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The British Transport Police (BTP) is a national police service for the railway system throughout Great Britain. The service is also responsible for policing the London Underground system, the Docklands Light Railway, the Midland Metro and Croydon Tramlink. They are not, however, responsible for policing the Glasgow Underground or the Tyne and Wear Metro. The service has 2,206 regular police officers, 129 special constable s and 667 support staff throughout England, Wales, and Scotland. Northern Ireland does not have an extensive railway system, and responsibility for policing remains in control of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.The British Transport Police can trace its history back to 1825, to the origins of the police service in Britain. It was judged that the railways needed their own police force given that they transport millions of passengers everyday; carry valuable goods in cargo; and incidents on the railway can have knock on effects throughout the country. At one time every railway company had its own police force, but these were amalgamated on the formation of British RailBritish Railways (BR later rebranded as British Rail ran the British railway system, from the nationalisation of the 'Big Four' British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. History Background The rail transpor in 1948.
British Transport Police officers are constableFor the painter see John Constable. For the city in New York, see Constable, New York. UK Police Officer A Constable is a police officer in Britain and most countries with a British colonial history (now mostly members of the Commonwealth of Nations).s with the same powers as members of territorial British police forces. They do however, limit their activities to the railway network and those other networks listed above as well as crimeSee crime fiction for a survey of the fictional treatment of crimes and their detection and criminals and their motives. Crime Lake is a lake between Ashton-under-Lyne and Failsworth in Greater Manchester in England. A crime is an act which violates a law near or on land owned by the networks. Their uniforms and rank system are similar to other British police forces, with male constables and sergeantThis article is about the rank of sergeant. For alternate meanings see Sergeant (disambiguation). In most non-naval military organizations, a sergeant is a non-commissioned officer (NCO) ranking above privates and corporals, and below warrant officers ands wearing helmets. Officers often wear distinctive black jerseyThe Bailiwick of Jersey is a British crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, it also includes the uninhabited islands of Minquiers and Ecrehous. Along with the Bailiwick of Guernsey it forms the groupings with a black and white diced pattern on the yoke and carry large, rigid side handle batonThe term Baton refers to any of several types of cylindrical or tapered instruments composed of a wide variety of materials, and of differing functions: A baton (billy, billy club, nightstick, riot stick) is a type of striking/parrying weapon, staff or cls (many British police officers instead carry extendable batons).
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- Transit policeTransit Police or Transport Police are a specialized type of police employed by a common carrier, usually a railroad (but may also include a bus line or other transportation carrier) that are tasked to prevent and investigate crimes committed against the
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