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unusual facts about Royal Parks Constabulary



Kew Constabulary

Although the Kew Constabulary were a separate organisation to the Royal Parks Constabulary, they had police powers in the Royal Parks until the original Parks Regulations 1872 were amended by Section 162 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

This contrasts with the responsibilities of the now disbanded Royal Parks Constabulary, which had responsibility for the instigation of proceedings within their jurisdiction and whom were attested under the same legislation as the Kew Constabulary.

Royal Parks of London

They are managed by The Royal Parks (an executive agency of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport) and are policed by the Royal Parks Operational Command Unit of the Metropolitan Police (the English section of the previous force policing the parks, the Royal Parks Constabulary, has been abolished).


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