Mobile Police Reports What new thing do we learn from
the conflicting reports on the success of the Courtesy Cops in Lancashire and London? Sir Philip Game, Commissioner of Police, says he is disappointed with the results which show only an insignificant decrease in the accident-rate for 1938 (94, 1.7 and 0.7 per cent. in deaths, serious and slight injuries respectively), while Lancashire reported a 46 per cent. general decrease between April and September and a rather smaller figure for the rest of the year. The area controlled by the Metropolitan mobile police was confined to a few de-restricted main roads, it is true, but that should not affect the averages. Are London drivers worse than any others, London police less persuasive; are there more Lancashire police on the work; or is Lanca- shire particularly lucky, London particularly unlucky? The last sounds too easy.
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