Behind Policing: The disappearance (sort of) of the Pocket Notebook.
“This is the most important piece of equipment you will ever own” - Nicholas Angel, Hot Fuzz (2007) When Sir Robert Peel founded the London Metropolitan Police in 1829, officers were issued little more than a wooden truncheon, a pair of handcuffs and a wooden rattle to call for assistance. Modern-day officers are, of course, expected to carry much more than their 19th-century counterparts; from radios, body armour and tasers to body-worn cameras and handcuffs. Despite all these additions to...
