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It is important to note, however, that by the 1850s and through the 1860s British hatters Ellwood & Sons were producing sun helmets for the Indian Military, Administration and public (figs., 1, 3, 4, 14, 15 & 18), these had been developed from traditional rural Bengali sun helmets. So very similar, and at the time ‘modern’ designs, using the same materials and construction techniques as subsequently used in the Custodian, were already being produced in Britain. And in fact Ellwood & Sons, the patent holders of the ‘Air Chamber Helmet’ launched legal proceedings against Christys in June 1864, whilst the Custodian was being trialed. Perhaps implying they considered the Custodian a close enough copy of their Air Chamber sun helmet to warrant action. This raises the possibility that there was no input to the original Custodian’s design from traditional European military helmets. Figure 3. A light weight, well ventilated and distinctive model was already being produced in London for the Indian market, Ellwood’s ‘Air Chamber’ sun helmet, needing only a colour change? ‘Engineer officers in battery before Delhi’, 1857. Versions of this image and similar appered in many publications and best selling books about the Indian Mutany in the late 1850s and early 1860s. So whilst the Custodian helmet was being designed, this model had a high profile. Certain Italian municipal police forces use a white custodian-style helmet, particularly in open air duties, such as when directing traffic.

British Police online Museum - Royal Ulster Constabulary/RUC Helmet, 1960's". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013 . Retrieved 6 October 2012. The successful and popular military sun helmet designs evolved and the Army asked for a ‘Home Service’ pattern based on them. The police were then offered these by Christys as an alternative ‘Custodian’ pattern During the 1930s, the Home Office attempted to standardise the design of the helmets with the "Home Office Pattern", after it became evident that since the Metropolitan Police had adopted it and produced their own badge, many small county and borough police forces followed suit and individually adopted their own style badges and designs, which led to many different styles and designs. Some forces adopted the helmet without any badge, others designed their own, usually with the county's arms or crest in the centre. A few forces adopted an Australian style bush hat and one wore a helmet constructed of straw. [8] [9] [10] Helmets worn by Glasgow Police in 1919. These helmets are no longer in use in Scotland. Officers may carry either a CS or PAVA (also known as Captor) incapacitant spray. Their effects are designed to be short-lived and exposure to fresh moving air will normally result in a significant recovery within 15–20 minutes. The CS spray issued by UK police services contains a 5% solution of CS whilst Captor sprays contain a 0.3% solution of PAVA. PAVA is significantly more potent than CS. [30] Police Community Support Officers only wear peaked caps, which have a blue or grey band on them rather than the police officer's Sillitoe tartan to distinguish them from police officers.Helmet from the United Kingdom The custodian helmet used by the Metropolitan Police Service in London The introduction of baseball caps hasn’t occurred without criticism from the general public, who have compared police officers to ‘Burger King workers’. As a result, some police forces have decided to revert the decision and return to the standard custodial helmet whilst other, more appropriate gender-neutral headwear has been decided upon. Why do traffic police wear white hats? Various items of equipment are usually carried on the duty belt of uniformed officers, although some have pouches attached to their stab vest, eliminating the need for a belt. Plainclothes officers may wear a harness, which can be worn under clothes. They usually have: During the third quarter of the 1800s the evolution of the tropical sun helmet meant it lost its ‘air pipe/coxcomb’, leading to what was generally called the ‘Colonial’ pattern sun helmet and ultimately the official adoption of the ‘Foreign Service’ helmet. Taking advantage of these sun helmet developments, the Army ‘Home Service’ pattern helmet was developed in the 1870s and was officially adopted in 1878. It was only as these appeared that purely ornamental considerations seem to have come into effect on police helmets. It seems that even during the 1870s design stage of the Army Home Service Helmet the new pattern was offered by Christys to the various police forces as an alternative, more elegant pattern than the coxcomb? Many forces did indeed take up the new Army Home Service pattern helmet, often including militaristic ornamentation, probably in the interests of style and regional or divisional individualism. (1) What influenced the first Custodian’s shape?

to neighbours or to facilitate working in groups away from the direction of the control room. Interoperability with other emergency services was also poor, and was criticised in reports after the Hillsborough and Kings Cross disasters. Most forces’ equipment could not transfer data or text messages – a growing operational requirement. Few had any form of encryption and were susceptible to monitoring by anyone prepared to buy cheap scanning equipment. In addition, almost every force had areas in which the police and other emergency services operated without effective radio coverage. [25] The traditional cork construction often led CID personnel to call their uniformed colleagues "woodentops" (the name of a children's TV programme). He does seem to imply that ‘custodian’ was the original name for the 1863 design. Others who made similar items may have called their model something else. As you say the name in an actual early dated helmet would be useful, although often only the makers stamp is present as the helmet shape itself discloses the model? Figure 11. “What’s going on ‘ere then?” At the ‘Sydney Street Siege’ (1911) a mixture of the coxcomb style on City of London Police and rose tops on Metropolitan Police. (Note that by this time the ‘Wolseley’ style flat, extended rear brim is standard). As of September 2021, Essex Police no longer restricts any force-issue headwear by gender. Any new officer recruited since may choose between a custodian helmet or bowler hat, plus an additional peaked cap. [21] Identification [ edit ]

Traditional headgear of the Bobby on the Beat

By at least 1867 or even as early as 1865 (see, fig. 5 & 7) the similarity to the top hat lessened with the Custodian becoming shorter, getting a convex-concave profile, losing any vertical parallel surfaces, but it retained a round horizontal brim (figs. 5 & 7), the brim seems to have become down turned during the early 1870s (fig. 6). The basic Custodian design has experienced many variations in shape, ornamentation and badging over the years as the various regional forces and others sought distinctive helmets; and as general fashions changed. Standardization was attempted in the 1930s, with the Home Office issuing various rules encompassing certain parameters that all British Police helmets had to adhere to. After this the Custodian was officially called the ‘Home Office Pattern’. The various forces were, however, not enthusiastic in their response and many different styles continue to exist to this day. The Custodian Helmet is also worn by the British Transport Police and Ministry of Defence Police, the States of Jersey Police, the States of Guernsey Police Service, the Isle of Man Constabulary, the Royal Gibraltar Police, and the Bermuda Police. Special Constables are also issued with Custodian Helmets.