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4 unusual facts about History of the Ministry of Defence Police


History of the Ministry of Defence Police

Most notable was the peace camp and very large protests against the deployment of US Cruise Missiles at the USAF (RAF) Greenham Common and other UK locations; and regular largescale protests at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment Aldermaston.

Following the necessary Act of Parliament in 1860, the Metropolitan Police took over policing of Portsmouth and Devonport Dockyards.

Traditional MDP tasks such as unarmed guarding had long since been handed over to the MOD Guard Service and Armed Guarding which does not require constabulary powers handed to the Military Provost Guard Service.

Consequently, the first records of police in the Army Dept appear circa 1860 when Metropolitan Police were called upon to police The Royal Arsenal.



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