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Due to various Parliamentary Acts the numbers of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom has varied drastically since the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 set up the first modern police force in London.
There are currently over 60 law enforcement agencies operating in the United Kingdom. See List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom for these.
For former (non-police) law enforcement agencies, see Category:Defunct law enforcement agencies of the United Kingdom.
England and Wales police forces[]
Abolished before 1889[]
The County Police Act 1840 allowed for borough police forces to voluntarily amalgamate with county constabularies.
- Abingdon Borough Police, to Berkshire
- (1846, to Hampshire)
- Banbury Borough Police, to Oxfordshire
- Bodmin Borough Police (1865, to Cornwall)
- (1865, to Devon)
- Chipping Norton Borough Police, to Oxfordshire
- Henley Borough Police, to Oxfordshire
- Honiton Borough Police; (to Devon County)
- (1883, to Cornwall)
- Liskeard Borough Police (1877, to Cornwall)
- (1852, to Hampshire)
- (1881, to Monmouthshire)
- Newbury Borough Police (1875, to Berkshire)
- (1860, to Devon)
- (1865, to Hampshire)
- (1877, to Devon)
- (1856, to Devon)
- Thames River Police, absorbed into the London Metropolitan Police in 1839
- (1870, then again from 1878–1886, to Devon)
- (1870, to Devon)
- (1884, to Devon)
- Wallingford Borough Police, to Berkshire
- Wantage Borough Police, to Berkshire
- (1875, to Warwickshire)
- (1859, to Devon)
Abolished under the Local Government Act 1888[]
The Act, which came into force in 1889 passed control of county constabularies to standing joint committees of county councillors and magistrates, and merged smaller borough police forces (where the town had a population of less than 10,000) with the county police.
- (1889, to Hampshire)
- (1889, to Devon)
- Buckingham Borough Police (1889 to Buckinghamshire)
- (1889, to Kent)
- (1889, to Cornwall)
- (1889, to Kent)
- (1889, to Cornwall)
- Hertford Borough Police (1889, to Hertfordshire)
- (1889, to Kent)
- Maidenhead Borough Police (1889, to Berkshire)
- Newport Borough Police (1890, to Isle of Wight)
- (1889, to Cornwall)
- (1889, to Kent)
- (1889, to Warwickshire)
- St Ives Borough Police (1889, to Cornwall)
- (1889, to Kent)
Abolished 1890–1942[]
- (1921, to Devon)
- Banbury Borough Police (1925, to Oxfordshire)
- (1921, to Northumberland)
- Bridgwater Borough Police (1940, to Somerset Constabulary)
- (1914, to Plymouth)
- (1910, to )
- Ryde Borough Police (1922, to Isle of Wight)
- (1914 to Plymouth)
- Truro City Police (1921, to Cornwall. Prior to 1877 the force was called Truro Borough Police)
Abolished under the Defence (Amalgamation of Police Forces) Regulations 1942[]
NB – Some were re-constituted after the war but then abolished in 1946.
- Dover Borough Police (1943, to Kent)
- Folkestone Borough Police (1943, to Kent)
- (1943, to Kent)
- Margate Borough Police (1943, to Kent)
- (1943, to Kent)
- (1943, to Kent)
- (1943, to Devon)
- (1943, to Kent)
- Winchester City Police (1942, to Hampshire Joint)
- (1943 to Surrey)
- (1943 to Surrey)
- Salisbury City Police (1943 to Wiltshire Constabulary)
Abolished under the Police Act 1946[]
hat badge, in the collection of the Staffordshire County Museum and displayed at the Shire Hall, Stafford
- Non-county borough forces
- ; to Lancashire Constabulary
- Ashton-under-Lyne Borough Police; to Lancashire Constabulary
- ; to Lancashire Constabulary
- ; to Bedfordshire Constabulary
- ; to Lincolnshire Constabulary
- ; to
- Chepping Wycombe Borough Police; to Buckinghamshire Constabulary
- ; to Derbyshire Constabulary
- ; to Lancashire Constabulary
- Colchester Borough Police; to Essex Constabulary
- Congleton Borough Police; to Cheshire Constabulary
- ; to Derbyshire Constabulary
- ; to Lincolnshire Constabulary
- ; to Durham Constabulary
- ; to Herefordshire Constabulary
- ; to Cheshire Constabulary
- (1947, to Cornwall)
- Kendal Borough Police; to Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary
- ; to Worcestershire Constabulary
- ; to Norfolk Constabulary
- ; to Lancashire Constabulary
- ; to Warwickshire Constabulary
- ; to Bedfordshire Constabulary
- ; to Cheshire Constabulary
- ; to Glamorgan Constabulary
- ; to Nottinghamshire Constabulary
- ; to Staffordshire Constabulary
- Peterborough City Police; to Peterborough Combined Police Force
- Penzance Borough Police; to Cornwall County Constabulary
- ; to Hertfordshire Constabulary
- ; to
- ; to Shropshire Constabulary
- ; to Cheshire Constabulary
- Windsor Borough Police; to Berkshire Constabulary
- County borough forces
- ; to Cheshire Constabulary
- Canterbury City Police; to Kent Constabulary
- County forces
- Anglesey Constabulary; to Gwynedd Constabulary
- Breconshire Constabulary; to Mid Wales Constabulary
- ; to Gwynedd Constabulary
- ; to Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire Constabulary
- ; to Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire Constabulary
- Isle of Wight Constabulary; to Hampshire Constabulary
- ; to Gwynedd Constabulary
- Montgomeryshire Constabulary; to Mid Wales Constabulary
- ; to Mid Wales Constabulary
- Leicestershire Constabulary; to Leicestershire and Rutland Constabulary
- Liberty of Peterborough Constabulary; to Peterborough Combined Police Force
- ; to Leicestershire and Rutland Constabulary
Abolished under the Police Act 1964[]
- Borough forces
- Bath City Police; to Somerset and Bath Constabulary
- Barnsley Borough Police; to West Yorkshire Constabulary
- ; to Lancashire Constabulary
- Birkenhead Borough Police; to Cheshire Constabulary
- Blackburn Borough Police; to Lancashire Constabulary
- ; to Lancashire Constabulary
- Bolton Borough Police; to Lancashire Constabulary
- ; to Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary
- ; to Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary
- Brighton Borough Police; to Sussex Constabulary
- ; to Lancashire Constabulary
- ; to Lancashire Constabulary
- Cambridge City Police; to Mid Anglia Constabulary
- ; to South Wales Police
- Carlisle City Police; to Cumbria Constabulary
- Coventry City Police; to Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary
- Derby Borough Police; to Derby County and Borough Constabulary
- ; to West Yorkshire Constabulary
- Doncaster Borough Police; to West Yorkshire Constabulary
- Eastbourne Borough Police; to Sussex Constabulary
- Exeter City Police; to
- Gateshead Borough Police; to Durham Constabulary
- ; to Norfolk Constabulary
- ; to Lincolnshire Constabulary
- ; to Sussex Constabulary
- ; to West Yorkshire Constabulary
- Huddersfield Borough Police; to West Yorkshire Constabulary
- ; to Suffolk Constabulary
- Leicester City Police; to Leicester and Rutland Constabulary
- ; to Lincolnshire Constabulary
- Liverpool City Police; to Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary
- (again); to Bedfordshire and Luton Constabulary
- Manchester City Police; to Manchester and Salford Police
- ; to South Wales Constabulary
- Middlesbrough Borough Police; to Teesside
- Newcastle upon Tyne Borough Police; to Northumberland Constabulary
- Newport Borough Police; to Gwent Police
- Northampton Borough Police; to Northampton and County Constabulary
- Norwich City Police; to Norfolk Constabulary
- Nottingham City Police; to Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary
- ; to Lancashire Constabulary
- Oxford City Police; to Thames Valley Constabulary
- Plymouth City Police; to Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
- Portsmouth City Police; to Hampshire Constabulary
- Preston Borough Police; to Lancashire Constabulary
- Reading Borough Police; to Thames Valley Constabulary
- ; to Lancashire Constabulary
- ; to Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary
- Salford City Police; to Manchester and Salford Police
- Sheffield Borough Police; to Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary
- St Helens Borough Police; to Lancashire Constabulary
- ; to Cheshire Constabulary
- ; to Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary
- Southampton City Police; to Hampshire Constabulary
- Southend-on-Sea Borough Police; to Essex and Southend-on-Sea Joint Constabulary
- ; to Durham Constabulary
- ; to Lancashire Constabulary
- Sunderland Borough Police; to Durham Constabulary
- Swansea Borough Police; to South Wales Constabulary
- Tynemouth Borough Police; to Northumberland Constabulary
- Wakefield City Police; to West Yorkshire Constabulary
- ; to Cheshire Constabulary
- ; to Lancashire Constabulary
- ; to Lancashire Constabulary
- ; to West Mercia Constabulary
- York City Police; to York and North East Yorkshire Police
- County/combined forces
- Bedfordshire Constabulary; to Bedfordshire and Luton Constabulary
- Berkshire Constabulary; to Thames Valley Constabulary
- Buckinghamshire Constabulary; to Thames Valley Constabulary
- Cambridgeshire Constabulary (original); to Mid Anglia Constabulary
- Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire Constabulary; to Dyfed-Powys Constabulary
- Cornwall County Constabulary; to Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
- Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary; to Cumbria Constabulary
- Derbyshire Constabulary; to Derby County and Borough Constabulary
- Devon County Constabulary; to
- ; to Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
- Dorset Constabulary; to Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary
- ; to York and North East Yorkshire Police
- East Suffolk Constabulary; to Suffolk Constabulary
- East Sussex Constabulary; to Sussex Constabulary
- Essex Constabulary; to Essex and Southend-on-Sea Joint Constabulary
- Glamorgan Constabulary; to South Wales Constabulary
- Herefordshire Constabulary; to West Mercia Constabulary
- ; to Mid Anglia Constabulary
- ; to Mid Anglia Constabulary
- Leicestershire and Rutland Constabulary; to Leicester and Rutland Constabulary
- Mid Wales Constabulary; to Dyfed-Powys Constabulary
- Monmouthshire Constabulary; to Gwent Constabulary
- ; to York and North East Yorkshire Police
- Northamptonshire Constabulary; to Northampton and County Constabulary
- Northumberland County Constabulary; to Northumberland Constabulary
- Nottinghamshire Constabulary; to Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary
- Peterborough Combined Police Force; to Mid Anglia Constabulary
- Oxfordshire Constabulary; to Thames Valley Constabulary
- Shropshire Constabulary; to West Mercia Constabulary
- Somerset Constabulary; to Somerset and Bath Constabulary
- Staffordshire Constabulary; to Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary
- West Riding Constabulary; to West Yorkshire Constabulary
- West Suffolk Constabulary; to Suffolk Constabulary
- West Sussex Constabulary; to Sussex Constabulary
- Warwickshire Constabulary; to Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary
- Worcestershire Constabulary; to West Mercia Constabulary
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Abolished by the Local Government Act 1972[]
All territorial police forces in England and Wales (except the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police) were abolished and reconstituted at midnight on 31 March 1974/1 April 1974. This list shows the ones that existed then and their fate (ignoring minor transfers).
- Bedfordshire and Luton Constabulary; reconstituted as Bedfordshire Police
- Birmingham City Police; merged into West Midlands Police
- Bradford City Police; merged into West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police
- Bristol City Constabulary; merged into Avon and Somerset Constabulary
- Cheshire Constabulary; reconstituted, areas transferred to Merseyside Police and Greater Manchester Police
- Cumbria Constabulary; reconstituted
- Derby County and Borough Constabulary; reconstituted as Derbyshire Constabulary
- Devon and Cornwall Constabulary; reconstituted
- Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary; reconstituted as Dorset Police
- Durham Constabulary; reconstituted, areas transferred to Cleveland Constabulary and Northumbria Police
- Dyfed-Powys Constabulary; reconstituted
- Essex and Southend-on-Sea Joint Constabulary; reconstituted as Essex Police
- Gloucestershire Constabulary; reconstituted, areas transferred to Avon and Somerset Constabulary
- Gwent Constabulary; reconstituted
- Gwynedd Constabulary; reconstituted as North Wales Police
- Hampshire Constabulary; reconstituted, areas transferred to Dorset Police
- Hertfordshire Constabulary; reconstituted
- Kent County Constabulary; reconstituted
- Kingston-upon-Hull City Police; merged into Humberside Police
- Lancashire Constabulary; reconstituted, areas transferred to Merseyside Police, Greater Manchester Police, Cheshire Constabulary and Cumbria Constabulary
- Leeds City Police; merged into West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police
- Leicester and Rutland Constabulary; reconstituted as Leicestershire Constabulary
- Lincolnshire Constabulary; reconstituted, areas transferred to Humberside Police
- Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary; merged into Merseyside Police
- Manchester and Salford Police; merged into Greater Manchester Police
- Mid-Anglia Constabulary; reconstituted as Cambridgeshire Constabulary
- Norfolk Constabulary; reconstituted
- Northampton and County Constabulary; reconstituted as Northamptonshire Constabulary
- Northumberland Constabulary; merged into Northumbria Police
- Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary; reconstituted as Nottinghamshire Police
- Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary; merged into South Yorkshire Police
- Somerset and Bath Constabulary; merged into Avon and Somerset Constabulary
- South Wales Constabulary; reconstituted
- Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary; reconstituted as Staffordshire Police
- Suffolk Constabulary; reconstituted
- Surrey Constabulary; reconstituted
- Sussex Constabulary; reconstituted
- Teesside Constabulary; merged into Cleveland Constabulary
- Thames Valley Constabulary; reconstituted
- Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary; split between Warwickshire Constabulary and West Midlands Police
- West Mercia Constabulary; reconstituted
- West Midlands Constabulary; merged into West Midlands Police
- West Yorkshire Constabulary; split mainly between West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police, South Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Police
- Wiltshire Constabulary; reconstituted
- York and North East Yorkshire Police; split mainly between North Yorkshire Police, Humberside Police and Cleveland Police
Irish police forces[]
The partition of Ireland under the terms of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and the subsequent independence of the Irish Free State in 1922 led to the replacement of the Royal Irish Constabulary with the Garda Síochána (in the Free State, later Éire or Republic of Ireland) and by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (in Northern Ireland). Defunct police forces in Ireland:
- Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) - replaced in 1922 by the Garda Síochána and the Royal Ulster Constabulary
- Belfast Town Police - absorbed into the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1865
- Londonderry Borough Police - absorbed into the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1870
- Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) - authority transferred to the Irish Free State in 1922; absorbed into the Garda Síochána in 1925
- Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) - dissolved in 2001, replaced by the Police Service of Northern Ireland
- Ulster Special Constabulary (USC or "B Specials") - replaced by the Ulster Defence Regiment and the RUC Reserve in 1970)
Scottish police forces[]
Each police burgh had a police force originally, although many merged in the 19th century. The gradual process of amalgamation culminated with the creation of a single Police Service of Scotland in 2013.
- Abolished 1930
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 merged two pairs of county constabularies.
- to Perthshire and Kinross-shire Constabulary
- to Moray and Nairn Constabulary
- to Moray and Nairn Constabulary
- to Perthshire and Kinross-shire Constabulary
- Abolished 1931–1946
- 29 May 1940 to Zetland Constabulary
- 29 May 1940 to Zetland Constabulary
- Abolished under the
- 16 May 1949 to Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary
- 16 May 1949 to Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary
- to Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary
- to Renfrew and Bute Constabulary
- 1949 to Strling and Clackmannan Constabulary
- 16 February 1948 to Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
- 16 May 1949 to Fife Constabulary
- to Lothians and Peeblesshire Constabulary
- 16 May 1949 to Fife Constabulary
- 16 May 1949 to Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary
- Kirkcaldy Burgh Police 16 May 1949 to Fife Constabulary
- to Lothians and Peeblesshire Constabulary
- 16 May 1949 to Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary
- to Lothians and Peeblesshire Constabulary
- to Renfrew and Bute Constabulary
- to Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary
- to Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary
- 16 February 1948 to Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
- Stirlingshire Constabulary 1949 to Strling and Clackmannan Constabulary
- to Lothians and Peeblesshire Constabulary
- 16 February 1948 to Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
- Abolished 1950s
- 1959 to Dunbartonshire Constabulary
- 1959 to Dunbartonshire Constabulary
- Abolished 1960s
- 1969 to Northern Constabulary
- 1967 merged into Lanarkshire Constabulary
- Greenock Burgh Police to Renfrew and Bute Constabulary
- Inverness Burgh Police 16 November 1969 to Inverness Constabulary
- 16 November 1969 to Inverness Constabulary
- to Ayrshire Constabulary
- 1969 to Northern Constabulary
- 1964 to Perth and Kinross Constabulary
- Perthshire and Kinross-shire Constabulary 1964 to Perth and Kinross Constabulary
- 1963 to Ross and Sutherland Constabulary
- 1963 to Ross and Sutherland Constabulary
- 1969 to Northern Constabulary
- Abolished 1975
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 created new police forces based on the new regions and island areas from 16 May 1975.
- Aberdeen City Police to Grampian Police
- to Tayside Police
- Argyll County Police to Strathclyde Police, part to Northern Constabulary
- Ayrshire Constabulary to Strathclyde Police
- to Lothian and Borders Police
- City of Glasgow Police to Strathclyde Police
- Dunbartonshire Constabulary to Strathclyde Police
- Dundee City Police to Tayside Police
- Edinburgh City Police to Lothian and Borders Police
- Inverness Constabulary to Northern Constabulary
- Lanarkshire Constabulary to Strathclyde Police
- to Lothian and Borders Police
- Northern Constabulary (name retained by its successor after merger)
- most to Tayside Police to Central Scotland Police
- Renfrew and Bute Constabulary to Strathclyde Police
- Ross and Sutherland Constabulary to Northern Constabulary
- Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary to Grampian Police, part to Northern Constabulary
- Stirling and Clackmannan Police to Central Scotland Police, part to Strathclyde Police
- Abolished 2013
An Act of the Scottish Parliament, the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, created a single Police Service of Scotland – better known as Police Scotland – and a single Scottish Fire and Rescue Service with effect from 1 April 2013. (The functions of the British Transport Police, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary and the Ministry of Defence Police within Scotland were not affected).
- Central Scotland Police to Police Scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary to Police Scotland
- Fife Constabulary to Police Scotland
- Grampian Police to Police Scotland
- Lothian and Borders Police to Police Scotland
- Northern Constabulary to Police Scotland
- Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency to Police Scotland
- Strathclyde Police to Police Scotland
- Tayside Police to Police Scotland
Railway police forces[]
From the archives of the British Transport Police:
- Birmingham and Derby Railway Police (1836)
- Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Police (1836)
- Bristol & Exeter Railway Police (1836–1876)
- Station Police (1865–1948)
- Caledonian Railway Police (1845–1922)
- Cambrian Railways Police (1867–1923)
- Cardiff Railway Police (1897–1921)
- Cheshire Line Committee Police (1865–1948)
- Dundee and Arbroath Railway Police (1836–1923)
- Eastern Counties Railway Police (1836–1862)
- Eastern Union Railway Police (1847–1862)
- East Lincolnshire Railway Police (1848)
- Festiniog Railway Police (1884)
- Furness Railway Police (1844–1922)
- Great Central Railway Police (1897–1923)
- Great Eastern Railway Police (1862–1923)
- Great Northern Railway Police (1848–1923)
- Great Western Railway Police (1835–1947)
- Hull and Barnsley Railway Police (1885 – 1922, became part of (North Eastern Railway Police)
- Hull and Selby Railway Police (1836/1854 – 1872, became part of North Eastern Railway Police)
- Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Police (1833–1846)
- Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Police (1844–1879, became part of London & North Western Railway Police)
- London & Birmingham Railway Police (1833–1846)
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Police (1846–1923)
- London & Croydon Railway Police (1835–1846)
- London & Greenwich Railway Police (1833–1844)
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway Police (1923–1948)
- London & North Eastern Railway Police (1923–1948)
- London & North Western Railway Police (1846–1923)
- London and Southampton Railway Police (1838–1839)
- Police (1839–1923)
- London, Tilbury & Southend Railway Police (1854–1912, became part of Midland Railway Police)
- London Transport Police (April 1934 – 1 December 1958, became part of British Transport Commission)
- (13 April 1933–?, became part of London Transport Police)
- Manchester & Leeds Railway Police (1837–1847)
- Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Police (1836–1844)
- Midland Counties Railway Police (1836–1844)
- Newcastle & North Shields Railway Police (1839 – )
- North British Railway Police (1840–1844)
- Police (1840–1844)
- North Eastern Railway Police (1854–1923)
- North Staffordshire Railway Police (1845–1923)
- Pembroke and Tenby Railway Police (1859–1897)
- Stockton & Darlington Railway Police (1846–1876)
- South Devon Railway Police (1846–1876)
- South Eastern Railway Police (1836–1898)
- Southern Railway Police (1923–1948)
- South Eastern & Chatham Railway Police (1898–1923)
- South Wales Railway Police (1845–1863)
- Taff Vale Railway Police (1919–1923)
- Police (1839–1854)
Docks and port police forces[]
- (1884–1922)
- 1922 – 1963
- Bute Dock Police (1865–1922, merged with Great Western Railway Police)
- (1810–1865, became part of )
- Glasgow Marine Police (part of City of Glasgow Police)
- (26 February 1836 – 25 November 1874, became part of Sharpness Dock Police)
- (1827–1948)
- (1817 – ?, became part of Greenock Burgh Police)
- (1840–1893, became part of North Eastern Railway Police)
- Jersey Harbour Police
- (1836–1924, became part of Dun Laoghaire Harbour Police)
- Larne Harbour Police (1877–2014)[1]
- (1858–?)
- Manchester Ship Canal Police (1893–1993)
- Port of London Authority Police (1909–28 February 1992, became Port of Tilbury Police)
- Southampton Harbour Board Police (1847–1980)
- (?–1923, merged with Great Western Railway Police)
- Tyne Improvement Commission Docks and Piers Police (?–1949)
Canal/river police forces[]
- (c.1846)
- (1840–1948)
- (pre 1917 – 1948)
- (1836–1874)
- (1809 – 1855, became )
- (1855 – 1865, became part of )
- (1929–1948)
- Lee Conservancy Police (1871–1948)
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal Police (1840 – ?)
- Manchester Ship Canal Police (1893–1993)
- (c.1840 – 1929)
- River Clyde Police (1858 – 1866, merged into City of Glasgow Police to become the Marine Division)
- River Tyne Police
- (1874–1948)
- (1895 – ?)
Airport police forces[]
- Birmingham Airport Police
- British Airports Authority Constabulary
- (1966–1974)
- Isle of Man Airport Police – refounded 2007[2]
- Liverpool Airport Police
- Manchester Airport Police
- Ministry of Civil Aviation Constabulary
Other police forces[]
Churches[]
- Hereford Cathedral Close Constable
- Lichfield Cathedral Close Constable
- Metropolitan Tabernacle Police
- Salisbury Cathedral Constables (1611–1836; constables continued to be appointed until 2010)
Departmental constabularies[]
Merged to form the Admiralty Constabulary in 1949.
- Royal Marine Police
- Royal Marine Police Reserve
- Admiralty Civil Police
Merged to form the Ministry of Defence Police in 1974.
- Admiralty Constabulary
- Air Force Department Constabulary
- Air Ministry Constabulary – merged into Air Force Department Constabulary 1964
- Army Department Constabulary
Markets[]
Miscellaneous[]
- British Legion Volunteer Police Force
- Eton College Police (1859–1892)
- Oxford University Police
- Cambridge University Constabulary
National[]
- National Crime Squad
- National Criminal Intelligence Service
- UK Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary (reconstituted as Civil Nuclear Constabulary)
Parks[]
London[]
- Barking and Dagenham Parks Constabulary
- Brent Parks Constabulary
- Greenwich Parks Constabulary
- Haringey Parks Constabulary
- (1889–1908)
- Newham Community Constabulary (1998–2009)
- Redbridge Parks Police
- Royal Parks Constabulary – abolished only in England and Wales
- Sutton Parks Constabulary
Non-London[]
- Brighton Parks Police (1963–1990s)
- Birmingham Parks Police (1912–1962)
- Liverpool Parks Police (1882–1972)
- (Manchester Recreational Services Department Police)
-
- Birkenhead Parks Police – became Wirral Parks Police in 1974
Non-police law enforcement agencies[]
- Assets Recovery Agency
- Border and Immigration Agency
- Her Majesty's Customs and Excise
- National Hi-Tech Crime Unit
- Waterguard
References[]
- ^ "British Police History". british-police-history.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Ltd., Maxima Systems. "Isle of Man Guide – Aviation security officers sworn in". www.iomguide.com. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
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