March 26, 2010
I am pleased to announce that my new book ‘Kilo Sierra Five One’ (Policing Portsmouth in the 1980s) has just been published by Author House Books at £11.30 (plus p&p) and is available at www.authorhouse.co.uk
*KILO SIERRA FIVE ONE *is part auto-biography, part history book on the policing of one of Britain’s toughest cities; Portsmouth. Written by a Police officer who experienced at first hand a turbulent and violent decade, it takes us from his very first days at training school in 1978 right through to the late 1980s and includes national events like the year-long miners’ strike, the Falklands conflict, New Age Travelers, the Greenham Common Peace Camp and the 1987 hurricane. But it is perhaps the local incidents he attended that will make you either laugh, cry or shout out loud in disbelief as he deals with human beings and all their failings, from horrific car accidents to football hooligans he gives us a candid view of what it’s like to be involved in such incidents and how it can affect the lives of those that do.
This book tells the story of his first years in the ‘the job’ and how he very nearly got thrown out because he didn’t measure up. It’s a warts-an-all personal account, a real life Ashes to Ashes.
Steve Woodward
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
STEVE WOODWARD served in the Hampshire Constabulary from 1975 to 2008. He was one of the stars of the BBC TV series ‘Traffic Cops’ and made other appearances in ‘Real Rescues’ and ‘Southern Crime Stoppers’ together with a drama documentary on ‘The Great Storm’. He is an accomplished author and organiser of a large number of charitable events and emergency service shows. He decided to write this book because he says, the Police service, as an organization, fails to tell the public about the fantastic work its frontline officers do on a daily basis.
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February 12, 2009
2008 Published by Phillimore and the HC History Society
a reprint of the illustrated 1966 book by Ian A. Watt
A History of the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary 1839 – 1966
Available from local bookshops or on Amazon worldwide. ISBN 1-86077-383-4
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For a detailed history of this force see: The Portsmouth Papers No. 2
A History of the Police of Portsmouth
James Cramer
Covers period 1241 to 1967
ISBN 0 901559 02 4
Available from Portsmouth Record Office
February 3, 2009
2008 a book. Available at Southampton Civic Centre written by - Anne Cookes in 1956
Southampton papers No. 8 (1972)
December 29, 2008
The Newspaper of the Hampshire Constabulary
Frontline has been published for over ten years
If you ever want to research Frontline archive material you can use Google search, as an example type in full:
Insert your search criteria in the quotes.
Frontline is available on audio tape – contact Keith Vincent.
You can view back copies to 2001, via the force web site in pdf format
Copies are available for members of the public on the front counters of every police station in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and most Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton libraries should hold an up-to-date issue.
Alternatively, you can read our online version of the newspaper on the pages listed above.
If you would prefer to receive the paper version then you can join our Frontline mailing list by sending a cheque for £10 sterling to cover administration and production costs for a year’s subscription (nine copies), made payable to Hampshire Constabulary, and addressed to:
Media & Corporate Communications
Police Headquarters
West Hill
Winchester
Hants
SO22 5DB
Clearly mark your letter ‘Frontline subscription’, and don’t forget to include your own name and address. For more information email corporate.comms@hampshire.pnn.police.uk.
December 29, 2008
New Private Publication
A book written by Enoch Davies, a former Portsmouth officer.
Gomer Press, Llandysul, Ceredigion SW44 4JL
£7.50 (includes p and p)
Tel: 01559 363092
E-mail address: orders@gomer.co.uk -
Web site: http://www.gomer.co.uk
December 29, 2008
Recently published by Phillimore and the HC History Society
a reprint of the illustrated 1966 book by Ian A. Watt
A History of the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary 1839 – 1966
Available from local bookshops or on Amazon worldwide. ISBN 1-86077-383-4
December 28, 2008
Available from: PC Brian Dixon
Old Basing Police Station
54 Belle Vue Road, Old Basing, Hampshire RG 24 7LG,
United Kingdom
Book costs: £3
Postage is as follows:
UK – 65p, Europe – £1.53, USA – £2.71
Cheques made payable to ‘Hampshire Constabulary History Society’
December 6, 2008
The book follows the development of the Police car from the very early days through to the latter part of the 20th Century, from the Model T Ford to the Volvo V70 T5.
Unlike most previous Police vehicle publications that give a general overview of vehicles used by various Police forces in the UK, with captioned photographs, this new publication concentrates on just one force – Hampshire.
Long recognised as one of the pioneering forces in the UK as far as its transport policy is concerned, this book charts the development, by decade, of the cars used, the advances in technology, performance, equipment and livery. Hampshire was criticised at the highest levels of government in the 1960s and 70s when it dared to purchase foreign cars for the first time.
Read all about the politics involved, the funding, the personalities who shaped Hampshire’s transport policy and the reasons behind it all. You will also learn about servicing methods and how the force’s mechanics made their own component parts because the manufacturers either couldn’t or wouldn’t. There is also a fascinating insight to the types of fuel used from four star leaded to the Diesel Fuel Project and the use of electric patrol cars.
The book opens with two chapters on the old city forces of Portsmouth and Southampton. There are separate chapters on the trial cars tested over the years and on restored Hampshire cars and diecast models depicting vehicles used by the force.
Night Traffic Patrol alongside the M3
This is as close to a definitive history as you are likely to find, illustrated with over 360 photographs, together with amusing anecdotes about the failings of some of the cars used!
Retired traffic officer Steve Woodward:
email: woodward5 AT btinternet.com
cheques made payable to:
S. Woodward for £22.99 inc p&p.
ISBN 1-904408-05-2
