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Annual
Reviews

These reviews gave a statement of how the DTELS business had faired during the previous twelve month period and what the management objectives were going forward

Careers

During its fifty-five year existence the Directorate recruited staff by various means, often through advertisements in national or regional papers covering the area where the vacancies existed. One such example is this six page A5 brochure.

Exhibition
1971

Articles drawn from a set of papers produced by the Directorate in 1971 for an exhibition held at Leicester University. The comprehensive set of papers were intended to provide visiting members of the Police and Fire Services with a record of the talks and topics of then current interest and importance.

Guidance
Notes

Guidance notes covering a range of topics were written and published by the Directorate for distribution to personnel who were involved with engineering projects.

Instructions

A booklet describing the Radio Procedures to be adopted by users following the introduction of area wide VHF radio schemes from 1946 onwards for Police Forces in England and Wales.

Intercom Journals

These informative journals were produced by the Directorate from 1972 until 1979. They provided staff, customers and other parties with an insight to what was being accomplished by the organisation, the direction that research was taking into new methods and techniques, and the scope and quality of the equipment which could be offered at the time by the British radio industry under operational conditions by the Home Office.

Link
Magazine

These newsletters were produced by the Directorate from August 1989 until February 1991 and were intended to keep everyone informed on how the business was developing, topics of interest and who the people were in HQ and the regions.

Marketing

For a period of more than forty years, the Directorate had provided maintenance services to Police Forces and Fire Brigades almost on an exclusivity basis. However, during the latter part of the 1980's the situation changed as government dictate required the organisation to compete directly with the private sector for this business. Hence, a Marketing Section was setup and publicity material generated.

Technical Documents

This section contains information or publications that is of a technical nature and was produced by the Directorate.
Some of the articles may relate to notes of a meeting, or presentation. Others may relate to documents that were circulated internally, possibly distributed externally, as part of a project, feasibility study or R&D exercise.

Post
WARC

In October 1983 the Directorate published the equipment handbook for the emergency services entitled 'Post-WARC Frequency Conversion Programme'. The handbook presented forces and brigades with advance information on the new replacement equipment's that would be operating in the new VHF frequency bands from late 1985 onwards.

Work
Guide

In 1984 the Directorate published an A5 sized booklet which gave a brief overview of the work undertaken by the organisation and the group structure at that time.