PEDOMETER

Description: CREAM COLOURED CARDBOARD BOX MARKED "PEDOMETER 12 M MADE IN GERMANY" ON THE LID. CONTAINED INSIDE IS A STAINLESS STEEL PEDOMETER WITH A WHITE FACE MARKED "MADE IN GERMANY". MILEAGE PEDOMETER LOOKS LIKE A POCKET WATCH WITH A WINDING KNOB ON THE TOP WITH A CLIP AND LARGE SAFETY PIN ATTACHED TO A RING AROUND THE TOP. ALSO CONTAINED IN THE BOX IS A BLUE CARDBOARD PIECE, AND AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL. HAD A PIECE OF PAPER MARKED "RUKO CANADA LTD 6 ALPHA MILLS ROAD STREETSVILLE ONTARIO". BOX IS MARKED BUT PEDOMETER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

History: USED BY POLICE TO RECORD DISTANCES WALKED BY AN OFFICER. ON 10 NOVEMBER 2007, FORMER POLICE CHIEF TERRY WAUTERS COMMENTED THAT PEDOMETERS WERE HOOKED ON MEMBERS’ BOOTS AND, IN ORDER THAT THEY DIDN'T FALL OFF, PINNED TO THEIR SOCKS. PEDOMETERS WERE BROUGHT INTO SERVICE BY SENIOR POLICE MEMBERS IN ORDER TO VERIFY THAT PATROLLERS WALKED THE ALLOTTED NUMBER OF MILES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY’S “BEATS”. HE SAID THAT THE IDEA WAS CONSIDERED A “NUISANCE” BY MANY AND, CONSEQUENTLY, THEY FELL INTO DISUSE AFTER ONLY A FEW YEARS. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING SOME DONATED BY THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICES. FOR A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE COLLECTION, SEE RECORD P19960112001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF INTERVIEWS AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH CURRENT AND FORMER LETHBRIDGE POLICE, SEE PERMANENT FILE P19960112000.