North’s crimefighters are captured in time
Mar 1 2008 by Graeme Whitfield, The Journal
IF – as people so often insist – the police are getting younger these days, The Journal should have the proof.
Covering stories about crime has been a major part of our news pages for all of The Journal’s 175-year history.
A trawl through our photo archives has shown how much policing has changed.
From a 1900 shot of bowler-hatted detectives charged with guarding the Prince of Wales during a visit to Newcastle, to modern-day riot training in County Durham, the Thin Blue Line has changed immeasurably.
Among the way, our photographers have captured what were once new advances in the fight against crime: the delivery of new police motorbikes, the North’s first forensic science lab and the then cutting-edge technology that was an interview room tape recorder.
There are also curiosities – a parade of female officers in Gateshead being “complimented on their smartness” by Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary Mr AUR Scroggie, the first woman to join Northumbria’s marine unit and an officer in front of a noticeboard carrying the registrations of stolen cars.
We have gone back into our archives to bring you some of our best policing pictures. As well as the photographs here, there are more on our website www.journallive.co.uk.
