The Schieste Case
| Date | 01 October 1953 |
| Author | L. S. C. Partridge |
| Published date | 01 October 1953 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X5302600406 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
THE
SCHIESTE
CASE
287
9 feet wide.
Her
Majesty's
first
appearance
is
the
trickiest
time
and,
in
order
to
spread
the
crowd,
the
longest possible
run-in
should
be
arranged
(and
made
known
to
the
public) for
the
Royal
party
from
the
Main
Entrance
by a
devious
route
to
the
Royal Pavilion.
Thereafter,
there
are
tours
of
various
selected
parts
of
the
Show.
The
Royal
barouches
weigh
about
three
tons
each,
only
just
fit on
the sleeper
tracks,
and
have a
rooted
aversion
(or
their
drivers have)
to slipping off.
It
is
therefore
vital
that
such
tours
as
are
to be
made
by
car
should
be
run
over
the
night
before
with
one
of
the
Royal
Daimlers
so
that
corners
can
be
ramped
up
and
the
way
made
smooth.
In these
preliminary
runs,
those
in
the
police
pilot
car
must
learn
the
various
landmarks
at least twelve feet
above
ground
level. It is no
good
saying,
"We
turn
left
at
Stand
429"
because
"on
the
day"
the
number
and
quite
likely
the
stand
itself will be
completely
obliterated
by
the
crowd.
Tours
on
foot
to
stands
within easy
walking
distance
of
the
Royal
Pavilion
present
little difficulty.
Two
or
three
police at
each
objective,
the
routes
made
known
to
the
people
beforehand,
and
an
escort
of
four
or
five is
quite
sufficient. A
crowd
has a
strange
mentality.
It
will shove in
the
best
Twickenham
tradition
to get
near
a
car,
and
yet
stand,
noisy
perhaps
but
passive, for Royalty on foot.
PLANNING
AHEAD
Much
of
this article
may
be
considered
elementary
stuff
but
1
have
tried
to
make
the
survey as
comprehensive
as a few
short
pages will
allow.
Of
one
thing
I
am
certain.
This
is an
event
where
time
spent
in
reconnaissance
is
not
wasted. I
had
visited
four
Royals
prior
to
1952
and
had
learnt
something
at
each. I
took
my
planning
team
to
the
last two.
This
is
something
for
which
the
'host'
Force
must
be
prepared.
Some
officer with a
good
knowledge
of
all
the
ropes
must
be
ready
to give
quite
a bit
of
time
to visiting police officers.
One
word
of
warning,
however,
Don't
ring up in
the
week
before
the
Show
and
say,
"Look,
old boy,
book
me a
couple
of
rooms
in a nice
pub
nearby",
when for a
radius
of
twenty
miles even
the
baths
have
been let for sleeping
purposes
for
the
last six
months.
The Schieste Case
BY
CHIEF
CONSTABLE
L. S. C.
PARTRIDGE
Calgary City Police.
IN
the
year
1952,
Calgary,
acity
of
140,000
population,
experienced
the
worst
epidemic
of
housebreaking
in its history.
The
early
offences were confined to
Saturday
evenings
just
after
dusk.
The
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