The job of police officers has inevitably changed in lots of ways over the last 60 years or so. Some roles remain the same - like investigating murders or post office raids.
But, as these pictures from the Evening News archives show, such tasks as directing the traffic used to be a key part of policing work.
And of course there were protests and demonstrations to be dealt with too.
Scroll through these fascinating old photos and see what police work was like in the 1950s and 1960s.
And of course there were protests and demonstrations to be dealt with too.
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