The Month in Retrospect
| Published date | 01 March 1964 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6403700315 |
| Date | 01 March 1964 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
Lancashire county constabulary has decided to issue two-way pocket radios
to its men on the beat. The radios fit into an inside pocket and enable an officer
to act without moving from the scene of an incident; it is said to be a durable
piece of equipment which can stand up to rough treatment during physical combat
.•.
Mid-Wales police authority approved in principle a proposal from the chief constable
for the increase inestablishment
of
25 officers, to be made up
of
one chief inspector,
six sergeants and 18 constables
•••
Hampshire and Isle
of
Wight police authority
has approved a £2!m. budget for the coming financial year
...
Preston is having a plague of telephone vandals, four telephones being deliberately
cut from police emergency boxes during one night
...
Sheffield police are having
a drive to prevent centre street parking . . • Exeter accident prevention council
has suggested
that
the Ministry
of
Transport should prepare a junior highway
code for the use of children. The ComwaD and Isles
of
Scilly combined police
authority is to increase its establishment by 12 . . • Surrey county constabulary
held a well-attended police exhibition in a store at Kingston-upon-Thames, lasting
10 days
..•
A dispute between SolihuU (shortly to become a county borough) and Warwick-
shire joint standing committee on Solihull's contribution to the county's police costs
may be submitted to the Home Secretary for arbitration
••.
Astatement was issued by the Shropshire constabulary claiming
that
agreat
deal
of
the success
of
the 59 per cent. detection
rate
(the highest for 10 years) was
due to good relations built up between public and police
•..
Derby borough police
pigeon club attracted an entry of 929 birds from 169 exhibitors
...
Berkshire
police authority estimate an expenditure
of
£1,089,000 for the coming financial
year.
It
will be the first time
that
£1 m. has been exceeded
...
Crime in Hertford-
shire increased by 17 per cent. over the previous year. The biggest rise was in
thefts from motor
vehicles-up
py 34 per cent. and which accounted for 17 per cent.
of
all the county's crimes. A spokesman for the police said,
"The
war against
crime can only be won by the public and the police acting as
allies"
. . •
It
was stated in the annual report
of
the chief constable of the ComwaD and
Isles
of
Scilly combined police authority
that
the number of cars in use in ComwaD
had increased from 55,848 to 106,780 in the
last
11 years, accidents had only
increased by 38 per cent.
Sheffield is to hold twice daily press conferences in future, held at a fixed time
each day when reporters from the national and local press will be brought up to
date with the crime and accidents in the city
••.
Three police forces in Hampshire
are sharing the rental
of
an
"Identikit"
supplied by an American firm, and a
man trained to operate it
...
The Bath branch
of
the Police Federation has stated
its opposition to the suggested amalgamation of the Bath force with the Somerset
force • . . Leicester police dog "
Monty"
foDowed
the scent
of
three raiders for
three-quarters
of
a mile, trapped them in a building, and then rounded them up
when they tried to escape, resulting in their arrest by the dog's handler. The cbair-
man
of
the Watch Committee said he thought it highly commendable.
148 March 1964
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