The Engineer reported on an important development for the UK police force in 1946,exploring the features of the General Electric Company's mobile radio-telephony equipment.Described as 'a prominent part in the suppression of certain classes of crime', the equipment was rolled out in all principal centres of population throughout the country, having been adopted in more than 500 police cars at the time of the issue going to press.The Engineer reported:"Facilities for receiving and transmitting speech are incorporated in the police patrol car, establishing communication with a control station which may be situated at headquarters or at some other point more convenient geographically."
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