Description:Group photograph of policemen taken at Forebridge Barracks.
Seated centre front is The Hon. George Augustus Anson, R.A., the third son of the 3rd Earl of Lichfield. he was appointed Chief Constable in April 1888, the youngest ever to be appointed in Staffordshire, being 31 on his appointment. He seved until the age of 72 and was the oldest and longest serving officer in the force.
The original police barracks were at the back of the Guildhall on Market Square. These were demolished in 1867 to make way for the covered market. The military barracks on Friar's Terrace became vacant in 1882, so the police moved in. This is now the site of the headquarters of the County Library.
At the bottom of the photograph can be seen the signatures of some of the higher ranking men.