
further distribution. Ienclose one for
your information, and shall be happy
(while stocks last) to send one to any
reader who is interested. (A stamped
addressed envelope would be ap-
preciated.) Yours truly,
A. J.
NEW
71 Telford Road,
New Southgate,
London,
N.l1.
March 1969
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