Saturday morning Flashback, Policing in the 1990s, Part 5…

24 October 2026

⚡️Saturday morning Flashback, Policing in the 1990s, Part 5…

Officers dealing with protesters outside Plymouth’s Duke of Cornwall Hotel during a visit by Home Secretary Michael Howard in the 1990s.

The picture captures a different era of policing, with traditional uniforms, helmets and hands-on crowd control, long before today’s protective equipment became commonplace.

Do you remember policing in those days?

Photographs © Wayne Perry / Plymouth Post