He merely put his men around the house, went off and found a local bobby—we had local bobbies in those days—and brought him back.
It is for the public to be able to identify the bobby with whom they have been dealing.
It is not merely a question of numbers: uniformed bobbies bring reassurance to the people who see them.
I am concerned with areas having their own particular "bobby" who is one of the local people.
The purpose was to get the bobbies on the heat.
It is not a case of bobbies doing their own thing without anyone directly supervising them.
So far, putting the two together has not resulted in anything that a bobby could wear for more than half an hour at a time.
We do not pass through in our cars occasionally and get lifted by the bobbies.
