Moreover, it was once rumored within the bureau that Thomas Plunkett, the leader among them, was initially going to be the first Police Chief of the newly established Liverpool Police Department. However, Plunkett declined the offer because his wife and children were in London, and he had just bought a house there.
Although Plunkett going to Liverpool sounded bizarre, because according to the provisional regulations of the Police Commissioner Committee, the local Police Chief should be taken over by the local Sheriff, and Plunkett had no foundation whatsoever in Liverpool, everyone thought this matter was nonsense fabricated by some scoundrel.
It wasn't until someone remembered that Sir Arthur Hastings had gone to Liverpool in his early years to handle a cholera outbreak, that everyone began to suspect if Sir Arthur had used his influence to persuade the Liverpool City Council.
Did Arthur really do the work for Plunkett?
Is that even a question?
