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Japanese/SMC Volunteer Police Medal, created in 1943 while the Shanghai International Settlement was controlled by Japanese occupation forces, recognised the service of Japanese police officers prior to the disbandment of the Shanghai Municipal Police on 31 July 1943. An eight-pointed Brunswick star, the medal consisted of the SMP badge on the ...
May 13, 2021 · Photo courtesy of The World’s First SWAT Team: W. E. Fairbairn and the Shanghai Municipal Police Reserve Unit. Fairbairn brought an unorthodox approach to the police beat. He ensured the 100 officers under his command — 14 foreigners (British, American, Irish, and others), 26 Sikhs, and 60 Chinese — were experts in unarmed and less-than ...
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Oct 24, 2012 · Called the most sinful in the world, the Settlement relied on its police: the Shanghai Municipal Police, one of the most advanced forces in the world. After an incident in 1926 when the...
Jan 16, 2024 · William E. Fairbairn, a former police officer in Shanghai during the tumultuous 1930s, found himself in a city ruled by ruthless gangs where “murder, rape, and robbery were the order of the day.” His experiences in this perilous environment would shape the future of combat shooting. In the words of Col. Rex Applegate,
Sep 20, 2021 · September 20, 2021 By Leroy Thompson, Machine Guns & Tactics Editor. On 1 January 1917, William Ewart Fairbairn was promoted to Sgt. Major/Drill Instructor with the Shanghai Municipal Police (SMP). He had served as Assistant Drill Instructor from 11 March 1912. Since joining on 7 January 1907, after being discharged from the Royal Marines ...
Aug 22, 2012 · The World’s First SWAT Team W. E. Fairbairn and the Shanghai Municipal Police Reserve Unit. The city was a dangerous place. There was organised crime with racketeering, vice, kidnapping and drugs to keep the ne’er do wells busy.
Jun 1, 2021 · However, Fairbairn spent some 33 years in the Shanghai Municipal Police, working his way up from a beat constable to Assistant Commissioner. There he was responsible for the SMPD adopting truly forward-thinking fighting methods, and he essentially invented the modern SWAT team (the “Reserve Unit”, which Fairbairn led for 10 years).
