Mass Identification—By Photography and Fingerprints
| Author | Frank V. Woodward |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6203500203 |
| Published date | 01 March 1962 |
| Date | 01 March 1962 |
DET.
INSPECTOR
FRANK
V.
WOODWARD,
A.I.B.P.,
A.R.P.S.
Photographic Department
Essex County Constabulary
Mass
Identifieation-
By
Photography
and
Fingerprints
ON
SATURDAY
December 9,1961, theCommittee
of
One Hundred
organized what they describe as
a"
Blocking
and
Mass Walk-on
",
at the Strategic Bomber Base at Brize
Norton,
Oxfordshire, the
U.S. Air Force Headquarters at Ruislip,Middlesex, andat the
NATO
Air Base at Wethersfield in Essex.
The Essex Policewere only concerned with the Wethersfield
incident
and
abrief summary
of
what occurred may be appropriate.
Some time after 2p.m.
the"
Ban the
Bomb"
supporters began
to arrive outside Wethersfield Air Base.Some were onfoot,some
came by car,others by coach, until eventually approximately 300
to 400 peoplehad congregated.
They commenced their unlawful acts by sitting in theroadway
and obstructing it. Eventually 70 peoplewerearrested on such
charges as obstructing aconstable in theexecution
of
his duty,
obstructing the highway, assault ona policeofficer, etc., and these
offenders were all conveyedtoBraintree secondary modern school
tobe dealt with.
Preparations
Braintree school was hired for theday especially for the purpose,
a large building with numerous classrooms, two large halls,
toilets-
in fact all facilitieswere available for dealing with possibly hundreds
of
offenders,as thenumber of demonstrators was expectedto be
much larger than that which actually arrived. Anormal town police
station would in noway havebeen largeenough for the job. Six
classrooms were set asideas substitute courts, eachfully manned
with justices, clerk
of
court, county prosecuting solicitor
and
ushers.
Other classrooms were set aside as charge rooms, andit was decided
that
four of these wouldbe sufficient.
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