Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum

Table of transfers on an officer's service record, including from 31 January to 1 September 1983 one to A11 Department.

#HiveMind time again ... What was the Met's A11 Department as of January 1983? (Also featuring Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department, an early incarnation of part of the present-day Protection Command, fact fans.)

It's last chance saloon for our #CM150 exhibition at Sidcup, perhaps the general public's last-ever chance to see some Crime Museum cases. Bookings are now open from now until 10th May inclusive at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/metropolit... and some slots have already sold out! #truecrime

April and May both out now!

Section of pigskin, now turned brown, with labelled squares drawn onto it, each fired at from a different range and with different powder by Churchill.

Gunsmith Robert Churchill fired guns found in a Battersea garage at this section of pigskin (the closest animal skin in thickness to human skin) to find out which had been used to murder PC George Gutteridge in Essex in the early hours of 27 Sep 1927. #NationalPigDay #Forensics125 #CM150 #ballistics

Section of Davies' pension register entry reading "John Davies late a Constable was discharged from this Division on account of Ill health on the 2nd day of June 1857, to which day inclusive he will receive his Pay, and he is entitled to a Pension of £36,,0,,0 per Annum, commencing on the 3rd day of June 1857 payable by the Receiver." The Receiver was the Met's chief finance officer at the time, whilst £36 would have £2,871.27 of purchasing power today.

John Davies (1806-1861) joined the Met aged 26, spending his whole service as a PC on L (Lambeth) Division. He retired due to ill health on 2 June 1857 and moved to Rhosymedre, less than two miles from his birthplace in Ruabon, Denbighshire. #DyddGŵylDewiHapus #CymruAmByth #StDavidsDay #StDavid'sDay

Exciting! Hempel's "Controlling Women" is one of the newest additions to the reference library in our reading room at Sidcup (open on Wednesdays - bookings via email) ! #FridayFeeling #FriYay

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22 January 1964
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2/2 File & photo of Ronnie Biggs. He was convicted for his role but escaped prison & avoided justice for 36 years. Biggs enjoyed much publicity but his failure to move the train (with a former train driver) led to driver Jack Mills being violently forced to do it. He never recovered from the attack

1/2 Why is there crockery in Scotland Yard’s Crime Museum? These items were found at Leatherslade Farm, a hideout for the gang behind The Great Train Robbery. Despite attempts to clean fingerprints, prints were found which were used to tie the perpetrators to the crime. #truecrime #history

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