Wednesday, 19 August at 4pm.
This talk will be recorded.
For ten years Mike Scott Rumble headed up the policing of over ninety parks, gardens, cemeteries and open spaces across two London boroughs.
The talk will look at the history of public parks, the evolution of the ‘Parkie’ from Victorian times to a specialist policing unit.
The talk will also include some of the amusing and unusual events encountered in that decade from the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay to the vanishing royal python.
Mike Scott Rumble worked in the public sector for 50 years, both as a Police Officer and in local government.
His last post was as Head of the Parks Police Service in Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham.
He is currently Chairman of the White Lion Society (Friends of HM College of Arms).
He is a Green Flag scheme Judge (Parks & Gardens) and maintains a keen interest in all things related to parks and open spaces.