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MEPO 2 /3838, photo of radio-equipped motor-cycle patrol
 
  MEPO 2 /3838, photo of radio-equipped motor-cycle patrol. The increased use of cars in the years between the wars brought about a huge death toll: when Source 2(ii) was issued in 1931 18 people a day were being killed on the roads. Both these sources show the police responding by being present on the roads themselves.
 
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These sources are all quite easy to understand. As you look at them, think about: which aspect of police work will be changed? Is this technology an entirely new approach, or a new way of doing an old job? There is some evidence, too, of the attitudes of: the police (Source 2), criminals (Source 3) and the public (Source 4) to these changes.
 
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  Put some of the evidence you have found in these Sources into your Gallery Worksheet.
 
Source 6 Source 5 Source 4 Source 3 Source 1