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Police officer held hostage at gunpoint (1987)

Genre

Interview

Inspector Colin Handy speaks about a police officer being held hostage at gunpoint in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, after a burglary went wrong. No shots were fired and the officer, PC Bill Matthews, was...

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M4 Police chase (1983)

Detectives from Bristol have arrived in Maidenhead to escort a man back to the West Country tonight after an armed bank robbery and a hundred-mile chase along the M4 to Berkshire. A policeman is in hospital...

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Policeman shot near Paddington (1991)

Genre

Interview

Eyewitness account of the shooting of a male police officer near Paddington Station when he and another officer were searching a couple they had pulled over for questioning. Male interviewer not identified.

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Scotland Yard officer joins Yorkshire Ripper hunt (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with local police officer (not identified) about an officer from Scotland Yard joining the search for the Yorkshire Ripper.

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Police officer on hunt for shop manager’s killers (1986)

Genre

Interview

The police officer (poss. Detective Superintendent Derek Todd) leading the hunt for the killers of supermarket manager Stephen Widnall(?), describes the attack and warns the public against approaching the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Spanish witness called for in Gibraltar shooting case (1988)

Genre

News report

The IRA has confirmed that the three people shot dead by security forces in Gibraltar yesterday were members of an active service unit. The coroner of the case, Felix Pitzerello(?), wants a Spanish police...

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Image of the police (1980)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Alan Goodson, Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police, about the need to maintain the traditional image of the British police officer, but also for an effective police response to rising...

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Spanish policeman not allowed to give evidence on Gibraltar shootings (1988)

Genre

News report

Report on the case of three IRA members shot dead in Gibraltar by British forces. Coroner, Felix Pitzerello(?) wants a Spanish officer to come forward to give evidence. The officer was involved in...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Spanish witness called for in Gibraltar shooting case (1988)

Genre

News report

Report on the case of three IRA members shot dead in Gibraltar by British forces. The coroner of the case, Felix Pitzerello(?), wants a Spanish officer to come forward to give evidence. The officer was...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

South London mourns death of murdered police officer (1993)

Genre

Interview; Tribute

Mourners have lined the streets of South London to pay their respects to murdered police officer Patrick Dunne. Former colleague Steven Jupp comments on the man, and the moving funeral service which has just...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio