Prior to the mid-1950s Chief Preventive Officers wore two and a half gold rings on their uniform.

'With Preventive officers in nearly every village and Revenue cutters at sea most of the time, they have to watch their tongues, sir.

'Even if you were being hunted down by the Admiralty, the Preventive officers or a dozen scheming women you'd always be welcome in this house.'

He started his career as Preventive Officer at Bombay Port Trust and Customs Department.

It was the era of Len Battersby, Inspector, who had been the last Chief Preventive Officer on the revenue crew of the old Vigilant.

Scouting in that district was due to the enthusiasm of a Gurkha Preventive Officer, who formed all the official and influential men in the town into a Local Association.

It was a memorandum from the Office of the Chief Preventive Officer of the United States Customs Branch and it was headed The Inspectoscope.

The new preventive officer, Major Falconer (Cameron Stewart), finds it difficult to believe a woman could be involved in smuggling, unlike his deputy, Captain Marriot (Andrew McGibbon).

There were no HM Customs Waterguard grades of Senior Preventive Officer or Asst Chief Preventive Officer.

And then he tells us, that as a number of preventive officers will hereupon become necessary, the parliament have thought proper to assign to his Majesty's revenue "the profits arising on the duties of importation for the payment of those officers ".