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Police 150

Title
Police 150
Genre
Interview; Documentary; Music; Special
TX Date
Unknown
Year of production
1980
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Duration
00:42:12
Description
Dickie Arbiter presents a special programme investigating the history, changes and current roles of the Metropolitan Police as they celebrate their 150th anniversary, including possibility of arming police in the future. Speaks to: PC Bill Leighton(?), mounted branch; Detective Chief Superintendent Brian Worth, CID; head of the traffic department, Commander Brian Fairbairn; Superintendent Jan Jeeta(?); Hendon Police Training School Commander, Ken Hanham(?); PC Paul Harrison at Heathrow Airport; Chief Superintendent Peter Jackson, head of the police driving school at Hendon; Chief Superintendent Gordon Newton(?), head of the Complaints Investigation Bureaux; Deputy Assistant Commissioner Colin Hewitt(?); Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Neivens. Includes excerpts from the Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan. Produced and written by Dickie Arbiter, studio production by Ray Gannon(?). Breaks in recording.
Contributors
Brian Fairbairn; Dickie Arbiter; Peter Jackson; Brian Worth; Peter Neivens; Bill Leighton(?); Jan Jeeta(?); Ken Hanham(?); Paul Harrison; Gordon Newton(?); Colin Hewitt(?); Ray Gannon(?)
Keywords
Motor vehicles; Traffic; Airports; Heathrow Airport; Fraud; Crime; Future society; Terrorism; Police; Cars; Women; Marriage; Crime prevention; Burglary; Police personnel; History; Horses; Computers; Security; Policemen; Guns; Gender roles; Gender stereotypes; Firearms; Complaints (public services); Robbery; Road accidents; Criminal investigation; Training; Suffrage; Social change; Anniversariess; Henry Fielding; Bow Street Runners; Hendon Police Training School

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