The Police and the Public geoffrey palmer In the foreground figures amble

In the foreground figures amble through the park and by the water's edge two swans watch the approach of a boy

His customer is so startled she drops her basket and key

towards two young ladies

Chambers won over thirty awards in trials with this 1925 car during the 1930s

Peter Firth and Alexandra Pigg seen here filming a scene for the film Letter to Brezhnev on location in Liverpool 1st October 1985

The Police and the Public geoffrey palmer In the foreground figures amble'The Police and the Public', 1874. A labourer faces the court to make a complaint against the constable standing next to him. It appears that being 'taken unawares' was what constituted police brutality in 1874. From Punch, or the London Charivari, March 28, 1874.