Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire Constabulary was the

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force for the counties of

Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire (; or informally ') is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. ...

and

Cardiganshire Ceredigion (), historically Cardiganshire (, ), is a county in the west of Wales. It borders Gwynedd across the Dyfi estuary to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. Ab ...

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. It was created on 1 July 1958 by the amalgamation of Carmarthenshire Constabulary and Cardiganshire Constabulary under section 4 of the

Police Act 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 me ...

. In 1968, the force amalgamated with Mid-Wales Constabulary and

Pembrokeshire Constabulary Pembrokeshire ( ; ) is a county in the south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and otherwise by the sea. Haverfordwest is the largest town and administrative headquarters of Pembrokeshi ...

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Dyfed-Powys Police Dyfed-Powys Police (; DPP) is the territorial police force in Wales policing Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire (which make up the former administrative area of Dyfed) and the unitary authority of Powys (covering Brecknockshire, Ra ...

. In 1965, it had an establishment of 355 and an actual strength of 348.''The Thin Blue Line'', Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965

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Home Office Circular 74-1958 announcing the force's creation Home Office Circular 98-1968 announcing the force's abolition
Defunct police forces of Wales History of Carmarthenshire History of Ceredigion 1958 establishments in Wales Government agencies established in 1958 1968 disestablishments in Wales Government agencies disestablished in 1968 {{UK-law-enforcement-agency-stub