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... Chief Magistrate at Bow Street ; and , although they were found serviceable enough as far as they went , the force was utterly inadequate to afford the protection required . The first attempt to organise a regular day police was made in ...
... Chief Magistrate at Bow Street ; and , although they were found serviceable enough as far as they went , the force was utterly inadequate to afford the protection required . The first attempt to organise a regular day police was made in ...
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... Chief Inspector , has charge of a division . The inspectors are responsible for the subdivisions , the sergeants for the sections , and finally the constables for the beats . There are also two Assistant Chief Constables , to whom ...
... Chief Inspector , has charge of a division . The inspectors are responsible for the subdivisions , the sergeants for the sections , and finally the constables for the beats . There are also two Assistant Chief Constables , to whom ...
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... Chief Surgeon of Police and other officers appointed to examine him . After the candidate has duly passed the required examination in reading , writing from dictation , and the first four rules of arithmetic , he is admitted into the ...
... Chief Surgeon of Police and other officers appointed to examine him . After the candidate has duly passed the required examination in reading , writing from dictation , and the first four rules of arithmetic , he is admitted into the ...
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... Chief Constables range from £ 400 by £ 25 yearly to £ 600 , and those of the Chief Constables from £ 600 by a similar yearly increase to £ 800 . Two of the three Assistant Commissioners of Police enjoy salaries and emolu- ments of ...
... Chief Constables range from £ 400 by £ 25 yearly to £ 600 , and those of the Chief Constables from £ 600 by a similar yearly increase to £ 800 . Two of the three Assistant Commissioners of Police enjoy salaries and emolu- ments of ...
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... Chief Magistrate of Bow Street , from which substantial rewards of from £ 5 to £ 10 are granted in exceptional cases . Nor are the public slow to recognise acts of bravery on the part of police officers . Moreover , if a constable is ...
... Chief Magistrate of Bow Street , from which substantial rewards of from £ 5 to £ 10 are granted in exceptional cases . Nor are the public slow to recognise acts of bravery on the part of police officers . Moreover , if a constable is ...
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Page 152 - State ; each felt the quarrels of his age to be " the business of posterity," and left his warnings to ring in the ears of a later time. The lives of both were failures. " On evil days though fallen, and evil tongues...
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