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The proposal would have seen Avon and Somerset Constabulary merge with Gloucestershire Constabulary, Devon and Cornwall Police, Wiltshire Police and Dorset Police to form a "super police force". The plans were publicly criticised by all the forces involved, stating that it would lead to poor quality service and a reduction in local policing.
Avon and Somerset Police immediately set up an incident room at Weston-super-Mare police station and a mobile headquarters at Worlebury Hill. A task force of approximately 120 officers were assigned to the case and carried out an examination of the murder scene, [ 8 ] while house-to-house enquiries and vehicle checks were made in the ...
To Catch a Copper is a 2024 British documentary series about investigations into officer misconduct within the Avon and Somerset Police. The series has three episodes, which are themed around mental health, race, and sex crimes. [1] Concerns include use of force and racial profiling.
Cap badge of the Bristol Constabulary. Bristol Constabulary, also called Bristol City Police, was a police force responsible for policing the city of Bristol in south-west England from its foundation in 1835 until 1974, when it was amalgamated under the Local Government Act 1972 with Somerset and Bath Constabulary and parts of the Gloucestershire Constabulary to form the Avon and Somerset ...
The Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Avon and Somerset Police in the English unitary authorities of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Somerset. The post was created in ...
From October 2021 to September 2022 there were 58 Islamophobic hate crimes in Avon and Somerset, compared to 112 between October 2023 and September 2024. Anti-Semitic hate crimes grew in the ...
The police issued arrest warrants under Hong Kong’s draconian national security laws. They announced a HK$1m (£102,700) reward for information on each of the six activists, ...
Somerset Constabulary was the police force responsible for policing the county of Somerset, England, between 1856 and 1967. [1] It was formed as a result of the County and Borough Police Act 1856 . This act made it compulsory for the county authorities to form a county police force which up until this point had not been done. [ 2 ]