The Month in Retrospect
| Published date | 01 July 1964 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6403700704 |
| Date | 01 July 1964 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
April accident figures in Birmingham showed a big jump over the same month
last year, eight killed and 431 injured as against five killed and 401 injured.
A senior Birmingham police officer spoke about the " distressing " feature of the
accident figures, the number of elderly peopleinvolved in fatal accidents, especially
pedestrians
.•.
The geographical position of Preston was unique in comparison
with other towns in the county in the view of the chief constable who, in his annual
report for 1963, stated that local traffic problems had increased considerably.
Preston was still the bottleneck to many holiday resorts in the North-West and
heavy merchandise was continually passing through thetown owing to the flourishing
dock undertaking
...
A joint working committee formed by representatives of Cambridgeshire and
Isle of Ely county council put forward the suggestion that a chief constable should
be appointed for Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely
...
The chief constable of
Reading is very much against a merger between the Reading and Berkshire police
forces, he told members of the Reading Junior Chamber of Commerce
.•.
A
" gimmick " for people in trouble was to make a complaint against the police
officer in an
"attempt
to wriggle out of it
",
commented the chief constable of
the West Riding at the annual inspection of the police at Keighley.
"I
have
just dealt with four allegations and not one had any truth in it
",
he said
...
With
30 officers of the force helping to quell disturbances in Brighton, 16
"specials
"
helped control traffic on Whit-Monday and they were sent a special letter of thanks
from the chief constable of Eastbourne.
The impending move by Scotland Yard was announced by
Mr.
Henry Brooke,
the Home Secretary. The new headquarters building for the Metropolitan police
was expected to be ready for occupation in 18 months.
It
will include a 20-storey
tower of glass and steel and will be on a triangular site bordered by Victoria Street,
Broadway, and Dacre Street, Westminster. The
name"
Scotland
Yard"
and
the Whitehall 1212 telephone number will probably be retained
..•
Speaking to
300 Soroptimists at their regional week-end conference in Southport, the chief
constable of Lancashire considered that big improvements in police buildings,
equipment and manpower would be seen if an extra £10 m. a year was allocated
to the police service
...
Mr. Henry Brooke spoke at the ceremonial parade and
opening of the new teaching block of
No.7
Police District Training Centre, Chant-
marIe, near Cattistock, Dorset, and congratulated the recruits who were passing
out, on their smartness. Having visited three of the eight District Training
Centres, he had come to expect a high standard and had not been disappointed
...
The winter dipped headlights experiment in Co. Durham was a success, according
to a county police report. Nineteen pedestrians were killed after dark, compared
with 27 in the corresponding period of the previous winter
...
Leicestershire and
Rutland force patrol cars now have reflecting door panels to enable the cars to be
seen more easily. Those cars which patrol the county section of the
M.l
now
have reflecting signs on front and rear as well. Leicestershire is the first force
in this country to adopt the panels, which are used extensively in the United States
...
For the first time in the peacetime history of the force, there was no parade to
accompany the annual inspection of the Brighton police force but a number of
officers were called in from their beats to be inspected at the police station
...
Heavy rain caused the annual inspection of Derby borough police to be held inside
the police station for the first time in some years
•••
Ademonstration of rocket
lifelines was arranged on Morecambe's seafront for members of Morecambe,
Lancaster and Headquarters traffic control of Lancashire constabulary
•••
Minia-
ture transistorized two-way radios for use by Reading police have proved very
successful.
321 July 1964
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