Frederick George Beale was a British police officer and Chief Constable.

Early life

Beale was born in

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in 1907. He was the son of Frederick Charles Beale, a coal miner, and Edith Terrell. He was schooled at West Monmouth Grammar School until aged 17, and later studied at the South Wales School of Mines until aged 22. He received three awards for distinction and a diploma in mining engineering, later becoming an Associate of the

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Police career

Brighton Borough Police

Beale joined the Brighton Borough Police in 1929 and performed commendable duties across multiple departments, eventually transferring to police headquarters in 1932, first as Aliens Officer and later in the same year a clerk to the chief officer, whilst still a Police Constable."Penzance Police" Western Morning News 29 November 1941 In March 1933 he passed the qualifying examinations to earn the promotion of Sergeant, scoring a top score of 91% and a transfer to the St Helens Police.

St. Helens County Borough Police

From 1933 to 1935 Beale was a staff officer to the Chief Constable of St Helens Police, and performed clerical duties and taking of charges. In 1934 he took an examination with the City of Liverpool Police and qualified for the rank of Inspector.

King's Lynn Borough Police

On 2 May 1935 he transferred to the King's Lynn Borough Police in Norfolk and became the deputy to the Chief Constable of the force, which consisted of 43 regulars and 120 members of the

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. He also performed the duties required of him as an Inspector of Weights & Measures. In July 1938 he undertook a course in Air Raid Precautions at the Home Office School at Falfield, and in July 1939 he took a course in incendiary bomb control at the Home Office School in Nottingham. In August 1940 he took a course of instruction for operational control in air raid incidents, and was subsequently a qualified instructor in Air Raid Precautions. Amongst other qualifications, Beale was certified by the St John Ambulance Association and the Royal Life Saving Society.

Penzance Borough Police

In October 1941, the Chief Constable of

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, resigned to take a post at the

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. Six candidates were reviewed by the Penzance Police Watch Committee, those being Inspector Beale, Inspector Butcher of Ramsgate, Inspector Cargill of Liverpool, Inspectors Yeoman and Hargreaves of Blackpool and Inspector Maxwell of Preston. Candidates were balloted, with numbers whittled down to three, with Beale getting the highest number of votes during the second round of balloting. Beale led the force throughout the final years of the

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, although would be required to defer the running of the force to Cornwall Constabulary in 1943, as per the terms of the Defence (Amalgamation of Police) Act 1942, which was a temporary measure by the Home Office to allow the military to deal more easily with a smaller number of police forces. By 1946 though, the arrangement was still in effect, and on 1 April 1947 borough forces were abolished altogether with the passing of the 1946 Police Act.

Cornwall County Constabulary

Beale remained in charge of the Penzance district of the Cornwall County Constabulary, taking the rank of Superintendent.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beale, Frederick George British Chief Constables 1907 births Year of death missing People from Monmouthshire People from Penzance