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The Canterbury Cathedral Close Constables are a cathedral constabulary employed by Canterbury Cathedral to maintain order and security in and around the cathedral. They have the same police powers as regular police in the United Kingdom, including the power of arrest, within the cathedral and its precincts.
The term "ordo amoris," first coined by ancient bishop and theologian St. Augustine in his work, "City of God," has been translated to mean "order of love" or "order of charity."
Some officers are attested and hold the office of constable within the cathedral's curtilage, whilst others remain un-sworn.Constables who are attested wear a distinguishing royal blue and white Sillitoe tartan chequered cap band to distinguish them from their Home Office police colleagues (black and white chequered cap band) and their un-sworn colleagues (plain hat bands).
A civil, non-paramilitary (police) force consisting of police officers called constables. This is the usual definition in the United Kingdom, in which all county police forces once bore the title (and some still do). Constables also exist in some U.S. states including Texas and Pennsylvania.
General Sir Richard Dannatt, dressed in the formal attire of the Constable of the Tower, speaking at the Ceremony of the Constable's Dues, June 2010. Historically, the title comes from the Latin comes stabuli (attendant to the stables, literally 'count of the stable') and originated from the Roman Empire; originally, the constable was the officer responsible for keeping the horses of a lord or ...
On railway land (and also other areas upon request by another police force, and in certain other circumstances) in England, Wales, and Scotland: Special police force Cambridgeshire Constabulary: County of Cambridgeshire and unitary authority of Peterborough: 1,671 [1] £156.2 [2] 3,389: 1965 East of England: England and Wales: Territorial ...
In Virginia, except for civil matters, "[t]he police force of a locality is hereby invested with all the power and authority which formerly belonged to the office of constable at common law," [38] and some cities such as Norfolk, Virginia, continue to have an office of a "high constable." [39]
Kristy Guevara-Flanagan’s documentary “Body Parts” uses old movie clips and interviews with experts to tackle a tricky topic: the difficulty of depicting sex and nudity on film in ways that ...