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In the Line of Duty - Constable James Warrender Thomson KPM – Metropolitan Police by Peter Kennison

Police constable Thomson wt. no. 112399 aged 37 years was originally from Wemyss in Fife Scotland where he had been employed as a miner...

The in(famous) Tommy Wall QPM by Peter Kennison

Chief Superintendent T. G. WALL was born on 16th August, 1909 the son of a gas inspector, in Cardiff on 16 August 1909 and was formerly a...

The tragic case of Kensingtons Superintendent Tarlton - Death, Suicide and Fraud -by Peter Kennison

One of Kensington’s Superintendents, Edward Tarlton, had a tragic end to his career. He had been born in Ireland in 1812. He applied to...

The Murder of Constable Price of Union Hall, Southwark (1795)

In our latest book Behind the Blue Lamp (2021) it illustrates the deaths of some 43 officers whilst on duty. Also in Policing from Bow...

POLICE DISCIPLINE IN WW2

By Peter Kennison One of the main problems facing the Metropolitan Police was discipline, especially that of drunkenness amongst its...

MURDER OF A POLICEMAN AT KING STREET STATION

King Street no longer exists as a street, but once ran parallel to the modern Parliament Street at the south end of Whitehall. In 1847 a...