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On 1 January 1949 the British Transport Commission Police (BTCP) were created by the British Transport Commission Act 1949 [12] which combined the already-existing police forces inherited from the pre-nationalisation railways by British Railways as well as the London Transport Police, canal police and several minor dock forces. In 1957 the ...
Operation Shield is an initiative led by British Transport Police, where security scanners are to be deployed at major railway stations with the aim of discouraging criminal activity on the rail network. [1]
An Act of the Scottish Parliament, the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012, created a single Police Service of Scotland – better known as Police Scotland – and a single Scottish Fire and Rescue Service with effect from 1 April 2013. (The functions of the British Transport Police, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary and the Ministry of ...
The British Transport Police Authority is the police authority that oversees the British Transport Police.A police authority is a governmental body 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] and the British Transport Police patrol the railways in England, Wales, and Scotland.
Operation Tremor was a joint operation between British Transport Police, Lancashire Constabulary and Network Rail to combat thieves who had been stealing copper boilers, cables and piping from train tracks, which could disable signalling equipment and safety devices. Some of the wire was used to carry information for automatic signalling and ...
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Figures suggest hate crimes, including homophobic attacks, are rising on London's transport network.
"British Transport Police: The fight against thieves targeting cultural heritage". YouTube. 9 September 2016. Chief Constable Paul Crowther, the National Police Chiefs' Council Lead for Heritage Crime, outlining Operation Crucible