[10] In July 1906 he was applauded by his superiors when he organised the police, fire and hospital medical departments into a joint rescue team after a train crash at the city's railway station.

[13] The year also saw three high-profile bigamy charges brought by the Chief Constable at the City Magistrates Court which were extensively reported in the press,[14] as was a Swine Removal Order where Richardson stressed to the Bench that regulations concerning livestock cannot be infringed with impunity.

[17] This was to protect the Royal Family, whose lives were considered to be under threat at the time, when they were visiting the Earl of Pembroke's estate at nearby Wilton.

On Saturday 31 October 1908 at about 6.50 in the evening, a young disabled boy named Teddy Haskell aged twelve was murdered at his home where he and his mother lived in the city.

The murder quickly attracted attention[18] and – as was the procedure at that time – the Chief Constable immediately contacted Scotland Yard in London.

The investigation which followed saw the Chief Constable being assisted by a County Superintendent and Inspector Walter Dew from Scotland Yard, who a few years later would arrest Dr Crippen for the murder of his wife amidst much publicity.

[22][23] In 1915, during World War One, Richardson received instructions from the Home Secretary that convalescent soldiers in hospital uniform should not have intoxicating liquors purchased for them by well meaning local citizens in public houses, since this might prejudice their recovery.

[25] Also in 1918, the Home Secretary expressed his appreciation of the work done by the numerous enquiries and reports made by the City of Salisbury Police on behalf of his Department for the Registration of Aliens project.

[26] In May 1923, Salisbury erected a large monument to the war dead in the Market Square which was unveiled by HRH Prince Edward.

This drew large crowds to the area and Chief Constable Richardson received a letter from the Prince's office afterwards congratulating him on the police arrangements.

Chief Constable Richardson defused the situation by appearing at Litten’s house in Salisbury on the day to escort him to Winchester gaol by train, but doing so in a suit and not uniform.

Frank Richardson married Emily Caroline Hignell Tedder (1881–1946), the stepdaughter of Nehemiah Philpott (1811–1914), Deputy Chief Constable of Gloucestershire,[33] in Gloucester in September 1899.

His brother Alfred Herbert Richardson became Chief Constable of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, in 1901,[35] and then Halifax, Yorkshire, in 1903 and served that city until 1944.