20 May 1972
Constable M. Cox (above), of the Auckland Central Police Station, tries out one of the new lightweight two-way radios which were used yesterday for the first time by city patrolmen.
The new radios, which cost about $300 each enable patrolmen to keep in constant touch with the operations room in the central station and other police in the vicinity.
The radios were given their first real test during last night's anti-Vietnam war demonstration in Queen St.