Could it be possible that just one man is responsible for modernising the British Police service and transforming it from its Victorian era, firmly rooted in \'Beat\' policing, to today\'s highly-mobile responsive model? If there is a candidate for such an accolade then it is to be Capt Athelstan Popkess, Chief Constable of Nottingham City Police from 1930 to 1959.
Tom Andrews makes a strong case that the man who sounds like a character from a Rudyard Kipling novel and who had n.
Could it be possible that just one man is responsible for modernising the British Police service and transforming it from its Victorian era, firmly rooted in \'Beat\' policing, to today\'s highly-mobile responsive model? If there is a candidate for such an accolade then it is to be Capt Athelstan Popkess, Chief Constable of Nottingham City Police from 1930 to 1959
