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The Glasgow Humane Society was founded in 1790. It is the oldest continuing lifeboat service in the world. The aims and objectives of the Society are:

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67-640: The Society is contracted by the council to maintain the provision of Life Belts along the Clyde and assist in Search and Locate missions for missing people. Alongside Strathclyde Police , the Glasgow Humane Society introduced a GPS system for rescue equipment along the River Clyde. At every lifebelt and rescue ladder position there are signs with an identifying code that a caller can to provide to police, that allows

134-732: A Stahlhelm helmet or stuffed into a pocket or knapsack. In 1935, the Nazis introduced new uniforms designed for modern mechanised warfare. However, the basic design including the peaked cap remained the same as in the Weimar Republic 's Reichsheer . But the new national emblem featuring eagle clutching swastika, and black-red-white roundel in oak wreath were introduced on the caps. Enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers were issued with peaked caps with leather chincord. Officers received caps with metallic chincord. Both enlisted-NCOs' caps and officers' caps had specially colored piping around

201-621: A kartuz . In 1914, peakless caps were abolished everywhere in Russian armed forces except the Navy, and modern peaked caps were issued to all soldiers. However, after the October Revolution of 1917 , it was replaced in Red Army field uniforms by the budenovka , and later by the garrison cap . The dress uniforms, on the other hand, retained this headgear, and various paramilitary Soviet agencies like

268-497: A Police duty belt holding handcuffs ( Hiatts Speedcuffs or TCH-840 Rigid Handcuffs), a 21" Autolock baton with a Hindi cap (Mounted Unit officers were supplied with the longer 26" Autolock batons) and CS Spray. Also carried were a small first aid kit, torch, leg restraints, keys, utility pouch etc. Motorola MTH800 radio handsets, connected to the UK's Airwave TETRA radio network, were issued to officers when on duty. This style of uniform

335-461: A Chief Superintendent supported by 2 Superintendents who held various portfolios. These Divisions were further sub-divided into a number of Sub Divisions, which may have been further split into areas commanded by an Area Commander (A.C.) of Chief Inspector rank. There were 33 Area Commands within the Force. In 2005, Strathclyde Police established its groundbreaking Violence Reduction Unit (VRU). The unit

402-697: A contract basis by Bond Air Services . The Strathclyde Police Headquarters were located at Pitt Street in Blythswood Hill , Glasgow . The building was originally erected in 1934 as Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College, later the Scottish College of Commerce. In 1964 the Scottish College of Commerce combined with the Royal College of Science and Technology to form the University of Strathclyde . There were plans in place before dissolution to relocate

469-572: A crown (formerly khaki, now dark blue, except for the Royal Military Police, who have always worn red, and the Rifles, who wear rifle green), which may have coloured piping or a regimental/corps colour, and a patent leather peak and chinstrap. The chinstrap is usually secured above and across the peak and secured at each end by a small (20 line) button of the appropriate regimental or corps pattern. Officers in some regiments are also required to wear

536-503: A crown top and has a stiff brim all around. The front of the brim is formed into a visor and the sides and back are folded upwards. Members of the People's Liberation Army also wear a peaked cap, with the design influences from the former Soviet Union . However, since from 2007, PLA started to change to adapt the Type 07 Service Uniform, the new uniform retains peaked cap but the style is more like

603-484: A khaki version of the cap, often called the "service dress cap", with service dress (the officers' no 2 dress) or barrack dress; the design of this dates back to the cap worn in the field until replaced by the steel helmet during the First World War. Female personnel wear a peaked cap of a different pattern. For uniformity, however, female musicians wear the same peaked cap as male personnel in formal dress. Members of

670-596: A peaked cap of a different pattern again, similar to that of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In the United States Air Force, all personnel have the option to wear service caps, but only field-grade ( major through colonel ) and general officers are required to own one. The service cap is issued without charge to enlisted airmen assigned to certain ceremonial units and details. Air Force service caps are Air Force blue (shade 1620), matching

737-630: A person to be lifted over the side. Strathclyde Police Strathclyde Police was the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council areas of Argyll and Bute , Glasgow City , East Ayrshire , East Dunbartonshire , East Renfrewshire , Inverclyde , North Ayrshire , North Lanarkshire , Renfrewshire , South Ayrshire , South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire (The former Strathclyde local government region ) between 1975 and 2013. The Police Authority contained members from each of these authorities. Strathclyde Police had

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804-551: A row of gold oak leaves across the forward edge, while that of the flag officer has two rows of gold oak leaves, one along the forward edge and one near the cap band. The same oak leaves are worn by the Governor General of Canada as Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces . The service cap is theoretically unisex, although there is a service hat (French: chapeau de service ) for women which does not have

871-522: A slightly different pattern. British Army officers wore blue peaked caps as early as the Crimean War to distinguish themselves from enlisted men who wore the pillbox hat . The peaked caps were widely worn on campaign during the First and Second World Wars, until the more practical beret was popularised by generals like Sir Bernard Montgomery . After the war, officers continued to wear khaki caps as part of

938-470: A terrorist incident in 2007 at Glasgow Airport which resulted in five members of the public being injured and the perpetrator himself dying later at hospital. Through replacing the City of Glasgow Police, Strathclyde Police inherited a competitive pipe band. This band drew on pipers and drummers from 5 other adjoining forces with existing pipe bands, and under the direction of Pipe Major Ian MacLellan BEM, became

1005-481: A white band instead of a black band. Female officers and warrant officers wear a peaked cap of a different pattern. Female other ranks wear a round hat instead, although the female version of the peaked cap was formerly worn by all female ranks of the RAF Police. For uniformity, however, female musicians wear the same peaked cap as male personnel in formal dress. All ranks of the former Women's Auxiliary Air Force wore

1072-524: Is a 4-cornered type of peaked cap, related to the czapka and worn by members of the Polish Land Forces . Naval officers and air force personnel, however, wear conventional peaked caps. Russia was the first country to adopt the peaked cap. The official act of adopting the cap for military use was made by Alexander I of Russia in 1811. During the Napoleonic Wars , various early versions of

1139-638: Is usually white for navy, blue for air force, and green for army. The band is typically a dark, contrasting colour, often black, but may be patterned or striped. In the British Army, each regiment and corps has a different badge. In the United States Armed Forces, the cap device is uniform throughout every service branch, although different variants are used by different rank classes. The peaked cap originated in late 18th or early 19th-century Northern Europe, usually worn by working-class men. In

1206-579: The Auxiliary Territorial Service wore a soft peaked cap of a different pattern again. All male personnel of the Royal Air Force wear a cap with a blue-grey crown and a black band, worn with the appropriate badge, in no 1 dress, and sometimes in other uniforms as well. The peak is: The caps of other ranks of the RAF Police have a white crown. Officer cadets wear the officers' cap with

1273-625: The Cold War and after dissolution of the Soviet Union , uniforms copied from the Russian pattern were issued to the armies of various Asian, Eastern European, African communist nations and post-Soviet states (except Baltic states , Azerbaijan (similar design but closely aligned with the Turkish counterparts), Georgia (after 2004) and Ukraine (after 2016)). Particularly famous are the oversized caps worn by North Korean army officers, unchanged since

1340-562: The NKVD or VOKhR kept using it in all uniforms. Agencies like railway workers, firemen, pilots, mining supervisors, foresters, customs officers in the Soviet Union also were organised along military lines and wore uniforms with peaked caps of various designs. In the 1990s, the Russian peaked cap was redesigned and widely issued to the armed forces and police. Caps of this shape are most associated with Russia among foreigners, since they are large and high. In 2012, after army general Sergey Shoygu

1407-556: The Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency , into a single service covering the whole of Scotland. The force was portrayed in the television series Taggart . The force was created on 16 May 1975 as part of the restructuring of local government in Scotland. The police area matched the boundaries of the new Strathclyde Regional Council , which was broken up on 1 April 1996. It was formed from, either in whole or in part: The Force

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1474-723: The Syrian Arab Armed Forces typically wear berets as part of their service uniform. the Syrian Arab Military Police notably wear red covers on their peaked caps. Royal Navy officers were first issued peaked caps in 1825 as a less formal alternative to the bicorne hat . From 1846, it was worn with a crown on the front, and later (from 1856), gold braid was added to the brim to ensure commissioned officers were instantly recognised by their subordinates. Commanders , captains and commodores had one row of braid on their peaks, whereas flag officers had two. Before

1541-548: The number 2 dress uniform , but by the 1990s these had been phased out in favour of the dark blue and red caps previously worn with the number 1 dress uniform . Peaked caps were first issued to enlisted men in 1908 to replace the Glengarry caps and pillbox hats of the Boer War era. The new caps were made of khaki wool and sometimes had a neck flap to protect against the cold. Nicknamed the "gor blimey", these caps are associated with

1608-567: The sailor cap . Officers, however, continued to wear the German-style peaked cap ( Schirmmütze ) to set themselves apart from the French, who wore the kepi peaked cap. Initially, German peaked caps were in the uniform color (e.g., Prussian blue, cornflower blue, green, etc.), but before the First World War a field grey hat was issued, with piping colour coded for infantry, artillery or cavalry. These caps, known as "crushers", could be worn beneath

1675-592: The wedge cap . It has also been eliminated from the Canadian Army service dress in favour of the beret , with two exceptions. General officers and chief warrant officers wearing army uniform can wear either a beret or a peaked cap with service dress. Royal Canadian Infantry Corps members of foot guards units such as the Canadian Grenadier Guards wear the bearskin cap with full dress but the peaked cap with undress and service dress. The peaked cap remains

1742-474: The 1950s until 2023. In the Australian Army , the peaked cap is known as the service cap and is generally worn with the "Patrol Blues" order of dress by all ranks with the cap colour being blue. A khaki service cap could be worn previously by warrant officers , commissioned officers and officer / staff cadets with any general duty order of dress and working/protective dress until September 2010. In

1809-558: The 19th century, the Austro-Hungarian Army were issued with shakos , originally in black leather and later in pike grey wool. Gradually, the height of the shako decreased and the cardboard stiffening removed until, by 1908, it had evolved into the ski cap . This was worn by Austrian officers and enlisted personnel during both World Wars, but when the postwar Austrian Bundesheer was established in 1955 an olive drab peaked cap and American style uniform were introduced. The cap

1876-557: The First World War ' Tommy Atkins ' and continued to be issued to members of the Household Cavalry , Foot Guards , Home Guard and Territorial Army during the Second World War. All personnel of most regiments and corps of the British Army wear a forage cap, as the peaked cap is formally called, in numbers 1 and 2 dress , the exceptions being: It has a cap band which may be coloured (red for all royal regiments and corps),

1943-496: The HQ to Dalmarnock on the outskirts of Glasgow. The Pitt Street headquarters of Strathclyde Police were demolished in early 2019. Between 2009 and 2010, Strathclyde Police focussed their resources on certain strategic areas: Murder reduced by 26%, attempted murder reduced by 15% and 45,000 fixed penalty notices for disorder were issued. 134 members of serious organised crime groups were arrested, 82 firearms were recovered and £294,955

2010-646: The Roads Policing Unit also had a white cover. Footwear was not prescribed except for those in a few specialist roles such as Public Order. Stab vests were introduced in the early 2000s and the NATO jumpers were changed to black around the same time. A trial uniform was trialed in K division in February 2002; a light blue shirt worn with or without a tie with body armour worn on top. Cargo trousers and fleeces were introduced at this time. This uniform proved unpopular and

2077-547: The Royal Australian Air Force, the peaked cap is the standard headdress for all ranks, usually worn with service dress, ceremonial dress and tropical dress among others . In the Royal Australian Navy, the peaked cap is the standard headdress worn by personnel holding the rank of petty officer and above when wearing ceremonial dress, regular day dress and informal evening dress among others. Throughout

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2144-703: The Second World War pattern. East German caps bore the DDR State Cockade with the Hammer and Compass design, while West German caps had a cockade in the German national colours, and a badge featuring a wreath with either a pair of crossed swords for the army, wings for the Air Force or an anchor for the navy. After reunification, the Schirmmütze remained part of the German army dress uniform although has mostly been replaced with

2211-462: The Second World War, naval officers were required to possess two caps: one with a white cover for summer and one without for winter. However, flag officers often preferred the white-topped cap in order to stand out from their subordinates. Male Royal Navy officers, warrant officers , chief petty officers and petty officers today wear a framed cap with a white cover and a black band in nos 1, 2 and 3 dress; originally worn only in tropical climates,

2278-511: The Tropical Blue uniform (Trops), and with all other formal dress uniforms. The cover is identical to that of the Navy with respect to the chinstrap and peak ornamentation. Its crown is white. The buttons securing the chin strap to the sides of the band are smaller versions of the buttons worn on the Coast Guard's uniform coats. The blue band around the cap includes blue fabric extending upward on

2345-661: The US and Commonwealth peaked cap instead of the Soviet style caps. In Denmark, the use of peaked cap has seen a gradual decline from official uniforms, but it is still used in the ceremonial uniforms the general corps of the Army , officers of the Airforce , officers of the Navy , the police and fire department. Peaked caps were first issued to German Landwehr troops during the Napoleonic Wars known as

2412-581: The Wachstuchmütze and made from oil cloth, since these were cheaper and easier to maintain than the heavy leather shakos and elaborate tailcoats worn by the British, French and Russian armies. The Prussian army was also the first to adopt the frock coat , so officers would not soil their dress uniforms on campaign. When the spiked Pickelhaube helmet was introduced during the 1840s, enlisted German troops were issued with peakless forage caps resembling

2479-461: The age of 18 who are not cadets and everyone over 21) may wear the service cap with a CAP-specific badge. In the United States Army, service caps are optional for wear with the green service uniform . They consist of a dark olive drab top and hat band matching the uniform coat with a russet brown leather visor and chinstrap. The combination cap for the blue service is midnight blue matching

2546-465: The arms are surrounded by a silver-colored metal circle. Commissioned officers' insignia is larger and lacks the encompassing circle. The Air Force Band and Air Force Base Honor Guard each have their own distinctive cap insignia and other uniform devices. Field-grade officers ' visors have two pairs of clouds and lightning bolts, patterned after the oak leaf motifs used by the other services. General officers' caps add an extra pair of clouds and bolts on

2613-575: The back. There were several attachments for handcuffs and other equipment. A black fleece with the Strathclyde Police logo was worn over body armour before November 2009, when they were replaced by microfleeces. There is also a fluorescent 'bomber style' jacket with similar reflective markings to the stab vests, which they were normally worn over. Also issued were black waterproof trousers and black (Constables and Sergeants) or brown (Inspectors and above) leather gloves . Personal equipment consisted of

2680-474: The band still competed as the Glasgow Police Pipe Band until 2021. Peaked cap A peaked cap , peaked hat , service cap , barracks cover , or combination cap is a form of headgear worn by the armed forces of many nations, as well as many uniformed civilian organisations such as law enforcement agencies and fire departments . It derives its name from its short visor, or peak, which

2747-951: The beret. The German navy and Air Force still wear a peaked cap as part of their service dress uniform. Members of the armed and uniformed services in Indonesia wear the peaked cap during ceremonial and operational duties. It is widely worn by the Indonesian National Police , the Indonesian National Armed Forces and other uniformed institutions in the country. In the Israel Defense Forces , combination caps are used only by Israeli Air Force and Navy officers in ceremonial dress; Military Police soldiers while on duty; Israel Defense Forces Orchestra soldiers; and some regimental sergeants major of other service branches when in ceremonial dress. The rogatywka

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2814-423: The buttons on the service dress tunic, and as such bear an RCN or regimental device. The peak of the cap of non-commissioned members and subordinate officers is left plain, and officers' caps are adorned with one or more bands of braid (depending on rank) at the forward edge of the peak. The peak of the junior officer 's cap has one row of plain gold wire along the forward edge, that of the senior officer has

2881-541: The cap according to their service branch (white for infantry, pink for panzer and so on). Gestapo and SS men were issued with black Schirmmützen featuring a silver death's head . On campaign, Wehrmacht officers often removed the wire stiffening so the cap would resemble the older First World War–era crusher. After the Second World War, both the West German Bundeswehr and East German National People's Army continued to be issued uniforms derived from

2948-530: The cap band is dark blue and embroidered with gold oak leaf motifs. For both the green and blue caps, enlisted soldiers wear a cap badge of a circular disk embossed with the United States' coat of arms , while officers wear a larger badge of the coat of arms without any backing. The United States Coast Guard wears the combination cap, known as the combo cover, with the Service Dress Blue uniform (SDBs),

3015-577: The coat and trousers of the service dress uniform, with a gloss black visor and black chinstrap secured by silver-colored buttons bearing a version of the "Hap Arnold emblem" first designed by James T. Rawls for use by the Air Force's predecessor, the Army Air Forces , in 1942. The cap badge consists of a relief of the Great Seal of the United States rendered in silver-colored metal. For enlisted members,

3082-683: The entire 19th century, they were popular with the working classes all over Northern Europe, although in Britain the flat cap was preferred by civilians towards the end of the century. In 1846, the United States Army adopted the peaked cap during the Mexican–American War due to the unsuitability of the shako in the hot Mexican climate. In 1879, a form of peaked cap was adopted by chief petty officers of Britain's Royal Navy , in imitation of an undress headdress worn by officers from as early as 1825. The British Army adopted peaked caps in 1902 for both

3149-481: The headdress for the undress uniforms of several army regiments. On navy caps, the peak and chinstrap of the service cap are always black. The cap band is black with the exception of navy military police , who wear a scarlet cap band, and members of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command , who wear a tan cap band. On both navy and army caps, the chinstrap is affixed to the cap via two small buttons, one roughly over each ear; these buttons are miniature versions of

3216-546: The introduction of new body armour with pockets. A stab vest was worn over the T-shirt top on all operational duties. The stab vests that were issued until 2008 looked like a sleeveless NATO jumper and were supplied by Highmark. New stab vests were issued from 2000 that featured blue and white chequered reflective bands across the front and back, force insignia sewn on the left breast, and a blue and white reflective (or occasionally black and white embroidered) 'POLICE' patch sewn onto

3283-641: The largest numbers of staff and served the largest population and the second largest area of the eight former Scottish police forces, after the Northern Constabulary . An Act of the Scottish Parliament , the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 , created a single Police Service of Scotland—known as Police Scotland —with effect from 1 April 2013. This act merged the eight regional police forces in Scotland (including Strathclyde Police), together with

3350-526: The later years of the Napoleonic Wars , it began to appear in 1811 in the Russian army and later in the Prussian army (Russia's ally at that time), being popular because of its comfort and light weight, as opposed to the cumbersome bicorns and shakos that were standard-duty issue. During the Biedermeier period (1815–48), they became universal dress for German and Austrian civilian males of all classes, and for

3417-409: The most successful competing pipe band in history, having won 12 World Pipe Band Championships in the premier grade. The band was notable for having senior leadership directly employed by the police force, with former pipe sergeant John Wilson having commanded a division of Strathcylde's police force not long after retiring from pipe band competition. Although Strathclyde Police was disbanded in 2013,

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3484-441: The new khaki field dress and (in coloured form) as part of the "walking out" or off-duty wear for other ranks. A dark blue version was worn with dress blues by all ranks of the U.S. Army between 1902 and 1917. During the 20th century, the combination or peaked cap became common in the armies, navies, air forces and police forces of the world, forgone in combat by common soldiers in favour of more protective combat helmets . During

3551-415: The peaked cap were in use in the Russian army. Imperial Russia abandoned the cap for a short period in the second half of the 19th century for a forage cap similar to the one used by Americans during their civil war , but the peaked cap soon returned. Early soldiers' peaked caps were, in fact, peakless, hence the nickname солдатский блин (soldier's flapjack) for the headgear; officers' caps had peaks from

3618-607: The police command and control system to accurately pinpoint the caller's location. In 2012, the society travelled to London to participate in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant . As of 2023, Officer is William Graham. The Bennie , a lifeboat custom designed by Benjamin "Bennie" Parsonage, is on display in the Riverside Museum . Several boats are replicas of the Bennie, as it is the fastest boat that can still be tipped far enough to allow

3685-523: The start and looked like modern peaked caps. The peakless version remained in use in the Russian navy under the name of beskozyrka (literally "peakless one") and is still worn by Russian seamen. Also during the Imperial period, peaked caps were introduced as part of government officials' uniforms. Serfs and peasants adopted an almost identical hat into their fashion after the Napoleonic Wars, known as

3752-429: The uniform coat with a gloss black visor. The enlisted cap has a golden stripe on top of the cap band and a black chinstrap. The version for officers has a cap band with the branch-of-service color between two golden stripes, and a gold-colored chinstrap. Field-grade officers have oak leaves, known unofficially as "scrambled eggs" , on the visor. General officers ' caps are similar to those of field-grade officers, but

3819-427: The visor, while the cap of the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force adds clouds and bolts around the entire cap band. The clouds and bolts are jokingly referred to in military slang as " farts and darts ", much as the other services' oak leaf motifs are known as "scrambled eggs". The USAF service cap is also worn by the Air Force's civilian auxiliary, the Civil Air Patrol (CAP). Senior members (those over

3886-430: The white cover was adopted for all areas after the Second World War. Officers have the option of a cotton or plastic cover. Female personnel wear a tricorne hat instead. All Royal Marines personnel wear a cap with a white cover and a red band with 'blues' uniform. The Royal Marines Band Service also wear this cap with the Lovat uniform and the 'Half Lovats' equivalent of army barrack dress. Women wear caps of

3953-441: Was appointed Minister of Defence, the design of the peaked cap was changed again to a lower and more proportional style. Peaked caps are worn by non-commissioned officers and officers of the Serbian Army (including the Serbian River Flotilla ) and the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence . Women wear a different style. Peaked caps are worn by commissioned officers of the four service branches as part of their full-dress uniform ,

4020-446: Was changed again in 2003, replacing shirts and ties altogether with a black short sleeved Under Armour -style 'wicking' T-shirt with 'POLICE' (or 'STRATHCLYDE POLICE' on early shirts) displayed in white on both sleeves. Headgear and epaulettes showing Divisional identifier number and rank insignia were unchanged from previous uniforms. Cargo trousers continued to be issued until 2008, after which trousers came without cargo pockets due to

4087-416: Was commanded by a Chief Constable, who as of 2012 was supported by a Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) and 3 Assistant Chief Constables (ACC). From 23 October 2007 until abolition, the Force was organised into 8 Territorial Divisions (designated A,B,G,K,L,N,Q & U Divisions), a Headquarters Division (H), a Support Services Division (V) and a Road Policing Division (T). The Territorial Divisions were commanded by

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4154-417: Was historically made of polished leather but increasingly is made of a cheaper synthetic substitute. The term forage cap is also used, although that also applies to the "field service cap" or the side cap . Other principal components are the crown, band, and insignia, typically a cap badge and embroidery in proportion to rank. Piping is also often found, typically in contrast to the crown colour, which

4221-400: Was later adopted by all police forces in Scotland, with slight insignia variations, and subsequently by Police Scotland . The Strathclyde Police Air Support Unit operated Scotland's only police helicopter ; a Eurocopter EC 135T2+ (G-SPAO) based at the Glasgow City Heliport . This helicopter was painted in PSDB highly conspicuous colours of dark blue and yellow. The aircraft was supplied on

4288-410: Was phased out by 1995 in favour of a blue woollen NATO-style pullover and utility belt which was introduced a few years earlier. Headgear consisted of a peaked cap for males or a round reinforced bowler style for females. Both types of hat featured Sillitoe tartan design and the standard Scottish Police cap badge in metal for Constables and Sergeants or embroidered for Inspectors and above. The caps of

4355-431: Was seized from organised crime groups. 15,000 drug seizures of Class A and B drugs took place and 2,500 kg worth of drugs including amphetamines, cocaine and heroin were seized and destroyed. The UK as a whole remains at a heightened state of alert with regards to terrorism following continuing threats from terrorist groups Al-Qaida , dissident IRA groups and domestic extremist groups. Strathclyde Police dealt with

4422-445: Was set up to bring together communities and agencies to tackle the root causes of violence. The work of the VRU has now been extended throughout the whole of Scotland. From the formation of Strathclyde Police in 1975, uniform was similar to the uniform previously used by the antecedent City of Glasgow Police , albeit with white shirts instead of blue shirts. This was an open-necked tunic and trousers, white shirt and black tie. The tunic

4489-400: Was used in the early stages of the First World War as the primary headgear, but increased head injuries led to its replacement by the Brodie helmet as primary combat head protection. In the Canadian Forces, the peaked cap (French: casquette de service ) is the primary headgear for men's Royal Canadian Navy service dress . It has been abandoned in the Royal Canadian Air Force in favour of

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