DROIT

Report of the

Commissioner of Police
of the Metropolis
for the Year

1927

Presented by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to Parliament by Command of His Majesty

June, 1928

LONDON

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1928.

Price 1s. od. Net.

Cmd. 3116.

II. Observations on the work of the Police during

No. 1.-Number of Indictable Crimes committed during the Year
No. 2.-Number of Persons dealt with at Juvenile Courts for
Indictable Offences during the Year

No. 3.-Diagram showing the Number of Indictable Crimes and
Non-Indictable Offences, &c., during the past Ten

Years

No. 4.-Number of Persons apprehended for all Offences during the Years 1923 to 1927 .

No. 5.-Number of Summonses issued upon the application of the Police

No. 6.-Motoring Offences in respect of which summonses were issued on the application of Police

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No. 7.-Diagram showing the Number of Proceedings, &c., for
Drunkenness during the past Ten Years

No. 8.-Diagram showing the Weekly Convictions for Drunkenness

during the year

No. 9.-Number of Persons apprehended for Drunkenness
No. 10.-Number of Prostitutes apprehended

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III. Statistical Tables-continued.

No. 11.-Number of Children and Young Persons received in
Places of Detention

No. 12.-Number of Persons Killed by Accidents in the Streets
during the Year

No. 13.-Number of Persons Injured in the Streets during the
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No. 14. A Comparative Return of the Number of Persons Killed
by Accidents in the Streets

No. 15.-A Comparative Return of Persons Injured in the Streets..
No. 16.-Area and Authorized Establishment of each Division.
No. 17.-Removals from the Service from all causes

No. 18.-Number of Police Officers Serving and the Year of Joining
No. 19.-Number and Amount of Pensions and Gratuities granted
to Members of the Staff

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