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The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) (Welsh: Heddlu Sifil Niwclear) is a special police force responsible for providing law enforcement and security at any relevant nuclear site and for security of nuclear materials in transit within the United Kingdom. [4] The force has over 1,500 police officers and support staff. [5]
The Civil Nuclear Police Authority (Welsh: Yr Awdurdod Heddlu Niwclear Sifil) is the police authority that oversees the Civil Nuclear Constabulary.A police authority is a body corporate in the United Kingdom that defines strategic plans for a police force and provides accountability [1] so that the police function "efficiently and effectively". [2]
On 1 April 2005, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) was established in adherence to the Energy Act 2004, replacing the UKAEA Constabulary. The new force was intended to have specialist attributes [clarification needed] needed to combat the possibility of terrorist threats and it was seen as an essential part of making the force independent of any one of the nuclear operators.
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Following the Energy Act 2004, on 1 April 2005 the UK's specialist nuclear police force, the UK Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary, was reconstituted as the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. Responsibility for the force was also removed from the authority and transferred to the Civil Nuclear Police Authority.
During the service, prayers were said by family members, including Stephen Bromilow, father of PC John Edward Bromilow, 23, of the Lancashire Constabulary, who died on August 18 1979 in a road ...
Michael Trevor Griffiths CBE QPM is a retired British police officer who served as Chief Constable and Chief Executive of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary [1] from 2013 until 2019; [2] prior to which, he was an officer of the British Army who retired as a Brigadier. [3]
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary used the National Security Vetting process inappropriately as part of a wider assessment of Wayne Couzens’ suitability to carry a firearm. 37 The Civil Nuclear Constabulary downgraded Wayne Couzens’ National Security Vetting clearance level in 2017 but re-vetting was not required.