Scotland Yard's New Information Room: Scotland Yard's new Information Room has been designed to meet the great increase in 999 calls and to accommodate the new mechanically and electricity aided system of working now to be employed. It deals with incidents in the working now to be employed. It deals with incidents on the whole of the Metropolitan and City Police districts - an area of 738 square miles and a population of 8 1/2 million. The information room is a clearing centre where informatin about matters requiring police attention is recevied by telephone both distributed., Calls for assistance come in by in telephone both from members of the public and police officers,. Appropriate instructions are then sent by radio to the car, motor-cycle or launch. Selected to deal with the matter, Up to the end of November 131, 553 calls had been received. This new Information Room is to be opened by police commissioner, Sir John Nott-Bower on Jan 3rd. 1957. Photo shows The messages got to the inspector in charge who is seen here with a map on which he controls the movements of police cars.
Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.
Photo is dated 12-28-1956.
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