The first chief police officer was Alexander McManus (1836–1866) and the last (1962 until amalgamation) Robert Walton.[3] There is a memorial within Clough Road Police Station to the officers from the force who died during the First World War.[4]
The force's Central Police Station has moved between a number of locations. The first station was located on Whitefriargate, purchased in 1852 from the Hull Incorporation of the Poor, and was used until a purpose-built station was opened on Alfred Gelder Street in 1902. Hull's final Central Police Station opened adjacent to Queen's Gardens in 1957,[1] later becoming the base of Hull's Humberside Police operations until its closure for redevelopment in 2013.[5][6]
Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, 25 miles (40 km) inland from the North Sea and 37 miles (60 km) south-east of York, the historic county town. With a population of 268,852 (2022), it is the fourth-largest city in the Yorkshire and the Humber region after Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford.
The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to the south-west, and Lincolnshire to the south across the Humber Estuary. The city of Kingston upon Hull is the largest settlement.
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Hull City Council, or Kingston upon Hull City Council, is the local authority for the city of Kingston upon Hull in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Hull has had a council since 1299, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1996 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council; it is independent from East Riding of Yorkshire Council, the unitary authority which administers the rest of the county.
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Humberside Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) is the statutory fire and rescue service covering the area of what was the county of Humberside (1974–1996), but now consists of the unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire in northern England.
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The High Sheriff of Humberside was a High Sheriff title which was in existence from 1974 until 1996, covering the county of Humberside, England.
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