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Les Smith




Back in the mid seventies I seemed to go through a phase of catching people who had escaped from custody. ...
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Les Smith




I hadn't been in the Force for long when I was transferred to the Asfordby St police station in Leicester. It covered an area called Highfields a very `cosmopolitan` area of the City. This was long before officers had personal radios to communicate with the Control room, so we were given `points` for each half an hour of our duty. This meant that...
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Les Smith




It must have been in the mid seventies when I was the `rural` beat officer responsible for 17 villages to the east of Leicester that I drove my panda car along the A47 about 0130hrs, towards my home station on eager anticipation of finishing my shift at 2am. I saw a stationary car pulled into the side of the A47 and pulled in behind it, as the...
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Ian Paton




Reading some of your tales reminded me of a "story" that I was assured was correct in what was 'Glasgow Polis'. ...
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Quirkies
Computer hacker and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has complained about IT provision in his prison.
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On a More Serious Note
Gloucestershire chief notes improvements in call handling but says 101 system 'needs to be fixed'.
Read MoreEight Axon Body 4 cameras are being tested by the force over three months; four each in firearms and response.
Read MoreDeputy chief constable is not working in the office full time but uses section 34 powers when required.
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