CAP, UNIFORM

Description: PEAKED POLICE CAP AND MAKERS TAG - 2 PIECES. 1. POLICE CAP, PEAKED. NAVY WOOL HEAD PIECE WITH SILVER COLORED BADGE MARKED "POLICE, LETHBRIDGE" DEPICTING SHEILD, CROWN, BEAVER AND LEAVES IN FRONT. BRIM OF HAT IS BLACK VINYL. JUST ABOVE BRIM IS MATCHING VINYL HATBAND ATTACHED TO HAT BY SILVER COLORED BUTTONS DEPICTING A CROWN MARKED "POLICE FORCE". HAT BAND LINED WITH LEATHER. INSIDE OF HAT LINED WITH BLUE CLOTH. 13.5 CM HIGH BY 27.0 CM IN DIAMETER. 2. TAG, COATED CLOTH TAG MARKED, "TAILORED ESPECIALLY FOR HOULT... SEPT 66..." 4.2 CM WIDE BY 6.2 CM WIDE.

History: ACCORDING TO THE LABEL ON THE INSIDE OF THE HAT, THE OBJECT BELONGED TO A PERSON NAMED HOULT. ACCORDING TO THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, CONSTABLE CY HOULT RECIEVED AN AWARD FOR GOOD SCORES IN THE "INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGER'S ASSOCIATION COURSE IN POLICE ADMINISTRATION" IN 1968. HE WAS TRAINED IN BREATHALIZER TESTING AND CONDUCTED DEMONSTRATIONS ON THE SUBJECT IN THE LATE 1970S. FINALLY, IN 2004 HE WAS ELECTED AS HEALTH COMMUNICATION OFFICER FOR "MEMBERS OF REGION 14 OF THE CANADIAN SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION... EXECUTIVE." FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE PERMANENT FILE.