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Traffic police patrol (1979)

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Special

Female reporter (not identified) joins the traffic police on patrol on the M4 in Berkshire and hears about problems they encounter and their tasks. Includes police heard pulling motorists over. Speaking are...

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The Front Line: stories of the Emergency Services - nd [April 1989]

TRACK 1- One Kilohertz tone at front of tape. TRACK 2-Hampshire Fire Brigade - Suggested front anno:- Now for the first in a 5-part exclusive series for Ocean Sound, we join the Front Line. This week and...

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Police Special Patrol Group (1979)

Genre

Interview

Patricia Hewitt speaks about the police unit, the Special Patrol Group, and claims the SPG are a form of agressive riot police, who raise tension, and create the likelihood of violence between police and...

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US helicopter fires on Iranian patrol boats (1987)

Genre

Interview; News report

Andrew Manderstam reports on the sinking of three Iranian patrol boats in the Persian Gulf, by a US helicopter. Male studio reporter not identified (poss. Douglas Cameron).

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Survey on Special Patrol Groups (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with researcher (Tony Binigon?) on the survey into the role of Special Patrol Groups, set up as an anti-crime force to support police at community level, but which he argues have developed as a...

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Whitelaw on police Special Patrol Group (1979)

Genre

Parliamentary debate; Speech

In a speech in the House of Commons, Home Secretary Willie Whitelaw says the presence of the Police Special Patrol Group (SPG) was justified at the Southall race riots in April 1979. Includes a statement on...

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Iranian patrol boats sunk by Americans (1987)

Genre

Press conference

Three Iranian patrol boats have been sunk by a US military helicopter patrolling international airspace over the Persian Gulf, after the helicopter was fired upon by three or four Iranian vessels. There are...

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Bobbies on the beat criticised (1995)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Superintendent Brian Mackenzie, President of the Police Superintendent’s Association responding to a leaked report by the Audit Commission which described the average policeman on patrol as...

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Police test use of CS spray (1995)

Genre

Interview

Police Federation Chairman Fred Broughton on the Metropolitan Police testing the use of CS spray by police officers on patrol as one of 10 forces in the operational trial. He hopes it will decrease the...

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Falklands War - One ship’s experience (1982)

Genre

Press conference; Speech

Press statement by an unidentified male speaker (poss. Captain Nicholas Barker of Antarctic patrol ship HMS Endurance) on his vessel’s experience in the South Atlantic during the Falklands conflict.

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