File. Firearms - Use by Police in Peacetime

Reference No:
U DPO/10/503
Dates:
1970-1976
Description:
File a is dated 1970-1973 and includes information on suppliers of firearms and ammunition, papers on 'The Selection of a Police Shotgun' and 'The Selection of a Pistol for Protection Duties', a report on 'The Selection of Police Pistol Ammunition' with photographic appendices, information on training officers for firearms use, ACPO statement on use of firearms by police, firearms training for police dog handlers and discussion of a police firearms instruction manual (no manual is included). File b dates from 1974 onwards and includes information on the risk of lead poisoning from use of indoor firing ranges, the issuing of firearms to Special Branch Port Officers, ammunition for police revolvers, training in use of defensive weapons and firearms and a report on a French firearms instructor's Course
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
2 files
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)