The Month in Retrospect
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X6603901205 |
| Date | 01 December 1966 |
| Published date | 01 December 1966 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
Worcestershire county constabulary police
headquarters
at
Hindlip
Hall
were badly damaged by fire
but
the
chief constable,
Mr.
John
Willison,
said
that
the
force remained fully
operatioual
although
inconvenienced.
The
infonnation
room
was moved to
an
unoccupied police house while the
14 police cadets who live at tbe
Hall
during
training
were moved to
Stourbridge
and
would continue
their
course
at
Bromsgrove College
for
Further
Education
• • •
East
Sussex county council planning committee
announced
they
had
no objections to the new combined Sussex police force
establishing
their
headquarters
at
Horsgate Mansion. Crawley, a
fonner
children's
home
•••
Mid-Wales police authority accepted the proposals of
the chief constable,
Mr.
R. B.
Thomas,
to close nine out-stations
over
tbe
next three years, five in Montgomeryshire,
three
in Radnorshire
and
one
in Breconshire.
Devon
and
Exeter
police committee decided they did
not
wish to be in-
cluded in
tbe
proposed police
authority
to include Devon, Cornwall, Ply-
mouth
and
the
Isles of Scilly
•••
Buckinghamsbire. Berkshire, Oxfordshire,
Oxford
and
Reading
police authorities were served by the
Home
Secretary
with a
statutory
notice of compulsory
amalgamation
of forces,
the
first
such notice to be served
•••
Hampshire
and
Isle of Wigbt police
autbority
appeoved, subject to various financial matters,
tbe
draft
scbeme
for
administering
the
new combined force of Hampsbire, the Isle of Wigbt,
Portsmouth
and
Soutbampton
•••
Cumberland
police committee recom-
mended the county council to agree to
the
amalgamation
of
the
three
joint
forces of Cumberland, Carlisle
and
Westmorland.
Cannarthenshire
and
Cardiganshirepolice
authority
approved
an
in-
crease in establishment of 31. as
from
April 1
•••
Lancashire county con-
stabnlary received avisit
from
four
assistant superintendents of police
from
Malawi, who toured
the
headquarters
as
part
of a 10-day visit to the
North-West
•••
Sf. Ives division of Cornwall constabulary were praised
by the
chairman
of
the magistrates on the " vigorous
action"
of the police
in dealing with crime in the town.
A
Natioual
Conference of crime squad coordinators was held
at
Exeter
police headquarters
at
which was discussed
the
question of
arming
regional
crime
squads,
the
movement
of criminals
and
stolen goods between various
parts
of
the
country,
and
the
speeding up of
information
between the
various squads
•••
Members
of
the
Metropolitan
police
fraud
squad
commenced
three
courses of seven lectures on the principles
of
investment,
sponsored by
the
Stock Exchange
and
the
London
education authority.
Devon
and
Exeter
constabulary
reported
tbat
there were 67 people killed
on
the
roads
in
their
area
in
the
period January-September 1966, a
drop
of
two
compared
with the same
period
last
year
•••
Shropsbire constabulary
reported atotal of 45 people killed on
the
roads
in
tbe
county so
far
tbis
year,
one
more
than
last
year
and
tbe
cbief constable.
Mr.
Robert
Fen-
wick, appealed to
road
users to respect
the
law of
the
road
.••
Following
the
introduction
by the corporation of
"no
waiting"
orders
for
various
streets in
tbe
city,
Mr.
Jobn
R. Incb,
chief
constable of
Edinburgh
city
police,
announced
the provision of yellow triangular badges witb
the
lettering "B.M.A.
City
of Edinburgh Division,
Doctor
Visiting
Patient
Professionally"
wbich doctors
could
place on
their
car
windscreens • • •
West Sussex constabulary introduced cameras in
patrol
cars
as an experi-
ment
to see
how
they could be employed on traf6c
patrol
or
crime pre-
vention
and
detection.
603 December 1966
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