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FROM the VAULT – Technology; yes, you can call it that

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In the Report of the Commissioner of Police for 1942 reference is made to the newly installed wireless station;

            “During the year the erection of the wireless station, referred to in my last annual report, was completed.  Prior to the completion of this Station, the police cars were equipped with one-way wireless only, and they operated through the Wireless Station erected by the Brisbane City Council.

Radio equipment – this was the first interstate HF CW service, located at the Petrie Terrace Depot in 1942. Image No. PM0584 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.

Radio equipment – this was the first interstate HF CW service, located at the Petrie Terrace Depot in 1942.
Image No. PM0584 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.

            Since the completion of the Police Wireless Station, the system of two-way Wireless was instituted, and fourteen (14) Police Patrol cars have been equipped with two-way wireless and placed in service.  This system is now brought into line with the States of New South Wales and Victoria from the point of view of the utilisation of the wireless system in practical Police work.

Police radio control desk in Brisbane, 1943. Image No. PM0300 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.

Police radio control desk in Brisbane, 1943.
Image No. PM0300 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.

            This system has proved eminently satisfactory in the South, and is proving just as satisfactory in this State.  We are now in daily wireless communication with the Police Departments in the States of New South Wales and Victoria, thus intensifying the co-operation which has existed between the Police Departments of the three States.

The CIB Brisbane radio desk, c1950. Image No. PM3522 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.

The CIB Brisbane radio desk, c1950.
Image No. PM3522 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.

            It can be stated that with the inauguration of the two-way wireless system in this State, facilities for crime detection may be regarded as having been intensified, factors being the early report of discovery of crime, facilities for transmission of particulars to investigators, and for the latter to proceed to the scene.”

Portable emergency HF and VHF radio base retained in a 1949 or 1950 Chevrolet, image c1951. Image No. PM0579 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.

Portable emergency HF and VHF radio base retained in a 1949 or 1950 Chevrolet, image c1951.
Image No. PM0579 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.

And texting is not so new after all.  In January 1965 the introduction of the P.M.G. Telex teleprinter was approved for sending text based messages to interstate police departments, and between 5pm and 9am this communication service effectively transmitted text messages, with operators switching to the use of radio telegraphy facilities between 9am and 5pm.

Female police officer at work on a Telex machine, c1975. Image No. PM1813 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.

Female police officer at work on a Telex machine, c1975.
Image No. PM1813 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.

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This information has been supplied by the Queensland Police Museum from the best resources available at the time of writing.  The Police Museum is open 9am to 4pm Monday to Thursday and 10am to 3pm on the last Sunday of the month (Feb-Nov) and is located on the Ground Floor of Police Headquarters at 200 Roma Street, Brisbane. Contact: E: museum@police.qld.gov.au

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