Pittsburgh Police hats with checkered bands, which are dark navy blue and gold in color, popularly known as the "Sillitoe Tartan" and named after its originator, Percy J. Sillitoe, Chief Constable of Glasgow, Scotland, in the 1930s. While the checkered band is a common police symbol in the United Kingdom, Australia and some European countries, the Chicago Police Department, Cook County Sheriff's Police, the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office, and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police are the only police forces in the United States that have adopted it as part of their uniforms. As recently as July 1930, police were required to wear
History of the Queensland Police and Research Branch and begins developing computer programs to make information available on criminal statistics, stolen vehicles, staff deployment, and vehicles of interest. Forbes House in Makerston Street was purchased and converted into Police Headquarters and officially opens 7 March. Terence Murray (Terry) Lewis becomes the fourteenth Police Commissioner on 29 November 1976. Three new police vessels were commissioned: "D.G. Gordon", "G.J. Olive" and "Lyle M. Hoey". They were named after three police officers who were killed in the line of duty. The first step was taken in the automation of the colour printing process for the Photographic Section. Experienced