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Coventry Police

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Formed
  
1836 (1836)

Dissolved
  
1969 (1969)

Preceding agency
  
none

Superseding agency
  
Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary

Legal personality
  
Governmental: Government agency

General nature
  
Law enforcement Civilian agency

Coventry Police was a police force in the city of Coventry, then in Warwickshire, England, from 1836–1969.

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History

The force was created under powers conferred to the City by the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835, and was overseen by the local watch committee.

Using powers created by the Police Act 1964, the then Home Secretary decided in 1966 to merge the city force with that of the county, the Warwickshire Police as the Warwickshire and Coventry Constabulary. This took effect in 1969.

From 1 April 1974, Coventry's police were transferred to the newly formed West Midlands Police.

Chief Constables

  • 1836 (1836)–1857 (1857): Thomas Henry Prosser
  • 1857 (1857)–1861 (1861): Thomas Skermer
  • 1861 (1861)–1862 (1862): Thomas Henry Prosser
  • 1862 (1862)–1890 (1890): John Norris
  • 1890 (1890)–1899 (1899): Alexander Gray
  • 1899 (1899)–1918 (1918): Charles Christopher Charsley
  • 1918 (1918)–1927 (1927): William Imber
  • 1927 (1927)–1946 (1946): Capt. Stanley Albert Hector
  • 1946 (1946)–1948 (1948): George Jackson
  • 1948 (1948)–1969 (1969): Edward Pendleton

    • References

    Coventry Police Wikipedia
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