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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).
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)
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.
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 ...
Travel safe officers are fully vetted to level 2 standards and accredited by the British Transport Police. Officers can and will use the powers given to them which include taking details of offenders and enforcement (fixed penalty notice) which could also be removal of persons from a train or railway premises using reasonable force as a last ...
British Transport Police Chief Constable Lucy D'Orsi highlighted the relaunch of 61016, a free text-to-report number people can use to contact the force for help in the event of harassment on the ...
Before 2003, the British Transport Police was unable to have PCSOs until Section 28 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 allowed the BTP Chief Constable to recruit PCSOs and designate powers to them using the Police Reform Act 2002—which previously only extended to chief constables or commissioners of territorial police forces. [53] [54]
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 ...