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Northumberland Constabulary

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Northumberland Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the county of Northumberland, England, until 1974.

Northumberland Constabulary absorbed Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Police in 1921 and Newcastle upon Tyne Borough Police and Tynemouth Borough Police in the late 1960s, more than doubling its strength. In 1974 it merged with part of Durham Constabulary to form Northumbria Police.

In 1965, before the Newcastle and Tynemouth forces merged, the force had an establishment of 754 officers and an actual strength of 697.[1]

List of Chief Constables
  • ?–1869 : Alexander Browne
  • 1869–1886 : Major-General George Allgood
  • –1900 : Captain Herbert Durell Terry (appointed Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales, 1900)[2]
  • 1900–1935 : Fullarton James [3]
  • 1935–1943 : ??
  • 1943–1946 : (Sir) Joseph Simpson, OBE
  • 1946–1953 : ??
  • 1953–1963 : Alan Ure Reith Scroggie [4]
  • 1963–1965 : ??

Footnotes

  1. ^ The Thin Blue Line, Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965
  2. ^ "Appointment". The Times. No. 36077. London. 28 February 1900. p. 9. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  3. ^ Venn, John. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students ..., Volume 2. p. 546.
  4. ^ "Telegraph Announcements- Scroggie". The Telegrapn. Retrieved 13 July 2018.