- List of defunct law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom
Due to various Parliamentary Acts the numbers of
law enforcement agencies in theUnited Kingdom has varied drastically since theMetropolitan Police Act of1829 set up the first modern police force inLondon .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.See also: . For former (non-police) law enforcement agencies, see .
Law enforcement agencies
*
Assets Recovery Agency
*Border and Immigration Agency
*Her Majesty's Customs and Excise
*National Crime Squad
*National Criminal Intelligence Service
*National Hi-Tech Crime Unit
*Waterguard Other police forces
*
Admiralty Constabulary
*Air Force Department Constabulary
*Army Department Constabulary
*Newport Harbour Police
*National Crime Squad
*National Criminal Intelligence Service
*Oxford University Police
*Royal Irish Constabulary
*Royal Parks Constabulary - abolished only in England and Wales
*Royal Ulster Constabulary
*UK Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary
*Ulster Special Constabulary Former Scottish forces
Each
police burgh had a police force originally, although many merged in the19th century .;Abolished 1930TheLocal Government (Scotland) Act 1929 merged two pairs of county constabularies.
*Kinross-shire County Constabulary to Perth and Kinross Constabulary
*Morayshire County Constabulary to Moray and Nairn Constabulary
*Nairnshire Constabulary to Moray and Nairn Constabulary
*Perthshire County Constabulary to Perthshire and Kinross-shire Constabulary ;Abolished 1931–1946
*Lerwick Burgh Police May 29 ,1940 to Zetland Constabulary
*Zetland County Police May 29 ,1940 to Zetland Constabulary;Abolished under the
Police (Scotland) Act 1946 :
*Aberdeenshire Constabulary May 16 ,1949 to Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary
*Banffshire Constabulary May 16 ,1949 to Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary
*Berwickshire Constabulary to Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary
*Bute County Constabulary to Renfrew and Bute Constabulary
*Clackmannanshire Constabulary 1949 to Strling and Clackmannan Constabulary
*Dumfriesshire County Police February 16 ,1948 to Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
*Dunfermline City Police May 16 ,1949 toFife Constabulary
*East Lothian Constabulary to Lothians and Peeblesshire Constabulary
*Fife County Constabulary May 16 ,1949 to Fife Constabulary
*Kincardineshire Constabulary May 16 ,1949 to Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary
*Kirkcaldy Burgh Police May 16 ,1949 to Fife Constabulary
*Midlothian Constabulary to Lothians and Peeblesshire Constabulary
*Moray and Nairn Constabulary May 16 ,1949 to Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary
*Peeblesshire Constabulary to Lothians and Peeblesshire Constabulary
*Renfrewshire Constabulary to Renfrew and Bute Constabulary
*Roxburghshire Constabulary to Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary
*Selkirkshire constabulary to Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary
*Stewartry of Kirkcudbright Police February 16 ,1948 to Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
*Stirlingshire Constabulary 1949 to Strling and Clackmannan Constabulary
*West Lothian Constabulary to Lothians and Peeblesshire Constabulary
*Wigtownshire County Police February 16 ,1948 to Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary;Abolished 1950s
*Dumbarton Burgh Police 1959 to Dunbartonshire Constabulary
*Dunbarton County Constabulary 1959 to Dunbartonshire Constabulary;Abolished 1960s
*Caithness Constabulary 1969 to Northern Constabulary
*Greenock Burgh Police to Renfrew and Bute Constabulary
*Inverness Burgh Police November 16 ,1969 to Inverness Constabulary
*Inverness-shire County Constabulary November 16 ,1969 to Inverness Constabulary
*Kilmarnock Burgh Police to Ayrshire Constabulary
*Orkney Constabulary 1969 to Northern Constabulary
*Perth City Police 1964 to Perth and Kinross Constabulary
*Perthshire and Kinross-shire Constabulary1964 to Perth and Kinross Constabulary
*Ross and Cromarty Constabulary 1963 to Ross and Sutherland Constabulary
*Sutherland Constabulary 1963 to Ross and Sutherland Constabulary
*Zetland Constabulary 1969 to Northern Constabulary;Abolished 1975The
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 created new police forces based on the new regions and island areas fromMay 16 ,1975 .*
Aberdeen City Police toGrampian Police
*Angus Constabulary toTayside Police
*Argyll County Police toStrathclyde Police , part toNorthern Constabulary
*Ayrshire Constabulary to Strathclyde Police
*Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk Constabulary toLothian 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
*The Lothians and Peebles Constabulary to Lothian and Borders Police
*Northern Constabulary (name retained by its successor after merger)
*Perth and Kinross Constabulary most to Tayside Police toCentral Scotland Police
*Renfrew and Bute Constabulary to Strathclyde Police
*Ross and Sutherland Constabulary to Northern Constabulary
*Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary to Grampian Police
*Stirling and Clackmannan Police to Central Scotland Police, part to Strathclyde PoliceFormer England and Wales 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
*Andover Borough Police (1846, to Hampshire)
*Banbury Borough Police , to Oxfordshire
*Bodmin Borough Police (1865, to Cornwall)
*Bradninch Borough Police (1865, to Devon)
*Chipping Norton Borough Police , to Oxfordshire
*Henley Borough Police , to Oxfordshire
* Honiton Borough Police; (to Devon County)
*Launceston Borough Police (1883, to Cornwall)
*Liskeard Borough Police (1877, to Cornwall)
*Lymington Borough Police (1852, to Hampshire)
*Monmouth Borough Police (1881, to Monmouthshire)
*Newbury Borough Police (1875, to Berkshire)
*Okehampton Borough Police (1860, to Devon)
*Romsey Borough Police (1865, to Hampshire)
*South Molton Borough Police (1877, to Devon)
*Tavistock Borough Police (1856, to Devon)
*Thames River Police , absorbed into the London Metropolitan Police in 1839
*Torrington Borough Police (1870, then again from 1878–1886, to Devon)
*Torquay Borough Police (1870, to Devon)
*Totnes Borough Police (1884, to Devon)
*Wallingford Boough Police , to Berkshire
*Wantage Borough Police , to Berkshire
*Warwick Borough Police (1875, to Warwickshire)
*Wolborough Borough Police (1859)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.
*Basingstoke Borough Police (1889, to Hampshire)
*Bideford Borough Police (1889, to Devon)
*Buckingham Borough Police (1889 to Buckinghamshire)
*Deal Borough Police (1889, to Kent)
*Falmouth Borough Police (1889, to Cornwall)
*Faversham Borough Police (1889, to Kent)
*Helston Borough Police (1889, to Cornwall)
*Hertford Borough Police (1889, to Hertfordshire)
*Hythe Borough Police (1889, to Kent)
*Maidenhead Borough Police (1889, to Berkshire)
*Newport Borough Police (1890, to Isle of Wight)
*Penryn Borough Police (1889, to Cornwall)
*Sandwich Borough Police (1889, to Kent)
*Stratford-upon-Avon Borough Police (1889, to Warwickshire)
*St Ives Borough Police (1889, to Huntingdonshire)
*Tenterden Borough Police (1889, to Kent)Abolished 1890–1942
*
Barnstaple Borough Police (1921, to Devon)
*Berwick upon Tweed Police (1921, to Northumberland)
*Devonport Borough Police (1914, to Plymouth)
*Hanley Borough Police (1910, toStoke-on-Trent Borough Police )
*Ryde Borough Police (1922, to Isle of Wight)
*Stonehouse District Police (1914)
*Truro City Police (1921, to Cornwall)Abolished under the Defence (Amalgamation of Police Forces) Regulations 1942
*
Dover Borough Police (1943, to Kent)
*Folkestone Borough Police (1943, to Kent)
*Maidstone Borough Police (1943, to Kent)
*Margate Borough Police (1943, to Kent)
*Ramsgate Borough Police (1943, to Kent)
*Rochester City Police (1943, to Kent)
*Tiverton Borough Police (1943, to Devon)
*Tunbridge Wells Police Force (1943, to Kent)
*Winchester City Police (1942, to Hampshire Joint)
*Guildford Borough Police (1943 to Surrey)
*Reigate Borough Police (1943 to Surrey)Abolished under the Police Act 1946
;Non-county borough forces
*Accrington Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Ashton-under-Lyne Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Bacup Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Bedford Borough Police ; toBedfordshire Constabulary
*Boston Borough Police ; toLincolnshire Constabulary
*Carmarthen Borough Police ; toCarmarthenshire Constabulary
*Chepping Wycombe Borough Police ; toBuckinghamshire Constabulary
*Chesterfield Borough Police ; toDerbyshire Constabulary
*Clitheroe Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Colchester Borough Police ; toEssex Constabulary
*Congleton Borough Police ; toCheshire Constabulary
*Glossop Borough Police ; toDerbyshire Constabulary
*Grantham Borough Police ; toLincolnshire Constabulary
*Hartlepool Borough Police ; toDurham Constabulary
*Hereford Borough Police ; toHerefordshire Constabulary
*Hyde Borough Police ; toCheshire Constabulary
*Isles of Scilly Police (1947, to Cornwall)
*Kendal Borough Police ; toCumberland and Westmorland Constabulary
*Kidderminster Borough Police ; toWorcestershire Constabulary
*King's Lynn Borough Police ; toNorfolk Constabulary
*Lancaster Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Leamington Spa Borough Police ; toWarwickshire Constabulary
*Luton Borough Police ; toBedfordshire Constabulary
*Macclesfield Borough Police ; toCheshire Constabulary
*Neath Borough Police ; toGlamorgan Constabulary
*Newark Borough Police ; toNottinghamshire Constabulary
*Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Police ; toStaffordshire Constabulary
*Peterborough City Police ; toPeterborough Combined Police Force
*Penzance Borough Police ; toCornwall County Constabulary
*St. Albans City Police ; toHertfordshire Constabulary
*Scarborough Borough Police ; toNorth Riding Constabulary
*Shrewsbury Borough Police ; toShropshire Constabulary
*Stalybridge Borough Police ; toCheshire Constabulary
*Windsor Borough Police ; toBerkshire Constabulary ;County borough forces
*Chester City Police ; toCheshire Constabulary
*Canterbury City Police ; to Kent Constabulary;County forces
*
Anglesey Constabulary ; toGwynedd Constabulary
*Breconshire Constabulary ; toMid Wales Constabulary
*Caernarvonshire Constabulary ; toGwynedd Constabulary
*Cardiganshire Constabulary ; toCarmarthenshire and Cardiganshire Constabulary
*Carmarthenshire Constabulary ; toCarmarthenshire and Cardiganshire Constabulary
*Isle of Wight Constabulary ; toHampshire Constabulary
*Merionethshire Constabulary ; toGwynedd Constabulary
*Montgomeryshire Constabulary ; toMid Wales Constabulary
*Radnorshire Constabulary ; toMid Wales Constabulary
*Leicestershire Constabulary ; toLeicestershire and Rutland Constabulary
*Liberty of Peterborough Constabulary ; toPeterborough Combined Police Force
*Rutland Constabulary ; toLeicestershire and Rutland Constabulary Abolished under the Police Act 1964
;Borough forces
*Bath City Police ; toSomerset and Bath Constabulary
*Barnsley Borough Police ; toWest Yorkshire Constabulary
*Barrow-in-Furness Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Birkenhead Borough Police ; toCheshire Constabulary
*Blackburn Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Blackpool Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Bolton Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Bootle Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Bournemouth Borough Police ; toDorset and Bournemouth Constabulary
*Brighton Borough Police ; toSussex Constabulary
*Burnley Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Bury Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Cambridge City Police ; toMid Anglia Constabulary
*Cardiff Borough Police ; toSouth Wales Police
*Carlisle City Police ; toCumbria Constabulary
*Coventry City Police ; toWarwickshire and Coventry Constabulary
*Derby Borough Police ; toDerby County and Borough Constabulary
*Dewsbury Borough Police ; toWest Yorkshire Constabulary
*Doncaster Borough Police ; toWest Yorkshire Constabulary
*Eastbourne Borough Police ; toSussex Constabulary
*Gateshead Borough Police ; toDurham Constabulary
*Great Yarmouth Borough Police ; toNorfolk Constabulary
*Grimsby Borough Police ; toLincolnshire Constabulary
*Hastings Borough Police ; toSussex Constabulary
*Halifax Borough Police ; toWest Yorkshire Constabulary
*Huddersfield Borough Police ; toWest Yorkshire Constabulary
*Ipswich Borough Police ; toSuffolk Constabulary
*Leicester City Police ; toLeicester and Rutland Constabulary
*Lincoln City Police ; toLincolnshire Constabulary
*Liverpool City Police ; toLiverpool and Bootle Constabulary
*Luton Borough Police (again); toBedfordshire and Luton Constabulary
*Manchester City Police ; toManchester and Salford Police
*Merthyr Tydfil Borough Police ; toSouth Wales Constabulary
*Middlesbrough Borough Police ; to Teesside
*Newcastle upon Tyne Borough Police ; toNorthumberland Constabulary
*Newport Borough Police; toGwent Police
*Northampton Borough Police ; toNorthampton and County Constabulary
*Norwich City Police ; toNorfolk Constabulary
*Nottingham City Police ; toNottinghamshire Combined Constabulary
*Oldham Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Oxford City Police ; toThames Valley Constabulary
*Plymouth City Police ; toDevon and Cornwall Constabulary
*Portsmouth Borough Police ; toHampshire Constabulary
*Preston Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Reading Borough Police ; toThames Valley Constabulary
*Rochdale Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Rotherham Borough Police ; toSheffield and Rotherham Constabulary
*Salford City Police ; toManchester and Salford Police
*Sheffield Borough Police ; toSheffield and Rotherham Constabulary
*St Helens Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Stockport Borough Police ; toCheshire Constabulary
*Stoke-on-Trent City Police ; toStaffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary
*Southampton City Police ; toHampshire Constabulary
*Southend-on-Sea Borough Police ; toEssex and Southend-on-Sea Joint Constabulary
*South Shields Borough Police ; toDurham Constabulary
*Southport Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Sunderland Borough Police ; toDurham Constabulary
*Swansea Borough Police ; toSouth Wales Constabulary
*Tynemouth Borough Police ; toNorthumberland Constabulary
*Wakefield City Police ; toWest Yorkshire Constabulary
*Wallasey Borough Police ; toCheshire Constabulary
*Warrington Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Wigan Borough Police ; toLancashire Constabulary
*Worcester City Police ; toWest Mercia Constabulary
*York City Police ; toYork and North East Yorkshire Police ;County/combined forces
*Bedfordshire Constabulary ; toBedfordshire and Luton Constabulary
*Berkshire Constabulary ; toThames Valley Constabulary
*Buckinghamshire Constabulary ; toThames Valley Constabulary
*Cambridgeshire Constabulary (original); toMid Anglia Constabulary
*Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire Constabulary ; toDyfed-Powys Constabulary
*Cornwall County Constabulary ; toDevon and Cornwall Constabulary
*Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary ; toCumbria Constabulary
*Derbyshire Constabulary ; toDerby County and Borough Constabulary
*Devon and Exeter Police ; toDevon and Cornwall Constabulary
*Dorset Constabulary ; toDorset and Bournemouth Constabulary
*East Riding Constabulary ; toYork and North East Yorkshire Police
*East Suffolk Constabulary ; toSuffolk Constabulary
*East Sussex Constabulary ; toSussex Constabulary
*Essex Constabulary ; toEssex and Southend-on-Sea Joint Constabulary
*Glamorgan Constabulary ; toSouth Wales Constabulary
*Herefordshire Constabulary ; toWest Mercia Constabulary
*Huntingdonshire Constabulary ; toMid Anglia Constabulary
*Isle of Ely Constabulary ; toMid Anglia Constabulary
*Leicestershire and Rutland Constabulary ; toLeicester and Rutland Constabulary
*Mid Wales Constabulary ; toDyfed-Powys Constabulary
*Monmouthshire Constabulary ; toGwent Constabulary
*North Riding Constabulary ; toYork and North East Yorkshire Police
*Northamptonshire Constabulary ; toNorthampton and County Constabulary
*Northumberland County Constabulary ; toNorthumberland Constabulary
*Nottinghamshire Constabulary ; toNottinghamshire Combined Constabulary
*Peterborough Combined Police Force ; toMid Anglia Constabulary
*Oxfordshire Constabulary ; toThames Valley Constabulary
*Shropshire Constabulary ; toWest Mercia Constabulary
*Somerset Constabulary ; toSomerset and Bath Constabulary
*Staffordshire Constabulary ; toStaffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary
*West Riding Constabulary ; toWest Yorkshire Constabulary
*West Suffolk Constabulary ; toSuffolk Constabulary
*West Sussex Constabulary ; toSussex Constabulary
*Warwickshire Constabulary ; toWarwickshire and Coventry Constabulary
*Worcestershire Constabulary ; toWest Mercia Constabulary Abolished by the
Local Government Act 1972 All police forces in
England and Wales were abolished and reconstituted at midnight onMarch 31 ,1974 /April 1 ,1974 . This list shows the ones that existed then and their fate (ignoring minor transfers).*
Bedfordshire and Luton Constabulary ; reconstituted asBedfordshire Police
*Birmingham City Police ; merged intoWest Midlands Police
*Bradford City Police ; merged intoWest Yorkshire Police
*Bristol City Constabulary ; merged intoAvon and Somerset Constabulary
*Cheshire Constabulary ; reconstituted, areas transferred toMerseyside Police andGreater Manchester Police
*Cumbria Constabulary ; reconstituted
*Derby County and Borough Constabulary ; reconstituted asDerbyshire Constabulary
*Devon and Cornwall Constabulary ; reconstituted
*Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary ; reconstituted asDorset Police
*Durham Constabulary ; reconstituted, areas transferred toCleveland Police andNorthumbria Police
*Dyfed-Powys Constabulary ; reconstituted
*Essex and Southend-on-Sea Joint Constabulary ; reconstituted asEssex Police
*Gloucestershire Constabulary ; reconstituted, areas transferred toAvon and Somerset Constabulary
*Gwent Constabulary ; reconstituted
*Gwynedd Constabulary ; reconstituted asNorth Wales Police
*Hampshire Constabulary ; reconstituted, areas transferred toDorset Police
*Hertfordshire Constabulary ; reconstituted
*Kent Police ; reconstituted
*Kingston-upon-Hull City Police ; merged intoHumberside Police
*Lancashire Constabulary ; reconstituted, areas transferred toMerseyside Police ,Greater Manchester Police ,Cheshire Constabulary andCumbria Constabulary
*Leeds City Police ; merged intoWest Yorkshire Police
*Leicester and Rutland Constabulary ; reconstituted asLeicestershire Constabulary
*Lincolnshire Constabulary ; reconstituted, areas transferred toHumberside Police
*Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary ; merged intoMerseyside Police
*Manchester and Salford Police ; merged intoGreater Manchester Police
*Mid-Anglia Constabulary ; reconstituted asCambridgeshire Constabulary
*Norfolk Constabulary ; reconstituted
*Northampton and County Constabulary ; reconstituted asNorthamptonshire Police
*Northumberland Constabulary ; merged intoNorthumbria Police
*Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary ; reconstituted asNottinghamshire Police
*Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary ; merged intoSouth Yorkshire Police
*Somerset and Bath Constabulary ; merged intoAvon and Somerset Constabulary
*South Wales Constabulary ; reconstituted
*Staffordshire County and Stoke-on-Trent Constabulary ; reconstituted asStaffordshire 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 betweenWarwickshire Police andWest Midlands Police
*West Mercia Constabulary ; reconstituted
*West Midlands Constabulary ; merged intoWest Midlands Police
*West Yorkshire Constabulary ; split mainly betweenWest Yorkshire Police ,South Yorkshire Police andNorth Yorkshire Police
*Wiltshire Constabulary ; reconstituted
*York and North East Yorkshire Police ; split mainly betweenNorth Yorkshire Police ,Humberside Police andCleveland Police Former Railway Police Forces
From the archives of the
British Transport Police :
*Birmingham & Derby Railway Police (1836 )
*Birmingham & Gloucester Railway Police (1836 )
*Bristol & Exeter Railway Police (1836 –1876 )
*Bristol Joint Railway Station Police (1865 –1948 )
*Cambrian Railway Police (1867 –1923 )
*Cardiff Railway Police (1897 -1921 )
*Cheshire Line Committee Police (1865 -1948 )
*Dundee & 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 & Selby Railway Police (1854 -1872 )
*Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Police (1833 -1846 )
*London & Birmingham Railway Police (1833 -1846 )
*London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Police (1846 -1923 )
*London & Croydon Railway Police (1835 -1846 )
*London & Greenwich Railway Police (1833 -1844 )
*London, Midland & Scottish Railway Police (1923 -1948 )
*London & North Eastern Railway Police (1923 -1948 )
*London & North Western Railway Police (1846 -1923 )
*London & Southampton Railway Police (1838 -1839 )
*London, & South West Railway Police (1839 -1923 )
*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 )
*Northern & Eastern Counties Railway Police (1840 -1844 )
*North Eastern Railway Police (1854 -1923 )
*North Staffordshire Railway Police (1845 -1923 )
*Pembroke & 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 )
*York, North Midland Railway Police (1839 -1854 )Former docks and port forces
*Bute Docks Police (
1865 -1985 )
*Southampton Docks Police (before1872 - after1966 )
*Swansea Harbour Trust Police
*Grimsby Docks PoliceCanal Police Forces
*Aberdare Canal Police (c.
1846 )
*Aire and Calder Navigation Police (1840 -1948 )
*Birmingham Canal Navigation Police ( pre1917 -1948 )
*Gloucester Dock Police (1836 -1874 )
*Grand Junction Canal Police
*Grand Union Canal Company Police (1929 -1948 )
*Leeds and Liverpool Canal Police (1840 - )
*River Lee Police (pre1914 - c.1940 )
*Regents Canal and Dock Police (c.1840 -1929 )
*Sharpness Dock Police (1874 -1948 )
*Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Police (1895 -)References
* [http://www.cleveland.police.uk/force_info/history.htm Cleveland]
* [http://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/v3/about/history/tree.htm Devon and Cornwall]
* [http://www.kent-police-museum.co.uk/core_pages/pasttimes_early_days_pt7.shtml Kent]
* [http://www.leics.police.uk/about/3_our_history/ Leicestershire]
* [http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news_info/info/museum/pre-history.htm Thames Valley]
* [http://www.west-midlands.police.uk/about-us/history.asp West Midlands]
* [http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/section-item.asp?sid=6&iid=1233 West Yorkshire]
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