From November 1940 he was seconded by the Home Office for six months to Coventry after its blitz . He ran the city 's police because the Chief Constable was fully occupied as Civil Defense Controller Young started the `` good neighbor scheme '' for bombed out civilians that he had trialled in Leamington and which was later adopted nationally by the Home Office . Seconded under the aegis of the Home Office for six months in November 1940 to Coventry after its blitz to run the city 's police because the Chief Constable was fully occupied as Civil Defense Controller , he introduced there the `` good neighbor scheme '' for bombed out civilians that he had trialled in Leamington and which was later adopted nationally by the Home Office .