Mid-Wales Constabulary was the

Home Office The Home Office (HO), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, is the United Kingdom's interior ministry. It is responsible for public safety and policing, border security, immigr ...

police The police are Law enforcement organization, a constituted body of Law enforcement officer, people empowered by a State (polity), state with the aim of Law enforcement, enforcing the law and protecting the Public order policing, public order ...

force for the counties of

Brecknockshire Brecknockshire ( or ), also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon, was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It was created in 1 ...

Radnorshire Radnorshire () was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974, later becoming a Districts of Wales, district of Powys from 1974 to 1996. It covered a sparsely populat ...

and

Montgomeryshire Montgomeryshire ( ) was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It was named after its county town, Montgomery, Powys, Montgomery, which in turn was named after ...

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

, between 1948 and 1968. The force was created on 1 April 1948 by the amalgamation of Brecknockshire Constabulary,

Radnorshire Constabulary Radnorshire () was one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974, later becoming a district of Powys from 1974 to 1996. It covered a sparsely populated area, and was bounded to the north by Montgo ...

and Montgomeryshire Constabulary under sections 3 and 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 ...

. The Headquarters were in Newtown. The force was abolished in 1968, when it was amalgamated with

Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire Constabulary Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the counties of Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire, Wales. It was created on 1 July 1958 by the amalgamation of Carmarthenshire Constabulary and Cardiganshire Con ...

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 ...

to form

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, the force had an establishment of 225 officers and an actual strength of 220.''The Thin Blue Line'', Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965

Footnotes

External links

Home Office Circular 71-1948 announcing the force's creation Home Office Circular 98-1968 announcing the force's abolition
{dead link, date=June 2017 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes Defunct police forces of Wales History of Brecknockshire Radnorshire History of Montgomeryshire History of Powys Government agencies established in 1948 1948 establishments in the United Kingdom 1968 disestablishments in Wales Government agencies disestablished in 1968