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Cambridgeshire Constabulary is the local territorial police force that covers the county of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough unitary authority. It provides law enforcement and security for an area of 1,311 square miles (3,400 km2) and population of 856,000 people, in a predominantly rural county. The force of Cambridgeshire includes the cities of Cambridge, Ely and Peterborough, the market towns of Chatteris, Huntingdon, March, Ramsey, St Ives, St Neots, Whittlesey, and town and Port of Wisbech. Its emblem is a crowned Brunswick star containing the heraldic badge of Cambridgeshire County Council.
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Abingdon Borough Police was the police force responsible for policing the Borough of Abingdon, situated in the county of Berkshire, England until 1889.
Chepping Wycombe Borough Police was the police force responsible for policing the Borough of Wycombe, situated in the county of Buckinghamshire, England until 1947.
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- ↑ "The History of Thames Valley Police" (PDF). Thamesvalley.police.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Clark, Peter (2016), Police and Constabulary of England and Wales (eighteenth century to 2016), Amazon Kindle, p. 13191
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