The Plymouth Constabulary formed in 1836, served the community for over 130 years until 1967, when a parade was held in the city centre to make the end of the force under Plymouth’s control. This documentary chronicles its history from those days and, with the aid of unique archive movie film, shows how the police were highly active in the1920’s distributing the Parish Fund, a forerunner to Social Security.

Also featured is a superb road safety film, inspired by the Chief Constable in 1926, showing, amongst other thing, how to board a tram. The war years are also featured together with the story of an unexploded bomb hit Greenbank Police Station and two German pilots were captured in the same day.

With other rare photographs and movie film, this documentary is a history brought to life for all to see, in part, the policing of the City of Plymouth over the years.

0:00 Introduction
3:57 The Passing Out Parade
5:16 The Peelers
5:56 Plymouth's Chief Constables
8:53 Police helping the poor
20:06 Police Museum, Exeter
23:43 Road safety in Plymouth
34:10 The Dartmoor Mutiny, 1932
35:44 Police Stations in Plymouth
43:35 After the War
46:17 The end of an era
50:00 The Passing Out Parade in full

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