Museum of Policing in Devon & Cornwall is proud to present an exhibition in association with Timelock Productions:
Policing Plymouth 1892 to 1929.
Friday 1st May to Sunday 10th May 2026. 11am to 4pm daily in the Melville Building, Royal William Yard, Plymouth PL1 3RP.
Meet two of the most innovative Chief Constables of Plymouth during times of great change.
Joseph Davidson Sowerby and Herbert Hards Sanders.
Find out how they led their officers, and the difficulties presented by being part of an area of towns with high military activity.
Campaigning for a safer Plymouth as well as maintaining law and order.
With the advent of the motor car, the harsh reality of the Great War, and grinding poverty, there was much to do.
The film, How Do You Fix A Town Like Plymouth, by Timelock Productions will be shown as part of the exhibition.
This dramatised documentary has been researched and presented by Professor Kim Stevenson of the University of Plymouth covering the tenure of Chief Constable Sowerby up to the outbreak of war in 1914.
Scripted by Professor Judith Rowbotham, and filmed locally.
