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THE POLICE: HOW THEY TRAIN AND HOW THEY WORK

01 January 1991

THE POLICE: HOW THEY TRAIN AND HOW THEY WORK
refdoc July=1991

BOOKS/PAMPHLETS User Ref = 351.74
A Road
Andre Deutsch, 1986 60pp ill RB43799

Provides a brief history to the Metropolitan Police from the
formation in 1829 by Sir Robert Peel to the present day. Covers
the training of the police officers and describes the work of
many of the departments including the Forensic Science
Laboratory , mounted police, traffic police, Thames Division and
the Helicopter Unit. The work of the women police,
Metropolitan Special Constabulary , and the Criminal
Investigation Department are also described. Various aspects of
policing are looked at, including the home beat officer,
public order in general and the attendance of police at occasions
such as the Notting Hill Carnival .

United Kingdom, London, immigration, race relations, black people,
ethnic
minorities, Special Branch, public order, dog section, special
constable, community policing, crime, firearms, Lambeth
Community/Police Consultative Group

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