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National law enforcement bodies, including the National Crime Agency and national police forces that have a specific, non-regional jurisdiction, such as the British Transport Police. The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 refers to these as ' special police forces ', not including the NCA which is not a police force.
After his retirement from Northern Ireland he became director of the Police National Assessment Centre and in November 2013 Patron of the national police charity the Police Roll of Honour Trust, joining Sir Stephen House and Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe as joint patrons. [3] In 2010 he was awarded the Queen's Police Medal.
Michael Staines became the first Garda Commissioner in February 1922, when the force was founded as the Civic Guard. [4]Traditionally, the Commissioner is the highest-ranking police officer in the state, however the selection process for the position is now open to candidates from outside the force, outside a law enforcement agency and outside of Ireland.
This is a description of law enforcement in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.Before the Republic (then called the Irish Free State) left the union in 1922, one police force — the Royal Irish Constabulary — policed almost the whole island (aside from Dublin, where the Dublin Metropolitan Police were the main force; Belfast, where the Belfast Borough Police were the main force ...
Special police forces (such as the BTP) do not have police areas and ultimately the Chief Constable of a territorial police force is responsible for maintaining law and order throughout his/her police area even if, for example, BTP have a presence at railways stations within the police area. Scotland and Northern Ireland have national police ...
The Garda Síochána (Irish pronunciation: [ənˠ ˈɡaːɾˠd̪ˠə ˈʃiːxaːn̪ˠə] ⓘ; meaning "the Guardian(s) of the Peace") is the national police and security service of Ireland. It is more commonly referred to as the Gardaí ( pronounced [ˈɡaːɾˠd̪ˠiː] ; "Guardians") or " the Guards ".
Gamble's father was in the Royal Air Force.Before joining the Royal Ulster Constabulary as a constable, Gamble served in the Royal Military Police. [2] Early in his career he was head of the controversial Royal Ulster Constabulary anti-terrorist intelligence unit in Belfast, then Deputy Director General (with the rank of deputy chief constable) of the National Crime Squad, which in April 2006 ...
Territorial police force Durham Constabulary: Unitary authorities of County Durham and Darlington: 1,295 [1] £133.3 [2] 2,676: 1839 North East England: England and Wales: Territorial police force Dyfed-Powys Police: Principal areas of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and Powys: 1,275 [1] £115.5 [2] 10,976: 1968 Wales: England and ...