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The Day Book

The Day Book is an important document so any incorrectly recorded entries will be dealt with accordingly.Please visit again.Thank you.

The Day BookEarly Shift Changeover: If you have got this far the system must be working which is a relief! Almost as much of a relief as 2.00pm after a week of earlies, time for the late turn to take over. Then the Station Sergeant would inform his relief over the clatter of the telex machine that, ‘there are two in the digger, one in the interview room with CID, the crime car crew are still out on a shout, the O.B. is up to date but there are three outstanding messages, £53 in the safe and the boss is upstairs in his office’, as he handed over the all important keys to disappear out the door before the phone rang again.This would be of course be in Sir Peter Matthews day because, as Ray Harlow has reminded us, The O.B. mentioned was always the Day Book until the appointment of Sir Peter as Chief Constable. It was he who altered the title to Occurrence Book and the message pad system was introduced. It was the same system that the Metpol was using at that time.If you were the poor PC who had been picked upon for Station Office duty that morning at briefing, hopefully during your shift you had not seen too much lost property or lost animals nor had you too many reported crimes to write up or accident statements to take. Also during the morning whilst working the wretched switchboard it is hoped that you did not cut off the Chief Superintendent in the middle of his conversation with a Police Committee member thereby incurring his wrath nor did you absentmindedly scratch your head with one of the switchboard plugs whilst you were trying to work out if an extension was engaged or not as I did one early turn. The resultant shock can wake you up quite quickly!This site is now one year old and we have been encouraged by lots of visits and some excellent feedback. Memories have been dusted and pictures are being scanned, yes computers do have some uses, please keep them coming.Below, an email contact form and our own Day Book. Please record your visit in the Day Book but if you seek a reply then use the email form and we will get back as soon as possible. If you do put an entry in the Book, (and we hope you do), take note of this memory from the west coast of Canada of this dreaded Book - 'I was often on the desk on A Section at Guildford in '70 and '71 when Jacko would fly out of his office and demand to view the book; Jim Goddard was quite often the PC on duty with me!! - Jerry Spindlove PC192 1968-1977 HTB'.Thanks for looking – keep in touch and call again.

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The Day Book was a major part of daily Constabulary life. It recorded all the important daily occurrences. All arrests had to be shown in red ink. Woe betide any Station Sgt. who did not keep it up to date as the Chief Supt. or even the C/C could call in to visit the station anytime and check it.

Please email us with any thoughts you have about the site We welcome feedback and of course we also welcome any pictures or information on the history of the Surrey Constabulary.

The Day Book

The Day Book:

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Surrey Constabulary

'For those who served'

1851 - 1992

Editor: Robert Bartlett. Website Design & Maintenance: Denis Turner.

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