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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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Maurice Tidmarsh




What a relief it is to get one's concience clear. The say that confession is good for the soul! I noticed that one of my old collegues Les Smith made a passing reference to the fact that I was notorious for 'blowing up' motor bike engines! That was only part of it. In the old Leicester City Police force, you know, the one we had before amalgamation...
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Quirkies
They threw caution to the wind, as well as their loot.
Read MoreWithin 24 hours a suspect went from spa to jail cell.
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On a More Serious Note
Rest of forces expected to connect by end of this year following substantial delays.
Read MoreMarc Jones says it is not appropriate to share comms function with force.
Read MoreACC Richard Lewis has spent his whole career with Dyfed-Powys Police.
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