HI EDDIE14
THE FIRST POLICE STATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1839 WITH THE SETTING UP OF THE BIRMINGHAM BOROUGH POLICE.
THE POLICE ADVERTISED FOR YOUNG MEN NOT OVER 36 YEARS OF AGE OR UNDER 5;8,; ABLE TO READ ,WRITE AND PRODUCE TESTIMONIALS
OF EXCEPTIONAL CHARACTOR;
the first recruit was george Howick, twenty six , whom joined 23 september 1839
Birmingham got its first two police women on the beat in 1917.;Rebecca Lipscombe and Everlyn miles were lock matrons.
1839 was the year in which the first horse patrols appeared
The first police motor cycle roared into action in 1921
Two way radios were introduced on 5 october 1964 when constables at coventry road police station alpha --- foxtrotted onto the streets
One october 10 1966 Belgrave road police station took delivery of the forces first three Austin A40 Patrol cars ;
Today West midlands police is the second largest in the country, covering an area of 348 square miles and serving a population of nearly 2,6 million
The police helicopter flew 3,315 times in 2008--9 it flies at speed which means two miles of ground can be covered in one minute,s flying time
my grand father was also on the force in the beginng of time and served all three station piddock street smethwick and digbeth and steel house lane
and others was in the legal systems as judge and special jurriors and the magistrates court system as you already know from my old previous threads
best wishes ASTONIAN;;