PC 299 Dave Barr stationed at Harpenden c1960-1961, riding what is believed to be the first detached beat motorcycle, a green BSA 250.
Read more Jack the Ripper left London and attended Harpenden for a few days before mysteriously disapearing.
Read more A short autobiography of PC 44 Walter Oliver who rose to become one of the early Detectives in the Force.
Read more Details of John Halsey's police career from 1959 - 1990. Also some pictures of amongst other things Police Vehicles.
Read more William Marks, of Watford, was fined 10 shillings, including costs, for leaving a horse and cart unattended.
Read more Samuel Bowcutt (50), a discharged soldier of Tipton, Hertfordshire, was charged with feloniously marrying Florence Jane Hobbs, while his wife whom he married on March 29th 1891, was still alive.
Read more James Turner, of Holloway, and Harry Broughton, of King's Cross, were charged with unlawfully playing a game of chance, ie the 3-card trick.
Read more Leniency extended to both landlord and customer after a lengthy hearing.
Read more A Constable of the Hertfordshire Constabulary from 1880 before transferring to Dewsbury Constabulary where he was made Chief Constable between 1896 and 1911
Read more George Peter Leekey took his own life by strangling himself with his handkerchief.
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