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Lincolnshire Constabulary was formed in 1856 under the County and Borough Police Act 1856. Several other borough police forces used to exist in the county, but these were eventually combined with the Lincolnshire force.
May 16, 2024 · 1841-1994: records rel to the administration, organisation and operation of the constabulary, incl papers rel to the local forces
The Lincolnshire Constabulary was formed in 1856 under the County and Borough Police Act, and Cleethorpes formed a small part under the Lindsey Area. Captain Phillip Bicknell was the first Chief Officer.
The first warranted female officer Edith Smith (police officer) takes to the streets in Grantham, Lincolnshire: 1918–1919: Police strike over pay and working conditions. 1919: Police Act of 1919 passed in response to the police striking. The polices' right to strike and form a union was revoked.
History. Lincolnshire Constabulary was formed in 1856 under the County and Borough Police Act 1856. Several other borough police forces used to exist in the county, but these were eventually combined with the Lincolnshire force.
The county constabulary was created in 1857, gaols like Folkingham (1808) were built, public lunatic asylums replaced private ones like Greatford and Shillingthorpe, and the local militia was developed (the Lincolnshire Regiment was formed in 1881).
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15 April 1946. The Police Act 1946 ( 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 46) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that provided for the amalgamation of smaller borough police forces with county constabularies in England and Wales, allowed for the merger of county forces in certain circumstances, and changed the boundaries of the ...
