The Month in Retrospect
| Date | 01 November 1965 |
| Published date | 01 November 1965 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6503801104 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
Brighton county borough constabulary's new police headquarters were officially
opened by Sir Frank Soskice, the Home Secretary . • . Oxfordshire constabulary
received approval from the Home Secretary for an increase in establishment of 78,
including the first woman inspector in the force . . . Devonshire constabulary
were re-organized on October 1, into seven new divisions, as part of a five-year
plan to strengthen and streamline the county force • . • Birkenhead county
borough constabulary received Home Office approval to recruit their first girl
cadets
...
The chief constable of Mid-Anglia police force, Mr. F. Drayton
Porter, promised that cyclists who persisted in riding the wrong way down one-
way streets in Cambridge would be educated as to the law by his constables.
Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire constabulary reported an increase in crime
in L1anelly of 500 per cent. in the last 10 years and the crime figure for the two
counties for 1954 was a record 3,000, the total value of property involved being
£48,000 • • . Somerset constabulary reported an increase in crime of 219 crimes
in the second quarter of 1965 as compared with the same period last year
...
Mid-Anglia constabulary reported an increase in offences against the person of
67 for the first seven months of 1965 as against the same period last year . . .
East
Sussex constabulary reported a total of 2,916 crimes in the period January
to June, 1965, including 1,000 breaking and entering offences, compared with
2,273 crimes reported for the same period last year . • • Gloucestershire con-
stabulary reported an increase in offences against property with violence of 229
for the third quarter of this year, compared with the same period last year, but
there was a decrease of 10 in drunken driving cases.
Devonshire constabulary received planning permission from Paignton borough
council for the erection of a police station and 10 police houses in the town
...
Lancashire constabulary held a four-day crime prevention exhibition
at
Lytham
St.
Annes to help to convince people of the need to be security minded
••.
Glasgow
city constabulary reported the success of their
"waiters
and watchers " system
of concealed policemen at various vantage points, in touch with police cars, which
has helped in dealing with car thieves . • . Preston county borough police under-
water search unit, recently formed, successfully rescued two boys trapped by the
tide while fishing in the River Ribble
...
A Somerset constabulary check on
car parks at Taunton revealed 362 cars unlocked or with valuables easily seen.
• . • 200 men from 27 forces in Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Westmorland,
Denbighshire and Flintshire formed the
No.1
Police District Regional Crime Squad,
which went into action as from October 1 . . . The chief constable of St. Helens
county borough constabulary, Mr. Archibald Atherton, made an appeal for more
men and women to join the special constabulary
.•.
Mr. P.
J.
Matthews, chief
constable of
East
Suffolk, asked for an increase in establishment of 96 more men
and one woman to enable the force's duties to be carried out adequately • • .
Preston county borough constabulary held an exhibition to commemorate the
150th anniversary of the founding of the force . • • Devonshire constabulary
opened their new mobile workshop, believedto be the first of its kind in the country,
which will make it easier to carry out servicing on the force's 62 motor-cycles . . •
Ipswich county borough constabulary's first police dog
"Spartan"
went into
action for the first time, helping to capture two escaped approved school boys . . .
Two Lancashire constabulary divisions, Widnes and Bolton, came first and second
respectively in the annual Sager Shield competition organized by the Chorley
St. John Ambulance Brigade
at
Chorley
...
Liverpool constabulary held their
passing-out parade and inspection of the cadet corps but part had to be cancelled
because of pouring rain . . .
East
Suffolk county police committee decided to
back Lothingland R.D.C.'s demand for a full scale inquiry into escapes from
Blundeston prison • . .
New York city police tested their new computor system which they claim can
spot a stolen car in a fraction of a second.
508 November 1965
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