The Chief Constable of Durham
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6804101007 |
| Published date | 01 October 1968 |
| Date | 01 October 1968 |
| Subject Matter | Seen by Sallon |
SEEN
BY
SALLON
THE
CHIEF
CONSTABLE
OF
DURHAM
Mr. A. A. Muir was educated at Christ's Hospital and Wadham
College, Oxford. He joined the Metropolitan Police in 1933 and
attended the Metropolitan Police College. He was superintendent
at
No.3
District Headquarters at the time of his appointment as
chief constable of
Durham
in 1950. He has been a Deputy Lieutenant
of the county since 1964. He was awarded The Queen's Police Medal
for Distinguished Conduct in
1961
and was appointed
eB.E.
in
the New Year Honours, 1968.
One always associates Mr. Muir with controversy and innovation
and those who are amused by his views often find
that
five years later
they are regarding them as standard thinking. One
of
his great
contributions to the Service has been his work in connexion with the
Research Committee of the Association
of
Chief Police Officers.
It
may even be said
that
the present Research and Development
Branch at the Home Office is built on the foundations which Mr.
Muir and his team laid in Durham several years ago.
We asked him for a comment on Service affairs. Characteristically,
it was brief and to the point. .
"I
wish we could catch more thieves," he said.
Copies of this and the earlier cartoons by SALLON,
Mr.
Douglas Osmond,
chief constable of Hampshire, and Sir George Scott, chief constable of the
West Riding, size 20in. by 14tin. including margins on high quality paper
and suitable for framing, are or will be available at 30s. a copy.
478 October 1968
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