PANTS

Description: KHAKI WOOL POLICE UNIFORM BREECHES WITH 3 FRONT & 2 REAR POCKETS. METAL ZIPPER & BUTTON FASTEN FLY. PANTS HAVE A NARROW BURGUNDY WOOL STRIPE DOWN OUTSIDE SEAM OF PANTS, FROM WAISTBAND TO THE CUFF. WAISTBAND HAS BUTTONS INSIDE TO FASTEN SUSPENDERS. HIPS ARE FLARED WITH NARROW CALVES WITH 12 EYELETS ON EACH TO LACE UP. A LARGE PANEL OF FABRIC IS SEWN ON REAR AND INSIDE OF LEGS FOR EXTRA STRENGTH. LABEL ON INSIDE OF WAISTBAND MARKED "BOND CLOTHES INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED LEO SINGER" "SGT. W.R.(?) WEST" "APL/1961 ORDER NO 6829". PANTS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, WITH LITTLE DAMAGE OR WEAR EVIDENT.

History: ACCORDING TO ONE OFFICER, IN 1961 WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE TRAFFIC DIVISION WAS INTRODUCED, SGT. WEST REQUESTED THEY WEAR DIFFERENT COLOURED UNIFORMS W/ BOOTS & BREECHES. PANTS WERE BORROWED FROM THE CITY OF EDMONTON AS AN EXAMPLE, AND IN 1961 THESE PANTS WERE TAILOR MADE BY LEO SINGER IN LETHBRIDGE. SEE P19960112001-GA FOR MORE HISTORY ON MOTORCYCLE CORPS. *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.