Miscellaneous Forces

Pay isnt fantastic but for anyone retiring from Home Office or BTP this could well be a decent little job if you're near to York. -- 38 Hours per week, Permanent £22,695 per annum (pending salary review) Inviting everyone to discover God’s love. The Minster Police protect the people, building and assets of York Minster and are a crucial part of the Works Department. The Minster has had a resident police force since the liberty granted by Edward I, and as such it has the oldest police force in the UK if not the world! They even formed the inspiration for Robert Peel’s Metropolitan Police Force. Would you: Enjoy the challenge of extending…

I think it is interesting to think about the differences and similarities in policing, the office of constable, sheriffs, police, etc with one of our oldest allies (and formerly enemies) - the U.S.. 1. UK Home Office forces - No national government-controlled force. US - Each municipality, town or city is free to form its own department, but is not always required to. I think this can be a great plus, as it is very much a local council/mayor controlled force, but it has to be funded locally. Hence some towns have done away with it & pay the local County Sheriff's Office/Dept. 2. US Sheriff. Elected in most counties (parishes in LA state) to be the chi…

Here is the link: https://www.doverport.co.uk/about/recruitment/ For PCs. Good luck to anyone!

https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham-parks-to-be-regularly-patrolled-by-wardens-and-police-officers/ Hammersmith and Fulham parks to be regularly patrolled by wardens and police officers By Owen Sheppard, Local Democracy Reporter Parks and neighbourhoods in Hammersmith and Fulham will get regular patrols from uniformed wardens and officers, the council has said. The officers will form part of a 72-strong Neighbourhood Enforcement Team (NET). The new team will effectively be a merger and expansion of existing officer teams, such as neighbourhood wardens, parks police, street scene officers and highways enforcement officers. A r…

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I've searched the forum as I was unsure if this had been brought up before but it turns out Lee Valley Park Authority in Enfield has a strange set of byelaws which have unique wording in regards to enforcement I haven't come across before. https://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/byelaws The byelaws for the most part are fairly standard in scope, total fine limit is the same as the majority of open space byelaws in existance being level 2 on the standard scale. On reading further however there is this: 56. Removal of offenders Any person offending against any of these byelaws may be removed from the ground by an officer of the Authority or a constable. Th…

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I found an interesting paper online detailing the experiences of the Guernsey Chief of Police during WW2: http://www.guernsey.police.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=5470&p=0 It’s unthinkable as to how someone could work with the Nazi regime and tread the fine line between ‘reluctant engagement’ and criminal collaboration with the enemy. It contains some interesting anecdotes as to how he played the different types of German Police that were active on Guernsey off against one another (as they all seemingly disliked each other). And it also contains some uncomfortable duties, such as searching for British military personnel and even being tasked with escorting s…

I thought it could be interesting to re-start the old thread ... ... with 2020 information on all of those amazingly varied bodies of constables, or persons akin, whether they are warranted and equipped, or a combination of the two. Let's see how many we can get! I'll start with Port of Bristol Police - which police Royal Portbury and Avonmouth docks. (https://twitter.com/bristolportpol?lang=en) . Seems the full monty with uniform & powers etc.

The Epping Forest Constables have launched the first of what we can assume will be their new fleet of battenberg vehicles. A little surprised that they were allowed to do this, as the City of London has been a bit risk adverse when it comes to these Constables, compared to their Hampstead Heath colleagues. It also perhaps raises a question about the expectation of the public when they see one of these pull up and what jumps out is a Forest Keeper in a green and beige uniform whom isn’t carrying cuffs or a baton. I am not criticising their role. Rather, if you give them a ‘cop car’ then you should give them the rest of the tools to do their job. …

I thought this would make a good conversation as I don't believe it's ever been discussed before. Speaking to some of the older cops in BTP prior to the force officially being reorganised with a police authority and the formalisation of BTP jurisdiction in 2003 apparently there was a reliance on the concept that if an officer encountered a crime off jurisdiction that couldn't be ignored the force would expect officers to make the arrest anyway even if well away from railway property under the guise of "Colour of Law" or "Duty to Act." This apparently was widely held within the force at the time that whilst officers may have acted without powers at a statutory …

Bit of an odd one this, the Home Office responded to a FoI request listing all known 'Private Constabularies' within the UK and included some strange entries on their list including "Broads Authority River Control" but on conducting some research into this the people appointed to keep watch on river are actually "Rangers" in law and not constables. It doesn't appear they have been given "power of a Constable" either much like Fisheries officers have. Can anyone with any direct knowledge of this organisation shed some light on this agency or is this just a mistake made by the Home Office? https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/list_of_private_police_force…

This is probably a really long shot, but has anyone either served with, had any involvement with, or transferred to or from either the States of Jersey Police or the island's Honourary Police? The reason for my enquiry is that an acquaintance is considering joining either of the two forces. It would be nice to get some firsthand information from a serving or former officer of either. Thanks in advance.

I have discovered that an ancient body of Constables exists within some parts of the London Borough of Southwark; which, judging by the lack of material on the internet, I can only assume very few people know anything about. I only discovered that they exist by accident when I did some research into why I saw a City of London road sign located within Southwark, whereby I found out that the City has a centuries old involvement within that parish and surrounding areas. This might be a bit of a long post, as both the history and the role that the City of London played within Southwark is somewhat complex. As such, as I have tried to break it down into chunks t…