POLICE REVIEW Centenary Edition

Softcover. Foreword by the then Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke. 'Police Review' celebrates 100 years of service to the officers who serve the British public. Published every week since January 1893. Contents include : The Kempster Legacy (only 3 men edited Police Review for its first 70yrs); The First 100 years; Waifs and Wild Horses; Look Back in Wonder (C H Rolph had written for Police Review for more than half its history); Driving Force (Sue Turner tracks down the first police car); Women in Service (Joan Lock unveils the service's grudging acceptance of women officers); Silk Socks, Kazoos and a Handsome Moustache; The Fight for Fair Wages; The Weight of Tradition; Sound in Body and Spirit; From Dad's Army...(Special Constabulary); The Headline Grabbers (CID under the magnifying glass); Keeping the Peace on Horseback (history of the mounted police); Soaraway Success (readers funded a Spitfire - The Robert Peel - during the Second World War). Illus. in colour and b/w. 98pp. 4to. magazine. Vg+