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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.
The force was founded in 1839, six hours after Wiltshire Constabulary, making it the second rural police force formed in Britain. [4] The force in its present form dates from 1 April 1974, when the southern part of Gloucestershire became part of the County of Avon and thus covered by the newly formed Avon and Somerset Constabulary.
Somerset Constabulary was amalgamated with Bath City Police on 1 January 1967 to become the Somerset and Bath Constabulary. As a result of the Local Government Act 1972 this new force was short lived, lasting just 7 years when on 1 April 1974 it became part of Avon and Somerset Constabulary which polices the area to this day.
Avon and Somerset Police said seven businesses along High Street, Regent Street, Oxford Street, Victoria Street, Adam Street and Cross Street in Burnham-on-Sea were broken into between 02:00 and ...
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He began his career at Avon and Somerset Police in Chipping Sodbury in 1988, later becoming a patrol inspector in Bristol and District Commander for Bath and North East Somerset. [2] Hansen rose to the position of Assistant Chief Constable, before moving to Gloucestershire Constabulary in May 2013 to take up the position of Deputy Chief Constable.
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 ...
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police explained the woman was approached by the teens in the female toilets at some point between 09:30 and 11.30 BST. They asked her to fetch a member of ...