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The badge of the Thames Police Association. The motto "Primus Omnium" refers to the fact that the Thames River Police was the world's first organised police force.
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John Harriott (1745 -1815) Magistrate and originator of the scheme for a Thames Police Office.
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Patrick Colquhoun (1745 - 1820) Superintending magistrate at Thames Police Office and author of two treatises, The Policing of the Metropolis (1795) and The Policing and Commerce of the River Thames (1800).
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Chalk drawing of Wapping police office 1798.
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Officer carrying an oar at Wapping New Stairs around 1900.
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Supervision Launch "Watch" around 1900.
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Supervision launch "Chowkidah" (Indian word for night watchman) at Waterloo Pier Police Station around 1900.
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Supervision Launch John Harriott (1947-1963).
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Supervision Launch John Harriott (1947-1963).
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Supervision launch "Watch" around 1900.
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A drawing of Supervision launch "Alert" in 1891 taken from Strand Magazine in the article "A night with the Thames Police".
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Waterloo Pier around 1900.
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Victoria Embankment from Waterloo Bridge looking east.
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Waterloo Pier in the 1940's.
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A duty boat being inspected at Waterloo Pier.
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An officer sculling out to moored duty boats from Waterloo Pier.
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A man being rescued from the river in an old style open duty boat.
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Waterloo Pier being towed away for a refit.
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Thames Division rowing galley in the Upper Pool, below Tower Bridge.
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Supervision launch Patrick Colquhoun (1963 - 2003) at Wapping.
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Thames Division Punishment book (1839-1865).
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Handcuffs at Wapping Museum.
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Thames Division cutlass (Hanger) and scabbard from museum.
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Thames Division cutlass and sword from museum.
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A pistol at the Wapping Museum
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Superintendents tipstaff from Thames Museum.
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Underwater Search equipment from 1990's from museum.
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The dead from the Princess Alice being brought ashore at Woolwich.
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Identification of possessions at Woolwich.
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The Princess Alice raised.
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Thames officers searching the Princess Alice
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Single engined duty boat (RDB) Thames Trainer moored at Wapping.
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Two Targa duty boats "John Harriott" and Gabriel Franks" moored at Wapping.
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Two single engined duty boats moored at Wapping.
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Wapping Police Station today.
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The Company ensign of the Princess Alice (1878) From Thames Museum.
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