The Month in Retrospect
| Published date | 01 October 1964 |
| Date | 01 October 1964 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6403701004 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
Lancashire won the team championship in the national police athletic champion-
ships at Southend, A first ever hat-trick was gained by Barry Mayo who won the
100 yds., 220 yds. and 440
yds,
.
••
During the August Bank Holiday period
two police dogs, Aceand Asta, werestationed at Tenby to deal with trouble between
.. Mods .. and .. Rockers
".
They had proved very successful during Whitsuntide
and the chairman of Pembrokshire county standing joint committee said .. A dog
is worth five policemen in a trouble area .. • • . The chief constable of Warwick-
shire announced that a second police constable would be stationed at Marston
Green following a petition from residents, after the village's only constable had
been attacked by a gang of youths. A police spokesman denied that the second
policeman would be stationed there because of the attack but as part of the increase
in the establishment of the Castle Bromwich sub-division . . .
Derby borough police horticultural society held their annual show at which the
highlight was a display by the two borough police frogmen and the breaking of
the record for the height jumped by a police dog, 10ft. by ..
Flame"
•.•
The
annual Devon police swimming championships were held in conjunction with
Exmouth's carnival gala and the prizes were presented by the wife of the assistant
chief constable of Devon, Mrs. A. McCartney . . •
Approval was given by the joint police authority meeting at Aberystwyth to the
increase in the establishment of the Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire con-
stabulary by 20: four sergeants, 12 constables, one woman constable and three
civilian clerks, owing to the reduction of the weekly hours of working to 42 • • •
The amalgamation of the Northamptonshire county and Northampton borough
police force was proposed by the Home Secretary, Mr. Henry Brooke. The deputy
chairman of Northampton watch committee said that the committee had decided
to object .. most
strongly"
to the proposal in view of the special problems of
Northampton as an industrial town centred in a large rural community • . .
Needing 40 men to complete the expansion of their traffic department, Devon
police started an advertising campaign for new recruits in local newspapers
throughout the county. A recruiting van set up as a mobile police station had
visited a number of towns in the spring and a similar drive will be made this
Autumn
.••
The analysis of crime returns for the first seven months of the year for the city
of Leeds showed that there was only an increase of 1.76 per cent. in reported
crimes compared with 1963, and an improvement in the detection rate from 32.8
per cent. to 40.25 per cent. The deputy chief constable said that too much should
not be read into the returns although he hoped the improvement was due to the
revised system for policing in the city and the larger C.I.D. force
...
Lan-
cashire constabulary will issue two-way radios to every constable on foot patrol
over the next three years. Sixty sets already issued had proved of .. immense
value .. in fighting crime • . •
Two new high powered launches for use in rescue and general police work by
the New South Wales police were received from the builders by the deputy com-
missioner of police, Mr. F. S. Windsor
•••
Dallas, Texas, police force con-
ducted .. Operation Crime Showdown
".
A mobile unit of 200 policemen armed
with shotguns patrolled the city to combat the crime wave which had increased
by 16 per cent. over last year
•••
Turtles have been menacing traffic safety in
a town in
Japan
by crossing the road in front of motorists. Motorists report
.. crossing turtles .. to the highway patrol who remove them to a car washing
tank. So far eight turtle eggs have been laid in the tank.
470 October /964
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