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Private British railway companies employed detectives and police almost from the outset of passenger services in 1826. These companies were unified into four in 1923 then into a single nationalised company in 1947 by the Transport Act, which also created the British Transport Commission (BTC).
File:The British Transport Police (Police Services Agreement) Order 2004 (UKSI 2004-1522).pdf
An Act to make provision for the composition of the Greater London Council and metropolitan county councils pending a decision by Parliament on their continued existence; to establish a commission for safeguarding the interests of local government staff employed by or in the areas of those authorities; to require those authorities and their ...
The purposes of the Act [2] include:- the creation of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch; the replacement of the Rail Regulator by a Regulatory Board, the Office of Rail Regulation. the creation of a police authority for the British Transport Police (BTP)
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Travel safe officers are uniformed employees of transport companies in the UK whose presence is intended to reassure the public and deter people from engaging in anti-social behaviour. Travel safe officers patrol the railway stations and onboard trains protecting staff and the public.
The British Transport Police Authority is the police authority that oversees the British Transport Police.A police authority is a governmental body in the United Kingdom that defines strategic plans for a police force and provides accountability [1] so that the police function "efficiently and effectively", [2] and the British Transport Police patrol the railways in England, Wales, and Scotland.
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. In addition, there ...