From: "John Hurst", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is a fifty year gap in which the idea of employing "people of high
intellect" was replaced by some sort of sandwich course? What happened?
Robert,
Conspiracy theory has it that Soviet "agents of influence"
inside the Home Office changed
From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How and why there were changes I don't know. Perhaps the
Police College web site or the Home Office can shed some
light on this.
As for the appointed Chief Constables being effective,
that's a matter for heated debate. I believe there were
many
From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Several different points here :-
Until after WW2 Chief Constables were local landed gentry,
ex-military or similar appointments. Almost none were or
had been serving police officers.
The Trenchard Scheme was a 1930's innovation I believe that
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And wouldn't it be nice if we could choose non police
as Chief Constables too?
from my limited reading of Agatha Christie et al { :-) }
it seems that lots of pre World War II Chief Constables
were not risen-from-the-ranks policeman. Also, when did
the "Trenchard"
From: Edward Beck, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
However I draw the line at Crown Servants using their
position to express views on the Law, Policy and further,
making provocative statements to the effect that the general
population abuse their hard won freedom, cannot be
trusted, should be disarmed and
