WELCOME. History Chief Constables World War Two & After World War Two & After (ii) HQ & Mount Browne Cadets CID CID @ Work Operation Accentor Terrorism & Search Traffic Dept. Motorway & Accidents Mike Hawthorn Public Order The Dorking Boys John Walters @ Woking Greenham Common Dog Section Firearms Operations Room Helicopter Underwater Search Divisional Areas WPC's Major Incidents Killed on Duty Retired Comrades Sports & Social S.C.M.C.C. The Day Book Operations RoomOperations Room: 1987 15 October: Hurricane strikes the south of England with massive damage to buildings and trees followed by numerous roads blocked. Hundreds of calls received overnight in the Control Room including calls from other overwhelmed police forces. The paper messages written that night are lodged in the County Records Office but closed until 20171988 A gust of wind caused a great deal of damage but nothing on the scale of its predecessor. We had the severe weather warning and the number of operators and telephones was increased considerably. This was still a simple task as it was still practicable to use pen and paper and so police officers from other parts of Operations Department could be re-directed to help in an emergency. The location of the wind could be traced as it blew across the county and the 999 calls came in. One sounded like a horrendous multiple fatal road accident. At Farnham a lady collecting the children from school was reported as being trapped in her car, which had been crushed and demolished by a falling tree. The report also indicated that there were children in the car. The emergency services responded quickly and Control soon told that remarkably they all got out of the car without serious injury even though the car was crushed and written off. As the wind blew eastwards in Dorking the roof blew off a factory was blown off and fortunately fell away from the building so that none of the workmen were hurt Operations Room: March 1958 Sgt. John Boxall: Guildford late 1940's PC Eddie Davis Reigate 1960's PC John Coles (Standing) & Civ. Op. Gary McGovern Rose Murray - Morrant Insp Bill Murray - Control Room 1971 Chief Insp. David Harding, Insp. Bill Murray, & Sgt. Blencowe with visitors to the Control Room during 1971 Operations Room: Late 1970's Operations Room: 1980's Surrey Constabulary 'For those who served' 1851 - 1992 Editor: Robert Bartlett. Website Design & Maintenance: Denis Turner. Incorp. Surrey Constabulary Blog @: http://blog.old-and-bold.info/ To see all content, you will need the current version of Adobe Flash Player to view it. |