Police Officer Collection

A swarm of bees which settled at the foot of a pole on a bomb site in Victoria Street caused a large crowd to collect as PC Marshall, of Scotland Yard

Streaker Michael O Brien sprints into the arms of awaiting policemen during half time at the Rugby Union International match at Twickenham. 20/04/1974

Glamorgan Colliery
Police guarding the Glamorgan Colliery during the strikes and riots in the coalmining town of Tonypandy, in the Welsh Rhondda, November 1910

No advertising allowed in the Parks (colour litho)
8656826 No advertising allowed in the Parks (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sunlight soap)

Distribution of gifts to British police in Bombay, c1900s (photo)
8725340 Distribution of gifts to British police in Bombay, c1900s (photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Vintage 1900s photo Distribution of gifts to British police in Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra)

K for kepi, 1908 (photo)
8713208 K for kepi, 1908 (photo); 31,5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris, 1908)

The words Image, Toy, Kepi and Lunette, 1908 (photo)
8713205 The words Image, Toy, Kepi and Lunette, 1908 (photo); 31,5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris)

An engraving depicting plain-clothed policemen making an arrest, 19th century
5311194 An engraving depicting plain-clothed policemen making an arrest, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1889); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A scene within the Metropolitan Police Orphanage
5616514 A scene within the Metropolitan Police Orphanage; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a scene within the Metropolitan Police Orphanage. Dated 19th Century)

The British policeman
5616163 The British policeman; (add.info.: Prophetic view of the British policeman. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1886); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Criminals and police
5616129 Criminals and police; (add.info.: Cartoon satirizing criminals carrying out their activates, unseen by a blindfolded policeman. 19th Century. 01/01/1875); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A Detective
5616127 A Detective; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a Detective taking notes with a pencil after a robbery. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1889); Universal History Archive/UIG.

An undercover policeman
5616114 An undercover policeman; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a plain-clothed policeman making an arrest. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1889); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A policeman
5616111 A policeman; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a policeman settling a dispute between a young man and a shop owner. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1882); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A London policeman
5616109 A London policeman; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a London policeman pulling handcuffs from his pocket as an arrest is made. Dated 19th Century)

A campaign for more humane treatment of offenders, 1861 (engraving)
5616296 A campaign for more humane treatment of offenders, 1861 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Illustration of a French man being arrested by a police officer in Paris 1850
UIG5634532 Illustration of a French man being arrested by a police officer in Paris 1850.

A scene from Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in 80 Days": Pasetout is drunk
7291200 A scene from Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in 80 Days": Pasetout is drunk, greyed up by a police officer in Hong Kong; Private Collection; (add.info)

What's fourteen days (colour litho)
8635620 What's fourteen days (colour litho) by Howard, Charles Thomas (1865-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: What's fourteen days. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

Policeman and a boy arguing over a three-penny bit (colour litho)
8635604 Policeman and a boy arguing over a three-penny bit (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Policeman and a boy arguing over a three-penny bit)

London policeman on traffic duty (b/w photo)
8635316 London policeman on traffic duty (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: London policeman on traffic duty)

The law and the profits (litho)
8663494 The law and the profits (litho) by Poy (Percy Hutton Fearon) (1874-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Law and the Profits)

Dole queue, 1923 (b/w photo)
8626471 Dole queue, 1923 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dole queue: unemployed men waiting outside an Employment Exchange to collect their)

A Thai policeman, photographed in a natural environment, 1900 (print on double-weight paper)
3570310 A Thai policeman, photographed in a natural environment, 1900 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Siam, Asia 1900 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

At the shooting range in Ferrara: Brigadier cussin, winner of the fourth prize, and a police lieutenant
3569893 At the shooting range in Ferrara: Brigadier cussin, winner of the fourth prize, and a police lieutenant by Unknown photographer

Policeman in a racecourse during a horse race
3569915 Policeman in a racecourse during a horse race by Levi, Giorgio Enrico (19th-20th century) (attr.to); (add.info.: 1895 ca. Photographer: Levi Giorgio Enrico); Alinari Archives, Florence.

The inauguration of a statue of Sir Robert Peel, 19th century (engraving)
3733707 The inauguration of a statue of Sir Robert Peel, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the inauguration of a statue of Sir Robert Peel)

A London street scene with revellers returning home as the labouring classes start on their day's work, 1850
3480189 A London street scene with revellers returning home as the labouring classes start on their day's work, 1850; (add.info)

Bertillonage, 1850
3478420 Bertillonage, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting 'bertillonage' which was originally, a system for the identification of criminals making use of anthropometric measurements)

Off-duty police officer arrives home, 1850
3478830 Off-duty police officer arrives home, 1850; (add.info.: 19th century, English, off-duty police officer arrives home to be with his wife and baby in time for tea)

19th century village postmistress
673385 19th century village postmistress; (add.info.: a nineteenth century Village postmistress); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Illicitly Smoking, 1912
1574625 Illicitly Smoking, 1912; (add.info.: Small schoolboy, feeling ill after trying to smoke a cigar, saved by an amiable policeman who finishes the task for him)

Sir Robert Peel, 19th century (engraving)
3733705 Sir Robert Peel, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) a British statesman, former Prime Minister

First day of Equestrian Competition in Florence: Lieutenant cop Marchetti, winner of the first prize
3569952 First day of Equestrian Competition in Florence: Lieutenant cop Marchetti, winner of the first prize; (add.info.: Florence 1903 Photographer: Levi, Giuseppe); Alinari Archives, Florence.

Police photographed in front of a tent by the Italian Red Cross donated by Prince Strozzi set up at the Parterre in
3569951 Police photographed in front of a tent by the Italian Red Cross donated by Prince Strozzi set up at the Parterre in Florence by Unknown photographer

The exterior of the Metropolitan Police Orphanage
5616512 The exterior of the Metropolitan Police Orphanage; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the exterior of the Metropolitan Police Orphanage. Dated 19th Century)

John Townsend
5616174 John Townsend; (add.info.: Portrait of John Townsend, a policeman on the Metropolitan police force. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1843); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Home Secretary, Robert Lowe
5616169 The Home Secretary, Robert Lowe; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting the Home Secretary, Robert Lowe (1811-1892) whitewashing a corrupt police officer, after perjury allegations

The new Scotland Yard headquarters
5616164 The new Scotland Yard headquarters; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the new Scotland Yard headquarters of the Metropolitan Police. Dated 19th Century)

The work of a detective being outwitted by journalists
5616128 The work of a detective being outwitted by journalists; (add.info.: Cartoon satirizing the work of a detective being outwitted by journalists, searching for a seedy story. Dated 19th Century)

A policeman and a burglar
5616122 A policeman and a burglar; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a policeman intercepting an armed burglar. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1883); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A New York policeman
5616115 A New York policeman; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a New York policeman pulling handcuffs from his pocket as an arrest is made. Dated 19th Century)

A policeman stopping a burglary
5616277 A policeman stopping a burglary; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a policeman stopping a burglary by pointing his revolver at his suspect. Dated 19th Century)

An engraving depicting a New York policeman pulling his handcuffs from his pocket as an arrest is made, 19th century
5311193 An engraving depicting a New York policeman pulling his handcuffs from his pocket as an arrest is made, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1888); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A policeman and passers-by trying to help a lost child, 1850
3478732 A policeman and passers-by trying to help a lost child, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a policeman and passers-by trying to help a lost child by Fred Barnard)

Arkwright's water frame spinning machine, 1850
3480200 Arkwright's water frame spinning machine, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Arkwright's water frame spinning machine; on display at the Patents Museum; South Kensington;)

"Fraid I'll Have to Pinch You for That, Miss". "Ow! Then Do it Where it Won't Show
8656958 "Fraid I'll Have to Pinch You for That, Miss". "Ow! Then Do it Where it Won't Show!" (colour litho) by English School

British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst arrested and carried away by a policeman for leading suffragettes attempt to
534074 British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst arrested and carried away by a policeman for leading suffragettes attempt to present a petition to King George V at Buckingham Palace

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"Capturing Moments: The Multifaceted Role of a Police Officer" Streaker Michael O'Brien finds himself sprinting into the arms of awaiting policemen during halftime, showcasing the unpredictable nature of a police officer's job. A swarm of bees settles at the foot of a pole on a bomb site in Victoria Street, highlighting how police officers often handle unexpected situations beyond traditional law enforcement. From mods to rockers, British youth subcultures clashed in the early days - and it was up to police officers to maintain peace and order amidst their conflicting ideologies. "See What My Wife Found In Its Crop, 1892. " Artist Sidney E Paget captures an intriguing moment where even artists rely on police officers for assistance or investigation purposes. Blues Brothers Standard Wall Art pays homage to iconic characters who straddle both sides of the law, reminding us that some police officers become cultural symbols themselves. Behind every clown's smile lies safety and security provided by diligent police officers who ensure public events remain joyful and trouble-free. The first FA Cup Final held at Wembley Stadium in London marked not only a historic sporting event but also showcased how police officers play an integral role in maintaining crowd control and safety since 1923. Suffragettes being arrested around 1910 reminds us that throughout history, brave women fought for equality while facing opposition from authorities - including dedicated female police officers enforcing laws they believed were unjust. Beating the Bounds at Messack Point demonstrates how community traditions are upheld with support from local constables who safeguard historical practices like this one dating back to September 1917. Emmeline Pankhurst, Christabel Pankhurst, and Flora Drummond being read their arrest warrant in October 1908 highlights how determined activists relied on courageous policewomen willing to carry out orders despite personal beliefs or sympathies.