The Month in Retrospect
| Date | 01 July 1965 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6503800704 |
| Published date | 01 July 1965 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
West Riding constabulary decided to set up a public relations department at
headquarters to help improve relations between police and public . • • Dudley
borough council prepared a scheme for additional offices and garage accommodation
at the police station in Power Street, Dudley, costing £35,000 and they were hoping
to obtain Home Office confirmation for the scheme
•..
Bedfordshire constabulary's
new divisional police headquarters at Bedford, costing approximately £300,000,
were officially opened
•.•
The chief constable of Essex,
Mr.
J.
C. Nightingale,
gave evidence before a local inquiry into Essex county council's planning applica-
tion for a new police station and court house at Chelmsford. He said the present
accommodation and facilities were totally inadequate and it was impossible to
extend the present police station
..•
A police mobile column consisting of 31 vehicles, including vans and motor-
cycles, carried out a training exercise from May 31 to June 14 in the Eastern
region, based onDebden, near Saffron Walden andholding exercises inHertfordshire,
Essex,
East
Suffolk and the Greater London area . • . Cheshire constabulary an-
nouncedthe introduction oftrafficwardens onpoint duty, subjectto the approval
ofthe
police authority
•••
Warwickshire constabulary's monthly road bulletin for April
showed
that
there were 254 road accidents, 15 of which were fatal. The chief
constable,
Mr.
R. B. Matthews, urged the public to complain to the police whenever
they see examples of bad driving.
Special constables of Bedfordshire constabulary paraded for their annual inspec-
tion at Bedford, before the High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, Lieut.-Col. H. C.
Hanbury
•••
The chief constable of Oxford,
Mr.
C. G. Burrows, said the city
police did not intend to bring in special measures, such as a narcotics squad, to
deal with drug-trafficking in the city • . • The chief constable of Preston,
Mr.
Frank
Richardson, was one of a panel of road safety experts who
sat
at a public
meeting and answered questions. He said his viewwas
that
bad drivers who caused
accidents should be made to do the policeman's job of searching, stripping, etc"
victims of road fatalities
...
Seven boys from Northfield were presented with trophies by Chief Superintendent
H. Hook, of Birmingham constabulary, in recognition of the help they gave to a
police constable inapprehending the driver of a stolen car who had also broken into a
shop
...
Sergeant Leonard Salter, of Devon constabulary, was presented with a
silver tankard by the commanding officer of the Royal Marines at Lympstone,
Exmouth, for his talks over the past three years to the Marines on " How to keep
out of trouble with the law
".
Sgt. Salter is moving to Paignton
.••
Police Constable
Roger Allen of Stratford-on-Avon division of Warwickshire constabulary, a road
safety expert, launched a campaign withthe
theme"
Be safe, children are watching "
and asked for people to design a poster which would raise a smile but also underline
the seriousness of road safety as he considers that horror posters are ineffective.
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