Police History: England and Wales (Illustrated) 2024
This is an Adobe Acrobat book (free readers for various digital platforms available from Adobe.com) about the known police forces in England and Wales since the eighteenth century. The police forces of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are also included. Revisions and additions have been added every year since first publication in 2012. In 2024, for example, 112 new insignia pictures were added - plus a host of other additions (see 'PH - 2024 Additions' on the menu at right top of this page).
This book supersedes the older ‘Police Reference: England and Wales (plus the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)' (ISBN 978-0-9858978-0-2) which came out in yearly editions between 2012 and 2017.
The cheaper version (previously only sold on eBay) where all pictures were at a reduced resolution. has been discontinued due to lack of interest.
Different sections detail county, town, city, borough and Non-Home Office (airport, canal, defence, dock, nuclear parks, railways, tunnel, university and others) police forces. Also included are the old Police Office constables (Bow Street, Thames River and the other Greater London ones).
The origins of place names, local coats of arms (and/or seals), historical officer numbers, dates and known chief officers are detailed as far as possible.
A comprehensive Glossary (see below for list of topics, among many topics, describes other police related agencies or entities. There is also a bibliography or references section. Special topics include Crown Styles, Generic Badges, Helmets, Police Women, the Relative Value of Money, Special Constabulary, Uniform Development and Warrant Cards.
There are 3,327 pages (including 34 intentionally blank pages for future additions) plus the cover page, over 8,400 pictures and 600,000+ words.
Thousands of links (cross references; also known as hyperlinks) and 1,200 bookmarks help tie it all together and make navigating around this massive work very easy. In addition, the whole text is fully searchable.
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ALPHABETCIAL INDEX
Aberdare Canal Company Police (1840 (?) to 1900)
Abergavenny Town Police (1833 (?) to 1857)
Aberystwyth Borough Police (1836 to 1856)
Abingdon Borough Police (1825 to 1889)
Accrington Borough Police (1882 to 1947)
Admiralty Constabulary (1949 to 1971)
Air Force Department Constabulary (1964 to 1971)
Air Ministry Constabulary (1924 to 1964)
Air Ministry Wardens (1918 to 1924)
Aire and Calder Navigation Police (1840 to 1948)
Alexandria Docks and Railway Police (1865 to 1922)
Andover Borough Police (1836 (?) to 1846)
Anglesey Constabulary (1857 to 1950)
Army Department Constabulary (1964 to 1971)
Arundel Borough Police (1836 to 1889)
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Town Police (1835 to 1839)
Ashton-Under-Lyne Borough Police (1827 to 1840 and 1848 to 1947)
Avon and Somerset Constabulary (1974 to present)
Aylesbury Town/Borough Police (1835 to 1857)
Bacup Borough Police (1887 to 1947)
Banbury Borough Police (1824 to 1925)
Bangor Borough Police (1836 (?) to 1857)
Barking and Dagenham Parks Police (1996 to 2010)
Barking Parish Police (1837 to 1840)
Barnsley Borough Police (1822 to 1856 and 1896 to 1968)
Barnstaple Borough Police (1836 to 1921)
Barrow-In-Furness Borough Police (1881 to 1969)
Barry Dock Police (1889 to 1922)
Barry Railway Police (1885 to 1922)
Basingstoke Borough Police (1815 to 1889)
Bath City Police (1792 to 1966)
Beaumaris Borough Police (1837 to 1860)
Beccles Borough Police (1795 (?) to 1857)
Bedford Borough Police (1836 to 1947)
Bedfordshire and Luton Constabulary (1966 to 1974)
Bedfordshire Constabulary (1840 to 1966)
Bedfordshire Police (1974 to present)
Berkshire Constabulary (1856 to 1968)
Berwick-On-Tweed Borough Police (1837 to 1920)
Beverley Borough Police (1836 to 1928)
Bewdley Borough Police (1852 to 1882)
Bideford Borough Police (1836 to 1889)
Birkenhead Borough Police (1833 to 1967)
Birkenhead Parks Police (1923 to 1974)
Birmingham Airport Police (1970 to 1975?)
Birmingham and Bristol Railway (1845 to 1846)
Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway (1836 to 1844)
Birmingham Canal Navigation Police (1840 to 1948)
Birmingham City Police (1769 to 1974)
Birmingham Markets Police (1883 to present)
Birmingham Parks Police (1911 to 1962 (?))
Blackburn Borough Police (1852 to 1969)
Blackpool Borough Police (1887 to 1969)
Blandford Borough Police (1856/7 (?) to 1889)
Bodmin Borough Police (1854 (?) to 1865)
Bolton Borough Police (1839 to 1969)
Bootle Borough Police (1887 to 1967)
Boston Borough Police (1834 (or 1775?) to 1947)
Boston Dock Police (1922 to 1963)
Bournemouth County Borough Police (1948 to 1967)
Bow Street Police Office (1754 to 1839)
Bradford City Police (1803 to 1974)
Bradninch Borough Police (? to 1864/65)
Brecon Borough Police (1842 (?) to 1889)
Breconshire Constabulary (1857 to 1948)
Bridgnorth Borough Police (1836 to 1850 and 1855 to 1889)
Bridgwater Borough Police (1826 (?) to 1940)
Bridport Borough Police (1784 to 1858)
Brighton Borough Police (1830 to 1943 and 1947 to 1967)
Brighton Parks Police (1963 to 1986 (?))
Bristol and Exeter Railway (1836 to 1876)
Bristol City Police (1832 to 1974) - ‘Bristol Constabulary’
Bristol Police, Port of (1884 to present)
British Airports Authority Constabulary (1966 to 1975)
British Transport Commission Police (1949 to 1962)
British Transport Police (1963 to present)
Brunswick Square & Clifton Ville District Police (1830 to 1858) - see Hove
Buckingham Borough Police (1836 to 1889)
Buckinghamshire Constabulary (1852 to 1968)
Burnley Borough Police (1819 to 1840 and 1887 to 1969)
Burslem Town Police (1825 to 1843)
Bury Saint Edmunds Borough Police (1836 to 1856)
Bute Dock Police (1858 to 1897)
Caernarvonshire Constabulary (1857 to 1950)
Calne Borough Police (1836 to 1849 (?))
Cambrian Railway (1864 to 1921)
Cambridge City Police (1812 to 1965)
Cambridge University Constables (1825 to present)
Cambridgeshire Constabulary (1851 to 1965)
Cambridgeshire Constabulary (1974 to present)
Canterbury City Police (1786 to 1943 (1947))
Canterbury Close Constables (1225? to present)
Cardiff Airport (police or security?)
Cardiff City Police (1836 to 1969)
Cardiff Railway Police (1897 to 1923)
Cardigan Borough Police (1836 to 1844 (?))
Cardiganshire Constabulary (1844 to 1958)
Carlisle City Police (1827 to 1963)
Carmarthen and Cardigan Police (1958 to 1968)
Carmarthen Borough Police (1836 to 1944 (1947))
Carmarthenshire Constabulary (1843 to 1958)
Carnarvon Borough Police (1827 (?) to 1857)
Carnarvonshire Constabulary (1857 to 1950)
Central London Railway Police (1900 to
1933) Chard Borough Police (1850 to 1889)
Cheltenham Town Police (1821 (?) to 1840)
Chepping Wycombe Borough Police (1812 to 1947)
Cheshire Constabulary (1829 to 1857)
Cheshire Constabulary (1857 to 1974)
Cheshire Constabulary (1974 to present)
Cheshire Lines Committee Railway Police (1862 to 1948)
Chester and Holyhead Railway (1844 to 1859)
Chester Cathedral Constables (1225? to present)
Chester City Police (1761 to 1949)
Chesterfield Borough Police (1836 to 1947)
Chichester City Police (1836 to 1889)
Chippenham Borough Police (1836 to 1841)
Chipping Norton Borough Police (1836 (?) to 1857)
City of London Markets Constabulary (1327 (?) to present)
City of London Police (1737 to present)
Civil Aviation Constabulary (1960 to 1966)
Civil Nuclear Constabulary (2005 to present)
Cleveland Police (1974 to present)
Clitheroe Borough Police (1836 to 1840/1? and 1887 to 1947)
Colchester Borough Police (1836 to 1947)
Colne Valley and Halstead Railway (1856 to 1922)
Commercial Dock Police (1812 to 1865)
Congleton Borough Police (1841 to 1947)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Constabulary (1947 to 1967)
Cornwall Constabulary (1857 to 1943)
Cornwall Joint Police (1943 to 1947)
Cornwall Railway (1859 to 1889)
Coventry City Police (1789 to 1969)
Croydon Police (1829 to 1840)
Crystal Palace Police (1879 to 1941?)
Cumberland and Westmoreland Constabulary (1857 to 1963)
Cumberland Constabulary (1839 to 1857)
Cumberland, Westmoreland and Carlisle Constabulary (1963 to 1967)
Cumbria Constabulary (1967 to 1974)
Cumbria Constabulary (1974 to present)
Dartford Tunnel Traffic Officers (1963 to 2009)
Dartmouth Borough Police (1836 (?) to 1857)
Daventry Borough Police (1854 (?) to 1889)
Deal Borough Police (1811 to 1889)
Denbigh Borough Police (1838 to 1844; and 1854(?) to 1857)
Denbighshire Constabulary (1840 to 1967)
Derby Borough Police (1836 to 1967)
Derby County and Borough Constabulary (1967 to 1974)
Derbyshire Constabulary (1854 to 1967)
Derbyshire Constabulary (1974 to present)
Devizes Borough Police (1825 to 1847)
Devon and Cornwall Police (1967 to present)
Devon and Exeter Police (1966 to 1967)
Devon Constabulary (1857 to 1942)
Devon Constabulary (1947 to 1966)
Devon Joint Police (1943 to 1947)
Devonport Borough Police (1838 to 1914)
Dewsbury Borough Police (1863 to 1968)
District Railway Police (1864 to 1908)
Doncaster Borough Police (1802 to 1968)
Dorchester Borough Police (1774/5 to 1889)
Dorking Town Police (1838 to 1851)
Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary (1967 to 1974)
Dorset Constabulary (1847 to 1967)
Dorset Police (1974 to present)
Dover Borough Police (1777 to 1943 (1947))
Dover Harbour Board Police (1933 to 200?)
Dover Police, Port of (1933 to present)
Droitwich Borough Police (1836 to 1854/55/56 (?) and 1857 to 1881)
Dudley Borough Police (1920 to 1966)
Dunstable Borough Police (1865 to 1889)
Durham City Police (1789 to 1921)
Durham Constabulary (1967 to 1974)
Durham Constabulary (1974 to present)
Durham County Constabulary (1840 to 1967)
Dyfed-Powys Constabulary (1968 to 1974)
Dyfed-Powys Police (1974 to present)
East and West India Dock Police (1838 to 1888)
East and West Yorkshire Union Railway (1883 to 1922)
East Country Dock Police (1811 to 1850)
East India Dock Police (1807 to 1838)
East Lincolnshire Railway (1848 to ?)
East Midlands Airport Police (1965 to ?)
East Retford Borough Police (1836(?) to 1840)
East Riding (of Yorkshire) Constabulary (1847 to 1968)
East Suffolk Police (1840 to 1967)
East Sussex Police (1840 to 1943 and 1947 to 1967)
Eastbourne Borough Police (1891 to 1943 and 1947 to 1967)
Eastern Counties Railway (1836 to 1862)
Eastern Union Railway (1844 to 1862)
Epping Forest Keepers (1878 to present)
Essex and Southend Constabulary (1969 to 1974)
Essex County Constabulary (1840 to 1969)
Essex Police (1974 to present)
Eton College Constabulary (1860 to 1892(?))
Evesham Borough Police (1822 to 1850)
Exeter City Police (1805 to 1966)
Eye Borough Police (1836 to 1857)
Falmouth Borough Police (1847 (?) to 1889)
Falmouth Docks Police (1870 to present)
Faversham Borough Police (1789 to 1889)
Felixstowe Police, Port of (1976 to present)
Festiniog Railway (1832 to ?)
Finsbury Park Patrol (Haringey Parks Constabulary) (? to 2009 (?))
Flint Borough Police (? to 1864)
Flintshire Constabulary (1857 to 1967)
Folkestone Borough Police (1795 to 1943 (1947))
Furness Railway Police (1844 to 1922)
Gateshead Borough Police (1814 to 1968)
Glamorganshire Constabulary (1840 to 1969)
Glastonbury Borough Police (1853 to 1856)
Glossop Borough Police (1867 to 1947)
Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Police (1836 to 1874)
Gloucester City Police (1821 (?) to 1859)
Gloucester Dock Police
Gloucestershire Constabulary (1839 to 1974)
Gloucestershire Constabulary (1974 to present)
Godalming Borough Police (1825 to 1850 and 1957 to 1889)
Godmanchester Borough Police (1836 to 1857)
Goole Town Police (18?? to 1857 (?))
Grand Junction Canal Police (? to 1928)
Grand Surrey Canal Police (1809 to 1855)
Grand Surrey Docks and Canal Police (1855 to 1865)
Grand Union Canal Police (1929 to 1948)
Grantham Borough Police (1836 to 1947)
Gravesend Borough Police (1822 to 1943 (1947))
Great Central Railway Police (1897 to 1921)
Great Eastern Railway Police (1862 to 1922)
Great Grimsby Borough Police (1846 to 1967)
Great Marlborough Street Police Office (1792 to 1839)
Great North of England Railway (1841 to 1854)
Great Northern and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (1870 to 1922)
Great Northern Railway Police (1846 to 1922)
Great Torrington Borough Police - see Torrington
Great Western Railway Police (1833 to 1948)
Great Yarmouth Borough Police (1809 to 1967)
Great Yarmouth Port Authority Police (?)
Greater Manchester Police (1974 to present)
Greenwich Parks Constabulary (1994 to 2001)
Grimsby Borough Police (see “Great Gimsby Borough Police” above)
Guernsey Police (1853 to present)
Guildford Borough Police (1811 to 1851 and 1854 to 1943 (1947))
Gwent Constabulary (1967 to 1974)
Gwent Police (1974 to present)
Gwynedd Constabulary (1950 to 1967)
Gwynedd Constabulary (1967 to 1974)
H. M. Dockyards Police (1686 to 1860)
Halifax Borough Police (1823 to 1968)
Hammersmith and Fulham Parks Constabulary (2001 to 2013)
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary (1952 to 1967)
Hampshire Combined Police (1943 to 1948) - (Hampshire Joint Police)
Hampshire Constabulary (1840 to 1943)
Hampshire Constabulary (1948 to 1952)
Hampshire Constabulary (1967 to present)
Hampstead Heath (Parks) Constabulary (1989 to present)
Hanley Borough Police (1825 to 1842 and 1870 to 1910)
Haringey Parks Constabulary (Finsbury Park Patrol) (? to 2009 (?))
Hartlepool Borough Police (1851 to 1947)
Harwich Borough Police (1811 (?) to 1857)
Hastings Borough Police (1831 to 1943 and 1947 to 1967)
Hatton Garden Police Office (1792 to 1839)
Haverfordwest Borough Police (1851 (?) to 1889)
Hedon Borough Police (? to 1858)
Helston Borough Police (1836 to 1889)
Hemsworth Town Police (18?? to 1857 (?))
Hereford City Police (1783 to 1947)
Herefordshire Constabulary (1841 to 1967)
Hertford Borough Police (1787 to 1889)
Hertfordshire Constabulary (1841 to present)
High Wycombe Borough Police (1812 to 1847)
Higham Ferrers Borough Police (? to ? - doubtful existence)
Highway Agency Traffic Officers (2006 to 2015)
Highways England Traffic Officers (2015 to 2023; now 'National Highways')
Highways Wales Traffic Officers (2015 to present) (or Traffic Wales)
Hillingdon Parks Patrol Service (2001 to present or 2014?)
Holland Constabulary (see Lincolnshire Constabulary)
Honiton Borough Police (1848 to 1857)
Horncastle Town Police (1838 to 1857)
Hove Borough Police (1830 to 1943 (1947))
Huddersfield Borough Police (1820 to 1968)
Hull and Barnsley Railway (1880 to 1922)
Hull and Selby Railway (1840 to 1872)
Hull City Police (1800 to 1974)
Hull Dock Police (1774/5 to 1844)
Humberside Police (1974 to present)
Huntingdon Borough Police (1836 to 1857)
Huntingdonshire Constabulary (1856 to 1965)
Hyde Borough Police (1899 to 1947)
Hythe Borough Police (1855 (?) to 1889)
Ipswich Borough Police (1836 to 1967)
Isle of Ely Constabulary (1841 to 1965)
Isle of Man Airport Security (1961 to 2019)
Isle of Man Constabulary (1863 to present)
Isle of Man Port Security (1893 to present)
Isle of Wight Constabulary (1890 to 1943 (1947))
Isles of Scilly Police (18?? to 1947)
Keighley Town Police (18?? to 1857 (?))
Kendal Borough Police (1836 to 1947)
Kensington and Chelsea Parks Constabulary (1991 to 2013)
Kent Combined Police (1943 to 1947)
Kent Constabulary (1853 to 1943)
Kent Police (1947 to present)
Kesteven Constabulary (see Lincolnshire Constabulary)
Kidderminster Borough Police (1812 to 1947)
Kidwelly Borough Police (1857 - never really existed)
King’s Lynn Borough Police (1802 to 1947)
Kingston-Upon-Thames Borough Police (1836 to 1840 (?))
Knaresborough Town Police (18?? to 1857 (?))
Lambeth Street Police Office (1792 to 1839)
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Police (1847 to 1921)
Lancashire Constabulary (1840 to 1969)
Lancashire Constabulary (1969 to 1974)
Lancashire Constabulary (1974 to present)
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (1844 to 1879)
Lancaster City Police (1824 to 1947)
Launceston Borough Police (1841 to 1882)
Leamington Priors Town Police (1825 to 1859) - see Leamington Spa
Leamington Spa Borough Police (1825 to 1947)
Lee Conservancy Police (1840 to 1948)
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Police (1840 to 1948)
Leeds and Selby Railway (1834 to 1844)
Leeds City Police (1815 to 1974)
Leicester and Rutland Constabulary (1967 to 1974)
Leicester City Police (1836 to 1967)
Leicestershire and Rutland Constabulary (1951 to 1967)
Leicestershire Constabulary (1839 to 1951)
Leicestershire Police (1974 to present)
Leominster Borough Police (1836 to 1889)
Lewes Borough Police (1806 (?) to 1840)
Lichfield City Police (1836 to 1843 (?) and 1856 to 1889)
Lincoln City Police (1828 to 1967)
Lincolnshire Constabulary (1843 to 1974)
Lincolnshire Police (1974 to present)
Lindsey Constabulary (see Lincolnshire Constabulary)
Liskeard and Caradon Railway (1843 to 1909)
Liskeard and Looe Railway (1858 to 1909)
Liskeard Borough Police (1836 (?) to 1877)
Liverpool Airport Police (1961 to 1972)
Liverpool and Bootle Constabulary (1967 to 1974)
Liverpool and Manchester Railway Police (1827 to 1845)
Liverpool Cathedral Constables (1904? to present)
Liverpool City Police (1811 to 1967)
Liverpool Markets Police (1860 (?) to 1976 and 1992 to 2002)
Liverpool Parks Police (1882 (?) to 1972)
Liverpool Police, Port of (1976 to present)
Llandovery Borough Police (1836 (?) to 1848 (?))
Llanidloes Borough Police (1836 to 1840 (?))
London and Birmingham Railway Police (1833 to 1846)
London and Brighton Railway (1837 to 1846)
London and Croydon Railway (1835 to 1846)
London and Greenwich Railway (1831 to 1922)
London and India Docks Joint committee Police (1889 to 1901)
London and India Docks Police (1901 to 1908)
London and North Eastern Railway Police (1923 to 1948)
London and North Western Railway Police (1846 to 1922)
London and Saint Katherine Dock Police (1864 to 1888)
London and South Western Railway Police (1838 to 1922)
London Brighton and South Coast Railway Police (1846 to 1922)
London City Police - see City of London Police
London County Council Police (1889 to 1908)
London Dock Police (1804 to 1864)
London Electric Railway Police (1910 to 1933)
London Midland and Scottish Railway Police (1923 to 1948)
London Police Offices (1792 to 1839)
London Port Authority Police (1908 to 1992)
London Tilbury and Southend Railway Police (1854 to 1912)
London Transport Police (1934 to 1958)
London, Chatham and Dover Railway (1853 to 1920)
Louth Borough Police (1825 to 1920)
Ludlow Borough Police (1836 to 1889)
Luton Borough Police (1876 to 1947)
Luton County Borough Police (1964 to 1966)
Lyme Regis Borough Police (1836 to 1860)
Lymington Borough Police (1835 (?) to 1852)
Macclesfield Borough Police (1813 to 1947)
Maidenhead Borough Police (1855 (?) to 1889)
Maidstone Borough Police (1818 to 1943 (1947))
Maldon Borough Police (1853 to 1889)
Manchester Airport Police (1954 to 1976)
Manchester and Salford Police (1968 to 1974)
Manchester City Police (1792 to 1968)
Manchester Market Police (1962 (?) to 1998)
Manchester Park Police (1959 to 1974 (?))
Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Police (1847 to 1897)
Manchester Ship Canal Police (1893 to 1993)
Mansfield Town Police (? to before 1856/1857)
Margate Borough Police (1812 to 1943 (1947))
Marlborough Borough Police (1836 to 1850 (?))
Mary-le-bone Police Office (1821 to 1839)
Maryport and Carlisle Railway (1836 to 1922)
Merionethshire Constabulary (1857 to 1950)
Mersey Tunnel Police (1936 to present)
Merseyside Police (1974 to present)
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Police (1908 to 1969)
Metropolitan and District Railway Police (1908 to 1934)
Metropolitan Police (1829 to present)
Metropolitan Railway Police (1863 to 1908)
Mid-Anglia Constabulary (1965 to 1974)
Middlesbrough Borough Police (1841 to 1968)
Midland Railway Police (1844 to 1922)
Mid-Wales Constabulary (1948 to 1968)
Milford Docks Police (1874 to 199?)
Millwall Docks Police (1870 to 1908)
Millwall Freehold Land and Docks Police (1868 to 1870)
Ministry of Civil Aviation Constabulary (1948 to 1960)
Ministry of Defence Police (1971 to present)
Ministry of Munitions Police (1915 to 1920)
Monmouth Borough Police (1836 (?) to 1881)
Monmouthshire Constabulary (1855 to 1967)
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal (1845 to 1880)
Montgomeryshire Constabulary (1840 to 1948)
Morpeth Borough Police (1836 (?) to 1857 (?))
Neath Borough Police (1836 to 1947)
New Sarum City Police (1814 to 1838) - see Salisbury
New Windsor Borough Police - see Windsor Borough Police
Newark (on Trent) Borough Police (1821 to 1947)
Newbury Borough Police (1825 to 1875)
Newcastle Airport (police or security?)
Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Police (1834 to 1947)
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne City Police (1762 to 1969)
Newham Parks Constabulary (1998 to 2009)
Newport Borough Police (Isle of Wight) (1785 to 1889)
Newport Borough Police (Monmouthshire) (1830 to 1967)
Norfolk Constabulary (1840 to 1967)
Norfolk Constabulary (1974 to present)
Norfolk Joint Police (1968 to 1974)
North and South Western Junction Railway (1851 to 1922)
North Eastern Railway Police (1854 to 1922)
North London Railway Police (1853 to 1909)
North Riding (of Yorkshire) Constabulary (1852 to 1968)
North Staffordshire Railway Police (1845 to 1923)
North Wales Police (1974 to present)
North Yorkshire Police (1974 to present)
Northampton and County Constabulary (1966 to 1974)
Northampton Borough Police (1788 to 1966)
Northamptonshire Constabulary (1840 to 1966)
Northamptonshire Police (1974 to present)
Northumberland Constabulary (1850 to 1969)
Northumberland Constabulary (1969 to 1974)
Northumbria Police (1974 to present)
Norwich City Police (1805 to 1967)
Nottingham City Police (1820 (?) to 1968)
Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary (1968 to 1974)
Nottinghamshire Constabulary (1840 to 1968)
Nottinghamshire Police (1974 to present)
Oakhampton (or Okehampton) Borough Police (? to 1859/60)
Oldham Borough Police (1827 to 1847 and 1849 to 1969)
Orford Borough Police (? to 1858)
Oswestry Borough Police (1836 to 1861)
Other Airport Police
Other Dock Harbour Canal and River Police
Other known town (or Parish) police
Other Railway Police
Otley Town Police (18?? to 1857 (?))
Oxford City Police (1825 to 1968)
Oxford University Constables (1825 to 2003)
Oxfordshire Constabulary (1852 to 1968)
Parks Police Service (2013 to present)
Pembroke Borough Police (1835 (?) to 1858)
Pembrokeshire Constabulary (1857 to 1968)
Pendleton Town Police (18?? to 184?)
Penryn Borough Police (1853 to 1889)
Penzance Borough Police (1836 to 1943 (1947))
Peterborough City Police (1790 to 1857 and 1874 to 1947)
Peterborough Combined Police (1947 to 1965)
Peterborough, Liberty of, Constabulary (1857 to 1947)
Plymouth City Police (1824 to 1967)
Police Offices of the Metropolis (1792 to 1839)
Pontefract Borough Police (1836 to 1889)
Pontypool Town Police (1840 (?) to 1860)
Poole Borough Police (1836 to 1891)
Port of Bristol Police (1884 to present)
Port of Dover Police (1933 to present)
Port of Felixstowe Police (1976 to present)
Port of Liverpool Police (1976 to present)
Port of London Authority Police (1908 to 1992)
Port of Tilbury London Police (1992 to present)
Port Talbot Railway and Dock (1894 to 1922)
Portsmouth City Police (1768 to 1967)
Preston Borough Police (1815 to 1969)
Pwllheli Borough Police (1836 (?); 1857 to 1879)
Queen Square Police Office (1792 to 1839)
Race Course Police (October 1893 to 1836?)
Radnorshire Constabulary (1845 to 1948)
Ramsgate Borough Police (1838 to 1943 (1947))
Ramsgate Harbour Police (1859 to 1929)
Reading Borough Police (1827 to 1968)
Redbridge Parks Police (2006 to 2011)
Regents Canal Police (1827 to 1928)
Reigate Borough Police (1864 to 1943 (1947))
Retford Borough Police (1836? to 1840) - see East Retford
Richmond Borough Police (1839 to 1889)
Ripon City Police (1830 to 1887)
River Don Police (1837 to 1850)
River Tyne Police (1845 to 1968)
River Wear Watch (Police) (1810 to 1961)
Rochdale Borough Police (1825 to 1841 and 1857 to 1969)
Rochester City Police (1768 to 1943 (1947))
Rolls Royce Constabulary (? to ?)
Romney Marsh Liberty Police (1840 (?) to 1860)
Romsey Borough Police (1832 to 1865)
Rotherham Borough Police (1801 (?) to 1856 and 1882 to 1967)
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Parks Constabulary (1991 to 2013)
Royal Botanic Gardens Constabulary (1872 to present)
Royal Leamington Spa Borough Police - see Leamington Spa
Royal Marine Police (1922 to 1949)
Royal Parks Constabulary (1974 to 2006)
Ruthin Borough Police (1836(?) to 1840 (?))
Rutland Constabulary (1848 to 1951)
Ryde Borough Police (1869 to 1922)
Rye Borough Police (1836 to 1889)
Saddleworth Town Police (18?? to 1857 (?))
Saffron Walden Borough Police (1848/1849 (?) to 1857)
Saint Albans Borough Police (1803 to 1947)
Saint Helens Borough Police (1887 to 1969)
Saint Helier Paid Police (1854 to 1952)
Saint Ives Borough Police (1842 to 1889)
Saint Katherine Dock Police (1827 to 1864)
Saint Peter Paid Police (1853 to 1920)
Salford City Police (1792 to 1968)
Salisbury City Police (1814 to 1943 (1947))
Sandwich Borough Police (1855 (?) to 1889)
Scarborough Borough Police (1840 to 1947)
Selby Town Police (18?? to 1857 (?))
Settle Town Police (18?? to 1857 (?))
Shadwell Police Office (1792 to 1821)
Shaftsbury Borough Police (1836 (?) to 1851)
Sharpness Dock Police (1874 to 1948)
Shaston Borough Police (1836? to 1851) - see Shaftsbury
Sheffield and Rotherham Constabulary (1967 to 1974)
Sheffield City Police (1818 to 1967)
Sheffield Parks Constables (1929 to 1974?)
Shipley Police (1854 to 1857)
Shrewsbury Borough Police (1821 (?) to 1947)
Shropshire Constabulary (1840 to 1967)
Skipton Town Police (18?? to 1857 (?))
Snaith Town Police (18?? to 1857 (?))
Somerset and Bath Constabulary (1967 to 1974)
Somerset and Dorset Railway Police (1862 to 1947)
Somerset Constabulary (1856 to 1966)
South Devon Railway Police (1846 to 1876)
South Eastern and Chatham Railway Police (1920 to 1922)
South Eastern Railway (1836 to 1922)
South Molton Borough Police (1842 to 1877)
South Shields Borough Police (1830 to 1968)
South Wales Constabulary (1969 to 1974)
South Wales Police (1974 to present)
South Yorkshire Canal Police (1895 to 1948)
South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole Railway Police (1847 to 1864)
South Yorkshire Police (1974 to present)
Southampton City Police (1770 to 1967)
Southampton Docks Police (1838 to 1892)
Southampton Harbour Board Police (1847 to 1980)
Southend Airport Police (???? to ????)
Southend-On-Sea Constabulary (1914 to 1969)
Southern Railway Police (1923 to 1948)
Southport Borough Police (1870 to 1969)
Southwark Parks Constabulary (199? to 2001?)
Southwold Borough Police (1786 (?) to 1889)
Stafford Borough Police (1830 or 1844 (?) to 1855/6 and 1856 to 1858)
Staffordshire Constabulary (1840 to 1967)
Staffordshire County and Stoke on Trent Constabulary (1968 to 1974)
Staffordshire Police (1974 to present)
Stalybridge Borough Police (1830 to 1947)
Stamford Borough Police (1832 to 1889)
States of Jersey Police (1952 to present)
Stockport Borough Police (1826 to 1967)
Stockton and Darlington Railway Police (1825 to 1863)
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Police (1820 (?) to 1851)
Stoke-on-Trent City Police (1910 to 1967)
Stow in the Wold Town Police (1836 to 1840)
Stratford-On-Avon Borough Police (1837 to 1889)
Sudbury Borough Police (1836 to 1838 and 1850 to 1889)
Suffolk Constabulary (1967 to 1974)
Suffolk Constabulary (1974 to present)
Sunderland Borough Police (1837 to 1967)
Surrey Commercial Docks Police (1865 to
1908) Surrey Constabulary (1851 to 1943)
Surrey Joint Police (or Constabulary) (1943 to
1947) Surrey Police (1947 to present)
Sussex Combined Police (or Constabulary) (1943 to 1947)
Sussex Constabulary (1968 to 1974)
Sussex Police (1974 to present)
Sutton Parks Constabulary (1998 to 2007)
Swansea Borough Police (1821 to 1969)
Swansea Harbour Board Trust Police (1854 to 1922)
Tadcaster Town Police (18?? to 1857 (?))
Taff Vale Railway Police (1836 to 1922)
Tamworth Borough Police (1841 to 1857)
Tavistock Borough Police (1837 (?) to 1857)
Tees and Hartlepool Harbour Police (1904 to present)
Teesside Airport (police or security?)
Teesside Constabulary (1968 to 1974)
Tenby Borough Police (1835 to 1889)
Tenterden Borough Police (1836 to 1889)
Tewkesbury Borough Police (1836 to 1854)
Thames Police Office (1798 to 1839)
Thames Valley Police (1968 to present)
Thetford Borough Police (1836 to 1857)
Thorne Town Police (18?? to 1857 (?))
Tilbury London Police, Port of (1992 to present)
Tiverton Borough Police (1845 to 1942 (1947))
Todmorden Town Police (18?? to 1857 (?))
Torquay District Police (1836 to 1870)
Torrington Borough Police (1836 (?) to 1870 and 1878 to 1889)
Totnes Borough Police (1852 or 1858 (?) to 1884)
Traffic Wales Traffic Officers (2015 to present)
Trevethin Parish Police (1840? to 1860) - see Pontypool
Truro City Police (1839 to 1921)
Tunbridge Wells Borough Police (1835 to 1943 (1947))
Tyne General Ferry Company (1862 to 1909)
Tyne Improvement Commissioners Docks and Piers Police (1870 to 1949)
Tynemouth Borough Police (1850 to 1969)
Union Hall Police Office (1792 to 1839)
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary (1955 to 2005)
University of Cambridge Constables (1825 to present)
University of Oxford Constables (1825 to 2003)
Victoria Dock Police (1855 to 1864)
Wakefield City Police (1848 to 1968)
Wallasey Borough Police (1913 to 1967)
Wallingford Borough Police (1794 or 1836 (?) to 1856)
Walsall Borough Police (1824 to 1966)
Wandsworth Events Police (2012 to present)
Wandsworth Parks Constabulary (1986 to 2012)
Wantage Borough Police (1828 to 1856 (?))
War Department Constabulary (1925 to 1964)
Wareham Borough Police (18?? to 1887 (?) - doubtful existence)
Warrington Borough Police (1838 to 1969)
Warwick Borough Police (1851 to 1875)
Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary (1969 to
1974) Warwickshire Constabulary (1840 to 1969)
Warwickshire Police (1974 to present)
Wathamstow Town Police (1834 to 1840)
Wells City Police (1824 to 1856)
Welshpool Borough Police (1835 to 1858)
Wenlock Borough Police (1836 to 1841)
West India Dock Police (1802 to 1838)
West London Railway Police (1840 to 1922)
West Mercia Police (1967 to present)
West Midlands Constabulary (1966 to 1974)
West Midlands Police (1974 to present)
West Riding (of Yorkshire) Constabulary (1847 to 1968)
West Suffolk Constabulary (1845 to 1967)
West Sussex Constabulary (1857 to 1943 and 1947 to 1967)
West Yorkshire Constabulary (1968 to 1974)
West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police (1974 to
1986) West Yorkshire Police (1986 to present)
Westmoreland Constabulary (1844 to 1857)
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Borough Police (1847 to 1921)
Whitehaven Harbour Police (1853(?) to ?)
Whitehaven Town Police (1853(?) to ?)
Wigan Borough Police (1836 to 1969)
Wigton Parish Police (1851? to 1857)
Wiltshire Constabulary (1840 to 1943)
Wiltshire Joint Police (1943 to 1947)
Wiltshire Police (1947 to present)
Winchester City Police (1770 to 1943 (1947))
Windsor Borough Police (1768 to 1947)
Wirral Parks Police (1974 to 1982 and 1987 to 1996)
Wisbech Borough Police (1809 to 1889)
Wolborough Parish Police (18?? to 1859 (?))
Wolverhampton Borough Police (1837 to 1966)
Worcester City Police (1823 to 1967)
Worcestershire Constabulary (1840 to 1967)
Worship Street Police Office (1792 to 1839)
Wortley Town Police (18?? to 1857 (?))
Wycombe Borough Police (1812 to 1947)
Yeovil Borough Police (1833 to 1859)
York and North East Yorkshire Police (1968 to 1974)
York City Police (1825 to 1968)
York Minster Police ((1225? to 1930 & 2017 to present)
GLOSSARY TOPICS
A
Accelerated Promotion Scheme
Accelerated Promotion Scheme for Graduates
ACPO ranks
Act (of Parliament)
Acting ranks
Additional Constables
Adoption Leave
Age
Agent Provocateur
Air Raid Precautions (“ARP”)
Airwave (+ new planned “Emergency Services Network”)
Allowances
Annual Leave
Antecedents
Appointments
Area Car
Armlets
Arrest Powers
Arrestable Offence
Artists Impression
Assistant Chief Constable (“ACC”)
Assistant Commissioner
Association of Chief Police Officers (“ACPO”)
Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (‘APCC’)
Association of Police Authorities (“APA”)
Attendance Centre
Attestation (or attested)
Attorney-at-law
Authorised Establishment (or Strength)
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (“ANPR”)
Autrefois Acquit (or Convict)
Auxiliaries
Auxiliary Fire Service (“AFS”)
Awards
B
Banana (slang)
Barrister (formally “Barrister-at-Law”)
Basic Command Unit (“BCU”)
Basic Training
Bat-Phones
Bath Star
Beat
Belisha Beacon
Bertillon System
Best Value
Best Value Performance Indicators
Big Brother Watch
Birching
Blackened Helmets
Bonus Schemes
Borough
Bramshill
Bramshill Scholarship
Branch Board (and Joint Branch Board (“JBB”))
Breathalyser
Bridewell
British Association for Women in Policing (‘BAWP’)
British Crime Survey (“BCS”)
Burgh
Business Rates
C
Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment Act 1868
Career Break Scheme
central government police grant
Central Police Training and Development Authority (“CENTREX”)
Central Service
Certificate in Knowledge of Policing (CKP)
Chartists
Chevrons
Chief Commissioner
Chief Constable
Chief Constable Testimonials
Chief Constables Association
Chief Inspector
Chief Officer Bonus Scheme
Chief Officer Ranks
Chief Police Officers’ Staff Association (“CPOSA”)
Chief Superintendent
Chiv (slang)
Christmas Boxes
Cinque Port(s)
City
Civil Contingencies Act 2004
coal-scuttle helmets (slang)
Coat of Arms
College of Policing
Collar Number
Collator
Commander
Commissioner of Police
Commissioner, Police and Crime - see Police and Crime Commissioner.
Common Police Services
Community Charge
Community Policing
Community Support Officer (“CSO”) - see Police Community Support Officer.
Compensatory Grant - see Rent Allowance.
Competence Related Threshold Payments (“CRTP”)
Conference Points
Constable (the office of)
Control Commission Germany (“CCG”)
Cooke, George Samuel (police constable)
Coronation Medal 1902
Coronation Medal 1911
Coronation Medals (others)
Corruption
cough - (slang)
Council Tax
County and Borough Police Act 1856
County and Borough Police Act 1859
County and District Constables Act 1839 - (2 & 3 Vict. Cap. 93) see Rural Constabulary Act 1839.
County Borough
County Chief Constables’ Association
Court Leet
Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (“CDRPs”)
Crime Car - see Area Car above.
Crime Detection Rates
Criminal Cases Review Commission (“CCRC”)
Criminal Investigation Department (“CID”)
Criminal Investigation Department Aides
Criminal Justice Act 1948
Criminal Record Office (“CRO”)
Cross Belt
Crowd Control
Crown Prosecution Service (“CPS”)
Crusher (slang)
CS Incapacitant Spray
Custody Officer
Custody Suite
Cutlass
D
Danelaw
Defence of the Realm Act 1914 (known as “DORA”)
Demonstration
Deputy Assistant Commissioner
Deputy Chief Constable
Deputy Commissioner
Desborough Committee
Detective Training Schools
Detective Work and Procedure Committee 1938
Diced Pattern Bands (or checkered bands)
Dictaphones
Diploma in Policing
Direct Entry, Fast Track and Police Now schemes
Director of Criminal Intelligence
Director of Public Prosecutions (“DPP”)
Discretionary Beat System
District Judge
District Police Training Centres
District Recruiting Boards
Division
DNA
DNA profiling
Dollar (slang)
Domestic Rates
Double Jeopardy
Drill
Drum (slang)
E
Edmund-Davies Committee of Inquiry Report
Efficiency and Effectiveness
Emergency Powers Act 1920
Emergency Services Network
Emergency Telephone System (Nine Nine Nine)
exchequer grant to police
F
Fast Track Scheme - see Direct Entry, Fast Track and Police Now schemes.
Federated Ranks
Felony and Misdemeanour
Fenian scare of 1867
Fingerprint Identification
Fire Brigades - see Police Fire Brigades.
Firm in a Firm
First Aid Badges
First Police Reserve
Fitted up (slang)
Fixed Penalty System
Fixed Point Beat System
Fixed Term Appointments for Senior Police Officers
Flatfoot (slang)
Flute (slang)
Forensic Science Laboratories
Forensic Science Service (“FSS”)
Free Travel on London Transport
Freemasons (in the police)
G
Gaffer
Game Keepers
Gentry
Glass’s Index of Suffix Marks
Gong (slang)
Good Conduct Badges
Graduate Entry Scheme (graduate entrant)
Grand Jury
Grass (slang)
Green Paper
Guv’nor (governor) (slang)
H
H. M. Inspector-General of Constabulary
H. M. Inspectors of Constabulary (“HMI” and “HMIC”)
H. M. Inspectors of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Service
H. M. Prisons
Head Constable
Helmet
Helmet furniture (slang)
High Potential Development Scheme (“HPDS”)
Highway Code
Home Defence
Home Office
Home Office Circular
Home Secretary
Honours
Horty
Hours (of duty)
House of Lords
Housing Allowance
Hundred
I
Identification Problems
Illuminated Address
Independent Office for Police Conduct (‘IOPC’)
Independent Police Complaints Commission (“IPCC”)
Informal testing of newcomers
Informants
Initial Police Learning and Development Programme (‘IPLDP’)
Inspector
Inspector of Constabulary - see H. M. Inspector of Constabulary.
Inspector of Nuisances
Institutional Racism
International Christian Police Association
International Police Association (“IPA”)
Interpol (International Criminal Police Organisation)
J
Jam sandwich (slang)
Javelin Men
Job, The
Jobbing
Joint Branch Board (“JBB”)
Joint Negotiating and Consultative Committee (“JNCC”)
Josling, Horace Robert
Jubilee Medals
Judges’ Rules and Administrative Directions to the Police
Junior Station Inspector
Jurisdiction - (of constables)
Justice of the Peace (“JP”
K
Kempster, John
Kettling (or mass detention)
Key Holders
King’s Police Medal (“KPM”)
L
Lackey
Lancaster Rose
Licensing Act 1872
Lie Detector - see Polygraph.
Lighting and Watching Act 1833
Local Government Act 1888
Local Policing Plan - see under National Policing Plan.
London and Westminster Police Bill
London Weighting (and London Allowance)
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Long Service Chevrons
M
MacPherson Report
Magic Typewriter (slang)
Magistrate
Magistrates Courts Act 1957
Marriage
Maternity Leave
Merit class (and badges)
Metrognome (slang)
Military Officers (as chief constables)
Misconduct in Public Office
Misdemeanour and Felony
Modus Operandi (system) (“MO”)
monkey (slang)
Motor Car Act 1903
Mounted Branch (nicknamed “Donkey Wallopers”) + Martingale
Municipal Corporations Act 1835
Murphy Riots
mutual aid
N
National Association of Retired Police Officers (“NARPO”)
National Black Police Association (“NBPA”)
National Community Safety Plan - see National Policing Plan below.
National Crime Agency (‘NCA’)
National Crime Squad (“NCS”)
National Criminal Intelligence Service (“NCIS”)
National Fire Service (“NFS”)
National Identification Service (“NIS”)
National Police Air Service (‘NPAS’)
National Police Chiefs’ Council (‘NPCC’)
National Police Fund
National Policing Improvement Agency (“NPIA”)
National Policing Plan
National Union of Police and Prison Officers (“NUPPO”)
Neighbourhood Policing Teams (“NPT”)
Nicked (slang)
Night Helmet Plates - see Blackened Helmet
No go area
Noble Cause Corruption
Noddy Bikes (and Noddy Helmets)
O
Oaksey Committee Report
Occurrence Book (“O.B.”)
Offences Taken Into Consideration (“TICs”)
Olympic torch (slang)
On-duty arm bands
Operation Countryman
Other Police Duties
Overtime
P
Panda Car
Parading for duty
Parish Constable
Parish Constables Act 1842 (as amended in 1850)
Parliamentary Papers
Pay (brief history)
Peelers
Peerage
Pelican Crossing
Pension Forfeiture
Pensions
Performance-Related Bonus
Personal Radio
Personal Records
Photography
Physique (physical standards)
Plain Clothes Department
Point duty
Police (the term)
Police (Expenses) Act 1874
Police Act 1890
Police Act 1919
Police Act 1946
Police Act 1964
Police Act 1996
Police Act 1997
Police Advisory Board for England and Wales (‘PABEW’)
Police Ambulance Service
Police and Citizens Association
Police and Crime Commissioner (‘PCC’)
Police Fire and Crime Commissioner
Police and Crime Panels (‘PCP’)
Police and Crime Standards Directorate
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Police and Firemen (War Service) Act 1939
Police and Magistrates Courts Act 1994
police authority
Police Authority
Police Auxiliaries
Police Auxiliary Messenger Service (“PAMS”)
Police Bail
Police Bands
Police Box - see separate Police Boxes topic.
Police Cadet
Police Chronicle and Constabulary World
Police College - see Police Staff College.
Police Committee
Police Community Support Officer (“PCSO” or “CSO”)
Police Complaints Authority (“PCA”)
Police Complaints Board (“PCB”)
Police Conduct Regulations
Police Constable (rank)
Police Council
Police Council for the United Kingdom
Police Dependents Trust
Police Disabilities Removal Act 1887
Police Discipline Regulations
Police Efficiency Regulations
Police Federation (of England and Wales)
Police Fire Brigades
police grant
Police Guardian
Police Information Technology Organisation (“PITO”)
Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Police Matrons
Police National Computer (“PNC”)
Police Negotiating Board (“PNB”)
Police Now Scheme - see Direct Entry, Fast Track and Police Now schemes
Police Performance Regulations
Police Personal Radio - see Personal Radio.
Police Reform Act 2002
Police Promotion Regulations
Police Regulations
Police Remuneration Review Body
Police Reserve
Police Review
Police Senior Appointments Panel
Police Serial
Police Service Advertiser
Police Staff
Police Staff College
Police Staff Council
Police SEARCH assessment process
Police Standards Unit
Police Strike 1853 (Hull)
Police Strike 1865 (Nottingham)
Police Strike 1872 (Metropolitan)
Police Strike 1890 (Metropolitan)
Police Strike 1915 (Birkenhead)
Police Strikes 1918/1919
Police Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales (“PSAEW”)
Police Support Unit (“PSU”) - see Police Serial above.
Police War Reserve Constable
Police Women - see Police Women topic.
Policing and Crime Act 2017
Polygraph (also known as “lie detector”)
Poor Law Union
Post-Related Allowance (“PRA”)
pouff (slang)
Prince of Wales Feathers
Prince of Wales Investiture (1969)
Probationary Constable
Probationary Sergeant
Process (jargon)
Promotion Examinations (the old system)
Promotions (historical)
Provincial Police
Public Health Act Police
Public Holidays
Public Order Policing
Q
Quarter Sessions
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012
Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal 2002
Queen’s Jubilee Medal 1887
Queen’s Jubilee Medal 1897
Queen’s Police Medal (“QPM”)
Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal 1977
R
Ranks
Rarity Value
Rates
Raw Lobsters (slang)
Rebecca Riots
Receiver (the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District)
Recrowned badges
Red Dragon of Wales
Regional Crime Squads (“RCS”)
Relief, a
Religious Police Associations
Rent Allowance
Replacement Allowance
Restrictions on the private life of a police officer
Review of Police Forces by Sovereign
Rhodesia Medal 1980 (now ‘Zimbabwe’)
Riot Damages Act 1886
Roadcraft
Road Traffic Act 1930
Royal Palaces Protection
Royal Review of the Police - see Review of Police Forces by Sovereign.
Rule of Law
Rural Constabulary Act 1839
S
Saint John Ambulance Association
Sam Browne belt
School Crossing Patrol
Scientific Laboratories
Scotland Yard
Second Police Reserve
Seconded Officers
Section House
Section Sergeant
Section Station (or Section Box)
Senior Command Course
Senior Leadership Programme (SLP)
Sergeant
Sergeant-Major
Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”)
Serious Organised Crime Agency (“SOCA”)
Sex Discrimination Act 1975
Sheehy Inquiry Report
Shirt Sleeve Order
Short-Term Contracts (also known as “short-service”)
Shoulder Number - see Collar Number.
Sick Leave
Signalling Stick
Skipper - (slang term)
Snout - (slang term)
South East Allowance
Special Branch
Special Constabulary
Special Constabulary Faithful Service Medal
Special Course
Special Patrol Group (“SPG”)
Special Priority Payment (“SPP”) Scheme
Staff Officer
Standing Joint Committee (“SJC”)
Strategic Command Course
Station Sergeant
Statutory Instruments (SIs)
Strikes - see under Police Strikes.
Student Constable - see Probationary Constable.
Sub-inspector
Supergrass
Superintendent
Superintendent Grade 1 and Grade 2
Superintendents Association - see Police Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales.
Superintending Constable
Support Staff - see Police Staff.
Supreme Court
Surveillance Society
Sus (Law)
Swagger Stick
Syme, John
T
Taxpayers’ Alliance
Taylor and Wilkinson
Team Policing
Team Recognition Award
Teleprinter
Temporary rank
Thin Blue Line (term)
Tipstaff
Total Policing (jargon)
Traffic Warden
Training - see Basic Training.
Transportation (sentence)
Trenchard Scheme Hendon Police College
Truncheon
Tudor Rose (sometimes called the Union Rose)
Tyburn Ticket
U
Undermanning Allowance
Uniform Carriers
Uniforms
Unit Beat Policing
United Kingdom Border Agency
Unsocial hours allowance
V
Voluntary Women’s Patrols
Volunteer Civil Force (nicknamed “Winston’s Bobbies”)
Volunteer Police Cadet
W
Wapentake
War Duties
War Reserve - see Police War Reserve Constable
Warrant Card
Warrant Number
Warrant Officer
Wasted manpower
Watch Committee
Watchman
Weekly Rest Day (Police) Act
Weights and Measures Inspector
Welfare Officers
Welsh Dragon - see Red Dragon of Wales.
Whistle
White Paper
Willink Report
Winsor Review of Police pay and conditions
Women Police - see Police Women topic.
Women Police Service - see Police Women topic.
Women Police Volunteers - see Police Women topic.
Women’s Auxiliary Police Corps (“WAPC”)
Wooden-top
Works Police
X
no entries under X.
Y
Yobbo (slang)
Yorkshire Rose - see Tudor Rose above.
Z
Zebra Crossing
Zero Tolerance Policy (jargon)
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