UK Police Insignia 2025 (List of Amendments since 2024 edition):
1343 pages (including cover or front page - an increase of 50 over 2024 Edition).
Now a total of 5,990 insignia pictures and 110 illustrative pictures.
175 new insignia pictures added, 47 insignia pictures replaced with better ones (see below).
Corrections or updates in existing text:
Introduction - some slight changes.
Cover - some cosmetic changes.
Avon and Somerset; 1 new full size insignia picture added (QC enameled/chrome variation hp) 2 half size hp's to full size.
Ayrshire Constabulary; 1 new full size insignia picture added (thistle wreath wm with AC and number).
Bacup; (E-38) 1 not to scale insignia picture replaced with full size (SC badge with one years).
Banffshire - North East Counties Constabulary to "North Eastern . . ."
Bedford; 1 new full size insignia picture added (KC chromed wreath hp) and replaced 2 half size to full size (KC wm wreath hp and KC blackened star hp)
Bedfordshire Cst; 3 new full size insignia picture added (QC ER2 black hp Diff Crown, SC different KC cap badge, QC ER2 cap badge (Diff Crown)) and replaced 1 half size to full size (QC ER2 black hp).
Bedfordshire Police - 1458 strength (2024).
Berks Cst; 1 new three quarter size insignia picture added (QC different wreath hp/cap badge).
Berwick Roxburgh and Selkirk - Roxburghshire to "Roxburgh".
Berwickshire - Roxburghshire to "Roxburgh".
Birkenhead; 2 new full size insignia pictures added (QC black hp and QC coa SILVER snr ofr cap badge).
Birmingham; 2 new full size insignia pictures (Total Abstinence medal and Special Constabulary medal)
Blackpool; 1 new full size insignia picture (wm pre-1905 town seal collar badge).
Bolton; 1 new full size insignia picture (silver good service medal).
Bootle; 1 new full size insignia picture (KC SC lapel badge).
Boston; 1 insignia picture replaced with better one (partial coa wm button).
Brighton; replaced 2 half size to full size (QC chrome and blackened hps), replaced Courageous Conduct medal with much better pictures and 1 new full size image picture added (QC coa cap badge - diff crown).
Bristol; 1 full size and 1 half size insignia pictures (QC chromed letter & Number hp and coa hp), 1 half size replaced by full size (QC chrome letter & number hp)
British Airport Authority - correct "Lothians and Borders" to "Lothian and Borders"
British Transport; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC Silver cap badge used by most senior ranks) and 1 new half size insignia picture (QC chrome/enamel hp with different Crown).
Buckinghamshire; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC blackened collars).
Burnley; 1 new full size insignia picture (KC wm wreath w/town seal centre) and 2 half size replaced by full size (QC chrome and blackened hps).
Cambridge City; 1 "nearly full size" ro full size and better picture (Silver long service medal).
Cambridgeshire (1851); 1 new full size insignia picture (QC chromed hp) and 1 half size to full size (KC black hp).
Cambridgeshire (1974); strength 1747 (2024).
Canterbury Close Constables; 1 new not to scale insignia picture (patch).
Cheshire (1974); strength 2368 (2024).1 new full size insignia picture (KC Charles III coa chromed/enamel hp) and 1 half size to full size (QC coa chromed/enamel hp).
Cheshire 1974; 1 new full size image picture added (K Charles 3 cap badge).
City of London Markets; 1 new full size insignia picture (black button).
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly; 1 new half size insignia picture (QC chromed hp (Different Crown) and 1 new full size insignia picture (School Crossing badge).
Cumberland and Westmoreland; 1 new half size insignia picture (QC chromed hp).
Cumbria; strength 1383 (2024).1 new full size insignia picture (QC warrant card badge).
Cleveland; C69 1 new not to scale insignia picture added (Band shoulder patch).
Derbyshire1; 1 new full size insignia picture added (different collar badge).
Derbyshire (74) 2 new full insignia pictures (QC chromed w/enamel crown hp and QC Silver most snr ranks cap badge); 1 half size to full size (QC coa chromed/enamel hp) and 1 new not to scale insignia picture (Community Support Officer patch).
Derbyshire 1974; (D-18) 1 new not to scale insignia picture added (KC Charles3 warrant card holder).
Derbyshire 1974; 1 better insignia picture replaced (warrant card badge).
Devon1; 1 new full size insignia picture added (Special Constabulary bullion badge snr grades).
Devon and Cornwall; 2 new full insignia picture (PVSO patch and King Charles III chromed hp).
Dewsbury; 1 new half size insignia picture (QC wreath hp) 2 new full insignia picture (QC insp cap badge (likely reproduction) and silver medal).
Doncaster; replaced 1 full size by better full size (town seal wreath), 1 new full size insignia picture (KC enameled coa SC badge) and 2 half size to full size insignia pictures (QC chromed and blackened hps).
Doncaster; 1 new half size insignia picture added (QC coa black hp).
Dorset Cst; 1 better half size insignia picture (QC black coa hp), 1 helf size to full size insignia picture (QC ER2 chrome hp), 1 new full size insignia picture (QC ER2 chrome hp diff crown).
Dorset Police; 1 half size to full size insignia picture (QC ER2 chrome/enamel hp), 2 full size insignia pictures (police staff medal and never QC chrome/enamel star hp).
Dorset Police; 1 better insignia picture replaced (full size QC ER2 chrome/enam hp, QC ER2 star woth number not to scale to full size), 1 new half size insignia picture added (QC ER2 chrome/enam (blue circle) hp), 2 new full size insignia picture added (QC ER2 chrome/enam star cap badge and a warrant card badge)
Dover; 1 new full size insignia picture (KC "DSC" SC lapel badge).
Dublin Harbour; 1 new full size insignia picture (white metal badge) and 1 not to scale insignia picture (white metal circular badge).
Dublin Metropolitan; 1 new full size insignia picture (white circular 2 horse carriage licence) 2 better full size insignia pictures (QVC wreath and QVC superintendent's hat badge).
Dunbartonshire; 1 better full size insignia picture (1902 medal).
Durham County; 1 new half size insignia picture (QC blackened with chrome coa hp).
Dyfed-Powys Constabulary; 1 new full size insignia picture added (QC coa chrome ho Diff Crown) and 1 new photo added (helmet).
Dyfed-Powys; 2 new full size insignia pictures (QC chromed Prince of Wales feathers star cap badge & QC enamelled warrant card badge) and 1 new half size insignia picture (Traffic Warden cloth patch).
East Riding; 2 new full size insignia pictures (QC chromed hp and QC chromed cap badge) and 1 half size to full size (QC blackened hp).
East Suffolk; 3 new full size insignia pictures (QC chromed hp, KC Silver snr ofr badge and QC "Police Reserve" lapel badge), 1 half size to full size (QC blackened hp), replace 1 full size insignia picture with better one (KC "Police Reserve" lapel badge).
East Sussex; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC chromed cap badge diff crown) and 2 half size to full size (KC blackened & QC chromed hp)
Essex Cst; 1 new full size insignia picture (KC War Reserve lapel badge).
Essex Police; strength 3763 (2024). 1 new half size insignia picture (QC chromed coa hp), 1 new full size insignia picture (QC Silver snr ofr cap badge), 1 half size to full size (QC chrome/enamel hp).
Exeter; 1 new full size insignia picture (Star of Merit medal).
Gateshead; 1 better full size insignia picture replaced (QC coa chrome cap badge).
Glasgow; 2 new full size insignia pictures (KC SC lapel badge and 1883 medal of merit).
Gloucestershire; 1 better half size insignia picture replaced (QC ER2 chrome hp).
Glossop; 1 new full size insignia picture (town seal white metal collar badge).
Govan; 1 new full size insignia picture (QVC 1897 Jubilee & Good Service) medal).
Great Yarmouth; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC black button).
Great Yarmouth; 1 better image picture half size to full size (QVC coa black wreath hp) and 1 new full size picture added (QVC coa garter wm kepi/cap badge).
Greater Manchester; 2 new photographs and 1 new full size insignia picture (QC ER2 star chrome and enamel hp).
Grimsby; 2 new full size insignia pictures (No Crown Hull style hp with coat of arms and KC belt buckle). Deleted No Crown Hull style hp with Hull coat of arms as unlikely real one.
Guernsey; 1 new full size insignia picture (Crown (unsure which one, looks like Queens), Special Constable badge).
Gwent Cst; 1 new half size size insignia picture (QC ER2 chrome hp, different crown), 1 better insignia picture replaced (QC ER2 chromed hp).
Gwent Police; 1 better insignia picture replaced (QC dual language chrome cap badge), 1 full size insignia picture to half size (QC dual language chrome hp; in interests of space).
Gwynedd (1950); 2 new full size insignia pictures (QC chrome and blackened coa hps; different crown).
Hamilton burgh; 1 better insignia picture replaced (KC white metal oval hp).
Hammersmith and Fulham Parks; 1 new full size insignia picture (early coa cap nadge).
Hampshire (1840); 1 new full size insignia pictures (KC Silver snr ofr cap badge0 and 1 better insignia picture replaced ("HC" Special Constable circular badge and from "not to scale" to full size).
Hampshire (1967); Picture of renamed force logo as from 16 November 2022 - plus King Charles III Crown.
Hampshire 1967; (H-16) 1 new not to scale insignia picture added (Charles 3 warrant card holder).
Hampstead Heath; 1 new half size insignia picture (Special Constabulary patch).
Hanley; 1 new full size insignia picture (white metal collar badge).
Hartlepool; 1 better insignia picture replaced (KC black hp).
Hawick; change "Roxburghshire" to Roxburgh.
Helensburgh; change "Dumbartonshire" to Dunbartonshire.
Hereford; 1 better insignia picture replaced (wm button).
Hertfordshire; strength 2434 (2024).
Highways England - to 2023 renamed National Highways
Huddersfield; 1 new half size insignia picture (QC blackened hp).
Hull; 1 better insignia picture replaced (QC coa Special Constable cap badge).
Humberside; strength 2330 (2024). 1 half size insignia picture replaced by full size (QC chrome ER2 hp), 2 new full size insignia pictures (QC ER2 chrome/enamel hp and later star hp), 1 photograph of later helmet.
Humberside 1 better insignia picture replaced (QC ER2 chrome/enam hp).
Hythe; 1 new full size insignia picture (wm button). Corrected 1899 to 1889 under first insignia picture.
Inverness Constabulary; delete "(then new)" in front of Northern Constabulary (as new in 1969).
Jedburgh; change Roxburghshire to Roxburgh.
Kelso; change Roxburghshire to Roxburgh.
Kent (1947); 3 new full size insignia pictures (QC "Police" cap badge, QC "Police" hp and NC Community Support Officer cap badge) and 1 half size to full size (QC "Constabulary" chrome/enamel hp).
Kinross-shire; 3 new full size insignia pictures (wm collar badge).
Kirkintilloch; change Dumbartonshire to Dunbartonshire.
Lancashire; 1 new full size insignia picture (KC Silver snr ofr cap badge).
Lancaster; L15 1 better full size insignia picture replaced not to scale (KC coa Special Constable cap badge)
Leith; 1 new full size insignia picture (circular SC "inspector" badge) 1 new half size insignia picture (1881 gallantry medal) and 1 better full size insignia picture replaced (QVC badge).
Lincolnshire (1843); 1 new full size insignia picture (KC Silver snr ofr cap badge), 1 new not to scale insignia picture (police cadet shoulder patch).
Lincolnshire (1974); 1 new half size insignia picture ("Volunteer Police Cadet" patch).
London & Saint Katherine; 1 new full size insignia picture (button) and 1 better insignia picture replaced (QVC hp).
London Tramsport; 2 better insignia pictures replaced (KC and QC cap badges).
Luton County Borough; 1 better insignia picture replaced (QC SC cap badge).
Macclesfield; 1 better insignia picture replaced (silver SC medal).
Mid-Wales; 1 better insignia picture replaced (KC black hp).
National Highways (2023 to present) - add in
Newcastle Airport; 1 photograph of 1982 vehicle.
Newcastle-Under-Lyme; 2 better insignia pictures replaced (QVC wm hp, KC black hp).
Newport (Mon); 4 new full size insignia pictures (wm collar badge, KC wm wreath (snr ofr?) hp, KC chromed wreath hp and Police Reserve medal),
Add Newton Abbot Town Police (1849 to 1857)
Norfolk 1840); 1 new full size insignia picture (QC (diff crown) black hp).
North Eastern Counties; ;1 new full size insignia picture (SC lapel badge).
North Riding; 1 new full size insignia picture (KC Silver snr ofr cap badge).
North Wales; strength 1720 (2024). 1 new full size insignia picture (QC chrome/enamel hp (Welsh at top)) and 1 half size to full size insignia picture (QC chrome/enamel hp (English at top)).
North Yorks; strength 1681 (2024).
Northamptonshire Cst; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC SC chrome cap badge) and 1 better insignia picture replaced (QC chrome cap badge),
Northamptonshire Police; 2 new full size insignia picture (QC solid centre cap badge and Traffic Warden patch) and 1 half size to full size insignia picture (QC chrome/enamel hp).
Northern Constabulary; changed "Ross & Sutherland" change to "Ross and Sutherland". 1 new half size insignia picture (rectangular page).
Northumberland; 1 better insignia picture replaced (QC insp cap badge, Shrrifs seal in centre).
Nottingham; 1 new insignia picture added (coa chrome collar badges).
Nottinghamshire Cst; 2 new full size insignia pictures (QC coa black hp and QC (different crown) chrome hp). 1 better insignia picture replaced (QC coa chrome cap badge).
Nottinghamshire Police; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC chrome/enamel "Police" hp (slight variation)). 1 half size to full size insignia picture (QC chrome/enamel "Police" hp).
Oxforshire; 1 new half size insignia picture (QC (diff crown) black hp.)
Pembrokeshire; 1 new half size insignia picture (KC coa black hp no garter).
Penzance; 1 new full size insignia picture (QVC wm wreath hp). 1 half size to full size insignia picture (KC black hp).
Plymouth; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC Silver snr ofr cap badge).
Port of Liverpol; 1 new full size insignia picture (Enameled coa cap badge).
Portsmouth; 1 new full size insignia picture (KC Silver snr ofr cap badge).
Preston; 3 new full size insignia pictures (Star with QC coa inner wreath hps; black and chrome and wm coa collar badge).
Reading; 1 half size to full size (QC chrome hp), 1 new full size insignia picture (silver medal), 1 better full size insignia picture replaced (bronze medal both sides).
Ripon; 1 new full size insignia picture (wm coa badge).
Royal Parks; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC chrome/enamel collar badges).
Rutland; 1 better full size insignia picture replaced (KC black wreath hp).
Saint Albans; 1 photograph added (inspector 1934).
Saint Helens; 2 new full size insignia pictures (QC black wreath hp, circular brass/enamel SC badge) 1 half size to full size (KC nickel plated wreath hp).
Salford;2 new full size insignia picture (QC black brunswick star hp, wm coa collar badges), 1 half size to full size insignia picture (KC b. star chrome hp).
Somerset and Bath; 1 new full size insignia picture (lapel badge of snr officers).
South Shields; 1 better insignia picture added (QC ER2 chrome cap badge (Diff Crown)).
South Wales 1969; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC chromed hp (diff crown) 1 half size to full size insignia picture (QC chromed hp other version).
South Wales 1974; strength 3533 (2024). 2 new full size insignia pictures (QC chrome/enamel hp (Welsh at top) and QC chrome/enamel cap badge (Welsh at top)) 1 half size to full size insignia picture (QC chrome/enamel (English at top) hp).
South Yorks; 2 new half size insignia pictures (QC chrome/enamel hps (earlier)) and 2 better full size insignia picture replaced (QC chrome/enamel star cap badge and Community Support Officer first version cap badge).
Southampton; 2 new full size insignia pictures (QC coa chrome cap badge (diff crown) and KC coa solid chrome cap badge),
Southampton; 1 better full size image picture replaced half size (KC coa star chrome hp).
Southport; 1 new full size insignia picture (KC chrome/enamel Special Constabulary star cap badge).
Staffs Cst; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC chromed cap badge - diff crown).
Staffs Police; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC chromed hp), 1 half size to full size insignia picture (QC chrome/enamel hp) and 1 photograph (helmet).
States of Jersey; 1 new full size insignia picture (wm collar/shoulder badge).
States of Jersey; 1 new insignia picture added (QC coa chrome hp - Diff Crown).
Stockport; 3 new full size insignia pictures (QVC wm wreath, QC (diff crown) chrome wreath 1932 coa chrome and QC 1932 coa chrome cap badge), 1 better insignia picture replaced (KC black coa brunswiick star hp).
Stoke-on-Trent; 1 better insignia picture replaced (QC coa chrome cap badge).
Suffolk; strength 1400 (2024). 3 new full size insignia pictures (QC chrome brunswick star hps - diff. crowns) and 1 better insignia picture replaced (Community Support Officer badge).
Sunderland; 1 better insignia picture replaced (QC ER2 chrome cap badge)
Surrey; strength 2312 (2024).
Sussex Cst; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC ER2 chromed hp (diff crown) and 1 better insignia picture replaced (QC ER2 chromed hp (other crown)).
Swansea; 1 new full size insignia picture (enameled year stars awarded to WW1 special constables).
Tayside; 3 new full size insignia pictures (three medals)
Thames Valley; strength 5,050 (2024). 1 new full size insignia picture (QC chrome/enamel bruswick star hp, 2018 version).
Thames Valley; (T-12) 1 new full size insignia picture added (KC Charles3 hp).
Torquay; add new force plus 1 new full size insignia picture (drawing of button from picture).
Tynemouth; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC coa chrome/enamel inspector and above cap badge, solid; may be reproduction).
UK Atomic Energy; 1 new full size insignia picture (NC gilt/enamel coa snr ofr badge).
Warwickshire Police; strength 1126 (2024). 1 new half size insignia picture (QC chrome coa hp (diff. crown).
West Mercia; strength 2513 (2024). 1 new full size insignia picture (QC chrome/enamel wreath hp ("Police") and 1 half size to full size insignia picture (QC coa chrome hp).
West Midlands 4 new full size insignia pictures (QC ER2 bullion badge, chromed coa collar/shoulder badges, 2 enameled warrant card badges). 1 better insignia picture replaced (QC ER2 wm wreath ceremonial helmet plate).
West Riding 2 new full size insignia pictures (QC coa chromed hp and QC chromed coa cap badge (other versions).
West Sussex; 1 new full size insignia picture (QC coa chromed cap badge; another version).
West Yorks Police; strength 6073 (2024). 1 new full size insignia picture (Enameled Traffic Warden badge).
Worcestershire 1 new not to scale insignia picture (Cloth Police Auxiliary Messenger arm band).
York Minister; 1 new not to scale insignia picture (Cloth appellate).
Under "National or General Medals"; 1 new not to scale insignia picture (Coronation Medal 2023 (King Charles III)).
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Under "Ranks"; Commissioner - delete "p.55" (end of first para. typo).
Under "Special Constabulary Generic Insignia" - "are now mainly" part-time volun....
Under "Police Auxiliaries"; 1 new insignia picture (war reserve arm band).
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