Without Fear or Favour, the History of the Royal Burgh of Dumfries Police 1788 -1932 is a social history of Dumfries Scotland through the establishment and development of a police service. Crime, social upheaval, war and both capital and corporal punishment viewed through the words of those who lived through it. The book names all officers known to have served with the Dumfries Burgh police from its inception to is final demise through amalgamation.