[BCMA] Police Force Hat

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

"BC Provincial *Policy* hat." Nice one Kris. I am sure it was deliberate as
you have hung around Victoria for so long...

I have been researching the B.C. Provincial Police for a few years now as
my late father-in-law, Ted Brue, was a BCPP member. I been also attending
their veterans' monthly luncheons (winding down and their association
formally disbanded due to age of the survivors, after all BCP were
disbanded in 1950) and I am now collecting BC Police items. I have created
a database listing all known BCPP members (1,436 so far)  and their
regimental numbers (which only started being issued in the 1920s) so I can
help museums and collectors to identify who wore a uniform if the
regimental number e.g. 1234  is marked in it. I add other info into the
database when time permits such as links to stories and photos in THE
SHOULDER STRAP magazine of the BCPP. Note that their handcuffs, leather
pouches and firearms had separate BCP inventory numbers e.g. BCP 60. This
was an amazing police force, which should be remembered. They were formed
in 1858 and were much older than the RCMP which was formed as the NWMP in
1873. Happily the BCPP are represented in various museum collections around
the province e.g. Sooke, Burnaby and Osoyoos.

That being said *your hat is NOT BCP* in my opinion. Their uniforms were
brown with a dark green trim.

Colin Stevens
Richmond



On 17 October 2013 15:20, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <
bcma at lists.vvv.com> wrote:

> Might be worth following up with the RBCM to see if it is a BC Provincial
> Policy hat.****
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> Kris Andersen****
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> *Subject:* [BCMA] Police Force Hat****
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> Hello everyone.  I have attached a picture of an item without an accession
> number that we found while doing inventory in our collection.  It is a navy
> blue hat with a red band and a silver button on each temple that says
> “Police Force” with a crown symbol in the centre.  Can anyone help me
> identify this item and perhaps give an era?  Any additional information you
> might have for me would be helpful as I have little.  What I do know from
> contacting the Vancouver Police Museum is: “it is NOT a VPD hat.  It also
> doesn't seem to be an RCMP hat, as their button logo is a buffalo.  It's
> probably not a New Westminster Police or Victoria hat either, as their band
> is blue and checkered respectively.  It's definitely a Policing
> organization within the commonwealth.”  Any ideas?****
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-- 
Colin MacGregor Stevens
Richmond, British Columbia, CANADA
Museum Manager & Curator (Retired)
The 2012 recipient of the British Columbia Museums Association Annual
*"Distinguished
Service Award"*

Served as a Captain in the Canadian Army
Researcher, collector & author - Writing a biographical book on "Smokey
Smith, V.C.

Collector specializing in WWII Canadian special units such as:
1 Canadian Parachute Battalion; First Special Service Force ("The Devil's
Brigade"); RCN Commando "W"; British Security Co-ordination (BSC);
post-WWII Canadian SAS Company; and Canadians who served on WWII special
service in British special units such as S.O.,E. (including Force 136);
MI-9; Commandos; the Parachute Regiment, SAS, RSR, SRU, BAAG etc.
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