Record revealed
Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
This is one of hundreds of letters in police files claiming to have been written by the infamous Whitechapel Murderer – otherwise known as 'Jack the Ripper'.
Series
Police Complaints Authority: Review Reports
Catalogue reference: LK 3
What's it about?
LK 3
The series contains Police Complaints Authority review reports relating to complaints by the public against the police.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LK 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Police Complaints Authority: Review Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1985-1995
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series contains Police Complaints Authority review reports relating to complaints by the public against the police.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Police Complaints Authority, 1985-2004
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1999 Police Complaints Authority
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Policing
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15129/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
275 records
Within the department: LK
Records of the Independent Office for Police Conduct and predecessors
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Police Complaints Authority: Review Reports
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