UNIFORM, POLICE

Description: NAVY BLUE WOOL POLICE TUNIC WITH TWO CHEST GUSSET POCKETS, AND FRONT FLAP POCKETS, EACH WITH ONE ALUMINUM BUTTON WITH A CROWN IN THE CENTRE SURROUNDED BY "POLICE FORCE". COAT FASTENS WITH 4 LARGE ALUMINUM BUTTONS DOWN THE FRONT, EACH WITH THE SAME MARKINGS AS POCKETS. EACH SIDE SEAM AT WAIST LEVEL HAS A STEEL BELT HOOK TO SUPPORT BELT. SHOULDER TAB IS FASTENED NEAR THE COLLAR WITH A SMALL BUTTON, AND HAS HOLES WHERE SHOULDERS BARS ARE MISSING. EACH SHOULDER HAS A NAVY BLUE FLASH MARKED "CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE FORCE" IN WHITE THREAD. THE POCKET ON THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT HAS A LABEL MARKED "TAILORED ESPECIALLY FOR MR. WAUTERS DATE AUG. 65 ORDER NO. 3440 KEN BAKER'S MENS WEAR". ON LEFT SLEEVE IS A MARKSMANSHIP BADGE.

History: WORN BY MR. WAUTERS BEFORE HE WAS THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WAUTERS STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE MOTORCYCLE PATROL IN 1962. P19960112001-GA FOR MORE INFORMATION. *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.