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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> In response to the growth of the size of the force in the late Victorian period the increased commitments brought about by the boundary extensions and pay-increases expenditure on the police continued to increase. It rose from ?29874 per annum in 1878 to ?32258 in 1888 and ?37540 by 1898. While a grant from the Home Office covered half police expenditure Bristol was almost entirely independent of the Home Secretary. An elected body the Watch Committee governed the Bristol police. The Committee appointed a Chief Constable as Head of the force. Any decisions made by the latter could be overruled by the former. A Police Act of 1856 was intended to bring greater unity to police forces but the Metropolis boroughs and counties operated their forces under different legislation and there was strong political pressure to oppose the establishment of a national police. Real power was vested in the Bristol Watch Committee to determine police policy and maintain efficiency. The Watch Com- mittee comprised a chairman usually the Mayor and fourteen aldermen and councillors. (LL)